Multiple choice

Directions: Below are given six sentences marked as S1 and S6, which form the beginning and the ending of a paragraph. The middle four sentences are marked as A, B, C and D which have been jumbled up. You are required to complete the paragraph by choosing from the given options.

S1 = A very tall man reached a fruit shop. S6 = The shopkeeper tried to defend the size of oranges by saying that to a man of his height, even watermelons would appear to be guavas. (A) = He looked at the items. (B) = He pointed to the basket of oranges and asked the price. (C) = The man said that price was too much and those oranges were no bigger than marbles. (D) = The shopkeeper replied that it was thirty rupees a dozen.

  1. ADCB

  2. ABDC

  3. CBAD

  4. BADC
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B Correct answer
Explanation

It completes the passage as follows:

A very tall man reached a fruit shop. He looked at the items. He pointed to the basket of oranges and asked the price. The shopkeeper replied that it was thirty rupees a dozen. The man said that price was too much and those oranges were no bigger than marbles. The shopkeeper tried to defend the size of oranges by saying that to man of his height, even watermelons would appear to be guavas.

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