Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. A boy tended his master’s dogs near a pond.
B. However, he realized that the way he talked to them never made them happy.
C. Soon he found the tending and his life there very boring.
D. All he could do to kill the boredom was by talking to the dogs.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. ACDB.
- Statement A is independent and introduces the theme of the paragraph hence, it will be the opening statement.
- Statement C acts as a piece of complementary information to the A hence, it will come after A.
- Statement D talks about the action for breaking the boredom hence, it will come after C.
- Finally, B will come at the end of the statement.
- Now we have the final arrangement i.e. ACDB.
The chosen option is the same as the final arrangement hence, it will be correct.
Some common rules that help while solving the Para Jumbles:-
- Read the paragraph carefully and try to comprehend the idea or theme of the paragraph and eliminate the irrelevant options.
- Try to identify the opening (Independent statement) and closing statement (Concluding statement).
- Try to identify the mandatory pairs. Two sentences can be connected through various connectors.
- If a statement starts with Pronoun, find the noun for which the pronoun is used, both the statements containing noun and pronoun will form a pair respectively.