Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. But on the day when my story begins, it was a winter evening, icy-cold and misty.
B. Sometimes when the weather was clear, I could see ships anchored a little way out from the shore.
C. These were prison ships, full of convicts and their guards.
D. We lived on the edge of the marshes, near the sea.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. DBCA.
D. This sentence establishes the setting and location.
B. This sentence adds detail about what could be observed from the location mentioned in Sentence D.
C. This sentence provides additional information about the ships described in Sentence B.
A. This sentence shifts to a specific day and describes the weather on that particular day, which introduces the story.