Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. The father then wanted his son to pick him up at four in the afternoon so that they could go home together.
B. A teenager had just passed his driving test and was eager to drive his father’s car.
C. He asked his son to drop him at a place that was some 18 miles from home before he took the car for servicing.
D. His father agreed.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. BDCA.
- Statement B is independent and introduces the theme of the paragraph "A teenager"
hence, it will be the opening statement. - The paragraph is based on a sequence of action hence, understanding which action takes place before or after will make it easy to solve.
- Statement D will come after B as it is the result of statement B.
- Statement C and A will come together as they follow the sequence of action.
- Now we have the final arrangement i.e. BDCA.
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 paragraph's idea or theme 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.