Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order forming a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. My mother, Vimala Kulkarni, told me similar words when I got married.
B. They were usually like: ‘You must adjust to your new house and in-laws, try to learn how they eat and cook their food, go out of your way to be friendly and helpful to everybody,’ etc.
C. When I was young, before a girl got married, her mother would give her some words of advice.
D. But along with this, she said something which helped me immensely in later life.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2 i.e. CBAD.
C: This sentence introduces a general tradition or practice, setting the context for the paragraph.
B: This sentence provides examples of the typical advice given by mothers, elaborating on the tradition mentioned in sentence C.
A: This sentence personalizes the general practice by introducing the narrator's own experience, connecting it to the earlier general statements.
D: This sentence introduces a unique element, indicating that the mother’s advice included something particularly impactful, thus providing a conclusion that links back to the narrator's personal experience.