Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. Between the fifth and eighth of May, the tiny hatchlings began to come out from the sand.
B. In late March, the turtles settled on the Gahirmatha beach to lay eggs in the sand.
C. And now they are making their journey towards the sea.
D. Thousands of baby Olive Ridley turtles have hatched on a beach in eastern India.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. DBAC
- The best approach to go about such a question is by finding an opening statement followed by pair of sentences.
- Sentence D talks about the baby Olive Ridley turtles, making it an independent statement or the opening statement.
- Sentence B talks about when and where the turtle laid his eggs, clearly following Statement D.
- Sentence A will follow Sentence B as it talks about when the tiny hatchlings started to come out.
- Sentence C will be our closing statement as it further talks about their journey to the sea.
The correct sentence is-
Thousands of baby Olive Ridley turtles have hatched on a beach in eastern India. In late March, the turtles settled on the Gahirmatha beach to lay eggs in the sand. Between the fifth and eighth of May, the tiny hatchlings began to come out from the sand. And now they are making their journey towards the sea.