Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. The driver had a cloudy look and drove off without taking him.
B. He asked a taxi driver to take him to the shopping mall.
C. He told the driver that he could pay the fare by card, not in cash.
D. He arrived on the outskirts of a city.
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. DBCA.
- The given paragraph is based on a sequence of action hence, understand which action will come before or after will make it easy to solve.
- Statement D is independent and hence, it will be the opening statement.
- Statement C will come after B as C is told by the taxi driver.
- Finally, A will come at the end of the statement.
- Now we have the final arrangement i.e. DBCA.
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.