Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. He swore that the eight thousand roubles that he had were his own money.
B. He had not seen the merchant after they had had tea together.
C. Aksenov swore that he had not killed the merchant.
D. But his voice was broken and he trembled with fear as though he were guilty.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. CBAD.
The given question is an example of para jumbles.
Sentence C will be the introductory sentence as it introduces Aksenov.
Sentence B will be the next as it gives more explanation to the previous sentence.
Sentence A will be following sentence B.
Sentence D will be the last sentence as it concludes the para.
The correct sequence is:
C. Aksenov swore that he had not killed the merchant.
B. He had not seen the merchant after they had had tea together.
A. He swore that the eight thousand roubles that he had were his own money.
D. But his voice was broken and he trembled with fear as though he were guilty.