Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. They were all very bright and eager to learn, and the sage was proud of them.
B. One day he realized that he had imparted sufficient knowledge to his disciples.
C. Once upon a time, a great sage had a group of obedient disciples.
D. There was only one thing that he had not taught them – a special mantra that could bring the dead back to life.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. CABD.
- Statement C is independent and introduces the theme of the paragraph "a great sage" hence, it will be the opening statement.
- Statement C ends with "disciples" and statement A starts with "they" which is used for the noun "disciples" hence, A will come after C.
- Statement B is complementary information for A hence, B will come after A.
- Finally, D will come at the end of the statement.
- Now we have the final arrangement i.e. CABD.
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 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.
- If a statement starts with a Pronoun, find the noun for which the pronoun is used, both the statements containing the noun and pronoun will form a pair respectively.