Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. Accommodation and food were given free.
B. This was held in a hostel for poor students built by a philanthropist.
C. A few years ago, I was the chief guest at a small function.
D. But the inmates of the hostel had to bear other expenses like clothing and toiletries.
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. CBAD.
- Statement C is independent hence, it will be the opening statement.
- Statement B talks about the function hence, it will come after C.
- Statement A and D make a correct sequence hence, they will come respectively.
- Now we have the final arrangement i.e. CBAD.
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 paragraph's idea or theme 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 Pronoun, find the noun for which the pronoun is used, both the statements containing noun and pronoun will form a pair respectively.