Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. Beyond the iron gate were the playing fields and the school building.
B. Everything had changed about the school.
C. After about a ten-minute drive we reached the local school.
D. We got down from the car and stood in front of the gate.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3 i.e CDAB.
The given question is an example of para jumbles.
Sentence C will be the introductory line as it talks about the drive.
Sentence D will follow C as the pronoun "we" used in sentence D refers to the pronoun we in sentence C.
Sentence A will be following sentence D as the word gate in sentence A refers to the same gate in sentence D.
Sentence B will be the last sentence as it concludes the para.
The correct sequence is:
C. After about a ten-minute drive we reached the local school.
D. We got down from the car and stood in front of the gate.
A. Beyond the iron gate were the playing fields and the school building.
B. Everything had changed about the school.