Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
A. Dr Prince became aware of a small figure standing in the aisle beside his seat.
B. “Won’t your mother be wondering where you are?” he asked her.
C. He brought his eyes into focus and saw that it was a girl of seven or eight.
D. She was staring at him steadily with large blue eyes
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. ACDB.
While arranging the parts of the passage, we should find some grammatical or contextual connections between them. Also, the first sentence of a passage is usually independent and introduces a topic. The second one provides more information about it.
Steps to arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph:
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Here, in the given question only sentence A can be the first sentence because it is the start of an incident and 'Dr. Prince' is a noun.
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Also, sentence C is connected with sentence A, as sentence C describes 'Dr. Prince' saw a girl of seven or eight.
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•And sentence D explains how that girl was staring at him or what she was doing.
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Lastly, sentence B will be used, because, what 'Dr. Prince' asked that Girl is shown.
- Thus, the correct order after rearrangement is option 1 i.e. ACDB.
The paragraph is: Dr Prince became aware of a small figure standing in the aisle beside his seat. He brought his eyes into focus and saw that it was a girl of seven or eight. She was staring at him steadily with large blue eyes. "Won't your mother be wondering where you are?" he asked her.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 1 i.e. ACDB.