Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
A. For this, he had set up an alarm to ring at intervals until morning.
B. So, he made sure he was awakened every hour during the night.
C. He strangely believed that he was likely to cease breathing when asleep.
D. A nervous cousin of mine was staying with us.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. DCBA.
The given question is an example of para jumbles.
Sentence D will be the introductory sentence as it introduces the cousin.
Sentence C will be the next as it gives more description about the cousin.
Sentence B will be the next as it talks about what step he took not to fall asleep in the night.
Sentence A will be the last sentence as it tells how he had an alarm every hour to keep him awake.
The correct sequence is:
D. A nervous cousin of mine was staying with us.
C. He strangely believed that he was likely to cease breathing when asleep.
B. So, he made sure he was awakened every hour during the night.
A. For this, he had set up an alarm to ring at intervals until morning.