Given below are six sentences. A and F are the first and the last sentences. The rest of the sentences namely B, C, D and E are jumbled. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. It was noon and by now the two bandits were very hungry.
B. Now the one who was guarding the treasure thought, “It is a pity that this treasure has to be divided between two.”
C. So they decided that one of them would stay near the treasure and guard it.
D. And the other one would go to the neighbouring village and buy some food.
E. The one who stayed back, placed his sword near the treasure and kept guard while the other set off in the direction of the village.
F. “It would be so much simpler if I could take it all.”
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. ACDEBF.
A introduces the problem (hunger). "It was noon and by now the two bandits were very hungry."
C describes the decision made to solve the problem. "So they decided that one of them would stay near the treasure and guard it."
D explains how they divided the tasks based on the decision."And the other one would go to the neighbouring village and buy some food."
E shows the implementation of the decision. "The one who stayed back, placed his sword near the treasure and kept guard while the other set off in the direction of the village."
B and F provide the internal thoughts of the guard, showing his greed. "Now the one who was guarding the treasure thought, “It is a pity that this treasure has to be divided between two." followed by "It would be so much simpler if I could take it all."