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. From a very early age I knew that when I grew up I would be writer.
B. For this or the other reasons, I was somewhat lonely.
C. I was the middle child among three.
D. And I barely saw my father, who was a soldier, till I was eight.
E. But there was a gap of five years on either side.
F. I had the lonely child’s habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. ACEBDF.
A: This sentence introduces the speaker’s early ambition to be a writer.
C: This provides context about the speaker’s position in the family.
E: This connects the speaker's growing solitude to their focus on writing, showing how it influenced their ambition.
B: This reflects the emotional impact of the speaker’s family situation and the solitude they experienced.
D: This adds detail about the father’s absence, which contributed to the speaker’s loneliness.
F: This concludes by linking the early experiences and emotions to the speaker’s career aspiration.