Given below are six sentences A-F, of which A and F are static and B-E have been jumbled. Pick the option that gives the correct order of the jumbled sentences.
A. One day I went to school with four rupees in my pocket to pay the school fees.
B. All through the day, the coins sat quietly in my pocket.
C. So, I was told that the fees would be collected the next day.
D. When school got over, the coins in my pocket began to speak.
E. But the teacher who was to collect the fees was absent.
F. They said that money was meant to be spent on good things like hot ‘jalebis’.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. AECBDF
- A introduces the context, where the person goes to school with money to pay fees.
- E explains why the fees were not collected (the teacher was absent).
- C follows up on the situation by stating that fees would be collected the next day.
- D describes the unusual event where the coins begin to "speak" after school.
- B provides background on the coins being quiet throughout the day.
- F concludes with the coins' advice on spending the money on enjoyable things.