Given below are six sentences taken from a paragraph. The first and the last sentences are numbered S1 and S2 and are placed in the first and last positions respectively. The other four sentences between the first and last sentences are jumbled up and are numbered A, B, C, and D. Rearrange the jumbled sentences in a logical sequence keeping the unity and coherence of the paragraph intact.
Choose the correct alternative that best describes the sequence.
S1. The next morning I went to see her, but when I entered the hut, she, poor thing, was already stark and cold.
A. They were good folk.
B. The babies were left alone.
C. In dying, she had rolled on to this child and crushed her leg.
D. The village folk came to the hut, washed the body, laid her out, made a coffin, and buried her.
S2. What was to be done with them?
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
S1 to C: After discovering the woman is "stark and cold" (dead) in S1, sentence C explains a tragic detail of her death regarding a child.
C to D: Once the situation is understood, sentence D describes the community's response (the burial).
D to A: After the burial, the focus shifts to the "village folk" mentioned in D. Sentence A comments on their character ("They were good folk").
A to B: Now that the mother is buried, sentence B introduces the remaining problem: "The babies were left alone."
B to S2: Sentence B mentions "babies" (plural), which perfectly provides the antecedent for "them" in S2 ("What was to be done with them?").
Therefore, the correct sequence is CDAB.