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 and are fixed in their positions. 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. It was the festival of spring.
A. Some walked, some rode on horses, others sat, being carried in bamboo and bullock carts.
B. They entered the flooded sea of sparkling silver sunshine outside the city gates and sped towards the fair.
C. From the wintry shades of narrow lanes and alleys emerged a gaily clad humanity, thick as a swarm of bright-coloured rabbits issuing from a warren.
D. One little boy ran between his parent's legs, brimming over with life and laughter.
S2. The joyous morning gave greetings and unashamed invitations to all to come away into the fields, full of flowers and songs.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
Correct Answer
CBAD
Explanation
The paragraph describes a vibrant scene of people heading to a spring festival, taken from Mulk Raj Anand's classic story The Lost Child. To find the right sequence, we can track the logical progression from the general crowd to specific individual movements.
Sentence S1 establishes the setting as the festival of spring. Sentence C must immediately follow because it introduces the people participating, showing a "gaily clad humanity" emerging from the dark, narrow alleys.
Next, sentence B connects smoothly with sentence C because the pronoun "They" refers directly back to the crowd ("humanity") introduced in C. It shows them moving past the city gates into the sunshine.
Sentence A then breaks down how this massive crowd is traveling, explaining that some walked, some rode horses, and others rode in carts.
Finally, sentence D zooms in from the general crowd to highlight a single individual—a little boy running between his parents' legs. This transitions naturally into the concluding sentence S2, which encapsulates the overall joy and warmth of that morning. Putting it all together gives the sequence CBAD.
Key Points
When solving jumbled sentences, prioritize pronoun-antecedent links and spatial progression. In this paragraph, noticing that the plural pronoun "They" in sentence B needs a plural noun group to refer to leads you straight to "humanity" in sentence C, securely locking C and B together as a mandatory pair.