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. From beyond the sea came hosts of Greeks, armed for war and bent upon the conquest of the city.
A. The cry was for vengeance, and heroes and warriors from every city and town joined hands and vowed vengeance upon Troy.
B. He had stolen and carried away from her shores the most beautiful of all her women, even Helen, the wife of Menelaus of Sparta.
C. They came in a thousand little ships, with sails and oars, and landed on the beach at the foot of the plain.
D. They came because one of the princes of Troy, Paris by name, had done a grievous wrong to Greece.
S2. They built huts and tents along the shore; they kindled fires; they threw up a breastwork of earth and stones around their camp; they defied the warriors of Troy to come out on the plain and meet them in battle.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The sequence of the sentences:
S1 (Fixed): "From beyond the sea came hosts of Greeks, armed for war and bent upon the conquest of the city." (This introduces the Greeks arriving and their intent).
D: "They came because one of the princes of Troy, Paris by name, had done a grievous wrong to Greece." (This explains why they came, naturally following the introduction of their arrival in S1).
B: "He had stolen and carried away from her shores the most beautiful of all her women, even Helen, the wife of Menelaus of Sparta." (The "He" refers to Paris mentioned in sentence D, and it describes the "grievous wrong").
A: "The cry was for vengeance, and heroes and warriors from every city and town joined hands and vowed vengeance upon Troy." (This explains the Greeks' reaction to the theft of Helen described in B).
C: "They came in a thousand little ships, with sails and oars, and landed on the beach at the foot of the plain," (This describes the physical arrival and landing on the beach, which sets the scene for the final sentence).
S2 (Fixed): "They built huts and tents along the shore..." (This follows the landing on the beach mentioned in C).