Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Inspector: “Were you sleeping when the robbers entered the bank?”
B. Guard: “The iron grill lock was broken and the bank looked ransacked but the robbers could not take away anything as I had returned quickly.”
C. Inspector: “What did you see when you came back?”
D. Guard: “No Sir. The bank had closed and I had just gone to relieve myself.”
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. ADCB.
While arranging the parts of the passage, we should find some grammatical or contextual connections between them. Also, the first sentence of a passage is usually independent and introduces a topic. The second one provides more information about it.
Steps to arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph:
- Sentence A is the independent sentence and introduces the questioning by the Inspector. So, sentence A is the first sentence after rearrangement.
- Sentence D provides the guard's answer to the question asked by the Inspector. Hence, sentence D follows sentence A.
- Now, after going through the option we find that only option 4 has the sequence that we got.
- Thus, the correct order after rearrangement is option 4 i.e. ADCB.
The paragraph is: Inspector: "Were you sleeping when the robbers entered the bank?" Guard: "No Sir. The bank had closed and I had just gone to relieve myself." Inspector. "What did you see when you came back?" Guard. "The iron grill lock was broken and the bank looked ransacked but the robbers could not take away anything as had returned quickly."
Hence, the correct answer is Option 4 i.e. ADCB.