Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order.
A. As time passed, he grew jealous of his brother's fine appearance and gentle manners and at last he wished to destroy him.
B. When Orlando's father, sir Rowland de Boys, died, he left his youngest son to the care of his eldest brother Oliver.
C. Oliver however proved an unworthy brother and neglected the boy.
D. It was Oliver who persuaded his brother to wrestle with the famous man who had killed so many others in days past; and it was this cruel brother's neglect of him that made Orlando say that he wished to die.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2. i.e. BCAD.
- The sentence, that has the topic of the passage, should come first.
- Sentence B introduces the situation and background involving Orlando's father's death and his care being entrusted to his eldest brother.
- Hence, option 2 is the correct answer as only this option has B in the initial position.