Question

The following six sentences come from a paragraph. The first and the last sentences are given. Choose the order in which the four sentences (PQSR) should appear to complete the paragraph
S1: A great part of Arabia is desert.
S6: Such a place is called an oasis.
P: The sand is so hot that you cannot walk over it with your bare feet in the daytime.
Q: These springs are few and far apart, but wherever there is one, green grass very soon covers the ground all around it.
R: Here, there is nothing but sand and rock
S: Here and there in the desert are springs of water that come from deep down under the ground.
The proper sequence should be:
A. PSRQ
B. RSQP
C. RPSQ
D. PQSR

Answer 1

Hint: We have to complete the sentence by joining the options given. So that it becomes a meaningful sentence by reading it or narrates a story by combining the points. Try to find some connection or continuity between the given sentences in order to obtain a sequence.

Complete answer:
The first statement in the option should be the one that best connects with S1. It should be a continuation or extension of S1.
R should come first because S1 says that a great part of Arabia is desert. R elaborates on S1's point. It says that there is nothing but sand and rock.
P should come second in the sequence because P starts giving details about R's point. It says that the sand mentioned in R is so hot that one cannot walk over it bare feet during the daytime.
S should come third in the sequence because S takes the discussion to a different direction. S says that here and there in the desert are springs of water coming from deep underground.
Q should come forth in the sequence because Q further adds to S' point. It says that these springs are few and far apart but wherever there is one, green grass covers the ground around it.
S6 further adds that such a place is called an oasis.
Option A) PSRQ – is an incorrect answer because the sequence does not depict any story or any meaning.
P: The sand is so hot that you cannot walk over it with your bare feet in the daytime.
S: Here and there in the desert are springs of water that come from deep down under the ground.
R: Here, there is nothing but sand and rock
Q: These springs are few and far apart, but wherever there is one, green grass very soon covers the ground all around it.
Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option B) RSQP - is an incorrect answer because the sequence does not depict any story or any meaning.
R: Here, there is nothing but sand and rock
S: Here and there in the desert are springs of water that come from deep down under the ground.
Q: These springs are few and far apart, but wherever there is one, green grass very soon covers the ground all around it.
P: The sand is so hot that you cannot walk over it with your bare feet in the daytime.
Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option C) RPSQ – is the correct answer because it shows the combination or the continuation of the sentence.
R: Here, there is nothing but sand and rock
P: The sand is so hot that you cannot walk over it with your bare feet in the daytime.
S: Here and there in the desert are springs of water that come from deep down under the ground.
Q: These springs are few and far apart, but wherever there is one, green grass very soon covers the ground all around it.
Thus, this is the correct answer.
Option D) PQSR - is an incorrect answer because the sequence does not depict any story or any meaning.
P: The sand is so hot that you cannot walk over it with your bare feet in the daytime.
Q: These springs are few and far apart, but wherever there is one, green grass very soon covers the ground all around it.
S: Here and there in the desert are springs of water that come from deep down under the ground.
R: Here, there is nothing but sand and rock
Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
So, the correct formation of the story is:
S1: A great part of Arabia is desert.
R: Here, there is nothing but sand and rock
P: The sand is so hot that you cannot walk over it with your bare feet in the daytime.
S: Here and there in the desert are springs of water that come from deep down under the ground.
Q: These springs are few and far apart, but wherever there is one, green grass very soon covers the ground all around it.
S6: Such a place is called an oasis.

So, the correct answer is “Option C”.

Note:
For answering such questions we have to carefully read the sentence and understand the sequence so that it becomes meaningful. One way to identify the sequences or the events is to keep an eye on time order words. There are certain steps that we can focus on while connecting sequences and they are:
Step 1 – Understand the first and last sentence given in the question.
Step 2 – Rearranging steps to familiar events.
Step 3 – Ordering and re – telling the events.
Step 4 – Sequencing steps from stories and past events.