In the following question, the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct. 1. A fisherman, enfeebled with age, could no longer go out to sea so he began fishing in the river.  P. Every morning he would go down to the river and sit there fishing the whole day long. Q. It was a hard life for an old man. R. In the evening he would sell whatever he had caught, buy food for himself and go home. S. One hot afternoon while he was trying to keep awake, a large bird with silvery feathers alighted on a rock near him.  6. It was Kaha, the heavenly bird.

In the following question, the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct. 1. A fisherman, enfeebled with age, could no longer go out to sea so he began fishing in the river.  P. Every morning he would go down to the river and sit there fishing the whole day long. Q. It was a hard life for an old man. R. In the evening he would sell whatever he had caught, buy food for himself and go home. S. One hot afternoon while he was trying to keep awake, a large bird with silvery feathers alighted on a rock near him.  6. It was Kaha, the heavenly bird. Correct Answer PRQS

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. PRQS.

  •  While arranging the parts of the sentence given in options, we have to find some grammatical or contextual connections between them-
    • P follows sentence 1 as it tells what the fisherman would do every morning.
    • Next is R as it tells what he did in the evening.
    • After that comes Q as it says how this daily routine was very hard for an old man like this fisherman.
    • Last is S as it begins narrating an incident that happened one afternoon.


Correct order- A fisherman, enfeebled with age, could no longer go out to sea so he began fishing in the river. Every morning he would go down to the river and sit there fishing the whole day long. In the evening he would sell whatever he had caught, buy food for himself and go home. It was a hard life for an old man. One hot afternoon while he was trying to keep awake, a large bird with silvery feathers alighted on a rock near him. It was Kaha, the heavenly bird.

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