The following question consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly. S1: The sun-dried stalks of rice had caught fire and burst into flames. S6: Even those who were too feeble to keep up with the first rush were on their feet, eager to join the fire-fighters. P: Then came most of the older people, and mothers with babies at their backs. Q: And all the active women and girls followed them to assist them in fighting the fire. R: All the young men and boys were soon on the spot. S: Staring wildly at the blazing rice, the people of the village ran to extinguish the fire. The proper sequence should be

The following question consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly. S1: The sun-dried stalks of rice had caught fire and burst into flames. S6: Even those who were too feeble to keep up with the first rush were on their feet, eager to join the fire-fighters. P: Then came most of the older people, and mothers with babies at their backs. Q: And all the active women and girls followed them to assist them in fighting the fire. R: All the young men and boys were soon on the spot. S: Staring wildly at the blazing rice, the people of the village ran to extinguish the fire. The proper sequence should be Correct Answer SRQP

The correct answer is "SRQP"

Key Points

• While arranging the parts of the passage given in the options, we have to find some grammatical or contextual connections between them, so let’s find out.  
  • The first statement in the sequence should be the one that best connects with S1.
  • It should be a continuation or extension of S1.
  • From S1 and S6, it is clear that the passage is about the sun-dried stalks of rice catching fire. 
  • S follows S1 because it is adding information to the context by saying that the people of the village ran to extinguish the fire.
  • R follows S because it is adding more information to S by saying that all the young men and boys were on the spot.
  • P is directly connected to S6 as P is talking about the last group of people who were extinguished.
• Therefore, the sequence is 'S1SRQPS6.'
• ​​Correct sequence:
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• Steps for solving Para Jumbles:
  • Clues include pronouns, like he, she, it, this, that, these, those; adverbs like formally, really; article a, an, and the; definers like actually, finally, another; connectors like but, yet, both, also and neither nor, or, however, nevertheless.
  • Now, with the help of clues, try to find out qualifier and qualified sentences, so that we can make pairs of qualified and qualifier sentences to eliminate the wrong choices given in the question.
  • After making pairs, start eliminating the wrong choices or options given in the question.
  • In case there is more than one choice, try to follow the sequence of sentences according to the occurrence of the events. 
     

Hinglish

• विकल्पों में दिए गए गद्यांश के भागों को व्यवस्थित करते समय, हमें उनके बीच कुछ व्याकरणिक या प्रासंगिक संबंध खोजने होंगे, तो आइए जानें।
• अनुक्रम में पहला कथन वह होना चाहिए जो S1 के साथ सर्वोत्तम रूप से जुड़ता हो।
• यह S1 की निरंतरता या विस्तार होना चाहिए।
• S1 और S6 से, यह स्पष्ट है कि passage चावल के धूप में सुखाए गए डंठलों में आग पकड़ने के बारे में है।
• S, S1 का अनुसरण करता है क्योंकि यह यह कहकर संदर्भ में जानकारी जोड़ रहा है कि गाँव के लोग आग बुझाने के लिए दौड़े।
• R, S का अनुसरण करता है क्योंकि यह यह कहकर S में अधिक जानकारी जोड़ रहा है कि सभी युवक और लड़के मौके पर थे।
• P सीधे S6 से जुड़ा है क्योंकि P उन लोगों के अंतिम समूह के बारे में बात कर रहा है जो बुझ गए थे।
• इसलिए, अनुक्रम 'S1SRQPS6' है।