In the following question, sentences of a paragraph have been jumbled and labelled as A, B, C and D. You are required to rearrange the jumbled sentences of the paragraph and mark your response accordingly by selecting the correct option. P: The Lapdog jumped into his master's lap and it lay there blinking while the Farmer stroked his ears. Q: A Farmer one day came to the stables to see to his beasts of burden: among them was his favourite ass, that was always well fed and often carried his master. R: The farmer felt in his pocket, gave the Lapdog some dainty food, and sat down while he gave his orders to his servant. S: With the Farmer came his Lapdog, who danced about and licked his hand and frisked about as happy as could be.
In the following question, sentences of a paragraph have been jumbled and labelled as A, B, C and D. You are required to rearrange the jumbled sentences of the paragraph and mark your response accordingly by selecting the correct option. P: The Lapdog jumped into his master's lap and it lay there blinking while the Farmer stroked his ears. Q: A Farmer one day came to the stables to see to his beasts of burden: among them was his favourite ass, that was always well fed and often carried his master. R: The farmer felt in his pocket, gave the Lapdog some dainty food, and sat down while he gave his orders to his servant. S: With the Farmer came his Lapdog, who danced about and licked his hand and frisked about as happy as could be. Correct Answer QSRP
The correct sequence for the given sentences is 'QSRP'.
Key Points
- Sentence Q comes first as it introduces the subject 'farmer'.
- Sentence S follows Q as it states about the lapdog that came with the farmer.
- Sentence R follows S as it states about the food in farmer giving food to Lapdog that he had in his pocket.
- Sentence P ends the paragraph by mentioning more about Lapdog's activity later.
- Thus, the sequence becomes:
- Q: A Farmer one day came to the stables to see to his beasts of burden: among them was his favourite ass, that was always well fed and often carried his master.
- S: With the Farmer came his Lapdog, who danced about and licked his hand and frisked about as happy as could be.
- R: The farmer felt in his pocket, gave the Lapdog some dainty food, and sat down while he gave his orders to his servant.
- P: The Lapdog jumped into his master's lap and it lay there blinking while the Farmer stroked his ears.