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. One day Gandhiji and Vallabhbhai Patel were talking. P. She was frightened and cried out for help.  Q. Once, a snake trespassed into the house of an old woman. R. Gandhiji remarked, ‘At times even a dead snake can be useful.’ S. And he narrated the following story to illustrate his point. 6. Hearing her loud cries, the neighbours rushed in and killed the snake.?

Option 4 : RSQP

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. RSQP.

•  While arranging the parts of the sentence given in options, we have to find some grammatical or contextual connections between them-
  • R follows sentence 1 as it tells what Gandhiji remarked while they were talking.
  • Next should be S as it starts with 'and' which connects S with R and mentions that he narrated an incident to prove his point.
  • Q follows S as it gives the introduction of the story Gandhiji told.
  • Next is P as it describes what happened when the woman saw the snake.

Correct order- One day Gandhiji and Vallabhbhai Patel were talking. Gandhiji remarked, ‘At times even a dead snake can be useful.’ And he narrated the following story to illustrate his point. Once, a snake trespassed into the house of an old woman. She was frightened and cried out for help. Hearing her loud cries, the neighbours rushed in and killed the snake.