Select the missing sentence as per the sequence:

A. A certain young man was en-trusted to the care of a teacher.
B. ______________________________________________
C. "This dullard will come to grief if I send him away without a single lesson", thought the teacher.

He was so dull of mind that he could not, even in three months time, learn as much as a single lesson.

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The young man came to ask the teacher's permission to go home.

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It's my business to provide good education to my pupils, to get on in life.

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The teacher asked him to wait.

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Solution

The correct option is A He was so dull of mind that he could not, even in three months time, learn as much as a single lesson.
Since the first sentence talks about the the student getting admitted to the teacher, the second should describe his education. Therefore, Option A is correct. The rest of the options are related to the events after the completion of his education.

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Select the missing sentence as per the sequence:A. A certain young man was en-trusted to the care of a teacher.B. ______________________________________________C. "This dullard will come to grief if I send him away without a single lesson", thought the teacher.

Select the missing sentence as per the sequence:

A. A certain young man was en-trusted to the care of a teacher.
B. ______________________________________________
C. "This dullard will come to grief if I send him away without a single lesson", thought the teacher.