The following five sentences come from a paragraph. The first and the last sentences are given. Choose the order in which the three sentences (PQR) should appear to complete the paragraph.
S1 Supposing you have to make a payment of Rs.100, you could do so in coins.
S2 _______________________________________________________________
S3 _______________________________________________________________
S4 _______________________________________________________________
S5 Thus paper money saves you a lot of trouble and also saves precious metal.
P – The person to whom the payment is being made would also find it very tedious.
Q – So the government gives you the alternative of paper money.
R – But so many coins would be very cumbersome to carry around.
Choose from the options given below:
RPQ
The first word ‘but’ in R provides a link to the first statement. In P, ‘tedious’ is another link to ‘cumbersome’ in R and explains further why carrying coins would be difficult. ‘So the government’ in Q completes the argument given in the first statement.