Question

The following six sentences come from a paragraph. The first and the last sentences are given. Choose the order in which the four sentences (PQRS) should appear to complete the paragraph.

S1: Most of you probably did not see Gandhiji at close quarters.
S6: The result was that that poor man had to try to be good.
P: One of these qualities was that he managed to draw out the good in another person.
Q: But he somehow spotted the good and laid emphasis on that good.
R: He had amazing qualities.
S: The other person may have had plenty of evil in him.

The proper sequence should be:

• A. QPSR
• B. RPSQ
• C. PRQS
• D. QSPR

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

RPSQ

The first statement in the sequence should be the one that best connects with S1. It must be a continuation or extension of S1.

R is first in the sequence: S1 starts by saying that most people today probably did not see Gandhiji at close quarters. R continues S1's point. It says that he had amazing qualities.

R is followed by P: P starts to tell us about one of the above qualities. It says that one of his qualities were that he managed to draw out the good in people.

P is followed by S: S adds to P's point. It says that the other person may have had plenty of evil in him.

S is followed by Q: Q directly continues S' point. It says that although the other person had plenty of evil in him, but somehow Gandhiji spotted the good and laid emphasis on that good. S6 adds to it that the result was that the poor man had to try to be good.

Thus, the correct sequence is R P S Q. Hence, B is the correct option.