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. A certain young man was entrusted to the care of a teacher.
P. This dullard will come to grief if I send him away without a single lesson, thought the teacher.
Q. He was so dull of mind that he could not, even in three months time, learn as much as a single lesson.
R. The young man came to ask the teacher's permission to go home.
S. It's my business to provide a good education to my pupils, to get on in life.
S6. The teacher asked him to wait.

• A. P S R Q
• B. Q P S R
• C. R Q P S
• D. S R Q P

Answer 1

The correct option is B Q P S R

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

Q is first in the sequence: S1 starts by saying that a certain young man was entrusted to the care of a teacher. Q continues this point. It says that this young man was very dull of mind and that even in three months he could not learn a single lesson.

Q is followed by P: P continues the point by telling us that the teacher thought that if he/she sent the dullard away without a single lesson, he will come to grief.

P is followed by S: S adds to P's point. It says that the teacher further thought that it was his/her duty to provide good education to his/her pupils , to get on in life.

S is followed by R: R tells us what happened next. It says that the young man came to ask the teacher's permission to go home. S6 continues this point by saying that the teacher asked him to wait.

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