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: Our villages are not now as serene and peaceful as they had been twenty five years ago.
S6: This often vitiates the traditional tranquility of the rural way of living.
P: The village people now seldom live under the overall command of any single powerful headman.
Q: Local political leaders mostly control and command them.
R: Party politics had entered into the peaceful villages forcing the villagers to live polarized political lives.
S: One dangerous consequence of this is that they are often dragged into clashes even with their own relations of different political beliefs.

The proper sequence should be:

• A. PRSQ
• B. RPQS
• C. QPRS
• D. PSRQ

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

RPQS

Here, R must follow S1 as it explains why villages are not so peaceful anymore. P furthers the idea introduced in R so it must follow P. Q follows P as it expands on P. S sums all these up and connects the rest to S6. So, the answer is option B.