Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the…

Correct arrangement and explanation:

In the dead of the night, I walked with my family, away from my home, my street, my town, and what was till yesterday - my country.

There were other families with us, snaking their way to Lahore railway station in fear, pain and certainty that their lives are not theirs anymore.

Even if they get on that train to Amritsar and arrive there in one piece, they would just be a wisp of what they once were.

I carried a small load on my back as others knowing that it will help in getting to a new nation that is about to be my nation and build a new life.

• Why the first sentence comes first: It sets the time, action and context — the narrator leaves home at night with family, which establishes the scene for everything that follows.

• Why the second sentence follows: It expands the scene by showing other families moving toward the station, reinforcing that this is a mass displacement and continuing the chronological movement.

• Why the third sentence comes next: It offers a reflective observation about the consequences of arrival, which makes sense only after the departure and movement have been described.

• Why the final sentence closes the paragraph: It returns to the narrator's personal action and resolve, providing a closing note of what the narrator physically carries and emotionally aims for — building a new life.