In the following question, statements 1 and 6 are respectively the first and…

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In the following question, statements 1 and 6 are respectively the first and the last sentences of a paragraph and statements A, B, C and D come in between them. Rearrange A, B, C and D in such a way that they make a coherent paragraph together with statements 1 and 6. Select the correct order from the given choices and mark its number as your answer.

1. A school is a place of learning for a child.

(A) I was enrolled in a school at the age of five.

(B) It is here that he prepares himself for the stage of life. So the right type of educational school is of great importance for him.

(C) It is a training ground for him. Here he forms new associates, comes in contact with boys of different temperaments and forms new ideas and habits.

(D) It was a primary school. The memory of my first day in school is still fresh in my mind.

6. It was a small school with eight rooms.

  1. A.

    CBAD

  2. B.

    ABCD

  3. C.

    CBDA

  4. D.

    BCDA

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Correct answer: A

Concept: Para-jumble questions are solved by tracking the referential and logical links between sentences — pronouns such as 'it', 'here', and 'him' must point back to something already introduced, and a paragraph that shifts from a general statement to a personal narrative does so through one clear pivot sentence.

  1. Statement 1 introduces the general idea: a school is a place of learning 'for a child'.

  2. Statement C continues this immediately — 'It is a training ground for him... forms new associates...' — here 'it' is the school and 'him' is the child from statement 1.

  3. Statement B follows C, concluding the general point — 'It is here that he prepares himself...' — 'here' refers back to the training ground described in C.

  4. Statement A pivots from the general 'he/him' to the first person — 'I was enrolled in a school at the age of five' — opening the personal narrative.

  5. Statement D follows A, elaborating on the same school — 'It was a primary school. The memory of my first day...' — and leads naturally into statement 6, 'It was a small school with eight rooms', which continues describing that same primary school.

So the order of A, B, C, D between statements 1 and 6 is C, B, A, D — giving CBAD.

Cross-check: reading straight through 1 → C → B → A → D → 6, every pronoun has an antecedent already introduced, and the shift from the general description to the personal memory happens exactly once, at A.

  • ABCD places A right after statement 1, jumping to the personal 'I was enrolled' before the general elaboration on the school's role (C, B) that 'him' in statement 1 still calls for.

  • CBDA keeps C and B in place but puts D ('the memory of my first day in school') before A ('I was enrolled'); a memory of the first day presupposes the enrollment already happened, so D cannot precede A.

  • BCDA opens with B ('It is here that...') before C has introduced what 'here' refers to, leaving the pronoun without an antecedent, and it also places the enrollment sentence (A) at the end.

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