In this question, there is a list of four sentences marked P, Q, R and S that…
2021
In this question, there is a list of four sentences marked P, Q, R and S that follows a given sentence that together forms a paragraph. Find the proper sequence of the four sentences and make your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert went home late last night.
P. Somebody had broken open the lock. Q. To their dismay they found all their things missing. R. They got into the house with a lot of fear. S. When they reached home they found the front door open.
The proper sequence should be
- A.
R S P Q
- B.
S P R Q
- C.
Q S R P
- D.
R Q P S
Attempted by 4 students.
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Correct answer: B
Concept
A jumbled-sentence (para-jumble) item is solved by reconstructing the single coherent narrative the fragments describe. Order the sentences by the real-world chronology of events and by cohesion links — each sentence should follow naturally from the one before it (cause before effect, action before reaction, observation before conclusion). The opening (anchor) sentence is fixed; the rest must form an unbroken cause-and-effect chain.
Application
The anchor sentence is: “Mr. and Mrs. Robert went home late last night.” Trace the events in the order they would actually happen on arriving home:
When they reached home they found the front door open. — the very first thing they notice on arrival, so this comes immediately after the anchor.
Somebody had broken open the lock. — they look at the door and see the cause of it being open; the broken lock explains the open door.
They got into the house with a lot of fear. — having realised there was a break-in, they enter cautiously; fear is the reaction to what they just saw.
To their dismay they found all their things missing. — the final discovery, possible only after they are inside.
Reading them in this order gives the sentence labels S → P → R → Q.
Cross-check
Test the cohesion at each join: open door → explained by the broken lock → fear of an intruder → entering → finding the loss. Each step is a direct consequence of the previous one, with no gap. Any order that puts “things missing” before they enter, or “got into the house” before the door is found open, breaks the chronology — so S P R Q is the only coherent sequence.