In the question, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the…
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In the question, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the last sentence are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R, and S. Select the proper order for these sentences.
S1: Soumitra lost his wallet today in the market.
S6: Apart from calling the bank, he should also lodge an FIR.
P: He had all his cards and money in the wallet.
R: He is more worried about the credit cards than the money.
S: The best thing would be to call the bank and block all his cards.
Q: This surely would avoid any kind of credit card forgery.
- A.
RSQP
- B.
PRSQ
- C.
QPRS
- D.
SQPR
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Correct answer: B
Para-jumble questions test narrative sequencing: locate anchor words — pronouns (“this”, “it”), connectors (“apart from”, “also”), and topic-establishing clauses — that fix which sentence must precede or follow another. The correct order is the one where every anchor resolves to something already stated earlier in the passage.
S1 opens the story: Soumitra has lost his wallet.
P is the natural elaboration of what was lost ("all his cards and money"), so P follows S1.
R narrows the general list in P down to the specific worry — the credit cards — so R follows P.
S proposes the solution that directly responds to the worry raised in R (call the bank, block the cards), so S follows R.
Q's pronoun "This" refers back to the blocking action described in S, so Q follows S.
S6's phrase "Apart from calling the bank" refers back to that exact action in S, confirming S (and Q right after it) precedes S6 — so the full chain S1 → P → R → S → Q → S6 is self-consistent, giving order PRSQ.
Checking the alternative orders confirms none resolve their pronouns/connectors as cleanly: starting with R (as in RSQP) references "the credit cards" before the wallet's contents (P) are ever mentioned, and starting with Q (QPRS) makes "This" refer to nothing preceding it. Only PRSQ keeps every reference grounded in an already-introduced idea, confirming PRSQ as correct.