Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Arrange in Meaningful Sequence

Question:

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. An old mouse, who was wise enough to keep his distance, whispered to a friend, “Many a bag have I seen in my day, but never one with a cat's head”.
B. She hoped that the mice would no longer be afraid to come near her.
C. A cat, grown feeble with age and no longer able to hunt mice as she once did, thought to herself how she might entice them within reach of her paw.
D. Thinking that she might pass herself off for a bag or for a dead cat at least, she suspended herself by the hind legs from a peg.

Options:

ABDC

DCBA

CADB

CDBA

Correct Answer:

CDBA

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) - CDBA

The correct order of the sentences to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph is CDBA.

Here is the explanation:

  • Sentence C introduces the topic of the paragraph, which is a cat who is no longer able to hunt mice as she once did and tries to trick them by pretending to be a bag.
  • Sentence D states that she suspended herself by the hind legs from a peg.
  • Sentence B states that she hoped that the mice would no longer be afraid to come near her.
  • Sentence A states that an old mouse, who was wise enough to keep his distance, whispered to a friend, “Many a bag have I seen in my day, but never one with a cat's head”.