Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
A: One day when the quarreling had been much more violent than usual and each of the sons was moping in a surly manner, he asked one of them to bring him a bundle of sticks.
B: No words he could say did the least good, so he thought in his mind for some very striking example that should make them see that discord would lead them to misfortune.
C: A man had a family of sons, who were forever quarreling among themselves.
D: Then handing the bundle to each of his Sons in turn he told them to try to break it.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → CBAD
C: A man had a family of sons, who were forever quarreling among themselves.
B: No words he could say did the least good, so he thought in his mind for some very striking example that should make them see that discord would lead them to misfortune.
A: One day when the quarreling had been much more violent than usual and each of the sons was moping in a surly manner, he asked one of them to bring him a bundle of sticks.
D: Then handing the bundle to each of his Sons in turn he told them to try to break it.