Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow:-
I had never seen a house on fire before. So, one evening when I heard fire engines with loud alarm bells rushing past my house, I quickly ran out and, a few streets away, joined a large crowed of people, but we could see the fire only from a distance because the police would not allow any one near the building on fire.
What a terrible scene I saw that day. Huge flames of fire were coming out of each floor, and black and thick smoke spread all around. Every now and then tongues of fire would shoot up almost sky-high, sending huge sparks of fire all around.
Three fire engines were busily engaged and the firemen in their dark uniforms were playing the hose on various parts of the building. Then the tall red ladders of the fire engine were stretched upwards and could see some firemen climbing up with hoses in their hands. On reaching almost the top of the ladder, they began to pour floods of water on the topmost part of the building. This continuous flooding brought the fire under control but the building was completely destroyed.
While fire is a blessing in many ways, it can also be a great danger to human life and property.
Rearrange the following sentences to recreate the sequence of events as per the passage.
A. The narrator ran out of the house
B. The building caught fire
C. Fireman climbed the ladder
D. The firemen played the hose on the building
E. The fire was brought under control
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → B, A, D, C, E
Sequence of events (from the passage):
(B) The building caught fire — the house was already burning when the narrator heard the fire engines "with loud alarm bells rushing past" his house.
(A) The narrator ran out of the house — on hearing the engines he "quickly ran out" and joined the crowd a few streets away.
(D) The firemen played the hose on the building — the firemen first fought the fire from the ground, "playing the hose on various parts of the building".
(C) Fireman climbed the ladder — "Then the tall red ladders ... were stretched upwards", and the firemen climbed them with hoses in their hands.
(E) The fire was brought under control — the flooding from the top of the ladders "brought the fire under control", though the building was destroyed.