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 correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. I went to college from the eleventh grade and never went to the twelfth grade, and skipped another grade earlier, so I was a pretty young fellow at Morehouse.

B. At the age of fifteen, I entered Morehouse College and my father and my maternal grandfather had also attended, so Morehouse has had three generations of Kings.

C. The professors were not caught up in the clutches of state funds and could teach what they wanted with academic freedom and encouraged us in a positive quest for a solution to racial ills.

D. I shall never forget the hardships that I had upon entering college, for though I had been one of the top students in high school, I was still reading at only an eighth-grade level.

Options:

BDAC

ABDC

ADBC

BADC

Correct Answer:

BDAC

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) - BDAC

The correct order of the sentences is BDAC.

  • Sentence B introduces the topic of the paragraph, which is Martin Luther King Jr.'s experience at Morehouse College.
  • Sentence D describes the challenges that King faced at Morehouse, despite being a top student in high school.
  • Sentence A provides additional details about King's early education, explaining that he skipped a grade and entered Morehouse at the age of 15.
  • Sentence C provides a possible explanation for King's challenges, suggesting that the professors at Morehouse were more liberal and encouraged students to think critically about racial issues.