Given below are six sentences. A and F are the first and the last sentences. The rest of the sentences namely B, C, D and E are jumbled. Select the option that gives their correct order.

A. From a very early age I knew that when I grew up I would be writer.

B. For this or the other reasons, I was somewhat lonely.

C. I was the middle child among three.

D. And I barely saw my father, who was a soldier, till I was eight.

E. But there was a gap of five years on either side.

F. I had the lonely child’s habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons.

ACEBDF

The correct answer is Option (3) - ACEBDF

The correct order of the jumbled sentences is ACEBDF.

Here is the explanation:

• Sentence A is the introductory sentence, which tells us that the speaker knew from a very early age that they would be a writer.
• Sentence C tells us that the speaker was the middle child among three.
• Sentence E tells us that there was a gap of five years on either side.
• Sentence B tells us that for this or the other reasons, the speaker was somewhat lonely.
• Sentence D tells us that the speaker barely saw their father, who was a soldier, till they were eight.
• Sentence F is the concluding sentence, which tells us that the speaker had the lonely child's habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons.