Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Arrange in Meaningful Sequence

Question:

Given below are six sentences 4 of which are jumbled. The first and the last sentence are given. Pick the option that gives the logically correct order of the four sentences.

S-1 A salt seller used to carry the salt bag on his donkey to the market every day.
A: One day the donkey suddenly tumbled down the stream and the salt bag also fell into the water.
B: The donkey was happy.
C: On the way they had to cross a stream.
D: The salt dissolved in the water and hence the bag became very light to carry.
S-6 Then the donkey started to play the same trick every day.

Options:

CDAB

ACDB

BDCA

CADB

Correct Answer:

CADB

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) - CADB

The correct order is CADB.

The sentences in the correct order are:

  1. A salt seller used to carry the salt bag on his donkey to the market every day.
  2. On the way they had to cross a stream.
  3. One day the donkey suddenly tumbled down the stream and the salt bag also fell into the water.
  4. The salt dissolved in the water and hence the bag became very light to carry.
  5. The donkey was happy.
  6. Then the donkey started to play the same trick every day.