Some parts of a few sentences have been jumbled up, and labelled A, B, C and D. Select the option that gives the correct sequence in which these parts can be rearranged to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence. I didn’t speak to the sage again for many years,

A. seer, born on a dark island of a union between an ascetic and a fisher princess

B. because of the many hefty books, he’d written. Vyasa the

C. though I heard of him from time to time. I learned

D. his name: Vyasa the Compendious,

CDBA

The correct answer is Option (1) - CDBA

The correct order of the jumbled sentences is CDBA.

• C. I learned his name: Vyasa the Compendious, This sentence introduces the topic of the paragraph, which is the sage Vyasa.
• D. seer, born on a dark island of a union between an ascetic and a fisher princess, This sentence provides some background information about Vyasa, who was a seer born on a dark island.
• B. because of the many hefty books, he’d written. This sentence explains why the speaker did not speak to Vyasa again for many years, which is because he was busy writing many books.
• A. though I heard of him from time to time. This sentence provides a transition between the previous sentence and the next sentence, which will tell us what the speaker learned about Vyasa.