Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Arrange in Meaningful Sequence

Question:

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

A. He was possessed by an overwhelming desire to possess them all.

B. A man stood holding a pole with yellow, red, green and purple balloons flying from it.

C. The child was simply carried away by the rainbow glory of their silken colours.

D. But he well knew his parents would never buy him the balloons because they would say he was too old to play with such toys.

Options:

BACD

BCAD

CBAD

DCBA

Correct Answer:

BCAD

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) - BCAD

The correct order of the jumbled sentences is BCAD.

Here is the explanation:

  • Sentence B tells us that a man was holding a pole with yellow, red, green, and purple balloons flying from it.
  • Sentence C tells us that the child was simply carried away by the rainbow glory of their silken colors.
  • Sentence A tells us that he was possessed by an overwhelming desire to possess them all.
  • Sentence D tells us that he well knew his parents would never buy him the balloons because they would say he was too old to play with such toys.