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. Plants on the farms died whenever the wind brought ashes from the volcano.
B. And birds fell from the sky, dying before they reached the ground.
C. After the eruption of the Paricutin volcano, for 100 miles no green thing, not even grass, could live.
D. The volcano had brought complete ruin to seven villages in the valley.

Options:

DACB

CADB

DBCA

CABD

Correct Answer:

CABD

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) - CABD

The correct order of the jumbled sentences is CABD.

Here is the explanation:

  • Sentence C tells us that after the eruption of the Paricutin volcano, for 100 miles no green thing, not even grass, could live.
  • Sentence A tells us that plants on the farms died whenever the wind brought ashes from the volcano.
  • Sentence B tells us that birds fell from the sky, dying before they reached the ground.
  • Sentence D tells us that the volcano had brought complete ruin to seven villages in the valley.