Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Arrange in Meaningful Sequence

Question:

Examine the four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options, pick the one that gives their correct order.

  1. I went back to the farm and returned with a stick but still I hesitated to attack it.
  2. I didn't want to kill it as I had never killed one.
  3. My first instinct was to ignore the snake.
  4. My duty was to kill only dangerous one.
Options:

BDAC

CBDA

DABC

BDCA

Correct Answer:

CBDA

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) - CBDA

The correct order of the jumbled sentences is CBDA.

C. My first instinct was to ignore the snake. This is the first sentence because it introduces the topic of the passage, which is the narrator's hesitation to kill a snake.

B. I didn't want to kill it as I had never killed one. This sentence follows the first sentence because it explains why the narrator was hesitant to kill the snake.

D. My duty was to kill only dangerous one. This sentence comes after the second sentence because it provides more information about the narrator's job, which was to kill dangerous snakes.

A. I went back to the farm and returned with a stick but still I hesitated to attack it. This sentence concludes the passage by summarizing the narrator's actions, which were to go back to the farm, get a stick, and then hesitate to attack the snake.