Question : Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
A. She had never seen so large and so golden an apple.
B. Hilda was passing through an orchard when an apple fell at her feet.
C. So, she wrapped it in her handkerchief and carried it home to store it in her drawer.
D. She held it carefully in her clasped hands and thought it would be a pity to eat it.
Option 1: DACB
Option 2: BADC
Option 3: BCAD
Option 4: ABCD
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Correct Answer: BADC
Solution : The correct order is the second option: BADC.
The logical flow of sentences is as follows:
- Sentence B: introduces the scene in the orchard where an apple falls at Hilda's feet.
- Sentence A: provides a description of the apple that fell.
- Sentence D: describes Hilda's reaction to the apple, thinking it would be a pity to eat it.
- Sentence C: concludes the sequence, explaining how Hilda wrapped the apple and carried it home.
So, the complete paragraph would be: Hilda was passing through an orchard when an apple fell at her feet. She had never seen so large and so golden an apple. She held it carefully in her clasped hands and thought it would be a pity to eat it. So, she wrapped it in her handkerchief and carried it home to store it in her drawer.
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