Directions (Qs. 19 to 27): In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your answer accordingly on the Answer-sheet.
19. S1: Ronald Ross was born in Almora, in the Himalayas in 1857.
S6: Manson directed him to an effective study of the disease and with his help, Ross solved the mystery in three years.
P: He began to feel that he ought to try to do something about it.
Q: He was educated in England and returned to India as an officer in the Indian Medical Service.
R: He started to study malaria and during a vacation to England, met Patrick Manson and studied tropical diseases under him.
S: His medical conscience was stirred by the appalling disease and misery with which he was surrounded in the course of his work.
The proper sequence should be
- ASRPQ
- BQSPR
- CPQRS
- DRPSQ
Explanation
The logical flow is Q (education, return to India) → S (conscience stirred by disease) → P (felt he ought to do something) → R (studied malaria, met Manson); the official key marks B.