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.
20. S1: Science has turned the world into one unit.
S6: Practically every part of the world has friendly or hostile relationship with every other part.
P: Nowadays such pleasing illusions are impossible to have.
Q: Since that time they have been coming closer to each other.
R: Before the 16th century, America and the Far East were almost unrelated to Europe.
S: Augustus in Rome and Han Emperor in China simultaneously imagined themselves masters of the world.
The proper sequence should be
- APQRS
- BRSQP
- CSRPQ
- DRQSP
Explanation
The chronological flow is R (before 16th century, unrelated) → Q (since that time, coming closer) → S (Augustus and Han Emperor imagined mastery) → P (such illusions now impossible); the official key marks D.