SI : Once upon a time there was a king who had a wonderfully nice garden. S6: In the trees lived a nightingale that sang so sweetly that all who passed by stood still and listened. P : In the middle of the garden there was a lovely forest with tall trees and deep lakes. Q : In this garden were to be seen the most wonderful flowers with silver bells tied to them. R : The garden was so large that even the gardener himself did not know where it began and where it ended. S : These bells always sounded so that nobody should pass by without noticing the flowers. The proper sequence should be
- AQ P R S
- BS P Q R
- CQ S R P
- DQ P S R
Explanation
S1 introduces the king's garden and S6 ends with the nightingale in the trees. Q describes the flowers with silver bells, and S continues with 'these bells', so S must follow Q. R expands on the garden's size, and P ('in the middle of the garden') leads naturally into S6's trees. The order Q S R P (C) is the only coherent chain. Hence the answer is C.