In this section, each item consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are marked as S1 and S6. The four sentences between S1 and S6 have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. This is followed by four options, each suggesting a sequence of sentences. Identify the most appropriate option and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
S1: The first great discovery that man probably made was that of fire.
S6: The animals were not clever enough to learn anything from this.
P: Fires sometimes occur by themselves in the forests perhaps by rubbing together of flints or something else.
Q: We light a fire now by a match.
R: In olden times fires were made by striking two flints against each other till a spark came for setting fire to a dry thing.
S: But matches are quite recent things. The proper sequence should be
- APRSQ
- BQSPR
- CPQSR
- DRPQS
Explanation
P opens the passage naturally after S1, explaining how fires arose on their own in the forests, perhaps by the rubbing of flints. Q and S form a mandatory pair: 'We light a fire now by a match' is directly contrasted by 'But matches are quite recent things'. S in turn contrasts with R, 'In olden times fires were made by striking two flints', making the Q-S-R chain coherent. R then leads into S6, since 'learn anything from this' refers to early man's fire-making. The proper sequence is therefore PQSR, option (c).