In this section, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find the proper sequence of the four sentences.
S1: Gandhiji reached Newcastle and took charge of the agitation.
S6: The treatment that was meted out to these brave men and women in jail included starvation and whipping, and being forced to work in the mines by mounted military police.
P: During the course of the march, Gandhiji was arrested twice, released, arrested a third time and sent to jail.
Q: The employers retaliated by cutting off water and electricity to the workers' quarters, thus forcing them to leave their homes.
R: Gandhiji decided to march this army of over two thousand men, women and children over the border and thus see them lodged in Transvaal jails.
S: The morale of the workers, however, was very high and they continued to march till they were prosecuted and sent to jail.
The correct sequence should be
- AQRPS
- BSRQP
- CQPSR
- DRQSP
Explanation
S1 has Gandhiji take charge of the agitation at Newcastle; (R) he resolves to march the workers over the border into Transvaal jails. (Q) the employers retaliate by cutting off water and electricity to force them out, (S) morale stays high and they march on until prosecuted, and (P) Gandhiji is arrested twice, released, then jailed a third time — leading into S6's account of jail treatment. The sequence R-Q-S-P is option (D).