In this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
S1: Palaeontology is the study of the remains of dead organisms over enormous spans of time.
S6: Faunal analysis gives information about the animal people hunted and domesticated, the age of animal at death, and the diseases that afflicted them.
P: Bones provide a great information.
Q: The distribution of faunal remains (animal bones) at a site can indicate which areas were used for butchering, cooking, eating, bone tool making and refuse dumping.
R: Within this discipline, molecular biology and DNA studies have been used to understand hominid evolution.
S: Hominid evolution answers the questions about what ancient people looked like, and to plot patterns of migration.
The correct sequence should be
- AQPRS
- BSPQR
- CRSPQ
- DPQRS
Explanation
S1 introduces palaeontology, so R ('Within this discipline, molecular biology and DNA studies have been used to understand hominid evolution') must follow — 'this discipline' can only refer to palaeontology. S continues the hominid-evolution thread (appearance, migration), then P shifts to bones as evidence and Q details what the distribution of faunal remains reveals. S6 ('Faunal analysis gives information...') generalises Q's point about animal bones, closing the chain. No other option preserves these keyword links (discipline → hominid evolution → bones → faunal remains → faunal analysis). Hence (C) RSPQ is correct.