In this section, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are marked as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. This is followed by four options each suggesting a sequence of the sentences. Identify the most appropriate option.
S1 : Vijayanagara or ‘city of victory’ was the name of both a city and an empire.
S6 : They remembered it as Hampi a name derived from that of the local Mother Goddess, Pampadevi.
P : In its heyday, it stretched from the river Krishna in the North to the extreme South of the peninsula.
Q : The empire was founded in the fourteenth century.
R : In 1565, the city was destroyed and subsequently deserted.
S : Although it fell into ruin in the seventeenth-eighteenth centuries, it lived on in the memories of people living in the Krishna-Tungabhadra Doab.
The correct sequence should be
- APRQS
- BSPRQ
- CQPRS
- DRSPQ
Explanation
Chronological: Q (founded 14th century) → P (extent at heyday) → R (destroyed 1565) → S (ruin, living in memories) → S6 (remembered as Hampi — the 'memories' link). Hence (C).