Directions : In this section each item consists of six sentences that comprise a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The sequence of the four sentences in the middle, labelled as P, Q, R, and S, has been jumbled. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four jumbled sentences and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
S1: William I had the land mapped, and distributed it in sections to one hundred eighty Norman nobles who had migrated with him to Britain. S6: Thus, Anglo-Saxon peasants became tenants of various levels of landholders. P: They could not, however, use their knights for private warfare, which was forbidden in England. Q: They soon began to gift some of their own lands to knights who would serve them just as they in turn served the king. R: They were obliged to supply a certain number of knights to the king. S: These noble lords became the chief tenants of the king and were expected to give him military help.
- APRQS
- BPSQR
- CSQRP
- DSRQP
Explanation
S1 has William I mapping the land and distributing it to 180 Norman nobles; S identifies "these noble lords" as the king's chief tenants owing military help. R specifies the obligation (supplying knights to the king), Q shows the nobles in turn granting land to knights who would serve them, and P adds the restriction ("however") that knights could not be used for private warfare — producing S6's layered tenancies. The sequence S-R-Q-P, option D, follows.