Para Jumble - Narrative Flow
XAT 2013 · Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning · Medium · Para Jumbles
Read the following sentences and choose the option that best arranges them in a logical order.
- I was scarcely in position ere my enemies began to arrive, seven or eight of them, running hard, their feet beating out of time along the road and the man with the lantern some paces in front.
- My curiosity, in a sense, was stronger than my fear, for I could not remain where I was, but crept back to the bank again, whence, sheltering my head behind a bush of broom, I might command the road before our door.
- Three men ran together, hand in hand; and I made out, even through the mist, that the middle man of this trio was the blind beggar.
- The next moment his voice showed me that I was right.
- A.
1, 2, 3, 4
- B.
2, 1, 3, 4
- C.
1, 2, 4, 3
- D.
1, 3, 4, 2
- E.
1, 4, 2, 3
Answer
B
Explanation
Sentence 2 sets up the speaker creeping back to command the road. 1 follows as he gets into position and enemies arrive. 3 describes the three men, and 4 confirms his suspicion about the blind beggar through his voice. Thus, 2-1-3-4 is the logical order.
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