Question

The FIRST and the LAST sentences of the paragraph are numbered 1 & 6. The others, labelled as P, Q, R and S are given below:

Suppose I know someone, Smith. P. One day you come to me and say: "Smith is in Cambridge." Q. I inquire, and find you stood at Guildhall and saw at the other end a man and said: "That was Smith." R. I'd say: "Listen. This isn't sufficient evidence." S. I've heard that he has been killed in a battle in this war.
If we had a fair amount of evidence he was killed I would try to make you say that you're being credulous.

Which of the following combinations is the MOST LOGICALLY ORDERED?

Accepted Answer

A. S introduces the premise that Smith was killed in a battle. P follows as a counter-statement ('Smith is in Cambridge'). Q describes the narrator inquiring into how the claim was made, and R gives the narrator's evaluation ('This isn't sufficient evidence'). Thus 1-S-P-Q-R-6 is the logical sequence.

Para Jumbles: Smith Evidence

Explanation

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