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In the following question, the first and last sentences (1 and 6) of a passage are given, and the middle parts, labelled P, Q, R and S, have been jumbled up. Rearrange P, Q, R and S to produce a…

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In the following question, the first and last sentences (1 and 6) of a passage are given, and the middle parts, labelled P, Q, R and S, have been jumbled up. Rearrange P, Q, R and S to produce a correct and meaningful passage, and choose the correct sequence.

1) Mohan’s mother was out of station and had left a few recipes for Mohan to cook for himself. Here is one.
P) After a while he added salt and chilli powder to the slightly fried potato pieces.
Q) He cut and washed and peeled potatoes into tiny pieces.
R) When the oil was hot, he put the potato pieces into it, stirred them now and then to prevent them from sticking to the kadai.
S) Then he put the kadai on the lighted stove and poured two table spoons of oil into it.
6) Finally, when it was well done, he took the kadai off the stove and transferred the fried potato into a steel dish.
  1. QSRP
  2. QPRS
  3. SQRP
  4. PRQS

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: A - QSRP
Q comes first (preparing the potatoes), and S begins with "Then", so it follows Q: the kadai goes on the stove with oil. R needs hot oil, so it comes after S, and P ("after a while" adding salt to the slightly fried pieces) comes last before sentence 6. The order is Q, S, R, P.

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