Question : Some parts of a few sentences have been jumbled up, and labelled A, B, C and D. Select the option that gives the correct sequence in which these parts can be rearranged to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.
Mr. Summers spoke frequently
A. the one that had been constructed when the first people settled down to make a village here
B. liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box. There was a
C. to the villagers about making a new box, but no one
D. story that the present box had been made with some pieces of the box that had preceded it
Option 1: BDAC
Option 2: DACB
Option 3: ACDB
Option 4: CBDA
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Correct Answer: CBDA
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option: CBDA.
The paragraph starts with the given phrase "Mr. Summers spoke frequently", and part (C) follows, logically conveying the meaning that Mr. Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box. Part (B) follows it and says no one wanted to upset the tradition that was represented by the black box. Part (D) follows logically, which says that there was a story regarding the present box, and is lastly followed by part (A), which tells about the box preceding it and says it was constructed by the first people who settled there to make a village here.
Therefore, the complete sentence would be: Mr. Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box. There was a story that the present box had been made with some pieces of the box that had preceded it, the one that had been constructed when the first people settled down to make a village here.
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