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    Question

    In the following question the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/ passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

    1. In a little district west of Washington Square the streets have run crazy and broken themselves into small strips called 'places.'

    P. One street crosses itself a time or two.

    Q. An artist once discovered a valuable possibility in this street.

    R. These 'places' make strange angles and curves.

    S. Suppose a collector with a bill for paints, paper and canvas should, in traversing this route, suddenly meet himself coming back, without a cent having been paid on account!

    6. So, to quaint old Greenwich Village the art people soon came prowling, hunting for north windows and eighteenth-century gables and Dutch attics and low rents.

    A RPQS Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B PQSR Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C SRPQ Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D PQRS Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    1. In a little district west of Washington Square the streets have run crazy and broken themselves into small strips called 'places.' These 'places' make strange angles and curves. One street crosses itself a time or two. An artist once discovered a valuable possibility in this street. Suppose a collector with a bill for paints, paper and canvas should, in traversing this route, suddenly meet himself coming back, without a cent having been paid on account! 6. So, to quaint old Greenwich Village the art people soon came prowling, hunting for north windows and eighteenth-century gables and Dutch attics and low rents.

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