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    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. One evening after dark a young man prowled among the crumbling red mansions, ringing their bells.

    P. To the door came a housekeeper who made him think of an unwholesome, surfeited worm that had eaten its nut to a hollow shell and now sought to fill the vacancy with edible lodgers.

    Q. He asked if there was a room to let.

    R. At the twelfth house he rested his lean hand-baggage upon the step and wiped the dust from his hat-band and forehead.

    S. He rang the bell which sounded faint and far away in some remote, hollow depths.

    6. 'Come in,' said the housekeeper.

    A PSQR Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B RSPQ Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C RPQS Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D RSQP Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    1. One evening after dark a young man prowled among the crumbling red mansions, ringing their bells. R. At the twelfth house he rested his lean hand-baggage upon the step and wiped the dust from his hat-band and forehead. S. He rang the bell which sounded faint and far away in some remote, hollow depths. P. To the door came a housekeeper who made him think of an unwholesome, surfeited worm that had eaten its nut to a hollow shell and now sought to fill the vacancy with edible lodgers. Q. He asked if there was a room to let. 6. 'Come in,' said the housekeeper.

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