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GATE 2025 ME – Question 6

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Reading Comprehension and Reasoning · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Identify the option that has the most appropriate sequence such that a coherent paragraph is formed:

P. At once, without thinking much, people rushed towards the city in hordes with the sole aim of grabbing as much gold as they could.

Q. However, little did they realize about the impending hardships they would have to face on their way to the city: miles of mud, unfriendly forests, hungry beasts and inimical local lords – all of which would reduce their chances of getting gold to almost zero.

R. All of them thought that easily they could lay their hands on gold and become wealthy overnight.

S. About a hundred years ago, the news that gold had been discovered in Kolar spread like wildfire and the whole State was in raptures.

  1. P → Q → R → S
  2. Q → S → R → P
  3. S → Q → P → R
  4. S → P → R → Q

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Correct answer: (D) S → P → R → Q

Explanation

The paragraph opens with the news of the gold discovery (S). People then rushed to the city (P), all thinking they would get rich quickly (R), and "however" introduces the hardships they had not foreseen (Q). The order is S, P, R, Q.