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GATE 2024 EC – Question 6

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

Sequence the following sentences (P, Q, R, S) in a coherent passage:

P: Shifu’s student exclaimed, “Why do you run since the bull is an illusion?”

Q: Shifu said, “Surely my running away from the bull is also an illusion.”

R: Shifu once proclaimed that all life is illusion.

S: One day, when a bull gave him chase, Shifu began running for his life.

  1. SPRQ
  2. SRPQ
  3. RSPQ
  4. RPQS

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Correct answer: (C) RSPQ

Explanation

R states the general claim (all life is illusion). S gives the incident: a bull chases Shifu and he runs. P is the student's question about that running, and Q is Shifu's reply. So the order is R, S, P, Q.