Question

In the question, four sentences are given between the sentences numbered 1 and 6. You are required to arrange the four sentences so that all six together make a logical paragraph.
Hiss was serving as Head of the Endowment on August 3, 1948, when Whittaker Chambers reluctantly appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
(a) Chambers, a portly rumpled man with a melodramatic style, had been a Communist courier but had broken with the party in 1938.
(b) When Nixon arranged a meeting of the two men in New York, Chambers repeated his charges and Hiss his denials.
(c) Summoned as a witness, Hiss denied that he had ever been a Communist or had known Chambers.
(d) He told the Committee that among the members of a secret Communist cell in Washington during the 1930s was Hiss.
Then, bizarrely, Hiss asked Chambers to open his mouth.

• A. CBAD
• B. ADBC
• C. ADCB
• D. ACDB

Hint:

Chronological narration often starts with background, moves to the main accusation, then details events and ends with reactions or denials.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

A introduces Chambers’ background and his break with the Communist party.
D gives the accusation against Hiss.
B describes a meeting arranged by Nixon where the charges were repeated.
C concludes with Hiss’s denial in the witness stand.
Hence, ADBC forms a clear chronological sequence.