DSSSB TGT CS 2023 Shift 2 – Question 062

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

1) I carried a small load on my back as others knowing that it will help in getting to a new nation that is about to be my nation and build a new life.
2) In the dead of the night, I walked with my family, away from my home, my street, my town, and what was till yesterday – my country.
3) Even if they get on that train to Amritsar and arrive there in one piece, they would just be a wisp of what they once were.
4) There were other families with us, snaking their way to Lahore railway station in fear, pain and certainty that their lives are not theirs anymore.

• 2-4-3-1
• 1-2-3-4
• 4-1-3-2
• 3-4-1-2

Sentence (2) sets the opening scene of departure during Partition (‘In the dead of the night, I walked with my family…’). Sentence (4) describes the crowd of other refugee families walking toward Lahore railway station. Sentence (3) reflects on the plight of these families taking the train to Amritsar. Sentence (1) concludes the thought with the narrator’s personal determination and hope to carry on and build a new life in the new nation. Therefore, the logical sequence is 2-4-3-1.