Directions. In the following question, two columns are given, containing three phrases each. A phrase from the first column may or may not connect with a phrase from the second column to make a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. There are five options, four of which display the sequence(s) in which the phrases can be joined to form a correct sentence. If none of the phrases makes a correct sentence, mark ‘None of these’ as your answer.

Column (1)

Column (2)

A. Man is always the master, even in his weaker and most abandoned state;

D. covering the twenty-five-kilometre distance by the university bus rather than by the local train.

B. The two friends commuted to the university every day,

E. We picked up our things and went over to the Manor House.

C. ‘I have an idea,’ said the shopkeeper. ‘It’s no use to you, that umbrella. Why not sell it to me?’

F. but even in his weakness and degradation he is the foolish master who misgoverns his “household”.

Question

Column (1)	Column (2)
A. Man is always the master, even in his weaker and most abandoned state;	D. covering the twenty-five-kilometre distance by the university bus rather than by the local train.
B. The two friends commuted to the university every day,	E. We picked up our things and went over to the Manor House.
C. ‘I have an idea,’ said the shopkeeper. ‘It’s no use to you, that umbrella. Why not sell it to me?’	F. but even in his weakness and degradation he is the foolish master who misgoverns his “household”.