CDS 2026 (I) English, question 33

Topic: Ordering of sentences

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In this section each item consists of six sentences that comprise a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The sequence of the four sentences in the middle, labelled as P, Q, R, and S, has been jumbled. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four jumbled sentences and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Q33

S1 : William I had had the land mapped, and distributed it in sections to one hundred eighty Norman nobles who had migrated with him to Britain.

S6 : Thus, Anglo-Saxon peasants became tenants of various levels of landholders.

P : They could not, however, use their knights for private warfare, which was forbidden in England.

Q : They soon began to gift some of their own lands to knights who would serve them just as they in turn served the king.

R : They were obliged to supply a certain number of knights to the king.

S : These noble lords became the chief tenants of the king and were expected to give him military help.

  1. (a) PRQS
  2. (b) PSQR
  3. (c) SQRP
  4. (d) SRQPCorrect answer

Solution.

Answer: (d) SRQP

  1. S identifies the nobles as the king's chief tenants.
  2. R specifies their military obligation; Q explains how they obtained knights' service through land grants; P then limits how they could use those knights.
  3. Sequence: S → R → Q → P.
  4. The conclusion about layers of tenants follows from that hierarchy.