UPSC 2017 CDS I English Paper

‘Q’ will be the first part of the given sequence as it states the reason that why Ramu was in great hurry, that is, because his examination was to begin in five minutes time. ‘S’ will come next because it says that since he was in a hurry because of his examination, that is why ‘he forgot to look to the left or right as he always did’. ‘R’ will follow next as ‘just rushed’ is used in the context of ‘forgot to look’ in the very previous part. ‘P’ will come next as ‘this carelessness’ refers to the act of ‘rushing across the road’ in R. Hence, QSRP is the correct sequence. Thus, option (d) is correct