S1. Vijayanagara or 'city of victory' was the name of both a city and an empire S6. They remembered it as Hampi, a name derived from that of the local mother goddess, Pampadevi P. In its heyday it stretched from the river Krishna in the north to the extreme south of the Indian peninsula Q. Although it fell into ruin in the seventeenth-eighteenth centuries, it continued to live in the memories of the people who inhabited the Krishna-Tungabhadra doab R. In 1565 the city was sacked and subsequently deserted S. The Empire was founded in the fourteenth century

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

  1. A. S P R Q
  2. B. S Q P R
  3. C. P Q S R
  4. D. P Q R S

Correct Answer: A. S P R Q

Explanation

Sentence S starts with the chronological origin (fourteenth century). P describes its peak expanse. R describes its fall in 1565. Q mentions it falling into ruin but living on in memory, leading directly to the name Hampi in S6.

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