In the following question, there are six sentences marked S1, S6, P, Q, R, S. The positions of S1 and S6 are fixed. You are required to choose one of the four alternatives which would be the most logical sequence of the sentence in the passage.
S1: You live either in a village or a town of India.
P: Many villages and towns form a tehsil or a taluka.
Q: There are also some areas in our country called Union Territories.
R: Many tehsils of talukas form a district and many districts form a State.
S: These, together with all the states of our country make India.
S6: India is our motherland.

Correct option is A

Option (a) is the correct order of the given sentences.
Explanation of the correct sequence (PRQS):
Let’s reconstruct the passage step-by-step based on logical hierarchy and cohesion:
S1: You live either in a village or a town of India.
– This sets the starting point for where the reader lives.
P: Many villages and towns form a tehsil or a taluka.
– This logically follows, showing how villages/towns are organized administratively.
R: Many tehsils of talukas form a district and many districts form a State.
– Continues the hierarchy of the administrative structure.
Q: There are also some areas in our country called Union Territories.
– Introduces another category of political division besides states.
S: These, together with all the states of our country make India.
– Concludes the paragraph by summarizing how States + Union Territories = India.
S6: India is our motherland.
– Emotional ending to the factual build-up.
Final Reconstructed Sequence:
S1: You live either in a village or a town of India.
P: Many villages and towns form a tehsil or a taluka.
R: Many tehsils of talukas form a district and many districts form a State.
Q: There are also some areas in our country called Union Territories.
S: These, together with all the states of our country make India.
S6: India is our motherland.
Why other options are incorrect:
· b) QPRS: Starts with Union Territories, which is illogical before explaining villages, tehsils, or states. Breaks hierarchy.
· c) PQRS: P → Q is a jarring jump from local to national level without completing the middle layer (district/state via R).
· d) RPQS: Starts with tehsils, then jumps to Union Territories and ends with village-town level, which is disorganized.
Key Idea:
The correct order must follow India's administrative structure:
Village → Tehsil → District → State → UTs → Nation