The opening and closing sentences are given. Arrange the sentences between them.
Opening: The Konkan Railway runs along India's west coast, from Maharashtra to Karnataka.
P. The land is cut by hundreds of rivers, and steep hills rise straight from the sea.
Q. Yet in the 1990s, workers built the line through ninety tunnels and across two thousand bridges.
R. For decades, engineers had said that a railway there could not be built.
S. They finished it in just seven years.
Closing: Today the train carries people and goods along a route that once took days by road.

PRSQCorrect answerYour answerRQSPCorrect answerYour answerRPQSCorrect answerYour answerPSRQCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer C

Correct answer: C

After the opening sentence, R gives the old belief: it could not be built.
P gives the reason, the rivers and hills. Q turns with "yet", and S says how fast "they" finished "it", which leads to "today" in the closing sentence.
So the order is RPQS.

Worth noting

PRSQ has "they" finish "it" before anyone has started building.

Concept: Ordering sentences by their links: the opener, pronouns, connectors and sequence
Typical timeTypical: 85 s
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