THE HAPPY PRINCE

Integration Of The Princely States

The Dashakumaracharita or Tales of Ten Princes' was composed by

The clan of Rajputs who ruled the princely state of Jaipur was

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 item 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. S1: "When I was alive and had a human heart," answered the statue, “I did not know what tears were, for I lived in the Palace of Sans-Souci where sorrow is not allowed to enter. S6 : And now that I am dead they have set me up here so high that I can see all the ugliness and all the misery of my city, and though my heart is made of lead yet I cannot choose but weep." P: So I lived, and so I died. Q : Round the garden ran a very lofty wall, but I never cared to ask what lay beyond it, everything about me was so beautiful. R: My courtiers called me the Happy Prince, and happy indeed I was, if pleasure be happiness. S : In the daytime I played with my companions in the garden, and in the evening I led the dance in the Great Hall. The correct sequence should be