S1: A small pool in the rocks outside my cottage in the Mussoorie hills provides me endless delight. P: I stood very still, anxious that it should drink its fill. Q: And once I saw a barking deer, head lowered at the edge of the pool. R: Water beetles paddle the surface, while tiny fish lurk in the shallows. S: Sometimes a spotted fork tail bird comes to drink, hopping delicately from rock to rock. S6: It did and then, looking up, saw me and leapt across the ravine to disappear into the forest. The Proper sequence should be: A. PRSQ B. PSQR C. RSQP D. SQPR

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The correct answer is: A. PRSQ

The first sentence, S1, introduces the topic of the paragraph, which is a small pool in the rocks outside the speaker’s cottage in the Mussoorie hills. The second sentence, P, provides a specific example of the speaker’s delight in the pool, describing a time when they saw a barking deer drinking from it. The third sentence, Q, provides another example of the speaker’s delight in the pool, describing a time when they saw a spotted fork tail bird drinking from it. The fourth sentence, R, provides more general information about the pool, describing the water beetles and tiny fish that live in it. The sixth sentence, S6, provides a conclusion to the paragraph, describing how the deer saw the speaker and leapt away.

The other options are incorrect because they do not follow the logical order of the events described in the paragraph. Option B, PSQR, puts the sentence about the deer before the sentence about the bird. Option C, RSQP, puts the sentence about the water beetles and tiny fish before the sentence about the speaker’s delight in the pool. Option D, SQPR, puts the sentence about the bird before the sentence about the deer.