In the following question the first and the last parts of a short narrative are numbered 1 and 6. The remaining parts P, Q, R and S are jumbled. The passage narrates the experience of a student on the first day in college. Read the passage and choose the option that gives the correct order of P, Q, R and S.

Introduction / Context:
This rearrangement question tells a short story about a student's first day in college and an encounter with seniors. The first sentence states that it was the narrator's first day in college, and the last sentence reveals that the seniors forced the student to part with money and a wrist watch. You must choose the order of P, Q, R and S to form a logical account of how this happened.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• Sentence 1 says that it was the narrator's first day in college.
• Part Q says that as the narrator entered, two seniors approached.
• Part S says that they offered to help locate the classroom.
• Part R says that the narrator was happy to follow them.
• Part P says that they took the narrator to their room.
• Sentence 6 concludes that there they forced the narrator to part with money and the wrist watch.

Concept / Approach:
The story follows a simple sequence: introduction of the day, approach by seniors, offer of help, acceptance, and then exploitation. The movement in space is from entrance, to walking along with seniors, to being taken to their room. The last sentence clearly refers back to “their room” in P, so P must immediately precede sentence 6.

Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: After sentence 1, the next logical event is that something happens as the student enters the college. Part Q states that as the narrator entered, two seniors approached, so Q comes first among the jumbled parts. Step 2: After approaching, the seniors must say something. Part S reports that they offered to help locate the classroom, which appears friendly and convincing. Step 3: The narrator reacts to this offer. Part R says that the narrator was happy to follow them, which naturally follows S and explains how the trick succeeds. Step 4: Part P then states that the seniors took the narrator to their room. That location is needed for the last sentence, which describes what they did there.

Verification / Alternative check:
Reading the sequence 1 Q S R P 6 results in a clear narrative: first day, seniors approach, offer help, narrator follows them, they take the narrator to their room, and then the ragging incident occurs. The movement and cause effect relations are all consistent.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:
In PRQS, being taken to the room appears before the approach itself, which is impossible. In RPQS and SPQR, the acceptance and offer are not in the natural order. In SPQR, for example, the offer appears before the approach, which breaks basic conversational logic.

Common Pitfalls:
Students may be tempted to place P early because it mentions a clear action, but this ignores spatial logic. Another common mistake is to ignore the phrase “there they forced me” in sentence 6, which clearly refers back to a place that must be introduced just before it.

Final Answer:
The correct order of the parts is Q S R P, so the correct option is QSRP.