The sentences in the
following text are jumbled. Rearrange them in a proper order :— [D, B. 209] (i) All the servants
were called and interrogated. (ii) In order to find
out the thief, the judge chalked out an intelligent plan. (iii) Once a gold
necklace was lost from a rich man’s house. (iv) The servant’s were
summoned to the court but they denied having stolen the necklace. (v) When the servants
came to the court the next day, the thief had already cut off an inch of his
stick. (vi) But nobody
confessed their guilt. (vii) So the owner of
the house lodged a complaint in the court. (viii) The judge found
one of the sticks shorter than the others and in this way he could easily catch
the thief. (ix) Naturally it was
suspected that one of the servants had stolen the necklace. (x) He gave each of the
suspects a stick of equal length and said that one of the sticks would increase
by an inch the next day. Answer: Once a
gold necklace was lost from a rich man’s house. Naturally it was suspected that
one of the servants had stolen the necklace. All the servants were called and
interrogated. But nobody confessed their guilt. So the owner of the house
lodged a complaint in the court. The servants were summoned to the court but
they denied having stolen the necklace. In order to find out the thief, the
judge chalked out an intelligent plan. He gave each of the suspects a stick of
equal length and said that one of the sticks would increase by an inch the next
day. When the servants came to the court the next day, the thief had already
cut off an inch of his stick. The judge found one of the sticks shorter than
the others and in this way he could easily catch the thief.
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