The Story of The Necklace Thief and The Clever Judge - Rearrange [HSC - Dhaka Board-2019]

 Question

The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence. [10] [HSC - Dhaka Board-2019]

(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 servants 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.

 Solution

Rearrange Table

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
iii	ix	i	vi	vii	iv	ii	x	v	viii

Rearranged Paragraph:

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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