CORRECT answer is option 2 i.e. SRPQ.While ARRANGING the given sentences, we have to find some grammatical or contextual connections between them, so let’s find out-Sentence 1 TELLS that the king was distressed It should be followed by S as it tells what the king did one night.Next is R as it tells what happened after he kept the stone.P follows R as it tells what PEOPLE did i.e. cursed the stone and the government.Last is Q as it tells after that the king got the stone removed.Sentences after rearrangement-The king was distressed because his people were lazy. He had a big stone put in the middle of the road one night. Next day people passed by and went round it. All cursed the stone and blamed the Government. Then the king had the stone removed. Under the stone the king had placed a purse full of money.