The applicants were asked to meet the Sultan one by one.

Question Type: Sentence Rearrangement Component

Target Audience: Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) students.

Subject: English 1st Paper

Instruction Context: This input, "The applicants were asked to meet the Sultan one by one," represents a single sentence that forms part of a larger 'Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order' exercise.

Structural Type: This element is intended to be sequenced correctly within a paragraph or narrative, assessing the student's understanding of cohesion and logical flow in English.