Ordering of Sentences Questions & Answers - Page 2

P : During a period of drought, streams and rivers dried up, the cattle died from thirst and were ruined.

Q : Many different things affect the weather and we have to study them carefully to make accurate forecast.

R : Ancient Egyptians had no need of weather forecasting as the Nile Valley hardly ever changes.

S : In early times, when there were no instruments, such as thermometer or the barometer, man looked for tell-tale signs in the sky.

S6: He made his forecasts by watching flights of the birds or the way smoke rose from fire.

The Proper sequence should be:

P : Dwarga is the first among them.

Q : They are expected to alleviate the problem of housing.

R : It is coming up in the south west of capital.

S : It will cater to over one million people when completed.

S6: Hopefully the housing problem will not be as acute at present after these sub-cities are built.

The Proper sequence should be:

P : We waited for few days, then we decided to go to her place.

Q : But she did not.

R : we found it locked.

S : Even after that we waited for her quite a few days.

S6: Eventually we reported to the police.

The Proper sequence should be:

P : Sometimes boys and girls do not like the idea of arranged marriages.

Q : Most young people accept the state of affairs.

R : Shanta was like that.

S : They assume their parents can make good choices.

S6: She felt she was a modern girl and not subject for bargaining.

The Proper sequence should be:

P : When at its farthest from the Earth, Venus is 160 million miles away

Q : With such a wide range between its greatest and least distances, it is natural that at sometimes Venus appears much brighter than at others.

R : No other body ever comes so near the Earth, with the exception of the Moon and occasional comet or asteroid.

S : When Venus is at its nearest to the earth it is only 26 million miles away.

S6: When at its brightest, it is easily seen with the naked eye in broad daylight.

The Proper sequence should be:

P : Students would walk away with books they had not paid for.

Q : A Chinese journalist commented on a curious institution: the library

R : Their public morality, however, impressed visitors.

S : But in general they returned them.

S6: This would not happen in china, he said.

The Proper sequence should be:

P : But people did not take it seriously.

Q : That was to show everyone that there was something wrong

R : It was a dangerous thing to do.

S : For, within minutes the ship began to sink.

S6: Nearly 200 lives were lost on the fateful day.

The Proper sequence should be:

P : Her face is thin and worn and her hands are coarse, pricked by a needle, for she is a seamstress.

Q : One of the windows is open and through it I can see a poor woman.

R : He has a fever and asking for oranges.

S : In a bed in a corner of the room her little boy is lying ill.

S6: His mother has nothing to give but water, so he is crying.

The Proper sequence should be:

P : Disappointed, she turned around and returned to the parking lot.

Q : She got out and walked to the nearest shop.

R : She drove her car into the parking lot and stopped.

S : It was there that she realised that she'd forgotten her purse at home.

S6: She drove home with an empty basket.

The Proper sequence should be:

P : For example, the Indian ocean has a range called the Indian Ridge.

Q : Much of it is fairly flat.

R : However, there are great mountain ranges as well.

S : On average, the bottom is 2.5 miles to 3.5 miles down

S6: This reaches from the India to the Antarctic.

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