Ordering of Sentences Questions & Answers - Page 4

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31.

In the question below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences labelled S1 and S6 respectively, have been ordered correctly. The middle four sentences have been jumbled up. These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S1: A man can be physically confined within stone walls.

P : But his mind and spirit will still be free.

Q : Thus his freedom of action may be restricted.

R : His hopes and aspiration still remain with him.

S : Hence, he will be free spiritually if not physically.

S6: No tyranny can intimidate a lover of liberty.

The Proper sequence should be:

A.

PQRS

B.

SRQP

C.

QPRS

D.

QPSR

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

33.

In the question below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences labelled S1 and S6 respectively, have been ordered correctly. The middle four sentences have been jumbled up. These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S1: I had halted on the road.

P : As soon as I saw the elephant I knew I should not shoot him.

Q : It is a serious matter to shoot a working elephant.

R : I knew that his 'must' was already passing off.

S : The elephant was standing 8 yards from the road.

S6: I decided to watch him for a while and then go home.

The Proper sequence should be:

A.

SPQR

B.

PQSR

C.

RQPS

D.

SRPQ

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

34.

In the question below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences labelled S1 and S6 respectively, have been ordered correctly. The middle four sentences have been jumbled up. These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S1: It was a dark moonless night.

P : He turned over the pages, reading passages here and there.

Q : He heard them on the floor.

R : The poet took down his books of poems from his shelves.

S : Some of them contained his earliest writings which he had almost forgotten.

S6: They all seemed to him to be poor and ordinary mere childish words.

The Proper sequence should be:

A.

RPQS

B.

RQSP

C.

RSPQ

D.

RPSQ

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

35.

In the question below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences labelled S1 and S6 respectively, have been ordered correctly. The middle four sentences have been jumbled up. These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S1: Jawaharlal Nehru was born in Allahabad on 14 Nov 1889.

P : Nehru met Mahatma Gandhi in February 1920.

Q : In 1905 he was sent to London to study at a school called Haroow.

R : He became the first Prime Minister of Independent India on 15 August 1947.

S : He married Kamla Kaul in 1915.

S6: He died on 27 May 1964.

The Proper sequence should be:

A.

QRPS

B.

QSPR

C.

RPQS

D.

SQRP

Correct answer is B

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

36.

In the question below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences labelled S1 and S6 respectively, have been ordered correctly. The middle four sentences have been jumbled up. These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S1: Duryodhana was a wicked prince.

P : one day Bhima made Duryodhana fall from a tree from which Duryodhana was stealing fruits.

Q : He did not like that Pandavas should be loved and respected by the people of Hastinapur

R : Duryodhana specially hated Bhima.

S : Among the Pandavas, Bhima was extraordinarily strong and powerful

S6: This enraged Duryodhana so much that he began to think of removing Bhima from his way.

The Proper sequence should be:

A.

PSQR

B.

QPRS

C.

QSPR

D.

PSRQ

Correct answer is C

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

39.

In the question below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences labelled S1 and S6 respectively, have been ordered correctly. The middle four sentences have been jumbled up. These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S1: But how does a new word get into the dictionary?

P : When a new dictionary is being edited, a lexicographer collects all the alphabetically arranged citation slips for a particular word.

Q : The dictionary makers notice it and make a note of it on a citation slip.

R : The moment new word is coined, it usually enters the spoken language.

S : The word then passes from the realm of hearing to the realm of writing.

S6: He sorts them according to their grammatical function, and carefully writes a definition.

The Proper sequence should be:

A.

PQRS

B.

PRSQ

C.

RQPS

D.

RSQP

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

40.

In the question below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences labelled S1 and S6 respectively, have been ordered correctly. The middle four sentences have been jumbled up. These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S1: This weather-vane often tops a church spire, tower or high building.

P : They are only wind-vanes.

Q : Neither alone can tell us what the weather will be.

R : They are designed to point to direction from which the wind is coming.

S : Just as the barometer only tells us the pressure of air, the weather-vane tells us the direction of wind.

S6: The weather-vane can, however give us some indication of other.

The Proper sequence should be:

A.

PQRS

B.

PSRQ

C.

PRSQ

D.

SPQR

Correct answer is D

No explanation has been provided for this answer.