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In questions below, each passage consist of six sentences. The first and sixth sentence are given in the begining. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

Question 1
S1: I took cigarettes from my case. 
P : But when the fit of coughing was over, he replaced it between his lips. 
Q : I lit one of them and placed it between the lips. 
R : Then with a feeble hand he removed the cigarette. 
S : Slowly he took a pull at it and coughed violently. 
S6: Then he continues to draw on it. The Proper sequence should be:

A PSQR
B QPSR
C QSRP
D SRPQ
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Question 2
S1: Payment for imports and exports is made through a system called foreign exchange. 
P : The value of the money of one country in relation to the money of other countries is agreed upon. 
Q : These rates of exchange vary from time to time. 
R : For instance, an American dollar or a British pound sterling is worth certain amounts in the money of other countries. 
S : Sometimes a United States dollar is worth 12 pesos in Mexico. 
S6: Another time it may be worth eight pesos. 
The Proper sequence should be:

A PQRS
B QPRS
C PRQS
D RPQS
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Question 3
S1: Moncure Conway devoted his life to two great objects freedom of thought, and freedom of the individual. 
P : They threaten both kinds of freedom. 
Q : But something also has been lost. 
R : There are now dangers, somewhat different in form from those of the past ages. 
S : In regard to both these objects, something has been gained since his time. 
S6: Unless a vigorous and vigilant public opinion can be aroused in defence of them, there will be much less of both a hundred years hence then there is now. 
The Proper sequence should be:

A PQRS
B QSPR
C SQRP
D RSPQ
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Question 4
S1: The study of speech disorders due to brain injury suggests that patients can think without having adequate control over their language. 
P : But they succeed in playing games of chess. 
Q : Some patients, for example fail to find the names of objects presented to them. 
R : They can even use the concepts needed for chess playing, though they are unable to express many of the concepts in ordinary language. 
S : They even find it difficult to interpret long written notices. 
S6: How they manage to do this we do not know. 
The Proper sequence should be:

A PSQR
B RPSQ
C QSPR
D SRPQ
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Question 5
S1: A black haired, young woman came tripping along. 
P : She was leading a young woman wearing a hat. 
Q : The woman swept it off and tossed it in the air. 
R : The child jumped up to catch the hat. 
S : The young man tossed his head to shake the hat back. 
S6: Both disappeared from view. 
The Proper sequence should be:

A PSQR
B RPSQ
C QRPS
D SQRP
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Question 6
S1: We now know that the oceans are very deep. 
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. 
The Proper sequence should be:

A SQPR
B PQSR
C RSQP
D QPRS
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Question 7
S1: Minnie went shopping one morning. 
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:

A RSQP
B RQSP
C PQRS
D QPRS
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Question 8
S1: Once upon atime there lived three young men in a certain town of Hindustan. 
P : All the people of the neighbourhood were mortally afraid of them. 
Q : They were so powerful that they could catch growing lions and tear them to pieces. 
R : Someone told them that they would become immortal if they killed Death. 
S : The young men believed themselves to be very good friends. 
S6: All of them set out in search of their foe called Death. 
The Proper sequence should be:

A QPRS
B SQPR
C RSQP
D SRPQ
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Question 9
S1: Metals are today being replaced by polymers in many applications. 
P : Above all, they are cheaper and easier to process making them a viable alternative to metals. 
Q : Polymers are essentially a long chains of hydrocarbon molecules. 
R : Today polymers as strong as metals have been developed. 
S : These have replaced the traditional chromium-plated metallic bumpers in cars. 
S6: Many Indian Institutes of science and Technology run special programmes on polymer science. 
The Proper sequence should be:

A QRSP
B RSQP
C RQSP
D QRPS
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Question 10
S1: Since the sixties there has been an increasing interest in neurophysiology, which deals with the neural bases of mental activity and behaviour. 
P : It has format which is very similar to that of Brain and Language, a sister journal. 
Q : Since then, a number of journals devoted entirely to this area of research have appeared. 
R : Before the 1960's when this field was the concern of a small number of investigators, research articles were scattered in various neurological journals. 
S : Brain and cognition is one such journal. 
S6: So far the journal has published the mixture of articles including reports and investigations. 
The Proper sequence should be:

A RQSP
B QRSP
C QSPR
D RSPQ
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