Sentence & Paragraph Skills

Ordering of Sentences -1

Verbal Ability Exercise Mode

Ordering of Sentences -1

Practice and master this topic with our carefully crafted questions.

10 Questions
15 Minutes
0% Completed
QUEST ? ✓ !
Directions to Solve

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 11
S1: An elderly lady suddenly became blind. 
P : The doctor called daily and every time he took away some of her furniture he liked. 
Q : At last she was cured and the doctor demanded his fee. 
R : She agreed to pay a large fee to the doctor who would cure her 
S : On being refused, the doctor wanted to know the reason. 
S6: The lady said that she had not been properly cured because she could not see all his furniture. 
The Proper sequence should be:

A
PQRS
B
RPQS
C
RSPQ
D
RQPS
Correct Answer: Option B

No answer description available for this question.

Question 12
S1: What are the causes of our chronic food shortage ? 
P : To find for these growing new millions is desperate task. 
Q : every year, we add more than a crore of persons to our population. 
R : Despite stupendous efforts by our government, the population is growing unabated. 
S : The chief cause is the population explosion. 
S6: This unprecedented growth can drag us to the doors of starvation very soon. 
The Proper sequence should be:

A
QRSP
B
SQPR
C
QPRS
D
PSQR
Correct Answer: Option B

No answer description available for this question.

Question 13
S1: Our ancestors thought that anything which moved itself was alive. 
P : The philosopher Descartes thought that both men and animals were machines. 
Q : But a machine such as a motorcar or a steamship moves itself, as soon as machines which moved themselves had been made, people asked "Is man a machine?" 
R : And before the days of machinery that was a good definition. 
S : He also thought that the human machine was partly controlled by the soul action on a certain part of the brain, while animals had no souls. 
S6: Therefore some scientists think that life is just a very complicated mechanism. 
The Proper sequence should be:

A
PRSQ
B
RPQS
C
PSQR
D
RQPS
Correct Answer: Option C

No answer description available for this question.

Question 14
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 extraordinary 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: Option C

No answer description available for this question.

Question 15
S1: Jawaharlal Nehru was born in Allahabad on 14 Nov 1889. 
P : Nehru meet 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: Option B

No answer description available for this question.

Question 16
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: Option D

No answer description available for this question.

Question 17
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: Option B

No answer description available for this question.

Question 18
S1: There is only one monkey we can thoroughly recommend as an indoor pet. 
P : They quickly die from colds and coughs after the first winter fogs. 
Q : It is beautiful and intelligent Capuchin monkey. 
R : The lively little Capuchins, however, may be left for years in an English house without the least danger to their health. 
S : The Marmosets, it is true, are more beautiful than a Capuchins and just as pleasing, but they are too delicate for the English climate 
S6: Finally let me say that no other monkey has a better temper or winning ways. 
The Proper sequence should be:


A
PQRS
B
QRPS
C
QSPR
D
RPSQ
Correct Answer: Option B

No answer description available for this question.

Question 19
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: Option A

No answer description available for this question.

Question 20
S1: Throughout history man has used energy from the sun. 
P : Today, when we burn wood or use electric current we are drawing an energy. 
Q : However we now have a new supply of energy. 
R : All our ordinary life depends on sun. 
S : This has come from the sun. 
S6: This energy comes from inside atoms. 
The Proper sequence should be:

A
SQPR
B
RQPS
C
QSRP
D
PSRQ
Correct Answer: Option D

No answer description available for this question.

Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next
Page 2 of 8