Verbal Ability

Ordering of Words -1

Directions to Solve

In each question below, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.

11.  It is not, therefore 

P : that I pay a tribute 
Q : to conductors as a class 
R : with any feeling of unfriendliness 
S : to a particular member of that class 
The Proper sequence should be:
A. PQRS
B. RQPS
C. RSPQ
D. PSRQ
12.  If you need help 

P : promptly and politely 
Q : ask for attendants 
R : to help our customers 
S : who have instructions 
The Proper sequence should be:
A. SQPR
B. QPSR
C. QSRP
D. SQRP
13.  It is easier
 
P : to venture into space 
Q : for men 
R : beneath their feet 
S : than to explore 
The Proper sequence should be:

A. QRPS
B. QPSR
C. PSRQ
D. PQSR
14.  It was to be
 
P : before their school examination 
Q : which was due to start 
R : the last expedition 
S : in a month's 
The Proper sequence should be:
A. SRQP
B. RQSP
C. RPQS
D. SPRQ
15.  This time
 
P : exactly what he had been told 
Q : the young man did 
R : beyond his dreams 
S : and the plan succeeded 
The Proper sequence should be:
A. QPRS
B. QPSR
C. PQSR
D. QSRP
16.  In the darkness 

P : the long, narrow beard 
Q : was clearly visible with 
R : the tall stooping figure of the doctor 
S : and the aquiline nose 
The Proper sequence should be:
A. RQPS
B. PSQR
C. RSQP
D. QPRS
17.  A French woman 

P : committed suicide 
Q : where she had put up 
R : who had come to Calcutta 
S : by jumping from the first floor balcony of the hotel 
The Proper sequence should be:
A. PRQS
B. QSRP
C. RPSQ
D. SRQP
18.  The national unity of a free people 

P : to make it impracticable 
Q : for there to be an arbitrary administration 
R : depends upon a sufficiently even balance of political power 
S : against a revolutionary opposition that is irreconcilably opposed to it 
The Proper sequence should be:
A. QRPS
B. QRSP
C. RPQS
D. RSPQ
19.  The grocer
 
P : did not listen to the protests of customer 
Q : who was in the habit of weighing less 
R : whom he had cheated 
S : with great audacity 
The Proper sequence should be:
A. PRSQ
B. QSPR
C. QPRS
D. PQSR
20.  They felt safer
 
P : to watch the mountain 
Q : of more than five miles 
R : as they settled down 
S : from a distance 
The Proper sequence should be:
A. RPSQ
B. RSQP
C. PQSR
D. PRSQ

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