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Question 1: Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that
gives their correct order.
A. While the long thin ones are most common, there are many other varieties.
B. Noodles are the staple food in many cultures across the world.
C. They are then served with a sauce or in soup.
D. However, all varieties are usually cooked in boiling water.

a) BADC

b) BCAD

c) BCDA

d) BDAC

1) Answer (A)

Solution:

On arranging the given lines in a meaningful passage we get,

Noodles are the staple food in many cultures across the world.While the long thin ones are most common, there are many other varieties.However, all varieties are usually cooked in boiling water.They are then served with a sauce or in soup.

As we identify and write the subject first then followed by the rest of the parts like description and conclusion.

Question 2: The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
Thus, I stand on a
X-hill and watch a labourer
Y-upon the distant railway
Z-striking with his sledge

a) XYZ

b) XZY

c) ZYX

d) ZXY

2) Answer (B)

Solution:

Thus, I stand on a hill and watch a labourer striking with his sledge upon the distant railway.

Question 3: The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
Our only enemies were
X-heat, thirst, and flies, but far
Y-from man or beast than that awful trinity
Z-rather would I have faced any danger

a) XYZ

b) ZYX

c) XZY

d) ZXY

3) Answer (C)

Solution:

Our only enemies were heat, thirst, and flies, but far rather would I have faced any danger from man or beast than that awful trinity

Question 4: The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
This idea, however startling it may at
X-first appear, is quite in accordance, as
Y-before stated, with the analogy of changes
Z-now going on in certain regions of the globe

a) ZYX

b) XYZ

c) ZXY

d) YZX

4) Answer (B)

Solution:

This idea, however startling it may at (X)first appear, is quite in accordance, as (Y)before stated, with the analogy of changes (Z)now going on in certain regions of the globe. Thus, B is the answer.

Question 5: The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
There was no need to
X-set a watch, for we had nothing
Y-to fear from anybody or
Z-anything in that vast untenanted plain

a) ZYX

b) ZXY

c) YZX

d) XYZ

5) Answer (D)

Solution:

There was no need to (X) set a watch, for we had nothing (Y) to fear from anybody or (Z)anything in that vast untenanted plain. Thus, D is the answer.

Instructions

Direction : Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) to make a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions which follow

(A) While these disadvantages of bio fuels are serious, they are the only alternate energy source of the future and the sooner we find solutions to these problems the faster we will be able to solve the problems wo are now facing with gasoline.

(B) This fuel can also help to stimulate jobs locally since they are also much safer to handle thaw gasoline and can thus have the potential to turnaround a global economy.

(C) These include dependence on fossil fuels for the machinery required to produce biofuel which ends up polluting as much as the burning of fossil fuels on roads and exorbitant cost of biofuels which makes it very difficult for the common man to switch to this option.

(D) This turnaround can potentially help to bring world peace and end the need to depend on foreign countries for energy requirements.

(E) Biofuels are made from plant sources and since these sources are available in abundance and can be reproduced on a massive scale they form an energy source that is potentially unlimited.

(F) However everything is not as green with the biofuels as it seems as there are numerous disadvantages involved which at times overshadow their positive impact.

Question 6: Which of the following sentence should be the SECOND after rearrangement ?

a) A

b) B

c) D

d) E

e) F

6) Answer (B)

Solution:

The correct order of sentences is as follows: EBDFCA. E opens the paragraph with an introduction to biofuels. B talks about the advantages of these fuels. The use of the words “this turnaround” in sentence D is a reference to the turnaround talked about in sentence B. So, D follows B. The next sentence is F, which is followed by C and then A is the concluding statement.

B is the second sentence after rearrangement.

Question 7: Which of the following sentence should be the SIXTH (LAST) after rearrangement ?

a) A

b) C

c) D

d) E

e) F

7) Answer (A)

Solution:

The correct order of sentences is as follows: EBDFCA. E opens the paragraph with an introduction to biofuels. B talks about the advantages of these fuels. The use of the words “this turnaround” in sentence D is a reference to the turnaround talked about in sentence B. So, D follows B. The next sentence is F, which is followed by C and then A is the concluding statement.

A is the last sentence after rearrangement.

Question 8: Which of the following sentence should be the FIRST after rearrangement ?

a) A

b) B

c) C

d) D

e) E

8) Answer (E)

Solution:

The correct order of sentences is as follows: EBDFCA. E opens the paragraph with an introduction to biofuels. B talks about the advantages of these fuels. The use of the words “this turnaround” in sentence D is a reference to the turnaround talked about in sentence B. So, D follows B. The next sentence is F, which is followed by C and then A is the concluding statement.

E is the first statement after rearrangement.

Question 9: Which of the following sentence should be the THIRD after rearrangement ?

a) A

b) B

c) C

d) D

e) E

9) Answer (D)

Solution:

The correct order of sentences is as follows: EBDFCA. E opens the paragraph with an introduction to biofuels. B talks about the advantages of these fuels. The use of the words “this turnaround” in sentence D is a reference to the turnaround talked about in sentence B. So, D follows B. The next sentence is F, which is followed by C and then A is the concluding statement.

D is the third sentence after rearrangement.

Question 10: Which of the following sentence should be the FIFTH after rearrangement ?

a) A

b) B

c) C

d) E

e) F

10) Answer (C)

Solution:

The correct order of sentences is as follows: EBDFCA. E opens the paragraph with an introduction to biofuels. B talks about the advantages of these fuels. The use of the words “this turnaround” in sentence D is a reference to the turnaround talked about in sentence B. So, D follows B. The next sentence is F, which is followed by C and then A is the concluding statement.

So, statement C is the fifth sentence.

InstructionsDirections :In the following questions, the 1 stand the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.

Question 11: 1. This was an important day for Alan.
P. It was a cold day, but Alan would be warm.
Q. For the first time he was going to hunt seals alone.
R. First he put on his fur-lined jacket.
S. Then he put on mittens and boots of deerskin to protect his hands and feet from the cold.
6. Finally he picked up the gun he had cleaned so carefully the day before.

a) PQRS

b) QPRS

c) PRSQ

d) QRPS

11) Answer (B)

Solution:

The correct answer is option number -B

1st sentence-This was an important day for Alan.

Connectors from Part Q to Part P-

Connectors–For the first time he was going to hunt seals alone.

Sentence Q connects sentence P

Sentence Q-tells that for Alan it was an important day.Since pronoun `He’ is used in other sentences,first sentence should mention the name.Option,Q is hence the correct choice.

The next sentence should explain why it is an important day for Alan

Only sentence `P’  explains that

For the 1st time he was going for hunting alone.

Connectors from Part P to Part R

Connectors-It was a cold day, but Alan would be warm

Connectors–First he put on his fur-lined jacket.

Now,only one option is remaining-

Then he put on mittens and boots of deerskin to protect his hands and feet from the cold

Last sentence will be –

Finally he picked up the gun he had cleaned so carefully the day before.

The correct sequence is therefore-QPRS.

Question 12: 

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1. The man who does his duty without any selfish desire for fruit may be called a sanyasi as well as yogi. P. The man who has achieved much evenness of temper will be serene, because his mere thoughts are changed with the strength of action. Q. He would practise yoga, i.e., evenness of temper, and cannot but perform action. R. The root of the matter is that one should not allow his mind to flit from object of desire to another and from that to a third. S. But he who abstains from action altogether is only an idler. 6. A yogi is one who is not attached to his objects of sense or to action and whose mind has ceased to roam restlessly.

a) SRQP

b) RQPS

c) QRSP

d) PRSQ

12) Answer (A)

Solution:

1sentence – The man who does his duty without any selfish desire for fruit may be called a sanyasi as well as yogi. 

Connectors–But he who abstains from action altogether is only an idler.

Connectors-The root of the matter is that one should not allow his mind to flit from object of desire to another and from that to a third

1st sentence,define what is yogi/Sanyansi.

Option-S-tells about idle-the one who didn’t do anything.

Connectors–The root of the matter is that one should not allow his mind to flit from object of desire to another and from that to a third.

Connectors–He would practise yoga, i.e., evenness of temper, and cannot but perform action

Last part is

The man who has achieved much evenness of temper will be serene, because his mere thoughts are changed with the strength of action.

The correct sequence is SRQP.

Question 13: 1. It is the responsibility of parents to teach the young moral values in life. PP Many children take advantage of their parents’ busy schedule. Q. This results in children’s ignorance of social values. R. The reason behind it is that parents are quite busy nowadays. S. Nowadays parents spend very meagre time with children. 6. As such, the society is going away from the value system.

a) SRPQ

b) PQRS

c) SQRP

d) SPQR

13) Answer (A)

Solution:

The correct answer is option number -A.

The 1st sentence-It is the responsibility of parents to teach the young moral values in life

Connectors–Nowadays parents spend very meagre time with children.

Only option `S’ will follow after 1st sentence.

Connectors–The reason behind it is that parents are quite busy nowadays

Option `R’ explains why parents are unable to spend less time with children.

Connectors–Many children take advantage of their parents’ busy schedule.

Connectors–This results in children’s ignorance of social values.

The correct sequence therefore is -SRPQ.

Question 14: 1. It is easy to criticize the people at the helm, for the slow progress in every field.
P. We are well aware that the intellectuals are leaving our country for better employment opportunities.
Q. Then question remains unanswered because our country cannot show opportunities to the intellectuals.
R. Then, what about their obligation to the Motherland ?
S. First, we should ask ourselves as to what is happening to the young intellectuals in India.
6. This situation of ‘Brain-Drain’ leads to a variety of problems.

a) PSQR

b) RPSQ

c) PSRQ

d) SPRQ

14) Answer (D)

Solution:

The correct answer is option number -D.

1st sentence-It is easy to criticize the people at the helm, for the slow progress in every field.

Connectors– First, we should ask ourselves as to what is happening to the young intellectuals in India.

The introductory part of the sentence talks about general statement of criticising people for the slow progress.

Next part should tells more about that -sentence `S’ is telling about that -it says instead of criticising people we should ask ourselves what is happening to the young intellectuals.

Connectors-We are well aware that the intellectuals are leaving our country for better employment opportunities.

What is happening to the young intellectuals of the country?

This question is answered in sentence `P’.

Connectors– Then, what about their obligation to the Motherland ?

sentence `P’ answered about the young intellectuals,only sentence `R’ seems to be most logical to follow after P.

Connectors–Then question remains unanswered because our country cannot show opportunities to the intellectuals.

Sentence `R’ questions about the obligation of young intellectuals towards Motherland.

Sentence `Q’ inform about that.Key is `Then question remains unanswered’

So correct sequence is- SPRQ.

Question 15: 1. Education in India had a glorious beginning.
P. But after the British rule, it faced many changes.
Q. It went on for centuries with the same glory.
R. English as the medium of instruction had a very great response.
S. One of the changes was the introduction of English as the medium of instruction.
6. As the Britishers left we had a complexity of opinions regarding English

a) PQRS

b) QPSR

c) PQSR

d) SRPQ

15) Answer (B)

Solution:

The correct answer is option number -B

The 1st sentence-Education in India had a glorious beginning.

Connectors-It went on for centuries with the same glory.

Connectors-But after the British rule, it faced many changes.

Here,1st sentence says about glory of India in education so 2nd sentence must tells about the same.Only option `Q’ talks about the glory.

now 3rd sentence,tells how it faced changes because of British rule.Pronoun`It’ is used here for glory of Indian education.

Now 
Connectors-

One of the changes was the introduction of English as the medium of instruction.

sentence `P’ says about the changes in education.

Only sentence `S’ says more about changes.

English as the medium of instruction had a very great response.

sentence `S’ tells about one of the change as the introduction of English as medium of instruction.

And sentence `R’ tells more about the English medium.

Instructions

Directions: Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) The group desired to enhance the learning experience in schools with an interactive digital medium that could be used within and outside the class-room.

(B) Then the teacher can act on the downloaded data rather than collect it from each and every student and thereby save his time and effort.

(C) Edutor, decided the group of engineers, all alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, when they founded Edutor Technologies in August 2009.

(D) They can even take tests and submit them digitally using the same tablets and the teachers in turn can download, the tests using the company’s cloud services.

(E) With this desire they created a solution that digitises school text books and other learning material so that students no longer need to carry as many books to school and back as before, but can access their study material on their touch-screen tablets.

(F) A mechanic works on motors and an accountant has his computer. Likewise, if a student has to work on a machine of device, what should it be called?

Question 16: Which of the following sentences should be the FIFTH after rearrangement?

a) A

b) D

c) C

d) E

e) F

16) Answer (B)

Solution:

The correct order of sentence is: FCAEDB. F is the opening sentence and it introduces the idea. This is followed by C which talks about the name of the company. This is followed by sentence A which explains the genesis of the idea. E follows A and explains what the software is capable of performing. D continues to talk about the features. The concluding sentence is B, which talks about how teachers can benefit from this software.

So, D is the fifth sentence after rearrangement.

Question 17: Which of the following sentences should be the FOURTH after rearrangement?

a) A

b) F

c) E

d) B

e) C

17) Answer (C)

Solution:

The correct order of sentence is: FCAEDB. F is the opening sentence and it introduces the idea. This is followed by C which talks about the name of the company. This is followed by sentence A which explains the genesis of the idea. E follows A and explains what the software is capable of performing. D continues to talk about the features. The concluding sentence is B, which talks about how teachers can benefit from this software.

So, E is the fourth sentence after rearrangement.

Question 18: Which of the following sentences should be the SIXTH (LAST) after rearrangement?

a) A

b) F

c) E

d) B

e) D

18) Answer (D)

Solution:

The correct order of sentence is: FCAEDB. F is the opening sentence and it introduces the idea. This is followed by C which talks about the name of the company. This is followed by sentence A which explains the genesis of the idea. E follows A and explains what the software is capable of performing. D continues to talk about the features. The concluding sentence is B, which talks about how teachers can benefit from this software.

So, B is the last sentence after rearrangement.

Question 19: Which of the following sentences should be the THIRD after rearrangement?

a) A

b) B

c) D

d) E

e) F

19) Answer (A)

Solution:

The correct order of sentence is: FCAEDB. F is the opening sentence and it introduces the idea. This is followed by C which talks about the name of the company. This is followed by sentence A which explains the genesis of the idea. E follows A and explains what the software is capable of performing. D continues to talk about the features. The concluding sentence is B, which talks about how teachers can benefit from this software.

So, A is the third sentence after rearrangement.

Question 20: Which of the following sentences should be the FIRST after rearrangement?

a) F

b) D

c) A

d) C

e) E

20) Answer (A)

Solution:

The correct order of sentence is: FCAEDB. F is the opening sentence and it introduces the idea. This is followed by C which talks about the name of the company. This is followed by sentence A which explains the genesis of the idea. E follows A and explains what the software is capable of performing. D continues to talk about the features. The concluding sentence is B, which talks about how teachers can benefit from this software.

So, F is the first sentence after rearrangement.

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