Chapter-30
Ordering of Sentence
1. S1: I first came to Poland in the
autumn of 1986
S6:
was I still interested?
P: It was
my last month as a student at the notice board of the English Department for prospective
job
Q : It was
my last month as a student at the University of York
R : It was
at the University of Lo’dz, which I had never heard of
S : one day
I spotted a little note concerning a lectureship
The proper
sequence should be:
a) SRQP b) QPSR c) SPQR d) QPRS
2. S1 : It is perhaps coincidental that the final
Booker Prize of the 20th century should go to South African writer
S6 : the formal
structures of a modern democracy have been put in place.
P : In political terms, there has
been, if not a revolution, but a partial overturning of the old order
Q : apartheid, the dominant reality
of South Africa’s 20th century, has been dismantled.
R : It is not so much that South
Africa is poised to enter the new millennium weighed down by its grim oppressed
past
S : but as you read “Disgrace”, JM
Coetzee’s eighth novel, you become aware of a certain bleak appropriateness
The proper sequence should be:
a) SPRQ b) QRPS c) SRPQ
d) QPRS
3
S1 : For the first time in the last 30 years, the retail
prices of essential goods have shown a declining trend
S6 : but they seem to
have made an about turn.
P : the retail prices of essential
articles have always been going up
Q : this is evident from a
comparison between prices in December 1998 and December 1999.
S :
this is a unique phenomenon
The proper sequence should be:
a)
PSQR b) QRPS c) PRQS d) QSPR
4
S1: There were two poignant farewell last week to two great
sports personalities
S6 : This showed how a
great player should be recognized by sports authorities.
P :
the great West Indian fast bowler Malcolm Marshall passed away
prematurely
Q : this was Steffi Graf’s farewell
in New York
R : the other was a player who dominated
her sport like no one else had done before
S : this is an age when most
sportspersons enjoy the rewards and recognition of their efforts over the years
The proper sequence should be:
a)
QSRP b) PRSQ c) QRSP d) PSRQ
5 S1 : The North-East of
the Caliph’s dominions comprised a number of Turkish tribes
S6 : In 1071, the
Byzantine army was utterly smashed in the Battle of Melasgird.
P :
In the 10th century, these Turks grew strong and vigorous
Q : they had been converted to
Islam but they held their faith much more fiercely than the Arabs and the
Persians to the South
R : they conquered Armenia and
struck at the remnants of the Byzantine power
S : In the next century a group of
Turkish tribes came down to Mesopotamia and made the Caliph their nominal ruler
The proper sequence should be:
a)
QPSR b) PQSR c) QPRS d) PQRS
6 S1 : When there is a
disaster its impact depends on how close you are to the people and the pace
where it happened
S6 : If I were to make one request to God
it would be that I shouldn’t die trapped under water.
P : the train accident that happened in Quilon some
days ago is the kind of nightmare I have often imagined
Q : It gave me restless sleep for several nights
afterwards
R : though I lived in Delhi, I was quite familiar to
Quilon
S : It is where I spent the first seventeen years of
my life
The proper sequence should be:
a)
RQPS b) PQRS c) QPRS d)
RPSQ
7 S1 : Did anything happen?
S6 : He did not download or tamper with any
of the code to which he gained access.
P : But the intruder did little more than peek and
poke around.
Q : Not much, according to Microsoft.
R : he may have been some of its “Source code” the
secret recipe for its software.
S : Yes, somebody invaded the firm’s corporate
network.
Which one of
the following is the correct sequence?
a)
RPQS b) QSRP c) RSQP d) QPRS
8
S1 : Another significant change in the past five year have
been the global resurgence of ethnic and religious aspirations.
S6 : this phenomenon is
evident not only in Africa and Asia but also in Europe, notably in Italy and Spain.
P : No less than 15 new States have emerged in that
region since 1990.
Q : This manifests itself in many different ways.
R : Another manifestation is the growth of ethnicity or regionalism as catalyst for new political
parties.
S : One is the ‘new’ nationalism
that is thriving in the wake of the breakup of the Soviet Empire. Which one of
the following is the correct sequence?
a) QSPR
b) PRQS c) PSQR d) QRPS
9 S1 : Eighteen years ago, Germany
became whole and free again after forty years of cruel partition.
S6 : On Ocober3, 1990, reunification was
ceremoniously enacted.
P : But on
November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall was miraculously breached.
Q : Within ten months after the Wall came down, Germany
had regained its national unity.
R : Not many contemporaries had expected this to
happen, or to happen within the span of their lifetime.
S : The cold War was suddenly over, the Iron Curtain
collapsed, communism melted away.
Which one of the following is the
correct sequence?
PRQS b) RPQS c) RPSQ d) PRQS
10 S1: there are a number of bad
habits which poor readers adopt.
S6 : Young children and very poor readers
often point with a finger at each word in turn.
P : Of course,
there must be vigorous mental activity.
Q : But extra body movements, such as pointing with
the fingers or moving the lips, do not help reading.
R : In efficient reading, the muscles of the eye
should make the only external movement.
S : Most of these involve using extra body movement in
the reading process.
Which one of
the following is the correct sequence?
a) SRPQ b) PQSR c) PRSQ
d) SQPR
11 S1 : Materially
advertisements do us no good.
S6 : They have but one requirement that
their intrusion should be conspicuous.
P : The advertisements tread closely on their heels
and destroy its effect.
Q : Spiritually they are one of the worst avoidable
evils.
R : Our buildings are covered with prints and pictures
that distract and wear us.
S : Architects might give tapir designs dignity or the
beauty of pattern.
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
a) RQPS b) QRPS c) RQSP d) QRSP
12 S1
: Both rattan and his son Moti were idlers and did not like to do any work.
S6 : In fact, they prided themselves on
their inactivity and idleness.
P : The result was that their idleness increased all
the more.
Q : His wife had introduced order and industry in the
house.
R : Rattan’s wife had died long ago, Mod had married
in the preceding year.
S : She would work herself to death and earn the daily
feed for both of them.
Which one of the following is the
correct sequence?
a) SPRQ b) SQPR c) RQSP
d) RPSQ
13 S1
: A hundred metres further along the trail Mahesh and Rohini stopped short.
S6 : But now mother bear-perhaps the same
grizzly bear could be just over the ridge obscured by the bushes.
P : they had shouted and waved and
watched through binoculars as the mother
bear reared up and roared at them.
Q : Two bear cubs were playing in the creek gully
about 20metres to their right.
R : They had enjoyed the roaring of the mother bear as
a distance of a kilometre and a half separated them.
S : The day before, they had seen a mother bear and
two cubs.
Which one of the following is the
correct sequence?
a) RPSQ b) QSPR c) RSPQ
d) QPSR
14 S1 : In an ordinary power
station we burn fuel to get heat.
S6 : However, instead of getting heat by
burning fuel, we get it from the nuclear reactor.
P : In a nuclear power station we burn water into
steam and then use the steam in the same
way.
Q : It is from the generator that we get electricity.
R : The steam is then made to turn a turbine and
through the turbine a generator.
S : This heat turns water into steam.
Which one of the following is the
correct sequence?
a) PRQS b) SQRP c) SRQP d) PQRS
15 S1 : One morning, a
few days before Rahman. The Cabuliwallah, was due to return to his country,
Tagore was working in his study.
S6 : They had quarreled,
and Rahman had struck the man with his knife.
P : There were blood stains on his
cloth, and one of the policemen carried a knife stained with blood.
Q : Suddenly he heard shouting in
the street, and he saw Rahman being led away between two policemen followed
by a crowd of curious boys.
R : He learned that a certain
neighbour had owed the Cabuliwallah some money, but had denied it.
S : He hurried out and stopped them
to inquire what it all meant.
Which one of the following is the
correct sequence?
a) RSPQ b)
QPPR c) RPSQ
d) QSPR
16 S1 : An
experiment was conducted in England to study what happens to the bodies and
minds of people travelling at high speeds.
S6 : Psychological test
showed that their ability to make decisions decreased quickly.
P : Then they were flown to
America.
Q : Travelling also had an effect
on the minds of these people.
R : they were first kept under
observation in London.
S : It was found that as they
travelled from one time zone to another, their blood pressure moved away from the
normal.
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
a)
RQSP b) SPRQ c) RPSQ d) SQRP
17 S1 : All the
fossil fuel that we use today came from green plants.
S6 : The income that Dr.
Calvin is talking about is the sun’s energy which living green plants capture
and store up every day.
P : “And now we are burning it all
up in just 100 or 200 years!” says Dr. Calvin.
Q : We have nearly used up all our
savings.
R : It took hundreds of millions of
years for those plants to change into coal, oil, and gas.
S : “It is time for us now to begin
living on our income”.
Which one of the following is the
correct sequence?
a) QSRP b) RPQS c) QPRS d) RQQP
18
S1 : The ‘touch-me-not’ plant folds up its leaves when
touched.
S6 : The folding up of
the leaves is controlled by the pulvinus.
P : How is the plant able to do
this?
Q : At the lower end of each leaf
is a tiny swelling, called the pulvinus.
R : the pulvinus acts as the
‘brain’ or control centre of the leaf.
S : It is only in recent years that
a possible answer has been found.
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
a) RSQP b) PQSR c) RQSP
d) PSQR
19 S1 : A
lower division clerk who has been working in CPWD for the past 15 years, won
Rs.1 crore in the recently launched programme ; Kaun Banega Crorepati’.
S6 : Because the publicity that he received
was really disturbing him.
P : His fellow clerks in the department approached him with proposals
to launch some Joint projects.
Q : But he shied away from both his friends and
relatives.
R : His relatives advised him to leave service and
start his own business.
S : he listened to all patiently.
Which one of the following is the
correct sequence?
PQSR b) SRPQ c) PRSQ d) SQRR
20 S1
: What is freedom?
S6 : some people feel that we actually
suffer from what may be called choice fatigue.
P : There is so much choice that we find it difficult
to choose.
Q : Fortunately, we are now living in a world full of
choice.
R : Without the possibility of
choice and the exercise of choice, we are not human beings but only inanimate
objects.
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
a) PQRS b)SRQP c) PRQS d) SQPR
21 S1 : I did not know Nehru at all intimately.
S6 : It is more correct to use the word
captivation than impression.
P : But his personality made an immediate impression
at my very first meeting with him.
Q : Nor was the effect he made just an impression.
R : This impression did not change over the years.
S : In fact, I had not even met him many time.
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
a) RQPS b) PQRS c) QPRS d) RPSQ
22 S1 : the
life of early men had advantages and disadvantages.
S6 : On the whole, there was friendship
and amity within the tribes.
P : Then, they had enough physical
exercise which made them healthy and active.
Q : They could roam for months without
fear of meeting a stranger.
R : One of the advantages was that they
were not overcrowded.
S : they lived in small tribes where
everybody knew everybody else.
Which one of the following is the
correct sequence?
a) QSRP b) RQPS c) SPRQ
d) PRQS
23 S1 : My
journey was to last for thirty-six horse.
S6 : In the steel trunk
under the seat there was a bag containing two hundred rupees that did not
belong to me.
P : Every mile of the country through
which the train was running, was interesting.
Q : Yet I was not happy.
R : I had the carriage for myself.
S : The train would stop for breakfast,
lunch and dinner.
Which one of the following is the
correct sequence?
a) RSPQ
b) SQPR c) PQSR
d) RPQS
24 S1 : there
was a check-post for passing vehicles at a village called Gobindapur, a short
distance from where the road to Dhanbad off from the Grand Trunk Road.
S6 : He
asked me more than once if I was sure that the man had noted the number
down.
P : When I came
sufficiently near, he moved back and the
barrier was lifted.
Q : I slowed down and found a man coming forward with
pencil and book in hand.
R : I told uncle that the man had
taken down the number of the car, adding that it was a routine practice.
S : As I approached it, I saw the barrier coming down
slowly.
Which one of the following is the
correct sequence?
a) RQPS b) QRPS c) SQPR d) RSPQ
25 S1: The ancestors of whales,
it is said, lived on land, for they still have slight traces of hind-legs.
S6 : he has flippers on
his sides to keep him balanced and layers of fat or oil under the skin which
furnish heat and make the huge body light and buoyant.
P : But ages ago, whales changed
their home moving from the land to the sea.
Q : He is shaped like a submarine
boat, with a tail turned into a power paddle.
R : The whale is suited to live in
water.
S : They are warm-blooded animals,
and feed their babies as land mammals do.
Which one of the following is the
correct sequence?
a) PRSQ b) SPRQ c) RQPS d) QPRS
26 S1 : Gopal
worked as a labour at the building site.
S6 : He
unscrewed the lid and found a valuable collection of old silver in it.
P : But Gopal made a bid and he got the
box.
Q : there was no key to it and it seemed
useless but Gopal took it home.
R : Once while returning from his work
Gopal stopped at an auction sale.
S : No one seemed to want a rough old box
when it was put up for sale.
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
a) SPRQ b)
SRPQ c) RSPQ
d) RPQS
27 S1 : I
had not seen my father for several years.
S6 : His
words sank deep into my ear.
P : I met him late one evening in his
flat.
Q : I wrote him a note suggesting a very
early meeting.
R : He listened to my story in silence.
S : When he spoke, his voice was softy
but without warmth.
Which one of the following is the
correct sequence?
a) QSRP b) PQRS c) QPRS d) QPSR
28 S1 : there
is no reason for the terror which the sight of a snake causes in most people.
S6 : Being aggressive by
nature, they can attack human beings for no reason at all, taking a fisherman
or swimmer by surprise in the water,
where the man is somewhat helpless.
P : Of the poisonous snakes, only those found in the
sea are always dangerous.
Q : They are only anxious to avoid human being.
S : The majority of snakes are harmless.
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
a) SQRP b) RSQP c) RPQS d) PQRS
29 S1 : One day I went into the water off the coast
of Africa.
S6 : I hurled at him the rubber fins.
P : I sighted a shark at short distance from me.
Q : He launched towards me as hard and swift as a
missile.
R : I was floating at a shallow depth, without making
a movement.
S : Every muscle of my body tensed.
Which one of the following is the
correct sequence?
a) PSQR b) SQRP c) RPSQ d) PQSR
30 S1 : The clerk read the
statement loudly and clearly.
S6 : they returned in five minutes.
P : the judge brought down the gavel sharply and
roared.
Q : he told the jury to return a lawful verdict.
R : We, the jury. Find the defendant not guilty,
provided he returns the mule.
S : There is not such verdict in the law; the
defendant is either guilty or not guilty.
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
a) RPSQ b) RSPQ c) QRPS d) PSRQ
31 S1 : Some
people prefer country life to city life.
S6 : for these reasons more and more people
are leaving the country to live in the city.
P : Life in the country is quieter, cleaner and less
hectic.
Q : The city also offers more privacy since neighbours
are too busy to be interfering in the
affairs of others.
R : However, the city offers more excitement, a wide
variety of activities and a chance to meet more people.
S : country people five longer and generally seem to
be healthier and happier.
Which one of the following is the
correct sequence?
PSRQ b) SRQP c) RQPS d) QPSR
32 S1 : When my car broke down,
I took it to the only mechanic available in out town.
S6 : the pushed the car
down one street and up another and soon we had gone through most of the, street
in the town but the car wouldn’t start.
P : But it just refused to start.
Q : I went there at the appointed time to collect it.
R : So I sat at the wheel and the mechanic and his
helper started to push it.
S : he said it required some minor repairs and asked
me to collect it in the evening.
Which one of the following is the
correct sequence?
a) SQPR b) QSRP c) RPQS
d) PQRS
33 S1
: Dinner had been served-his daughter laid out the plates.
S6
: Then, silently she left the table to retire for the night-it was as if she
had never been there.
P : She was
just a child, only 14-too young, too simple to know to understand.
Q : He sat
down groundly, not saying a word to her.
R : She had
already had her meal and was standing by his side, not quite knowing what to do.
S : Bread
and cheese-a simple subsistence at the end of a not-so-simple life.
Which one
of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) Q P S R (b)
R P S Q (c) Q R P S (d) S Q P R
34 S1 :
It was a bitterly cold night and even at the far end of the bus the wind cut
like a knife.
S6
: I saw trouble brewing.
P : The conductor came in and took the fares.
Q : The
younger of the two women was dressed in sealskin and carried one of those
little Pekinese dogs that women like to carry in their laps.
R : The bus stopped, and two women and a man
got in together and filled the vacant places
S : Then his eyes tested with cold malice on
the beady-eyed little dog.
Which one
of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) R Q P S (b) R S Q P (c) R
P Q S (d) P S R Q
35 S1
: The officer rose to his feet, trembling.
S6
: A half-hour later he returned to camp.
P : He failed to find him there.
Q : Pulling himself together, he ran rapidly
away from the cliff to a point a half-mile from its foot.
R : He was disappointed.
S : He expected to find the horseman somewhere
there.
Which one
of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) R P Q S (b) Q P S R (c) Q
S P R (d) S Q P R
36 S1
: It was Saturday.
S6
: The children had already bought roasted gram and peanuts to get into a picnic
mood.
P : A taxi carried us all to the zoo.
Q : They wanted to be taken out and we decided
to take them to the local zoo.
R : My sister’s two young children were at our
house.
S : We bought the tickets and entered the zoo.
Which one
of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) R Q S P (b) R P Q S (c) R
Q P S (d) P R Q S
37 S1
: Having visited the Taj Mahal many tourists think that Agra has little else to
offer.
S 6
: There are few other buildings to match the delicacy of this tomb.
P : One of these is surely the tomb of
Itimad-ud-daulah.
Q : The design of the whole tomb was given by
his daughter Nur Jahan.
R : After seeing the Taj one could profitably
visit half a dozen other Mughal buildings.
S : This tomb has the delicacy of a baroque
jewel case.
The proper
sequence should be
(a) R S Q P (b) Q S R P (c)
S P R Q (d) R P S Q
38 S1
: For years the old chair stood in one of the empty antics.
S6 :
I saw my parents madly in love again.
P : So when I saw it for the last time, it
stood there.
Q : When my mother died, I wanted to sell it
but could not.
R : It was there for many years after my father
died.
S : I peeped in the past.
The proper
sequence should be
(a) P Q R S (b) S R Q P (c) R
P Q S (d) R Q P S
39 S1
: Illness may start with almost any sign, but some of them are much commoner
than others.
S6 :
As soon as this happens he must become alert about the signs.
P : It is important to note these signs.
Q : Often the first sign of something wrong is
that the patient just does not feel fit.
R : They may help a doctor to decide what is wrong.
S : He usually relies on these signs for the
diagnosis of the illness.
The proper
sequence should be
(a) P R S Q
(b) R S Q P (c)
P Q S R (d)
Q R S P
40 S1
: Newton was perhaps the greatest
scientist that ever lived.
S6 :
Newton went home and worked quietly by himself for about 18 months.
P : But
when he was only 22, a terrible plague epidemic swept over England.
Q : He was the son of a Lincolnshire farmer, and
was born in 1642.
R : Therefore
the universities were closed.
S : He went
to Cambridge to study mathematics when he was 19.
The proper
sequence should be
(a) S P R Q (b) Q P S R (c) S Q P R (d) Q S P R
41 S1
: Poverty is a God’s curse.
S6
: Is not poverty a God’s boon!
P : These
persons get themselves enrolled as poor persons and get all the benefits of poverty.
Q : It is
not necessary for a person to be actually poor for getting enrolled because it
can be easily managed.
R : It may
be true for a few but to many it is just its opposite.
S : Such
persons consider it to be a source of enjoying life without earning enjoyment.
The proper
sequence should be
(a) R Q P S (b) Q R S P (c) R S P Q (d) S R Q P
42 S1 : Belur
is 35 km. from Hassan.
S6 : They
depict young women-musicians and dancers-in various poses.
P : Seen from afar, the star-shaped temple,
characteristically Hoysala, is not very impressive.
Q : It stands
in a courtyard surrounded by a rectangular wall.
R : But closer it is dazzling and marvelous; and
the entire exterior is decorated with sculptures, the loveliest being the
panels right and left of the main door.
S : Chennakesava Temple is dedicated to Vishnu.
The proper
sequence should be
(a) Q R S P (b) S R P Q (c) S
P Q R (d) S Q P R
43 S1
: When his business failed, he began to look for a job in an office.
S6
: Unable to bear misfortunes any further, he started toying with the idea of
ending his life of burdens and strains.
P : To
overcome depression he took a drinking and became addicted to it.
Q : He soon
realized that nothing was more difficult than to find a job.
R : Without job he failed to meet the daily
requirements of his family which made him highly depressed.
S : Quarrel ensued invariably between husband
and wife when he returned home in a state of drunkenness.
The proper
sequence should be
(a) P Q R S (b)
S R Q P (c) Q S R P (d) Q
R P S
44 S1
: Unlike many modern thinkers, Tagore had no blueprint for the world’s
salvation.
S6
: As a poet he will always delight, as a
singer he will always enchant, as a teacher he will always enlighten.
P : His
thought will therefore never be out of date.
Q : He merely emphasised certain basic truths
which men may ignore only at their peril.
R : He believed in no particular ‘ism’.
S : He was what Gandhiji rightly termed the
Great Sentinel.
The proper
sequence should be
(a) S R P Q
(b) P R Q S (c)
R S P Q (d) R Q P S
45 S1
: Louis Pasteur had a very busy and interesting life.
S6
: He was always very proud of being able to help his country in this way.
P : Among the people whom Pasteur was able to help
were brewers, breeders of silk worms, breeders of silk worms, and cow keepers,
all of whom were trying to carry on important industries.
Q : He
worked hard in his laboratory with test tubes and all kinds of experiments.
R : He was
working to help people who were suffering in some special way from disease.
S : He not
only made some exciting discoveries about germs but he was able to use his discoveries
in very practical ways.
The proper
sequence should be
(a) S Q R P (b) P Q R S (c) Q R S P (d) R S Q P
46 S1
: Tom Walker and his wife were always at loggerheads.
S6 :
Tom silently thanked God for his relief.
P : She never tired of reproaching him on this
score.
Q : Tom was incurably lazy and talkative.
R : One day Mrs. Walker caught a deadly cold,
and shortly afterwards died.
S : This was a constant source of irritation to
his wife.
The proper
sequence should be
(a) P R Q S (b) Q S P R (c) S
Q R P (d) P S Q R
47 S1
: So we went on in the quiet, and the twilight deepened into night.
S6
: Then as the darkness grew deeper, she put her arms round my neck, and,
closing her eyes tightly pressed her face against my shoulder.
P : The ground grew dim and the trees black.
Q : The clear blue of the distance faded, and
one star after another came out.
R : Neena’s fears and her fatigue grew upon
her.
S : I took her in my arms and talked to her and
caressed her.
The proper
sequence should be
(a) P R Q S (b) Q P R S (c) Q P S R (d) R S P Q
48 S1 : Kennedy kicked moodily
at the leg of the chair which he was holding.
S6
: It was a depressing beginning.
P : Now his
chief desire seemed to be to score off the human race in general, his best
friend included.
Q : If he
had asked Fenn to help him in a tight place, then he knew he could have relied
on him.
R : Last
term he and Fenn had been as close friends as you could wish to see.
S : The
feeling that his whole world had fallen about his ears was increasing with
every hour he spend at Kay’s.
The proper
sequence should be
(a) P R S Q (b)
R S P Q (c) S R Q P (d) R Q P S
49 S1
: I sat at the table and ate.
S6 :
I was just the normal Ramaswamy, husband of Madeleine.
P : My breathing became suddenly difficult.
Q : I concentrated on my food and I was
convinced I had to eat.
R : I stopped, however, any exhibition of the
extraordinary.
S : But lungs have temperament.
The proper
sequence should be
(a) P R S Q (b)
Q S P R (c) Q S R P (d) S P R Q
50 S1
: Todd borrowed this dollar last year on the 8th April
S6 : And I said, ‘certainly’.
P : He needed a dollar to pay his taxi and I
lent it to him.
Q : he merely said, ‘Let me have a dollar, will
you?
R : It happened quite simply and naturally.
S : I hardly realised it till it was all over.
The proper
sequence should be
(a)PRSQ (b) RSPQ (c) QRPS (d) PQRS
51 S1 : People
have always been fascinated by dreams.
S6 : But a small number,
perhaps less than 5% have them regularly.
P
: In fact, only recently have there been serious studies to find out how
many of us
actually have nightmares.
Q
: Now that is changing.
R
: But the study of nightmares has been curiously neglected.
S : While
results so far are inconclusive, it seems fair to say that at least half the
population has occasional nightmares.
The proper
sequence should be
a) SRPQ
b) RQPS c) PQRS d)
SQPR
52 S1 : Long
long ago there lived a king who was crude and very much like a savage.
S6 : Or at least he
tried to.
P
: He was a man of great fancies and even greater enthusiasm.
Q : Because he had so much
authority as a king, he was able to force some of these fancies into reality.
R
: he had none of the grace and polish of his neighbours.
S : he had learned some manners
from his Latin neighbours, but mostly he was barbaric, loud and gruff.
The proper sequence should be
a) RSPQ b) SQPR c) RPQS d) PRQS
53 S1 : Our
age is the age of the specialist.
S6 : We have to reckon with
the spirit of science, understand its limitations and an outlook which is
consistent with its findings.
P
: Modern specialization had led to the fragmentation of knowledge.
Q
: Each one knows more and more about less and less.
R : We should not only be specialists but also
have a sense of the meaning of life and of social responsibility
S : We concentrate on some narrow field and
forget the largest context in which we can see the meaning of our own
specialization.
The proper sequence should be
a) PQSR b) QPSR c) SPQR d) QSPR
54 S1 : He
went to his friends, but none of them was ready to help him now.
S6 : Now the young man
understood that he had made a mistake.
P : He had to look after the
farmer’s pigs.
Q : And when he was hungry he ate
the food which was given to the pigs.
R : he went Away from the city and
wandered round the countryside looking for food to eat.
S : In the end he went to the house
of a farmer and became his servant.
The proper sequence should be
a)
PSRQ b) RSPQ c) SQPR
d) QPSR
55 S1
: Man, when first came, must have been surrounded by great animals and he must
have lived in fear of them.
S6
: Gradually, however, man raised himself and became more and more powerful till
he became stronger than any animal.
P : He makes the animals do what he
likes.
Q : But in those days he was not the master but a poor hunted creature
himself trying to keep away from the great animals.
R : Today man is the master of the
world.
S : Same he tames, same he eats and
same he shoots for pleasure.
The proper sequence should be
a)
RQPS b) RSPQ c) RPSQ d) PQSR
56 S1 : Convention
has a necessary part to play in the life of everyone.
S6 : Their purpose,
however, is always the same.
P
: It is necessary and useful for this reason.
Q
: Of course, there is nothing absolute about conventions.
R
: They vary from country to country, from age to age.
S
: In all social affairs it prescribes more or less generally accepted
rules of behaviour.
The proper sequence should be
a) SQRP b) PQSR c) RPSQ
d) SPQR
57 S1 : No one can seriously
pretend to remain unaffected by advertisement.
S6
: Though they seem so varied all these advertisements have one thing in common:
they make strong appeals to our emotions.
P
: Even in the sanctity of our living rooms advertisers pounce upon their
helpless victims as they tune into their favourite radio or television
programmes.
Q
: It is impossible to turn allied eye to
the solicitous overtures to buy this or that article that fill our streets,
newspapers and magazines.
R
: Most often they bank upon our sense of fear for not doing or possessing this
or that for our youth, beauty, health and security.
S : No matter how hard we resist,
clever little tunes and catch-phrases seep into our subconscious mind and stay
there.
The proper sequence should be
a) PQSR b) QRPS c) RPSQ
d) SQPR
58 S1 : A
great part of Arabia is desert.
S6 : Such place is called an oasis.
P
: The sand is so hot that you cannot walk over it with your bare feet in
the day time.
Q
: These springs are few and far apart, but wherever there is one, green
grass very soon covers the ground all around it.
R : here there is nothing but sand
and rock.
S : Here and there is the desert
are springs of water that come from deep down under the ground.
The proper sequence should be
a)
PSRQ b) RSQP c) RPSQ d) PQSR
59 S1 : Many
things about Konarak seem shrouded I mystery.
S6 : King Narasimha
probably had it built as much as a memorial to himself as he did in honour of
the Sun-God.
P : It is, of course, a religious
shrine.
Q : But here there also seems to be
a great emphasis on purely human grandeur.
R : Why was it built?
S : Long before the temple was
built, sometime in the 13the century, Konarak was one of the five holiest
places in Orissa.
The proper sequence should be
a)
RPQS b) RPSQ c) SRPQ d) SPQR
60 S1 : Most
of you probably did not see Gandhiji at close quarters.
S6 : the result was that the poor man had to try to be
good.
P
: One of these qualities was that he managed to draw out the good in
another person.
Q
: But he somehow spotted the good and laid emphasis on that good.
R
: He had amazing qualities.
S
: The other person may have had plenty of evil in him.
The proper sequence should be
a)
QPSR b) RPSQ c) SRPQ
d) SPQR
61 S1 : Everybody
thinks that this is the age of reason.
S6 : Obviously we must
reexamine the view that this is the age of reason.
P : Reason takes a backseat at such
time.
Q : The ordinary events of life
seem to support this view.
R : We must therefore avoid the
development of such situations.
S : But the behaviour of people in
crises makes us doubt this.
The proper sequence should be
a)
RQPS b) SRQP c) PRQS d) QSPR
62 S1 : Our
villages are not now as serene and peaceful as they had been twenty five years
ago.
S6 : This often vitiates
the traditional tranquility of the rural way of living.
P : the village people now seldom live under the
overall command of any single powerful headman.
Q
: Local political leaders mostly control and command them.
R
: Party politics had centered into the peaceful villages forcing the
villagers to live polarized political lives.
S : One dangerous consequence of this is that
they are often dragged into clashes even with their own relations of different
political beliefs.
The proper sequence should be
a) PRSQ b) RPQS c) QPRS d)
PSRQ
63 S1 : People
think that poverty is a great curse and wealth is a source of happiness in
life.
S6 : All
great men were born poor.
P : A life of poverty gives more genuine
satisfaction than a life passed in affluence which
encourages
dependence on others.
Q : This is untrue.
R : Poor people are free from the evils
which surround the rich.
S : They have sympathy for one another
and are more self-reliant.
The proper sequence should be
a)
PSQR b) QPRS c) SRQP
d) RSPQ
64 S1 : Before
man settled down, his life was not governed by the seasons.
S6 : However, we do not
know when man first began to divide the day into twenty-four hours, and the
hour into sixty minutes.
P
: so man began to measure time, and first he looked for convenient units
of measurement, one of which was the day.
Q
: This was done by making a mark for each day on a tree trunk.
R
: Once he settled down to the agricultural way of life, he had to be
able to calculate the change of seasons on which agriculture depended.
S
: In order to calculate the passing of time, it was necessary for
man to record the number of days in each
season.
The proper sequence should be
a)
PQRS b) RPSQ c) QPSR
d) RSQP
65 S1 : Imitation
is not civilization
S6 : When a man has
begun to be ashamed of his ancestors, the end has come.
P
: As ass in a lion’s skin never makes a
lion.
Q : It is verily the sign of awful degradation in a man.
R : cowardly imitation never makes for
progress.
S : When a man has begun to hate himself;
then the last blow has come.
The proper sequence should be
a)
PQRS b) RPSQ c) PQSR d)
RSQP
66 S1 : Democracy,
more than any other form of government, needs good citizenship.
S6 : that
is not the instinct of the natural man; yet somehow that habit has to be
acquired.
P : But
it has to be freedom of service self-chosen and sometimes of sacrifice
self-imposed.
Q : Under
absolutism or dictatorship, men are forced into line.
R : Freedom
is the essence of democracy: the more complete the democracy, the more
complete the freedom.
S :
But in a democracy things are not so simple.
The proper sequence should be
a)
SQPR b) RSQP c)
PRQS
d) QSRP
67 S1 : In
1668 an important discovery was made.
S6 : that was the
beginning of the end of the theory of spontaneous generation of higher plants
and animals.
P
: he put some rotting meat and fish in open jars and watched them.
Q
: When he covered the jars with muslin, he found that flies came and
laid their eggs on the muslin, but no maggots developed on the meat.
R
: In time, he noticed that flies came and laid their eggs in the meat
and the maggots
hatched from the eggs.
S
: An Italian physician named Redi decided to test the idea that worms
were generated spontaneously in rotting meat.
The proper sequence should be
a)
PQSR b) SORQ c) SRPQ d)
RPQS
68 S1 : There
is no sound more familiar in Calcutta than the clanking of its tramcars.
S6 : their progress is
regarded with the mixture of dread and embarrassment reserved for the approach
of cantankerous old aunt.
P
: for a growing body of opinion in the city, trams are a symbol of urban
blight.
Q : It is also an irritant.
R
: all day and late into the night the trundling roll of a tram has
become a symbol, a portent.
S : Slow, overcrowded and unwieldy,
they are thought of as obstructionist and outmoded.
The proper sequence should be
a)
RQPS b) RQSP c) QSPR d) PSRQ
69 S1 : In
England, yesterday, villagers were amazed to see a number of youths floating
over a field.
S6 : The others,
however, returned safely to earth by
puncturing their umbrellas before they had risen very far.
P
: One boy let of his umbrella and landed on a cow from a height of about
ten feet.
Q
: Luckily, there were not as many
casualties as there might have been
R : Another ended up on a pond.
S
: the youths, it appeared, had inflated their fathers’ umbrellas with
hydrogen and as a result were borne skywards.
The proper sequence should be
a)
QSPR b) PQSR c) SQPR d) PQRS
70 S1 : A
recent survey reveals that Indian Engineers play an immensely significant role
in the American software industry.
S6 : It is high time the
leaders addressed themselves to this issue seriously.
P
: Not only this, the Indian
Americans own almost 25% of the small information technology firms in the U.S.
Q
: And then, over 28% of these hold a Ph.D. – the highest percentage
among all ethnic groups involved in the software industry.
R
: some dollars might be flowing back but the best of brains are surely
being lost to the nation.
S
: What catches the attention at the very outset is the number – over a
million Indians work in the American software industry.
The proper sequence should be
a)
PQSR b) SQPR c) SQRP
d) SPQR
71 S1 : Unity in diversity is a unique feature of India.
S6 : Have
you read this book? If not, you should do so now.
P : They
should, therefore, first try to know the mind and spirit of India-the
Indian-ethos, so
to
say.
Q : Nehru
has referred to this unity very feelingly in ‘The Discovery of India’.
R : Those
who do not see this underlying unity in properly..
S : Then,
they will discern strands of common heritage running all through the
differences
of
languages, dress, food, method of worship etc.
The proper
sequence should be
a) QRSP b) PSRQ
c) SQPR d)
RPSQ
72 S1 : there
was a legend among out people that the island had once been covered with tall
trees.
S6 : Tumai
angrily went down, doen to another world; so people ide today because he did.
P : this
was a long time ago, at the beginning of the world when Tumai and Mukat ruled.
Q : Tumai
wished people to die.
R : The
two gods quarreled about many thing.
S : Mukat
did not.
The proper sequence should be
a) PRQS b) PSRQ
c) SPRQ d)
SQPR
73 S1 : To
a foreign learner, English pronunciation presents the greatest difficulty.
S6 : But
a knowledge of Phonetics will help a great deal in learning correct English
pronunciation.
P : Words
are spelt in one way and pronounced in another.
R : The
English language is notoriously un-phonetic.
S : The
same letters give different sounds in different words.
The proper sequence should be
a)PRSQ b) QSPR
c) SPRQ d)
ROSQ
74 S1 : There
was something about the smile of Mr. Acton, when he come over toe Sharma’s
table,
which betokened disaster.
S6 : Specially,
since Mr. Action was not known to smile
too much, being a morose, old Sahib,
hard-working
and conscientious.
P : The
fact that Mr. Acton should come over to his table at all, fawn upon him and say
what
he had said was, of course, most flattering.
Q : For,
very rarely did the head of the firm condescend to mover down the corridor,
where
the
Indian staff of Henry king and Co., worked.
R : But
that smile on Mr. Acton’s face!
S : But
as the Sahib had only said, “Mr. Sharma, I have brought something for you
specially
from London, you must come into my office on Monday and take it” ………
Sharma
could not surmise the real meaning of the General Manager’s remark.
The proper sequence should be
a) SPQR b) PRQS
c) SQRP d)
QRSP
75 S1 : Arun
suddenly found himself in the streets.
S6 : When
he applied for the refund of his security, there was hardly anyone at the other
end
to receive his application
P : There
was a little money in the bank and he had some stock on hand.
Q : The
prices were going down, and he could hardly realize a few hundred rupees.
R : At
first he could hardly understand the full significance of this collapse.
S : But
the stock moved out slowly.
The proper sequence should be
a) PSQR b) SQRP
c) RPSQ d)
PQSR
76 S1 : Science
has given us powers fit for the gods.
S6 : And we should remember that they are very stern
masters.
P : For
example, we do not know how to manage our machines.
Q : Yet
we use them like small children.
R : But
in practice, they have become man’s masters.
S : Machines
were made to be man’s servants.
The proper sequence should be
a) RQPS b) SQRP
c)QPSR d)
PQRS
77 S1 : It follows
that we should enable all individuals to live a full, free, rich life.
S6 : This does
not mean the regimentation of the individual.
P : We talk often of a socialistic
pattern of society.
Q : We must help to bring up the buried
treasure in each individual without breaking any of
it.
R : That is why we have universal
education as a target in our Constitution.
S : for this, certain minium cultural and
economic conditions must be provided.
The proper sequence should be
a) QSRP b) PRSQ
c) RQPS
d)
SQRP
78 S1 : The
advancement of science is not a secret or a mysterious process.
S6 : What is he
to think but to marvel at the skill of science, and to fear its power?
P : No one tells the layman about the
years of experiment and failure.
Q : If it sometimes seems so, that is
just because the day-to-day work of science is so
unspectacular.
R : how is he to know what has not been
done, or to guess that labour of what has?
S : You hear nothing from the research
worker for years, and then, suddenly, there is the
result
in the headlines; pencillin or the jet
engine or nuclear fusion.
The proper sequence should be
a) QSPR b) PQRS
c) QPSR
d)
SQPR
79 S1 : I am the
manager of travel agency in the city.
S6 : I spend
those twenty five minutes doing crosswords.
P : I usually catch the 8 O’clock train
for my journey to the office.
Q : I live fifteen kilometers out of
the city where I have a small room.
R : I go to work on the electric train
everyday.
S : The train takes about twenty five
minutes to get to the city.
The proper sequence should be
a) PRSQ b)
PQSR
c) RSQP
d)
SQPR
80 S1 : Until
the first atomic energy bombs fell on Hiroshima and Nagaski, the
atom and its
behaviour had beern remoter from everyday affairs.
S6 : So
the idea grew up that the product of long years at atomic research
had led
only to a fresh weapon of destruction
more powerful than any
known
before.
P : there was something queer and
incomprehensible about them.
Q : and secondly, that something new and
devastating had been added to
the list of
man’s victories over nature.
R : But it, in the first place, made us
realize that the atom and its ways
were no
longer something art from everyday life.
S : The atomic bombing of Japan did not
resolve that
incomprehensibility.
The proper
sequence should be:
a)
PSRQ b)
PQSR
c) RSQP d)
SQPR
81 S1 : Jagsidh
Chandra Bose was born on 30 November, 1853 at Parikhal,
now in
Bangladesh.
S6 : He
himself founded some technical and industrial schools.
P : But he also knew that without
technical education India could not
become a
great nation.
Q : His father Babu Bhagwandas was a
remarkable man,
R : He had a high regard for India’s
ancient culture.
S : through he was an important
government official, yet he did not give
up his
independence of thought.
The proper sequence should be:
a)
QPRS b) RSQP
c) QSRP d)PRSQ
82 S1 : A
gentleman trying to get a fly out of the milk or a piece of cork out of his
glass of
wine often
imagines himself to be irritated.
S6 : But
I pointed out to him that this sense of wrong was really subjective and
relative;
it rested
entirely upon the assumption that the drawer could, should, and would
come out
easily.
P : Again, I have known some people of
very modern views driven by their distress to
the use of
theological terms to which they attached no doctrinal significance, merely
because a drawer was jammed tight and they could not pull
it out.
Q : Everyday his drawer was jammed, and
everyday in consequence it was something
else that
rhymes to it.
R : A friend of mine was particularly
afflicted in this way.
S : Let him think for a moment of the
patience of anglers sitting by dark pools, and let
his should
be immediately irradiated with gratification and repose.
The proper sequence should be:
a)SPRQ b)
PSRQ
c) QPRS d)SPQR
83 S1 : Even
in his earliest days, man had government.
S6 : As
the number of men multiplied, hunting bands grew larger, divided and formed
independent
groups..
P : When he grew old and dull, another
leader took his place.
Q : As he stepped outside, he joined with
other men to form a hunting tribe that learned
to work
together.
R : Its simplest form was the family,
where man had authority over his wife and
children.
S : Probably the hunter with the right
combination of strength and cleverness became
the leader
of the tribe.
The proper sequence should be:
a)
QRPS b) RQSP
c) SRPQ d) RPQS
84 S1 : The
oil found natural state is called crude oil.
S6 : Last
of all, the lubricating oils of various grades are produced.
P : It is used as fuel in heaters and
lamps.
Q : It is treated in refineries, the most
common form of treatment is heating.
R : Gas that comes off the oil later is
condensed into paraffin.
S : When crude oil is heated, the first
vapors to rise are cooled and become the finest
petrol.
The proper sequence should be:
a) QSPR b)
SPQR
c) SQRP d)QSRP
85 S1 : As
a first step we have made the tribals celebrate the it Kula festival on the same
day.
S6 : Village-wise
environmental status reports were prepared to help people in
assessing
the remaining natural resources such as drinking water, extent of grazing
land, and
number of fruit-bearing trees, bird, animals etc.
P : For the first time in the history of
this region, during this festival, an Advasa darbar
was
conducted.
Q : Tribes from Madhya Pradesh and Orissa
were also invited to participate in this
darbar.
R : We could achieve emotional integrity
amongst tribals which resulted in this success.
S : For centuries they were celebrating
it on different days and in different ways.
The proper sequence should be:
a)
SRPQ b) PRSQ
c) QSPR d) RSQP
86 S1 : Happiness,
after all, is an inner state of mind
S6 : My
point is that it is jot wealth but coordination of one’s thought and action
which
removes
inner conflicts.
P : Some of the most miserable persons I
have come across in my life are rich.
Q : It
is little dependent on outside environment.
R : Happiness has very little to do, for
instance, with whether you are rich or not rich.
S : It is true that poverty makes one
miserable in a very acute way.
The proper sequence should be:
a) SPQR b)
QPSR
c)RSPQ d)QRSP
87 S1 : It
was in 264 B.C. that the great struggle between Rome and Carthage, the Punic
Wars began.
S6 : But
the Romans, with extraordinary energy, set themselves to out build the
Carthagians.
P : It gradually developed into a
struggle for the possession of Sicily.
Q : The advantage of the sea was at first
with the Carthagians.
R : The First Punic War began in that
year about the pirates of Messina.
S : They had great fighting ships of what
was hitherto an unheard-of size.
The proper sequence should be:
a)RQSP b)
RPQS
c) PRSQ d) QSPR
88 S1 : Over-eating
is one of the most wasteful practices among those who can afford it.
S6 : The
evening meal should be light and should be taken three or four hours before
going to bed.
P : It is largely wasted.
Q : A heavy meal at night before retiring is the fashion with many.
R : While sleeping, this food is
converted into excess fat and thus makes a person fat
and
ungainly.
S : Three to five hours are needed to
digest the food.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PQSR b)
QPSR
c)QSRP d) SRQP
89 S1 : I
passed all the other courses that I took at my university.
S6 : This
used to enrage my instructor..
P : I never once saw a cell through a microscope.
Q : This was because all botany students
had to spend several hours a week looking
through
microscopes at plant cells.
R : But I could never pass botany.
S : I could never see through a
microscope
The proper sequence should be:
a) RQSP b)
QPSR
c) RSPQ d) PQSR
90 S1 : It
is very warm and sticky today.
S6 : A
good rain would cool things off a little.
P : That is a good idea.
Q : I wonder what the weather is going to
be like tomorrow.
R : Let’s listen to the weather report
for tomorrow on the radio.
S : The paper here says its going to be
fair and sunny.
The proper sequence should be:
a) QSRP b)
RQSP
c) QRPS d) RSPQ
91 S1 : When
he joined the college, he was an adolescent and immature.
S6 : But
his sagacity helped him get a good job.
P : He
had to get suitably employed.
R : Four
years of study in the college changed him completely.
S : When
he left it he was ready to face the problems of life.
The proper sequence should be
a) PQRS b) SRQP
c) RPSQ d)
QSRP
92 S1 : there
is still another important characteristic of living things.
S6 : And
abrupt changes occur too, which are called mutations.
P : One
generation is not a perfect copy of the preceding generation.
Q : Plants
and animals are not exactly like their parents.
R : That
attribute is the capacity to evolve.
S : There
is continual realignment of inherited characteristics.
The proper sequence should be
a) PSQR b) RQPS
c) QSRP d)
RSPQ
93 S1 : Your
resources, like money are limited.
S6 : for
that matter the need for a leader arises only in relation to other people
P : You
must invest them wisely.
Q : everything
cannot be directly attended to by yourself.
R : sooner
or later you should learn to delegate your authority to others.
S :
You have to depend on others.
The proper sequence should be
a) PSQR b) RQPS
c) QSRP d)
RSPQ
94 S1 : In
ancient India the city of Ujjain was quite famous.
S6 : So
one can see what a great love all who care for India must feel for this ancient
city.
P : here
lived at one time the poet Kalidas.
Q : he
was a famous learned astronomer.
R : And
here also came and worked Raja Jai Singh of Jaipur.
S : It
was always renowed as a seat of learning.
The proper sequence should be
a) PSRQ b) SPRQ
c) QSRP d)
SRPQ
95 S1 : One
of the odd-looking birds of the ocean is the penguin.
S6 : With
the aid of flippers they can dive into the water
P : Penguins
cannot fly.
Q : It
is found in the cold regions of the Antarctic circle.
R :
Their wings have been changed into swimming flippers.
S : They
use them like oars.
The proper sequence should be
a) PQRS b) QPRS
c) RSPQ d)
QRSP
96 S1 : Clothes
should fit well.
S6 : They
absorb sweat from the body and pick up dust from the surroundings.
P : clothing
that is too slack chafes the skin and is uncomfortable.
Q : Tight
garment can constrict the organs of the body, especially those of the abdomen.
R : Clothes
should be kept clean.
S : If they are too tight they can constrict the
blood vessels in the skin.
The
proper sequence should be :
a) PQSR b) QRPS
c) SRQP d)
SQPR
97 S1 : Get
hold of the catalogues of the colleges in the United States.
S6 : They
all aim at the first rate.
P : I
think there is a common feature and that every course given has a similar aim.
Q : Is
there any common feature in these courses?
R : You
will find courses in innumerable subjects.
S : Is
there any aim which all of them have?
The proper sequence should be:
a) RQSP b)
PQRS
c) RQPS d)
PRSQ
98 S1 : If
we dump seqage into a stream, on a small scale, the stream dissolves it and
purifies it
S6 : For
this overwhelming kind of pollution we need to coin a new term which we call
super-pollution.
P : It
can no longer deal even with the small quantity of seqage which it once
accepted
without
difficulty.
Q : Ten
miles downstream the water is pure again.
R : The
system has broken down.
S : But
if we dump large quantities of seqage, we end by killing the purifying bacteria
and
them
the stream has lost its power to purify.
The proper sequence should be:
a) QSPR b) RSQP
c) PRQS d)
PQRS
99 S1 : she
was born into a poor family of labourers
and died because poverty could not let her
live
S6 : so,
while the world was celebrating International women’s Day, rita’s mother, Mrs.
Veena,
spent the day trying to get her daughter justice, which eluded her in life.
P : she
died not because she was ill, but because she had been allegedly beaten by her
husband
and in-laws for not bringing in sufficient dowry.
Q : At
the young age of twenty, Rita breathed her last at J.P. Hospital on February 20.
R : Ironically,
however, no one paid need to Rita’s woes when she used to cry for help.
S : The
police have not taken any action either till date.
The proper sequence should be:
a) QPRS b) SRPQ
c) PRSQ d)
RPQS
100 S1 : We
were so evenly matched that for a time the end was difficult to tell.
S6 : Then
his comrade’s knife, thrown at me, struck him on the back and, piercing it,
quite
finished
him.
P : Already
I was counting him a dead man and myself victorious.
Q : I
had only to wear him out to have him at my mercy.
R : Presently,
however, there came a change.
S : My
opponent’s wild living made him incapable of coping with, a prolonged bout and
his
strength
seemed to start ebbling away.
The proper sequence should be:
a) SRQP b) QRSP
c) RQSP d)
RSQP
101 S1 : William
Cowper was born in 1731 at the rectory of Berkhamstead.
S6 : He
left Westminster in 1748.
P : From
both sides (mother and father) he was well-connected.
Q : he
was the son of country rector.
R : Cowper
was sent to a boarding house at the nearby village where the bullying brought
On
a nervous in flammation of the eyes.
S : He
then moved to Westminster School where he was reasonably happy.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS b) PRQS
c) RSQP d)
QPRS
102 S1 : John
Young, the astronaut, piloted the 75-ton
space-shuttle, Columbia.
S6 : And
it moved smoothly to a stop as the crew rushed to greet it.
P : The
Columbia, however, landed safely at the Edwards Air force base in the Mojave
desert.
Q : The
space-shuttle circled the Earth 36times.
R : It
was dangerous because a re-usable craft was being used now.
S : This
flight was fraught with dangers.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PQSR b) SQRP
c) PRSQ d)
QSRP
103 S1 : Rutherford
was the son of a Scot’s emigrant to New Zealand.
S6 : Life
was hard, but it was adventurous.
P : They
had 12 children, of whom Rutherford was the fourth.
Q : His
father established the first flax mill in South Island.
R : He
was brought up in a real frontier atmosphere and it entered into the nature of
the
man.
S : His
mother was the first woman school teacher in New Zealand.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PRQS b) QSRP
c) QRSP d)
QSPR
104 S1 : Isasc
possessed as wonderful faculty of
acquiring knowledge by the simplest means.
S6 : Thus,
even in his boyish sport, he was continually searching out the secrets of
philosophy.
P : yet
nothing could more simple.
Q : You
will never guess how the boy could compel that unseen wonder, the wind to tell
him
the measure of its strength.
R : For
instance, what methods do you suppose he took to find out the strength of the
wind?
S : He
jumped against the wind and by the length of the jump he could calculate the
force
of
the wind.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS b) QRSP
c) RQPS d)
PSQR
105 S1 : Life
is a gift of God man.
S6 : Oh
Lord! What fools we mortals are?
P : What
an invaluable gift?
Q : Every
morning He fills 24 hours in wallets of each of us an never asks questions.
R :
The other is time.
S : Irrespective
of these gifts, we grumble.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS b) PRQS
c) QRPS d)
RSPQ
106 S1 : the
common man has a vote in Parliament.
S6 : for
that, his sole resource is his native wit and will.
P : If
he likes to make use of the machinery of a democracy, he can have questions
asked in
the house.
Q : But
there is no machinery by which he can control the organs which mould opinion.
R : In
the last resort he can destroy one government and make another.
S : he
has a parliamentary representative who he can badger and heckle.
The proper sequence should be:
a) QPSR b) SQPR
c) PRQS d)
SPRQ
107 S1 : Einstein
was very simple in his ways of life and indifferent to his astounding fame.
S6 : So
they went back to the Queen and informed her that he had not come by the train.
P :
They could never imaging that this shabby man would be Einstein himself.
Q : Once
the queen of Belgium invited him to Brussels.
R : The
officials also expected to see somebody who would appear to be rich and
aristocratic
before them.
S : When he got down from the train at
Brussels, he could not think that there were
actually
many gorgeously dressed officials to receive him at the stateion.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PRSQ b)
RQPS
c) QSRP d)
SPRQ
108 S1 : Jagdish
was tired after the long walk through the thick jungle.
S6 : here,
to his satisfaction, he found that there were hardly any mosquitoes.
P : As
night fell he came to a swampy place near a take, where he decided to camp.
Q : At
last, in despair, he sprang into the branches of a nearby tree and climbed to
the top.
R : But
the place was so full of mosquitoes that he found it impossible to sleep.
S : he
spread a blanket on the ground and stretched himself out on it.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PSRQ b)
PRSQ
c) PSQR d)
PQRS
109 S1 : what
kind of India are we working for, and what king of world?
S6 : Some
small part of that dream has come true, but not in the manner I had imagined,
and
so much still remains.
P : Surely
not, if there has been any truth in us and in our professions.
Q : here
in this city of Allahabad my boyheed and youth were spent in dreaming dreams
and
seeing visions of India’s future.
R : Was
there any real substance in those dreams, or were they merely the fancies of a
fevered
brain?
S : Are
hatred and violence and fear and communalism and narrow provincialism to mould
our
future?
The proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS b) QRSP
c)SPQR d)
SQRP
110 S1 : Pasteur
began his fruitful scientific investigations when he was Professor of Chemistry
at
Strasburg.
S6 : the
pasteurization process which he prescribed for wine and beer is used now to
safeguard
milk too.
P : he
also found how germs causing changes in material could be controlled by heat.
Q : he
made a thorough study of the wine industry in France.
R : He
thus saved the wine industry from ruin by his work.
S : After
careful and extensive investigation he produced the germ theory of
fermentation.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS b) QPSR
c) SQPR d)
QSPR
111 S1 : In
democratic countries men are equal before law, and have a voice in deciding how
and
by
whom they shall be governed.
S6 : And
they live like this not for fun, but because they are too poor to afford
another room.
P : While
some few people live in luxury, many have not even enough to drink and wear.
Q : But
with respect to the sharing of money – which means the sharing of food and
clothing,
and houses and books and so on the system is till very unfair.
R : There
are many families of five or six persons who live in a single room; they sleep
and
dress
and wash and eat their meals; in this same room they are horn; and in this same
they
die.
S : Even
in the finest of world’s cities thousands of people live in dreadful
surroundings.
The proper sequence should be:
a) QRSP b) SRPQ
c) QPSR d)
PQRS
112 S1 : Mental
disability, whether mental retardation or any
other developmental disability, is
not
the same as mental illness.
S6 : and
the earlier the better.
P : A
person with mental disability can certainly be halped to improve, but mainly in
childhood.
Q : But
mental disability has no cure.
R : Mental
illness has an identifiable cause and may be cured.
S : Not
the best doctors nor all the medicines in the world can cure mental disability.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PSQR b) QPRS
c) RQSP d)
SRPQ
113 S1 : A
devastating earthquake had hit Mexico city.
S6 : the
condition of 1000 others was reported unsafe.
P : fifty
more were later judged dangerously close to falling.
Q : the
quake’s force was measured at 7.8 on the Richter scale.
R : In
four chaotic minutes, an estimated 250 buildings collapsed in downtown Mexico
city.
S : It
was the world’s most severe quake since the quake in Chile last March.
The proper sequence should be:
a) SRPQ b) QSRP
c) PQSR d)
RPQS
114 S1 : Undoubtedly,
science has done wonders.
S6 : Thus,
science, which was once considered a destructive power only in war, must be
recognized
as one also in its apparently constructive activities during peace.
P : But
in giving such an answer, our attention must not be taken up entirely by the
danger
from
nuclear weapons and chemical warfare.
Q : the
honest answer has to be, “Not always”.
R : But
has it stopped with wonders which are beneficial to mankind?
S : there
is far greater real danger from the damage to the environment arising from the
so-called
peaceful uses
The proper sequence should be:
a) RQPS b) SPQR
c) SRPQ d)
PQRS
115 S1 : I
will not be able to see you tomorrow.
S6 : At
any rate I’ll see you later in the week.
P : there
is only a simple laboratory test be done.
Q : Once
I know what the diagnosis is, I can
contact the doctor.
R : However,
if you like, you can phone me.
S : We
will then follow his instructions.
The proper sequence should be:
a) SPRQ b)
RPQS
c) SRPQ d)
RQSP
116 S1 : James
Watt used the power of steam to drive machines.
S6 : the
jet engine is relatively more recent.
P :
with petrol engines people were able to build motor cars and aeroplanes.
Q : then,
many years later, the petrol engine was invented.
R : These
provided quicker means of traveling.
S : His
invention was used later by other clever men to give us the railway engine.
The proper sequence should be:
a) SQPR b) PQRS
c) PSRQ d)
QSRP
117 S1 : Stalin
sent General Zhukov to assume command in
leningard.
S6 : the
battle for Leningrad was the fiercest ever fought.
P : True,
the city was prespared for street fighting.
Q : At
that time no one knew whether the city could be saved.
R : No
one knew the answer.
S : But
would the city’s defences hold?
The proper sequence should be:
a) RSQP b)QSPR
c) QPSR d)
RQPS
118 S1 : Bacteria
in the mouth can cause bad od our and
painful tooth decay.
S6 : Toothpaste
advertisements are truthful when they advise us to brush regularly.
P : Children’s
eating habits leave them prone to tooth decay.
Q : they
grow in food particles left between teeth.
R : They
often eat sweets and other items between meals.
S : therefore,
regular brushing after every meal eaten at home is essential.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PQSR b) QPRS
c) RSPQ d)
QRPS
119 S1 : The
five-year plans are meant for the nation’s economic development.
S6 : the
most important is, certainly failure on the family-planning front.
P : what
are the reasons for it?
Q : One
way of measuring a nation’s development is by finding out how much progress
there
has been in the fight against poverty.
R : The
reasons are many.
S : In
India, every five-year plan ends with more people coming under the poverty
line.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PRQS b) QSPR
c) PRSQ d)
SQPR
120 S1 : Man’s
growth from barbarism to civilization is supposed to be the theme of history.
S6 : In
many ways, therefore, man has not made very great progress.
P : Strong
countries attack and oppress weaker ones.
Q : But
it is difficult to believe this ideal has been reached.
R : there
is ample evidence of barbarism even today.
S : Individuals
too exploit their fellows.
The proper sequence should be:
a) QRPS b) RQSP
c) PRSQ d)
SQPR
121 S1 : The
lion used to be very widely distributed in Africa and Asia .
S6 : No
hunting is permitted in such reserved areas.
P : there
are special forest zones set aside for wildlife in various countries.
Q : Indiscriminate
killing by hunters has been the cause of this drastic fall in their numbers.
R : Today
they are a relatively rare species.
S : If
the species survives at all, it will be only in national parks.
The proper sequence should be:
a) QSPR b)
RSPQ
c) SRPQ d)
RQSP
122 S1 : Though
the Finance Minister claims that prices have become stable, facts do not
support
his stand.
S6 : This
proves that the government is not properly informed.
P : What
is worse, in some places it is not available even at the exorbitant price.
Q : now
it is above 10 rupees.
R : Sugar
is a glaring example.
S : A
month back its open-market price was 7 rupees per kg.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PRQS b)
SRQP
c) PSRQ d)
RSQP
123 S1 : There
is no doubt that democracy is the best of the systems of government available
to
us.
S6 : it
is the feature that put democracy in a class by itself among political systems.
P : for
another, even an ideividual can, through appeal to the judiciary, prevent the
government
from doing any injustice.
Q : This
means that, in a way, the people can exercise some control over the rulers even
during
of their period of rule.
R : This
right of the individual to secure justice even against the powerful, government
is
even
more important than the right to vote.
S : for
one thing, it permits, if necessary, a periodical change of those who govern
the
country.
The proper sequence should be:
a) RPQS b)
SQPR
c) PQRS
d)
SRPQ
124 S1 : The
authorities decided to streamline the procedure for admitting students to the
new
course.
S6 : The
selection was made from this list in the
order of priority.
P : those
who performed badly at the interview were eliminated.
Q : the
candidates were first required to take a
written test.
R : A
list of successful candidates at the written test was prepared in the ascending at the
written
test was prepared in the ascending order
of total marks .
S : The top fifty among those who qualified were
called
The proper sequence should be:
a) QRSP b)
PRSQ
c) SRQP
d)
RSQP
125 S1 : I
was only 12 years of age then.
S6 : I
needed real money.
P : But
this was not enough even to buy comics or toys.
Q : I
earned a couple of dollars by doing chores around the house.
R :
I could never buy an airgun or a bike in this way.
S : I
found a pressing need for money of my own.
The proper sequence should be:
a) SQPR b)
PSQR
c) SRPQ d)
QRPS
126 S1 : you
ask me what I intend to do after graduation.
S6 : that
would be a great relief to my parents.
P : My
ambition is to become an engineer.
Q : I
can complete this course in two years.
R : but
I am not ‘sure whether I shall get enough marks to qualify for admission to an
engineering
college.
S : If
I don’t take up engineering, I would like to do an M.Sc. in Physics.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PRSQ b)
SQPR
c) QSRP
d)
RPQS
127 S1 : In
1974, Mark and Delia venture into the Kalahari desert to study the ecology of
the
region.
S6 : she
was moving towards them from about five metres away, her head swaying from
side
to side.
P : hw
slowly lifted his head and surveyed the scene.
Q : A
soft groan startled Mark.
R : they
had driven north the evening before, trying to locate the roars of a lion.
S : His
breath caught – It was a huge lioness,
The proper sequence should be:
a) RQPS b)
RPQS
c) RQSP d)
QPSR
128 S1 : In
almost all developing countries, estimates indicate that every six seconds, one
child
dies and another becomes
disabled as a consequence of diseases that becomes disabled
as
a consequence of diseases that can be prevented with immunization.
S6 : After
each round of immunization during the IIP, all computerized data were brought
up-to-date.
P : At
the start of the programme, local Anganwadi centres for pre-school children
operating
as a part of the National Integrated Child Development Services Scheme were
involved
in conducting house-to-houses surveys.
Q : the
experiment has been launched with the objective of introducing new and
efficient
strategies
for large scale immunization programmes which, if successful, could be used
as
models for similar endeavours in the
future.
R : Two
areas were included in the IIP: Trilokpuri and Khanjawala.
S : between
December 1983and March 1984, a large-scale experiment-the Intensive
Immunization
Programme (IIP) – was conducted in Delhi.
129 S1 : A
boy tried to discover how wasps find their way home.
S6 : he
carried them two miles away and let them go.
P : he
carried them two miles away and let them go.
Q : first,
he marked each of a number of wasps with
a white spot.
R : he
then put them into a paper box.
S : To
do this he carried out a test on them.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PSQR b)
SRQP
c) SQRP d)
QPSR
130 S1 : Rivers
have played a great role in our lives.
S6 : That
was how Sindhu was pronounced by some foreigners.
P : it
is famous as the Indus valley civilization.
Q : communication
and trade depended on the rivers for centuries.
R : who
does not know that the very term India originated from Indus?
S : One
of the earliest civilizations of the
world flourshed on the river Sindhu.
The proper sequence should be:
a) SRQP b)
RSPQ
c) QSPR d)
PRSQ
131 S1 : The
next day hiralal woke early.
S6 : he
could find nothing inside them except two letters.
P :
then he began to take out the bags containing the silver coins and the currency
notes.
Q :
three of the bags were empty.
R : After
washing his face and hands he went back to his bedroom.
S : Suddenly
his heart seemed tto stop beating.
The proper sequence should be:
a) QSPR b)
RPSQ
c) PQRS d)
SPQR
132 S1 : My
friend had a dog.
S6 : he
took it to the veterinary hospital.
P :
he was very much upset.
Q : Two
days later it returned home.
R : Its
right ear had been torn off.
S : One
say he could not find the dog anywhere.
The proper sequence should be:
a) RPSQ b)
PSQR
c) SPQR d)
SQRP
133 S1 : A
water tap is device for turnings on and
off a flow of water.
S6 : The
washer is made of flexible material such as rubber or plastic.
P : The
metal parts of a water tap are usually made of brass because brass resists
corrosion.
Q : The
other part is a washer which is fixed to the bottom of the rod.
R : One
is a rod with a handle on the top.
S : It
has two important parts.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS b)
SRQP
c) PQSR d)
PRSQ
134 S1 : Now
these two types of courage, physical and moral, are very distinct.
S6 : moral
courage is a higher andrarer virtue than physical courage.
P :
I have known many men who had marked physical courage, but lacked moral courage.
Q : On
the other hand, I’ve seen men who undoubtedly possessed moral courage but were
very
cautious about taking physical risks.
R : But
I’ve never met a man with moral courage, who wouldn’t when it was really
necessary
face bodily danger.
S : Some
of them were in high places but they failed to be great in themselves because
they
lacked
it.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS b)
PSQR
c) PSRQ d)
QSRP
135 S1 : Forests
have an in fluence on the climate of a region.
S6 : Thus
we see that forests in a region often make the climate cooler.
P : Much
of the rain that falls beneath the trees dissolves plant food in the soil.
Q : Much
of the rain that falls beneath the trees dissolves plant food in the soil.
R : the
plants absorb all the food and much of the water, but the rest of the water is
breathed
out through the leaves into the air.
S : this
is taken up by the roots of plants and carried upward to the leaves.
The proper sequence should be:
a) QSRP b)
PSRQ
c)RSPQ d)
SQPR
136 S1 : Albert
Edward did very well.
S6 : he
then appointed a manager to take care of it.
P : he
started looking for a place to open the new shop.
Q : He
started his shop with great enthusiasm.
R : He
did so well that he began to think of
opening another shop.
S : One
fine morning he found it on a nearby street.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS b)
RSPQ
c) RPSQ d)
PSRQ
137 S1 : Why
do birds migrate in spite of the heavy loss of life on the way?
S6 : The
migration of birds thus is a fascinating study, indeed.
P : But
birds also also migrate during summer.
Q : Primarily
they migrate during the summer.
R : Also
they cannot endure the summer heat.
S : And
the main reason now is not hunger but availability of the nesting sites.
The proper sequence should be:
a) QPSR b)
PQRS
c) RSPQ d)
QRPS
138 S1 : Though
hard to please and easily offended, Johnson had a most humane and
benevolent
heart.
S6 : he
got her a job and put her into a virtuous way of living.
P : There
he discovered she was one of those wretched persons who had fallen into the
lowest
state of vice, poverty and disease.
Q : Going
home one evening, he found a poor woman lying in the street and took her upon
his
back and carried her to his house.
R : Soon
she was restored to health.
S : Instead
of harshly scolding her, he had her taken care of with all tenderness.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS b)
SRQP
c) PRQS d)
QPSR
139 S1 : Ronald
Ross was born in Almora, in the Himalayas in 1857.
S6 : manson
directed him to an effective study of the disease and with his help. Rose
solved
the
mystery in three years.
P : he
began to feel that he ought to try to do something about its.
Q : He
was educated in England and returned to India s an officer in the Indian
medical
Service.
R : He
started to study malaria and during a vacation to England, met Patrick Manson
and
studied
tropical diseases under him.
S : his
medical conscience was stirred by the applying disease and misery with which he
was
surround in the course of his work.
The proper sequence should be:
a) SRPQ b)
QSPR
c) PQRS d)
RPSQ
140 S1 : Science
has turned the world into one unit.
S6 : Practically
every part of the world has friendly or hostile relationship with every other
part.
P : Now
a days such pleasing illusions are impossible to have.
Q : Since
that time they have been coming closer
to each other.
R : before
the 16th century, America and the Far East were almost unrelated to
Europe.
S : Augustua
in Rome and Han Emperor in China simultaneously imagined themselves
masters
of the world.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS b)
RSQP
c) SRPQ d)
RQSP
141 S1 : Plants
need carbon for building the tissue of their bidies.
S6 : Thus
through a complex process called photosynthesis, plants receive their
requirements
from the soil and Sun.
P : the
breaking up of carbon dioxide into its components requires energy, which they
derive
from the Sun.
Q : Plants’
other needs of nutrients are derived from the soil and water through their
roots.
R : They
derive this carbon from the carbon dioxide in the air.
S : they
break up the carbon dioxide, absorb the carbon and discharge oxygen into the
air
for
animals to breathe.
The proper sequence should be:
a) QSPR b)
RSPQ
c) SQRP d)
RPQS
142 S1 : I searched for my friend all day.
S6 : When I woke up the Sun was already above the
horizon.
P : although
I was weary and hungry, I was not discouraged.
Q : I
erupt in and lay on the ground with my bag for a pillow.
R : When,
midnight came I felt that I could not
walk much further.
S : At
last I came to a place where the pavement was raised and had a hollow
underneath.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PRSQ b)
PSQR
c) RPSQ d)
SRQP
143 S1 : While
on a fishing trip last summer, I watched an elderly man fishing off the edge of
a
clock
S6 : Cheerfully,
the old man replied, “small frying pan”
P : “Why
didn’t you kkeep the other big ones asked?”
Q : He
caught an enormous trout, but apparently not satisfied with its size, he threw
it back
into
the water.
R : He
finally caught a small pike, threw it into his pall, and smiling happily
prepared to
leave.
S : Amazed,
I watched him repeat this performance.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PSQR b)
PSRQ
c) PQSR d) QPSR
144 S1 : Mr.
Johnsen looked at his watch.
S6 : he
always says to his friends at the office: ‘It is nice to have breakfast in the
morning,
but
it is nicer to lie in bed’.
P : he
was late as usual, so he did not have time for breakfast.
Q : then
he washed and dressed.
R : He
ran all the way to the station and he arrived there just in time for the train.
S : it
was half past seven and he got out of bed quickly.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PSQR b)
SQPR
c) SRQP d)
RSQP
145 S1 : the
essence of democracy is the active participation of the people in government
affairs.
S6 : by
and large it is the actual practice of
our way of life.
P : When
the people are active watchmen and participants, we ha e that fertile soil in
which
democracy flourishes.
Q : Our
democracy is founded upon a faith in the
overall judgement of the people as a
whole.
R : when
the people do not participate, the spirit of democracy dies.
S : When
the people are honestly and clearly informed, their commonsense can be relied
upon
the carry the carry the nation safely through any crisis.
The proper sequence should be:
a) RPSQ b)
PRSQ
c) SPQR d)
PSRQ
146 S1 : Always
remember that regular and frequent practice is essential if you are to learn to
write
well.
S6 : If
you keep your eyes and ears open, you will find plenty of things to write
about.
P : Even,
with the most famous writers, inspiration is rare.
Q : Writing
is ninetly nine per cent hard work and one per cent inspiration, so the sooner
you
get into the habit of writing, the better.
R : It
is no good waiting until you have an
inspiration before you write.
S : You
learn to write by writing.
The proper sequence should be:
a) SRPQ b)
RPSQ
c) SPRQ d)
QPSR
147 S1 : Human
ways of life have steadily changed.
S6 : during
the last few years change has been even
more rapid than usual.
P : From
that time to this, civilization has always been changing.
Q : About
ten thousand years ago, man lived
entirely be hunting.
R : Ancient
Egypt –Greece – The roman Empire – the Dark Ages and the Middle Ages – the
Renasissance
– the age of modern science and of modern nations – one has succeeded
the
other; and history has never stood still.
S : A
settled civilized life began only when agriculture was discovered.
The proper sequence should be:
a) QSRP b) QSPR
c) RSQP d)
SPRQ
148 S1 : Her
sister recognized her at once.
S6 : As
for the young prince, he found her more lovely and lovable than ever, and
insisted
upon
marrying her immediately.
P : she
embraced them, telling them she forgave them with all her heart.
Q : Then
she departed with the herald to the King’s palace.
R : they
were not in the least surprised, for everybody believed in faires, and
everybody
longed
to have a fairy godmother .
S : She
told her whole story to His Majesty and the royal family.
The proper sequence should be:
a) RSQP b)
QPSR
c) PQSR d)
PSQR
149 S1 : No
daily paper has ever found its way into this village.
S6 : they
carry this with them to the trading centres in the plains and cities.
P : these
travelers come from distant places.
Q :
On their return journey they have news from the hills.
R : the
only news the inhabitants get is from travelers.
S : On
their way into the hills they bring news
from distant plains and cities of India.
The proper sequence should be:
a) PQSR b)RPSQ
c) QSPR d)
RQPS
150 S1 : A
stag was drinking water at a pool.
S6 : he
was thus caught by the hunters.
P : he
was admiring his shadow in the water.
Q : All
of a sudden some hunters came to the pool.
R : From
what he saw, he liked his horns, but he was rather unhappy about his legs.
S : His
legs helped him in getting away from the hunters, but his horns were caught in
a
bush.
The proper sequence should be:
a) QPRS b)
PQRS
c) PRQS d) RPQS
151 S1 : The wise men laughed at Galileo for
presuming to differ from the great Aristotle.
S6 : Both struck the ground together, as
he had asserted that they would.
P : He them
climbed to the top, carrying with him a ten-pound shot and a one-
pound
shot.
Q : So
one morning he took some students and teachers to the base of the famous
Leaning
Tower.
R : Balancing
them on the edge of the tower, he let them fall together.
S : But
Galileo said he could prove his statement.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) SQPR (b) QPSR
(c) PRSQ (d)
RSQP
152 S1 : The Earth was initially very hot and
without an atmosphere.
S6 : But it contained a lot of other gases
that are poisonous to us.
P : The
atmosphere came from the emission of gases from the rocks.
Q : Because
it contained no oxygen.
R : In
the course of time it cooled and acquires an atmosphere.
S : This
early atmosphere was not one in which we could have survived.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) RPSQ (b) PSRQ
(c) SPQR (d) QRPS
153 S1 : When Madhu opened the living room, an
extraordinary sight met her eyes.
S6 : Hurrying upstairs, she went to her
dressing table but to her relief found that the man had taken only an imitation
diamond necklace.
P : She
soon returned home in a police car with two policemen.
Q : A
strange man was fast asleep man armchair.
R : Madhu
left the house immediately and went to the police station.
S : But
it was now too late, the man had disappeared.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) RPQS (b) QRPS
(c) PQRS (d) SQRP
154 S1 : When Galileo was young, people
believed that the earth was the centre of the Universe.
S2 : But time has proved that Galileo’s
view was right.
P : But
Galileo began to argue that it was not so.
Q : This
belief was supported by the State and the Church.
R : He
said that the Earth and other planets moved round the sun.
S : He
was imprisoned for voicing this unorthodox view.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) PQRS (b) QPRS
(c) QPSR (d) PSRQ
155 S1 : Until the hospital could be built
there was no surgery available for the patients.
S6 : After a short time an emergency
hospital was created from a rough fowl-house.
P : But
there were disadvantages.
Q : Schweitzer
therefore started his medical treatment in an open space outside his house.
R : Moreover,
there was a storm almost every evening, when everything had to be dragged hurriedly to the shelter of
the verandah.
S : Working
in the sun was very tiring.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) QRPS (b) QPSR
(c) RPSQ (d) PRSQ
156 S1 : In 1739, Nadir Shah, the mighty king
of Iran, invaded India.
S6 : Another trophy he took with him was
the Peacock Throne built by Shahjahan.
P : After
a stay of two months, Nadir Shah went back to Iran.
Q : He
defeated the Mughal army in the battle at Karnal.
R : He
took with him immense wealth as well as the Koh-i-noor diamond.
S : This
was followed by the cruel massacre and reckless plunder of Delhi.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) QSPR (b) RQPS
(c) PRQS (d) SPRQ
157 S1 : It was a very pleasant walk along the
banks of the river.
S6 : It charmed me beyond measure.
P : The
buffalo had huge horns.
Q : A
kind of unknown calm and peace seemed to slide into my soul.
R : What
delighted me most was the sight of a little boy sitting on the last buffalo in the herd.
S : I
saw a herd of buffaloes swimming across the river.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) SRPQ (b) QSRP
(c) PQRS (d) RPQS
158 S1 : A reporter is someone who gathers and
writes news.
S6 : The reporter and and the editor are
both called newsmen.
P : An
editor is someone who prepares all the news for printing in the newspaper.
Q : A
reporter cannot do a good job unless he has a good understanding of the requirements
of the editor of his newspaper.
R : The
editor decides how important each news story is and where it should be placed.
S : Many
editors are former reporters.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) QPRS (b) QRSP
(c) PRQS (d) RSPQ
159 S1 : Of men’s earliest inventions we know
very little.
S6 : Once man had fire, he was the master
of all lower creatures.
P : Man
used stick and stone long before he dared to meddle with fire.
Q : The
first was to use a stone to crack a nut.
R : The
next was the use of a stick to strike an enemy.
S : It
was only a step further that he made a rude weapon by fastening a stone to the
end of stick.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) PQRS (b) QRSP
(c) SPRQ (d) SRQP
160 S1 : The detective walked into the dark
room alone.
S6 : He carefully picked up the gun making
sure not to smudge the fingerprints.
P : It
was later that he found the gun lying under chair.
Q : First
he felt for she switch and turned on the light.
R : The
furniture was smashed and the curtains torn.
S : At
once he saw the disorder and confusion in the room.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) SQPR (b) PQRS
(c) QSRP (d) RPSQ
161 S1 : Last night I was very tired and
dropped off to sleep.
S6 : A goat was chewing up my rose plants.
P : I
thought I heard somebody move outside.
Q : All
of a sudden, a slight noise disturbed my sleep.
R : I
got out of bed quietly and peeped out of the window.
S : I
was frightened.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) QPRS (b) QSPR
(c) SPQR (d) RSPQ
162 S1 : The parents of Bose wanted him to
become an I.C.S Officer.
S6 : His resignation showed that his
country’s freedom was more important to him than his personal ambitions.
P : But
his heart was not for government service.
Q : He
studied zealously and got through the I.C.S. examination in the fourth rank.
R : Soon
he resigned from the I.C.S. to the bewilderment of all.
S : Very much against his will, he was sent
to England.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) QRPS (b) RPSQ
(c) SQPR (d) PSQR
163 S1 : The train was running fast and the next stateion was
nearly an hour ahead.
S6 : She bought four caps of ice cream and
all of them became busy with eating.
P : the
children were pestering their aunt with embarrassing questions.
Q : the
occupants of the first carriage among other were a tall girl, a little girl and
a little
boy.
S : Their
aunt was occupying a corner seat.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) PQRS (b) QSPR
(c) RPQS (d) SRQP
164 S1 : One winter afternoon she had been
buying something in a little antique shop in Curzon
Street.
S6 : he clasped his hands, he was so
gratified he could scarcely speak.
P : Therefore
she visited this shop once again.
Q : it
was a shop she always liked to visit.
R : he
beamed whenever she came in.
S : And
the man who kept it was very fond of serving her.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) PSQR (b) QPSR
(c) PRQS (d) QSPR
165 S1 : My friend todd owes me a dollar.
S6 : I see that I shall never get it back.
P : Whenever
I meet him, he does not show any indication that he owes me a dollar.
Q : My
dollar has gone out of his mind.
R : Thus
he meets me in the same frank friendly
way as always.
S : He
has owed it to me for twelve months, and I fear there is little prospect of his
ever
returning
it.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) RSPQ (b) SQPR
(c) SPRQ (d) RQSP
166 S1 : The lions used to be widely
distributed in Africa and Asia.
S6 : No hunting is permitted in such
reserved areas.
P : There
are special forest zones set aside for wildlife in various countries.
Q : Indiscriminate
killing by hunters has been the cause of this drastic fall in their numbers.
R : Today
they are a relatively rare species.
S : If
the species survives at all, it will be only in national parks.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) RSQP (b) SQRP
(c) RQSP (d) SRPQ
167 S1 : the woman who lives a normal knife is
able to check the swelling conceit and egotism of
her
men folk simply because her outlook is so different.
S6 : And both ranges of interest make her
what only fools deny her to be, namely,
essentially
practical; her eye is steadily fixed on the concerete thing, and she mistrusts
that
chasing of the wild goose which is one of the chief pastimes and delights of
man
P : she
is primarily concerned with little ordinary things, the minutiae of talk and behaviour
for
example, on the one hand, and with very
big ones, the colossal elementary facts of
life,
such as birth, mating and death on the other.\
Q : the
first are personal and particular; whereas the second, those enormous facts
about
life
which women are never allowed to lose sight of, are, of course, universal,
meaning
just
as much in the Fiji Islands as they do here.
R : Her
interests are at once narrower and wider than those of men.
S : It
is more personal and yet more impersonal.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) PQSR (b) PRSQ
(c) SPQR (d) SRPQ
168 S1 : What soda-water is composed of you
may see for yourself if you watch your glass as it
stands
on the table after you have slaked your first thirst.
S6 : ‘Carbonic acid’ is the old of the
water, ‘Carbon dioxide’.
P : the
liquid is plain water, as you will find out if your are too slow about
drinking.
Q : you
will see that it is separating into two
different things, oil quid and a gas.
R : the
gas is so heavy that you can fairly drink it from the glass, and it his, as you
know, a
tingle-tangle
taste.
S : the
other is heavy, sour and invisible gas that slips up through the water in
little bubbles
and
collects in the empty half of the glass.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) QRSP (b) PRQS
(c) QPSR (d) RSPQ
169 S1 : What
Martin Luther King, the peaceful warrior and his followers suffered, it is very
difficult
to describe.
S6 : For
they had taken an oath to refrain from the violence of the fist, tongue or
heart’.
P : The
police used fire hoses and ferocious dogs to rout them.
Q : The law courts sent them to solitary
confinement where not a ray of the sun entered.
R : They were abused and stoned by the
mob, slapped and kicked by the police.
S : They suffered and tolerated all this
without ever lifting a hand in self defence.
The proper sequence should be
(a) S R P Q
(b) R P Q S
(c) P R S Q
(d) Q R S P
170 S1 : There
are, I think, several factors that contribute to wisdom.
S6 : You
have not time to consider the effect which your discoveries or inventions may
have outside
the field of medicine.
P : This
has become more difficult than it used to be owing to the extent and complexity
of the
specialized knowledge required of various kinds of technicians.
Q : Of
these I should put first a sense of proportion: the capacity to take account of
all the important factors in a problem
and to attach to each its due weight.
R : The
work is difficult and is likely to absorb the whole of your intellectual
energy.
S : Suppose,
for example, that you are engaged in research in scientific medicine.
The
proper sequence should be
(a) Q P S R
(b) Q R P S
(c) Q S P R
(d) Q S R P
171 S1 : There
were no finger prints anywhere.
S6 : These
conclusions made the detectives think that it was a fake theft.
P : First
of all it was impossible even for a child to enter through the hole in the
roof.
Q : When
the investigators tried to reconstruct the crime, they came up against facts.
R : Moreover,
when the detectives tried to push a silver vase, it was found to be double the size
of the hole.
S : Again,
the size of eh hole was examined by the experts who said that nothing had been passed
through it.
The
proper sequence should be
(a) P Q R S
(b) Q P R S
(c) S Q R P
(d) Q R S P
172 S1 : If
you want to film a scene in slow motion you run the camera twice as fast as
usual, which sounds ridiculous but
isn’t.
S6 : On
the screen, everything appears at half the speed at which the camera recorded
it when
it was filmed.
P : If
you are filming in slow motion, however, the camera runs at twice the normal
speed, yet,
in spite of this, the projector which shows the film will be run at the normal
speed, and
this means that the projector will show the film at half the speed at which it
was photographed.
Q : This
is because the camera which took the pictures and the projector which shows
them run
at the same speed.
R : When
a film camera is running at normal speed, it takes twenty-four pictures a
second.
S : When
the film is rum through the film projector in the camera twenty-four pictures a
second
appear on the screen.
The
proper sequence should be
(a) P S R Q (b) P
S Q R
(c) S R Q P (d) R
S Q P
173 S1 : Great
quantities of animal oil come from whales.
S6 : A
few other creatures also yield oil.
P : It
produces a great quantity of oil which can be made into food for human consumption.
Q : These
enormous creatures of the sea are the largest remaining animals in the world.
R : When
the whale is killed, the blubber is stripped off and boiled down.
S : To
protect the whales from the cold of the Arctic seas nature has provided it with
a thick covering
of fat called blubber.
The
proper sequence should be
(a) P S R Q
(b) Q
S R P
(c) P R Q S (d) R
P Q S
174 S1 : The
distance between theatre and reality has stretched so far that when play, it is
a
cause
for rejoicing.
S6 : But
the question is, have we forgotten his legacy in modern India?
P : It
searches our collective psyche like an unrelenting laser beam.
Q : Most
importantly, the play questions whether religion and politics can fuse together
in
modern India.
R : Gandhiji
had both the spiritual and political dimensions that we so lack today.
S : Prasanna’s Gandhi ji staged recently
by the National School of Drama is one such play
The proper sequence should be
(a)SRPQ
(b) RSPQ
(c)SPQR
(d) RQPS
175 S1 : We who live in the present day world
are proud to call ourselves civilized.
S6 : In fact science has added to our
worries.
P : But
let us search our hearts and ask ourselves, ‘Has science solved our problem?’
Q : It
is because we live and dress better than our forefathers?
R : Frankly
speaking, the answer is ‘No.’
S : of
course, we have the advantages of the inventions of science which our ancestors
had never known.
The proper sequence
should be:
(a) PQRS (b) QSPR
(c) PRSQ (d)
SPRQ
176 S1 : There have been many stories of
porpoise’s saving human lives.
S6 : Marine scientists point out that the
porpoise’s spirit of play is responsible for such incidents.
P : ‘When
I got to my feet no one was near, but in the water about 18 feet out a porpoise
was leaping about.’
Q : One
woman was wading waist deep off the Florida coast when an undertow pulled
her down.
R : ‘I
felt something give me a terrific shove up on to the beach’, she says.
S : ‘A
man standing nearby said that the porpoise had shoved me ashore.’
The proper sequence should be:
(a) PQRS
(b) QSPR
(c) PRSQ
(d) SPRQ
177 S1 : Rome, the greatest city of the
ancient world, did not achieve its glory all of a sudden.
S6 : Achievement of great moment cannot be
accomplished without patient perseverance
and a
considerable interval of time.
P : The
same is true of every great achievement.
Q : We
should carry on our work with patience and perseverance.
R : It
took several years to build Rome and bring it to the state of pomp and
splendor.
S : When
we wish to do a great thing, we cannot expect success in a moment.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) RPSQ
(b) PQSR
(c) QSPR
(d) SRPQ
178 S1 : The bus stopped.
S6 : Then his eyes rested with cold malice
on the dog.
P : The
conductor came in and took the fares.
Q : A
woman and a man got in together.
R : The
young woman was carrying a pet dog.
S : They
took their seats.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) PQRS (b) QSRP
(c) QPSR (d) QSPR
179 S1 : James Watt used the power of steam to
drive machines.
S6 : The jet engine is relatively more
recent.
P : With
petrol engines people were able to build motor cars and aeroplanes.
Q : Then
many years later, the petrol engine was invented.
R : These
provided quicker means of travelling.
S : His
invention was used later by other clever men to give us the railway engine.
The
proper sequence should be:
(a) SQPR (b) PQRS
(c) PSRQ (d) QSRP
180 S1 : A man handed a pair of trousers to
the departmental store clerk and said, “I’d like these altered, please.”
S6 : Triumphantly he put the trousers and
the receipts on the counter and said, “ I’d like to have these altered, please.”
P : He
said that free alteration is not possible without a receipt.
Q : The
man said, “Okay, I’d like to return the trousers.” The clerk took them back and returned the money.
R : The
man pushed the money and said, “Now I want to buy them.” The clerk put the trousers in a bag, issued a
receipt and handed him both.
S : The
clerk asked for the sales receipt but after searching his pockets the man replied
that he had lost it.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) QRPS (b) SPQR
(c) PSRQ (d) PSQR
181 S1 : It is generally assumed by the
admirers of democracy that the right to vote also confers a right for power which
threaten the very existence of democracy.
S6 : As a result, the political scene
witnesses’ endless dog fights for power which threaten
the very existence of democracy.
P : These
qualities are very rare and cannot be had for the wishing.
Q : For
the right for power must, if it is to be useful, be accompanied by the ability to exercise it with competence,
wisdom, foresight and broadmindedness.
R : Yet
all those who have the right to vote believe that they have them and try by hook or crook to capture power.
S : The
former has much to commend it but one cannot be sure about the latter.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) PQRS (b) SQPR
(c) PRQS (d) RQPS
182 S1 : There are several tribes in East
Africa.
S6 : All the other tribes were afraid of
them because of their skill in war.
P : The
Masais were famous fighters.
Q : They
used to raid the neighbouring carry away their cattle.
R : They
lived on the wide plains in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania.
S : But
the most famous among them is the Masai tribe.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) SPRQ (b) PRQS
(c) RQSP (d) QRPS
183 S1 : I had my eye especially on the long
jump.
S6 : He turned out to be a German named
Luz long.
P : Everyone
expected me to win that Olympic event hands down.
Q : I
was in for a surprise.
R : When the
time came for the long jump trials, I was startled to see a tall boy hitting
the
pit at almost 26 feet on his
practice leaps.
S : A
year before I had set the world record of 26 feet 3 inches.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) PQRS (b) PSQR
(c) PRSQ (d) SRPQ
184 S1 : While teaching in the class-room, our
teacher suddenly fainted.
S6 : The headmaster at once sanctioned his
leave.
P : The
headmaster soon joined us and spoke to them in a soft voice.
Q : He
was told that the patient needed complete rest for a month.
R : He
was at once taken to the hospital.
S : The
doctors examined him with serious face.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) PQRS (b) SPQR
(c) QPSR (d) RSPQ
185 S1 : The colonial powers had a very simple
technique to rule the world.
S6 : Partition was the culmination.
P : They
lumped tribes and people together, played one against the other.
Q : India’s
provinces were more elaborately designed to play the game of divide and
rule.
R : Africa
was divided, believe it or not, on the basis of the lines of longitude and latitude.
S : They
also purchased the loyalties of those locals who were needed as supports for the colonial presence.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) PRSQ (b) PSRQ
(c) SPQR (d) RPSQ
186 S1 : The bank opened at 10.00 a.m.
S6 : The safe was empty.
P : The
peon opened the safe and returned the keys to the manager.
Q : The
manager and the peon went to the safe in the vault.
R : The
manager and the peon looked into the safe.
S : They
were shocked at what they saw there.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) QRPS (b) QPRS
(c) SQRP (d) QRSP
187 S1 : The crowd swelled round the thief.
S6 : They were followed by the crowd which
left the thief alone.
P : Suddenly
he whipped out a knife from under his shirt.
Q : The
thief stood quiet, his head hung in shame.
R : The
two young men holding him were scared by the sight of the shining knife.
S : They
took to their heels.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) QPRS (b) SQPR
(c) SPQR (d) RQSP
188 S1 : The old man wanted to cross the road.
S6 : Holding him by hand the driver helped
him to cross the road.
P : The
driver got off and came to him.
Q : He
was fed up and was about to return.
R : Then
a car stopped in front of him.
S : He
waited for a long time.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) SQRP (b) SPRQ
(c) QRSP (d) PSRQ
189 S1 : The first thing you have to do is to
speak with a strong foreign accent and speak broken English.
S1 : Half a dozen people will immediately
overwhelm you with directions.
P : He
will be interested in you because you are a foreigner and he will be pleased that he could figure out what you
said.
Q : He
will not expect you to be polite and use elaborate grammatical phrases.
R : Then
every English person to whom you speak will at once know that you are a foreigner and try to understand you
and be ready to help you.
S : If
you shout, “Please! Charing Cross! Which way?” you will have no difficulty.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) SRQP (b) SRPQ
(c) RQPS (d) RSPQ
190 S1 : When a lamb is bo rn its mother may die.
S6 : If a means of overcoming this natural
tendency is found, the lives of millions of lambs can be saved.
P : Thus
there will nearly always be both motherless lambs and sheep without lambs.
Q : However
a sheep which has lost its own lamb will not feed or look after a motherless
lamb.
R : At
the same time some new born lambs are too weak to live.
S : This
happens in large flocks where many sheep give birth to lambs at the same time.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) PQSR (b) RPQS
(c) SRQP (d) SRPQ
191 S1 : People very seldom have everything
they want.
S6 : Our decisions indicate our scale of
preferences and therefore our priorities.
P : Usually
we have to decide carefully how to spend our income.
Q : They
may all seem important, but their true importance can be measured by deciding
which we are prepared to live without.
R : When
we exercise our choice, we do so according to our personal scale of preferences.
S : In
this scale of preferences essential commodities come first, then the kind of luxuries
which help us to be comfortable, and finally those non-essentials which give us personal pleasure.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) PSQR (b) PRSQ
(c) QPSR (d) RPQS
192 S1 : On 5th October 1818, when
young Lincoln was approaching his tenth year, his mother Nancy died of fever.
S6 : His total education at school
comprised only about a year during which he, however, managed to master reading, writing, spelling and
some arithmetic.
P : She
was illiterate, but she brought with her several books, among which were Pilgrim’s
Progress, Sindbad the Sailor, Robinson Crusoe and Aesop’s Fables.
Q : Lincoln
always acknowledged this moral and intellectual debt to his step mother.
R : The
following year, his father married Sarah Bush Johnson, a widow with three children.
S : These
books provided Lincoln with a mass of knowledge.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) RPQS (b) PSRQ
(c) RPSQ (d) PSQR
193 S1 : Crude Oil obtained from the field is
taken to a refinery for treatment.
S6 : Lubricating oils of various grades
are obtained last of all.
P : The
gas that comes off later is condensed into paraffin.
Q : This
allows substances with different boiling points to be separated.
R : The
first vapours to rise when cooled provide the finest petrol.
S : The
commonest form of treatment is heating.
The proper sequence should be:
(a) SQRP (b) RSPQ
(c) SRPQ (d) RPQS
