Practice MCQ Questions and Answer on Ordering of Sentences

1.

S₁: The Hound of Baskervilles was feared by the people of the area.
P : Some people spoke of seeing a huge, shadowy form a Hound at midnight on the moor.
Q : But they spoke of it in tones of horror.
R : Nobody had actually seen the hound.
S : This shadowy form did not reveal any details about the animal.
S₆: The Hound of Baskervilles remains an unsolved mystery.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) SPQR
• (B) SPRQ
• (C) PSRQ
• (D) PQRS

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 Some people spoke of seeing a huge, shadowy form a Hound at midnight on the moor. This shadowy form did not reveal any details about the animal. Nobody had actually seen the hound. But they spoke of it in tones of horror.

2.

S₁: Egypt is located in north-east of Africa.
P: The land should be productive.
Q: It is on the coast of Mediterranean Sea.
R: The important thing is not just the area.
S: Its area is almost four times that of England.
S₆: Egypt is mostly desert or semi-desert.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PQSR
• (B) QSRP
• (C) RPQS
• (D) SRPQ

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 It is on the coast of Mediterranean Sea. Its area is almost four times that of England. The important thing is not just the area. The land should be productive.

3.

S₁: Those are fortunate people who have good, true and faithful friends.
P: It is a scared attachment or a bond of intimacy between two persons of a congenial mind.
Q: True friendship increases our happiness in prosperity and diminishes our misery in adversity.
R: Friendship often springs from similarity of taste, feelings and sentiments.
S: However, true friendship should be based on truth and such vices as selfishness, greed and falsehood should be kept out of it.
S₆: It must be borne in mind that prosperity breeds and multiplies friends and adversity tests them.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PQRS
• (B) QRPS
• (C) RPQS
• (D) SPRQ

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 Friendship often springs from similarity of taste, feelings and sentiments. It is a scared attachment or a bond of intimacy between two persons of a congenial mind. True friendship increases our happiness in prosperity and diminishes our misery in adversity. However, true friendship should be based on truth and such vices as selfishness, greed and falsehood should be kept out of it.

4.

S₁: Gandhi's first political fast was made soon after his return from Africa.
P: He had also received help from this man's sister.
Q: This was when the poor labourers of the cotton mills of Ahmedabad were on strike.
R: He was a friend of the largest mill-owner.
S: Gandhi had made the strikers promise to remain on strike until the owners agreed to accept the decision of an arbitrator.
S₆: He did not fast against the mill owners, but in order to strengthen the determination of the strikers.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PQSR
• (B) QSRP
• (C) RPQS
• (D) SRPQ

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 This was when the poor labourers of the cotton mills of Ahmedabad were on strike. Gandhi had made the strikers promise to remain on strike until the owners agreed to accept the decision of an arbitrator. He was a friend of the largest mill-owner. He had also received help from this man's sister.

5.

S₁: In hunting and gathering societies people live in what anthropologists call "the seasonal round".
P: When the salmon are running, it comes to the stream; when the wild grasses must be gathered, the band moves on again.
Q: The tribal band is delicately adjusted to nature.
R: It circulates through space in the rhythm of the seasons each year.
S: It moves through space with the flow of time.
S₆: The circle is not broken into a line; the tribe does not stay in one place altering nature to suit the needs of the human settlement.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PRQS
• (B) QPRS
• (C) QSPR
• (D) RPQS

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 The tribal band is delicately adjusted to nature. It moves through space with the flow of time. When the salmon are running, it comes to the stream; when the wild grasses must be gathered, the band moves on again. It circulates through space in the rhythm of the seasons each year.

6.

S₁: The exact cause of migraine is still not known.
P: Several factors like digestive disorders and psychological disturbances, have been said to be causative factors.
Q: Certain foods like cheese, chocolate or red wine have also been found to trigger off an attack.
R: The causative factors are numerous : psychologically, anxiety and frustration play an important part.
S: It seems to be hereditary and a majority of sufferers are women.
S₆: On the other hand physical overexertion, fatigue, irregularities in dietary habits, prolonged eye strain are common precipitating factors.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) QPRS
• (B) RQPS
• (C) SPQR
• (D) SQPR

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 It seems to be hereditary and a majority of sufferers are women. Several factors like digestive disorders and psychological disturbances, have been said to be causative factors. Certain foods like cheese, chocolate or red wine have also been found to trigger off an attack. The causative factors are numerous : psychologically, anxiety and frustration play an important part.

7.

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

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PQRS
• (B) QPRS
• (C) PRQS
• (D) RPQS

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 The value of the money of one country in relation to the money of other countries is agreed upon. For instance, an American dollar or a British pound sterling is worth certain amounts in the money of other countries. These rates of exchange vary from time to time. Sometimes a united states dollar is worth 12 pesos in Mexico.

8.

S₁: At the age of four, Jagadish Chandra Bose was sent to a village 'pathshala'.
P: This step proved beneficial to the boy, for he thus became familiar with his mother tongue and learnt to read and write it.
Q: This was very unusual because a man of his father's status was expected to send his son to an English school.
R: He also became acquainted with some people of the rich treasures of Indian culture.
S: At the same time he mixed with children of all castes and lost the sense of class superiority.
S₆: His mother, too, reinforced what he learnt and did at school.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PSRQ
• (B) QPSR
• (C) RSQP
• (D) SQRP

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 This was very unusual because a man of his father's status was expected to send his son to an English school. This step proved beneficial to the boy, for he thus became familiar with his mother tongue and learnt to read and write it. At the same time he mixed with children of all castes and lost the sense of class superiority. He also became acquainted with some people of the rich treasures of Indian culture.

9.

S₁: Politeness is not a quality possessed by only one nation or race.
P : One may observe that a man of one nation will remove his hat or fold his hands by way of greetings when he meets someone he knows.
Q : A man of another country will not to do so.
R : It is a quality to be found among all peoples and nations in every corner of the earth.
S : Obviously, each person follows the custom of his particular country.
S₆: In any case, we should not mock at others habits.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) RPQS
• (B) RPSQ
• (C) PRQS
• (D) QPRS

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 It is a quality to be found among all peoples and nations in every corner of the earth. One may observe that a man of one nation will remove his hat or fold his hands by way of greetings when he meets someone he knows. Obviously, each person follows the custom of his particular country. A man of another country will not do so.

10.

S₁: Trucks, trains planes and refrigerator ships are new ways of carrying food.
P: In many countries, women carry food to market on their heads.
Q: High in the Andes Mountains long lines of Illamas, each with a heavy bag of grain, pick their way along rocky trails.
R: But a great deal of food is still carried on the heads of women and the backs of animals.
S: Over the desert sands, camels carry loads of salt, dates and cheese from one oasis to another.
S₆: And in a lonely bay, a fisherman still rows home with the day's catch.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PQRS
• (B) RPQS
• (C) RPSQ
• (D) RSQP

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 But a great deal of food is still carried on the heads of women and the backs of animals. In many countries, women carry food to market on their heads. Over the desert sands, camels carry loads of salt, dates and cheese from one oasis to another. High in the Andes Mountains long lines of Illamas, each with a heavy bag of grain, pick their way along rocky trails.