Practice MCQ Questions and Answer on Ordering of Sentences

151.

S₁: Metals are today being replaced by polymers in many applications.
P : Above all, they are cheaper and easier to process making them a viable alternative to metals.
Q : Polymers are essentially a long chains of hydrocarbon molecules.
R : Today polymers as strong as metals have been developed.
S : These have replaced the traditional chromium-plated metallic bumpers in cars.
S₆: Many Indian Institutes of science and Technology run special programmes on polymer science.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) QRSP
• (B) RSQP
• (C) RQSP
• (D) QRPS

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 Polymers are essentially a long chains of hydrocarbon molecules. Today polymers as strong as metals have been developed. These have replaced the traditional chromium-plated metallic bumpers in cars. Above all, they are cheaper and easier to process making them viable alternative to metals.

152.

S₁: Jawaharlal Nehru was the greatest plan-enthusiast.
P : Under Nehru's advice, the pre-Independent congress set up National Planning Commission in 1938.
Q : But he forgot that what could be achieved by force under the communist dictatorship of Russia was not possible under the democratic set up of India.
R : He took the idea from Russia where Five year plans transformed a very backward country into a top power of the world.
S : No free government can call for compulsory sacrifice and suffering from the whole people.
S₆: Nehru himself became the chairman of the commission.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PSQR
• (B) SRQP
• (C) QPRS
• (D) RQSP

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 He took the idea from Russia where Five year plans transformed very backward country into a top power of the world. But he forgot that what could be achieved by force under the communist dictatorship of Russia was not possible under the democratic set up of India. No free government can call for compulsory sacrifice and suffering from the whole people. Under Nehru’s advice, the pre-Independent congress set up National Planning Commission in 1938.

153.

S₁: I never took payment for speaking.
P: The Sunday Society would then assure me that on these terms I might lecture on anything I liked and how I liked.
Q: It often happened that provincial Sunday societies offered me the usual ten genuine fee to give the usual sort of lecture, avoiding controversial politics and religion.
R: Occasionally to avoid embarrassing other lecturers who lived by lecturing, the account was settled by a debit and credit entry, that is, I was credited with the usual fee and expenses and gave it back as a donation to the society.
S: I always replied that I never lectured on anything but very controversial politics and religion and that my fee was the price of my railway ticket third class if the place was farther off than I could afford to go at my own expense.
S₆: In this way I secured perfect freedom of speech, and was warmed against the accusation of being a professional agitator.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) QSPR
• (B) QSRP
• (C) SQPR
• (D) SQRP

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 It often happened that provincial Sunday societies offered me the usual ten genuine fee to give the usual sort of lecture, avoiding controversial politics and religion. I always replied that I never lectured on anything but very controversial politics and religion and that my fee was the price of my railway ticket third class if the place was farther off than I could afford to go at my own expense. Occasionally to avoid embarrassing other lecturers who lived by lecturing, the account was settled by a debit and credit entry, that is, I was credited with the usual fee and expenses and gave it back as a donation to the society. The Sunday Society would then assure me that on these terms I might lecture on anything I liked and how I liked.

154.

S₁: Forecasting the weather has always been a difficult business.
P : During a period of drought, streams and rivers dried up, the cattle died from thirst and were ruined.
Q : Many different things affect the weather and we have to study them carefully to make accurate forecast.
R : Ancient Egyptians had no need of weather in the Nile Valley hardly ever changes.
S : In early times, when there were no instruments, such as thermometer or the barometer, man looked for tell-tale signs in the sky.
S₆: He made his forecasts by watching flights of the birds or the way smoke rose from fire.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PRQS
• (B) QPRS
• (C) QRPS
• (D) SPQR

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 Many different things affect the weather and we have to study them carefully to make accurate forecast. During a period of drought, streams and rivers dried up, the cattle died from thirst and were ruined. Ancient Egyptians had no need of weather in the Nile valley hardly ever changes. In early times, when there were no instruments, such as thermometer or the barometer, man looked for tell-tale signs in the sky.

155.

S₁: We talk about democracy, but when it comes to any particular thing, we prefer a man belonging to our caste and community.
P: We must be in a position to respect a man as a man.
Q: It means our democracy is a phoney kind of democracy.
R: We must extend opportunities of development to those who deserve them.
S: Our weakness for our own caste and community should not influence our decision.
S₆: Favouritism and nepotism have been responsible for much discontent in our country.

The Proper sequence should be:

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

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 It means our democracy is a phoney kind of democracy. We must be in a position to respect a man as a man. We must extend oppurtunities of development to those who deserve them. Our weakness for our own caste and community should not influence our decision.

156.

S₁: American private lives may seem shallow.
P: Students would walk away with books they had not paid for.
Q: A Chinese journalist commented on a curious institution: the library.
R: Their public morality, however, impressed visitors.
S: But in general they returned them.
S₆: This would not happen in China, he said.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PSQR
• (B) QPSR
• (C) RPSQ
• (D) RQPS

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 Their public morality, however, impressed visitors. A Chinese journalist commented on a curious institution: the library. Students would walk away with books they had not paid for. But in general they returned them.

157.

S₁: Calcutta unlike other cities kepts its trams.
P : As a result there horrendous congestion.
Q : It was going to be the first in South Asia.
R : They run down the centre of the road.
S : To ease in the city decided to build an underground railway line.
S₆: The foundation stone was laid in 1972.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PRSQ
• (B) PSQR
• (C) SQRP
• (D) RPSQ

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 They run down the centre of the road. As a result there horrendous congestion. To ease in the city decided to build an underground railway line. It was going to b the first in South Asia.

158.

S₁: Man has existed for about a million years.
P: Science, as a dominant factor in determining the beliefs of educated men, has existed for about 300 years; as a source of economic technique, for about 150 years.
Q: When we consider how recently it has risen to power, we find ourselves forced to believe that we are at the very beginning of its work in transforming human life.
R: In this brief period it has proved itself an incredibly powerful revolutionary force.
S: He has possessed writing for about 6,000 years, agriculture somewhat longer, but perhaps not much longer.
S₆: What its future effects will be is a matter of conjecture, but possibly a study of its effects hitherto may make the conjecture a little less hazardous.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PQSR
• (B) PRSQ
• (C) RQPS
• (D) SPRQ

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 He has possessed writing for about 6,000 years, agriculture somewhat longer, but perhaps not much longer. Science, as a dominant factor in determining the beliefs of educated men, has existed for about 300 years; as a source of economic technique, for about 150 years. In this brief period it has proved itself an incredibly powerful revolutionary force. When we consider how recently it has risen to power, we find ourselves forced to believe that we are at the very beginning of its work in transforming human life.

159.

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

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PQRS
• (B) RPQS
• (C) RSPQ
• (D) RQPS

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 She agreed to pay a large fee to the doctor who would cure her. The doctor called daily and every time he took away some of her furniture he liked. At last she was cured and the doctor demanded his fee. On being refused, the doctor wanted to know the reason.

160.

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.