Practice MCQ Questions and Answer on Ordering of Sentences
21.
S1: Jawaharlal Nehru was born in Allahabad on 14 Nov., 1889.
P: Nehru met Mahatma Gandhi in February, 1920.
Q: In 1905 he was sent to London to study at a school called Harrow.
R: He became the first Prime Minister of Independent India on 15 August, 1947.
S: He married Kamla Kaul in 1915.
S6: He died on 27 May, 1964.
The Proper sequence should be:
- (A) QRPS
- (B) QSPR
- (C) RPQS
- (D) SQRP
22.
S1: Love for the country is a necessity.
P: But it should in no way exceed the limits and take the shape of jingoism.
Q: Similarly nationalism has to be sacrificed at the altar of internationalism.
R: There is no reason why the nations of the world cannot treat one another as belonging to one family of nations.
S: Provincialism has to be sacrificed in the interest of the nation as a whole.
S6: God created the globe, but man drew lines on it to demarcate countries and sow the seeds of hatred and enmity on it.
The Proper sequence should be:
- (A) PSQR
- (B) QRSP
- (C) RQPS
- (D) SPRQ
23.
S1: It was early 1943 and the war in the East was going disastrously.
P: How this unlikely bunch of middle aged civilians accomplished their missions makes fascinating reading.
Q: To stop the sinkings a spy ring had to be broken, a German ship assaulted, and a secret radio transmitter silenced.
R: U-boats were torpedoing Allied ships in the Indian ocean faster than they could be replaced.
S: And the only people who could do the job were a handful of British businessmen in Calcutta-all men not called out for active service.
S6: Boarding party, James Leasor's latest best-seller is a record of this tale of heroics tinged with irony and humour.
The Proper sequence should be:
- (A) PRSQ
- (B) QSRP
- (C) RQSP
- (D) SQPR
24.
S1: Duryodhana was a wicked prince.
P : one day Bhima made Duryodhana fall from a tree from which Duryodhana was stealing fruits.
Q : He did not like that Pandavas should be loved and respected by the people of Hastinapur
R : Duryodhana specially hated Bhima.
S : Among the Pandavas, Bhima was extraordinary strong and powerful.
S6: This enraged Duryodhana so much that he began to think of removing Bhima from his way.
The Proper sequence should be:
- (A) PSQR
- (B) QPRS
- (C) QSPR
- (D) PSRQ
25.
S1: A small pool in the rocks outside my cottage in the Mussoorie hills provides me endless delight.
P: I stood very still, anxious that it should drink its fill.
Q: And once I saw a barking deer, head lowered at the edge of the pool.
R: Water beetles paddle the surface, while tiny fish lurk in the shallows.
S: Sometimes a spotted fork tail bird comes to drink, hopping delicately from rock to rock.
S6: It did and then, looking up, saw me and leapt across the ravine to disappear into the forest.
The Proper sequence should be:
- (A) PRSQ
- (B) PSQR
- (C) RSQP
- (D) SQPR
26.
S1: A man handed a pair of trousers to the departmental store-clerk and said,"I'd like 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 his money.
R: The man pushed the money and said,"Now I want to buy them". The clerk put the trousers in a bag, issued 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.
S6: Triumphantly he put the trousers and the receipt on the counter and said,'I'd like to have these altered, please."
The Proper sequence should be:
- (A) PSQR
- (B) PSRQ
- (C) QRPS
- (D) SPQR
27.
S1: What are the causes of our chronic food shortage ?
P : To find for these growing new millions is desperate task.
Q : every year, we add more than a crore of persons to our population.
R : Despite stupendous efforts by our government, the population is growing unabated.
S : The chief cause is the population explosion.
S6: This unprecedented growth can drag us to the doors of starvation very soon.
The Proper sequence should be:
- (A) QRSP
- (B) SQPR
- (C) QPRS
- (D) PSQR
28.
S1: Sun birds are among the smallest of Indian birds.
P : Though they are functionally similar to the humming birds of the New World, they are totally unrelated.
Q : They do eat insects too.
R : They are also some of the most brilliantly coloured birds.
S : sun birds feed on nectar mostly and helped in pollination.
S6: Our common sun birds are the purple sun bird, the glossy black species and purple rumped sun bird, the yellow and maroon species.
The Proper sequence should be:
- (A) SQPR
- (B) RPSQ
- (C) QPRS
- (D) PSRQ
29.
S1: There have been many myths about women in world literature.
P: Odysseus found a way to save himself and his sailors from this evil fate.
Q: The sirens were beautiful maidens whose songs enchanted sailors on the seas.
R: Odysseus encounter with the sirens during his return home after the fall of Troy is typical of this.
S: Their songs were so captivating that the sailors swam towards them and died miserable deaths.
S6: He filled his rower's ears with wax and had himself bound to the mast so that he could hear the sweet singing without diving overboard to his death.
The Proper sequence should be:
- (A) PQRS
- (B) PQSR
- (C) QSPR
- (D) RQSP
30.
S1: Most people know that economics deals with such items as population, natural resources, incomes, tariffs, money and prices.
P: Instead, it is how it organises and analyses its materials; it is the perspective from which it views the world that makes it a special field of study.
Q: However, it is not what economics deals with that makes it a distinctive science.
R: Indeed, the list of topics can be greatly extended.
S: Economics is a particular view of reality.
S6: From this view, human behaviour is seen as activity directed towards the achievement of various objectives through the use of various resources.
The Proper sequence should be:
- (A) PQSR
- (B) QPSR
- (C) RQPS
- (D) RSPQ