Practice MCQ Questions and Answer on Ordering of Sentences

51.

S₁: You know my wife, Madhavi, always urged me to give up smoking.
P : I really gave it up.
Q : And so When I went to jail I said to myself I really must give it up, if for no other reason than of being self-reliant.
R : When I emerged from jail, I wanted to tell her of my great triumph.
S : But when I met her, there she was with a packet of cigarettes.
S6: poor girl!.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PSRQ
• (B) SPQR
• (C) QPRS
• (D) RSPQ

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 And so when I went to jail I said to myself I really must give it up, if for no other reason than of being self-reliant. I really gave it up. When I emerged from jail, I want to tell her of my great triumph. But when I met her, there she was with a packet of cigarettes.

52.

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

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 He did not like that Pandavas should be and respected by the people of Hastinapur. Among the Pandavas, Bhima was extraordinary strong and powerful. One day Bhima made Duryodhana fall from a tree from which Duryodhana was stealing fruits. Duryodhana specially hated Bhima.

53.

S₁: In the eighteenth century people expected most of their children to die before they were grown up.
P: Improvement began at the beginning of the nineteenth century, chiefly owing to vaccination.
Q: The general death rate in 1948(10.8) was the lowest ever recorded up to that date.
R: In 1920 the infant mortality in England and Wales was 80 per thousand, in 1948 it was 34 per thousand.
S: It has continued ever since and is still continuing.
S₆: There is no obvious limit to the improvement of health that can be brought about by medicine.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PSRQ
• (B) QRPS
• (C) RQPS
• (D) SPQR

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 Improvement began at the beginning of the nineteenth century, chiefly owing to vaccination. It has continued ever since and is still continuing. In 1920 the infant mortality in England and Wales was 80 per thousand, in 1948 it was 34 per thousand. The general death rate in 1948(10.8) was the lowest ever recorded up to that date.

54.

S₁: Frozen foods are so popular today that many people wonder how they ever lived without them.
P: Near the North Pole, where the ground stays frozen all the year around, there is no problem of preserving foods.
Q: Actually, people who live in cool climates have had frozen foods for a long time.
R: Ice helped them when they could get it, but they couldn't get it very often.
S: But people who live in warm climates have not always been able to keep food fresh.
S₆: Now refrigerators and deep freezers preserve many foods that could not be kept any other way.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PQRS
• (B) QPRS
• (C) QPSR
• (D) SRQP

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 Actually, people who live in cool climates have had frozen foods for a long time. Near the North Pole, where the ground stays frozen all the year around, there is no problem of preserving foods. But people who live in warm climates have not always been able to keep food fresh. Ice helped them when they could get it, but they couldn't get it very often.

55.

S₁: A certain young man was entrusted to the care of a teacher.
P: This dullard will come to grief if I send him away without a single lesson, thought the teacher.
Q: He was so dull of mind that he could not, even in three months, time, learn as much as a single lesson.
R: The young man came to ask the teacher's permission to go home.
S: It's my business to provide agood education to my pupils, to get on in life.
S₆: The teacher asked him to wait.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PSRQ
• (B) QPSR
• (C) RQPS
• (D) SRQP

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 He was so dull of mind that he could not, even in three months, time, learn as much as a single lesson. This dullard will come to grief if I send him away without a single lesson, thought the teacher. It's my business to provide agood education to my pupils, to get on in life. The young man came to ask the teacher's permission to go home.

56.

S₁: The Bhagavadgita recognises the nature of man and the needs of man.
P: All these three aspects constitute the nature of man.
Q: It shows how the human being is a rational one, an ethical one and a spiritual one.
R: More than all, it must be a spiritual experience.
S: Nothing can give him fulfilment unless it satisfies his reason, his ethical conscience.
S₆: A man who does not harmonise them, is not truly human.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PSQR
• (B) PSRQ
• (C) QPSR
• (D) RSPQ

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 More than all, it must be a spiritual experience. Nothing can give him fulfilment unless it satisfies his reason, his ethical conscience. All these three aspects constitute the nature of man. It shows how the human being is a rational one, an ethical one and a spiritual one.

57.

S₁: Today the Earth has many satellites besides the moon.
P: But the pull of the Earth keep them from doing so.
Q: The artificial satellites do not fall because they are going too fast to do so.
R: They are artificial satellites made by man and very much smaller than the man.
S: As they speed along, they tend to go straight off into space.
S₆: As a result, they travel in an orbit round the Earth.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PRQS
• (B) QPSR
• (C) RQSP
• (D) SPRQ

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 They are artificial satellites made by man and very much smaller than the man. The artificial satellites do not fall because they are going too fast to do so. As they speed along, they tend to go straight off into space. But the pull of the Earth keep them from doing so.

58.

S₁: Welcome to Madam Tussaud's.
P: Famous faces, notorious faces haunt these halls; royalty, and world leaders mingling with sports stars and murderers.
Q: But don't expect any responses to your smiles or greetings.
R: Don't be surprised at anything you see here.
S: See how many you can recognise.
S₆: These life-like, casually posed figures are mere wax statues, though they may look alive.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PSRQ
• (B) QRPS
• (C) RPSQ
• (D) SQRP

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 Don't be surprised at anything you see here. Famous faces, notorious faces haunt these halls; royalty, and world leaders mingling with sports stars and murderers. See how many you can recognise. But don't expect any responses to your smiles or greetings.

59.

S₁: This weather-vane often tops a church spire, tower or high building.
P : They are only wind-vanes.
Q : Neither alone can tell us what the weather will be.
R : They are designed to point to direction from which the wind is coming.
S : Just as the barometer only tells us the pressure of air, the weather-vane tells us the direction of wind.
S₆: The weather-vane can, however give us some indication of other.

The Proper sequence should be:

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

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 Just as the barometer only tells us the pressure of air, the weather-vane tells us the direction of wind. They are only wind-vanes. Neither alone can tell us what the weather will be. They are designed to point to direction from which the wind is coming.

60.

S₁: Your letter was big relief.
P : How did you exams go?
Q : After your result, you must come here for a week.
R : You hadn't written for over a month.
S : I am sure you will come out with flying colours.
S₆: But don't forget to bring chocolate for Geetha.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PSRQ
• (B) QRPS
• (C) RPSQ
• (D) RSPQ

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 You hadn't written for over a month. How did your exams go? I am sure you will come out with flying colours. After results, you must come here for a week.