Practice MCQ Questions and Answer on Ordering of Sentences

81.

S₁: Reliogion is not a matter of mere dogmatic conformity.
P : It is not merely going through the ritual prescribed to us.
Q : It is not a question of ceremonial piety.
R : Unless that kind of transformation occurs, you are not an authentically religious man.
S : It is the remarking of your own self, the transformation of your nature.
S₆: A man of that character is free from fear, free from hatred.

The Proper sequence should be:

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

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 It is not the question of ceremonial piety. It is not merely going through the ritual prescribed to us. It is the remarking of your own self, the transformation of your nature. Unless that kind of transformation occurs, you are not an authentically religious man.

82.

S₁: Films developed from the silent stage to the talkie stage with a tremendous mass appeal.
P: Film makers of those days used film media to portray our struggle for freedom.
Q: The thirties and forties were decades of tremendous social, political and cultural upheavals.
R: That is what 'Alam Ara' did to the delirious delight of the audience and thus triggered off a revolution.
S: In the turbulent thirties, the silent Indian films began to talk, sing and dance.
S₆: Extolling the virtues of bravery and making patriotic films was the order of the day.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PSQR
• (B) QSRP
• (C) SRQP
• (D) RPSQ

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 In the turbulent thirties, the silent Indian films began to talk, sing and dance. That is what 'Alam Ara' did to the delirious delight of the audience and thus triggered off a revolution. The thirties and forties were decades of tremendous social, political and cultural upheavals. Film makers of those days used film media to portray our struggle for freedom.

83.

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.

84.

S₁: Work with retarded children, in particular, involves superhuman patience and long-delayed rewards.
P: Another woman faithfully spent two hours a day, five days a week, with a bed-ridden retarded girl.
Q: It was three years before the girl made her first cut in a piece of paper.
R: The girl had never before responded to, or recognised anyone.
S: One woman decided to teach a young brain-damaged girl how to use scissors.
S₆: After five years, the girl finally began to smile, when her foster grandparents entered the room.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PSQR
• (B) QSPR
• (C) RQSP
• (D) SQPR

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 One woman decided to teach a young brain-damaged girl how to use scissors. It was three years before the girl made her first cut in a piece of paper. Another woman faithfully spent two hours a day, five days a week, with a bed-ridden retarded girl. The girl had never before responded to, or recognised anyone.

85.

S₁: I also demand adventure for myself.
P: As a physiologist I can try experiments on myself.
Q: Life without danger would be like life without mustard.
R: Love of adventure does not mean love of thrills.
S: I can also participate in wars and revolutions of which I approve.
S₆: The satisfaction of adventure is something much more solid than a thrill.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PRQS
• (B) QPSR
• (C) RPSQ
• (D) SQRP

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 I can also participate in wars and revolutions of which I approve. Life without danger would be like life without mustard. Love of adventure does not mean love of thrills. As a physiologist I can try experiments on myself.

86.

S₁: A transformation of consciousness is now beginning to express itself in the field of theoretical architecture.
P: In the still theoretical structure an attempt is being made to create a house that is "a domestication of an ecosystem."
Q: What is happening in the architecture is a shift from the international style of the post industrial era to a symbolic structure.
R: Since architecture is the collective unconscious made visible, the architect does not himself always understand the full cultural implications of his own work.
S: The new form is not a celebration of power over new materials, but a celebration of cooperation with ecosystem.
S₆: The relationship between culture and nature is changed, for the architect grows a house like a garden.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PRSQ
• (B) QPSR
• (C) RQSP
• (D) SQRP

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 What is happening in the architecture is a shift from the international style of the post industrial era to a symbolic structure. In the still theoretical structure an attempt is being made to create a house that is "a domestication of an ecosystem." The new form is not a celebration of power over new materials, but a celebration of cooperation with ecosystem. Since architecture is the collective unconscious made visible, the architect does not himself always understand the full cultural implications of his own work.

87.

S₁: Some old people are oppressed by the fear of death.
P: An individual human existence should be like a river-small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past boulders and over waterfalls.
Q: In the young there is a justification for this feeling.
R: Young men who have reason to fear that they will be killed in battle may justifiably feel bitter in the thought that they have been cheated of the best thing that life has to offer.
S: But in the old man who has known human joys and sorrows, the fear of death is somewhat object and ignoble, and the best way to overcome it is to make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal.
S₆: Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea and painlessly lose their individual being.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PQSR
• (B) QPSR
• (C) QRSP
• (D) RSQP

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 In the young there is a justification for this feeling. Young men who have reason to fear that they will be killed in battle may justifiably feel bitter in the thought that they have been cheated of the best thing that life has to offer. But in the old man who has known human joys and sorrows, the fear of death is somewhat object and ignoble, and the best way to overcome it is to make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal. An individual human existence should be like a river-small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past boulders and over waterfalls.

88.

S₁: The study of speech disorders due to brain injury suggests that patients can think without having adequate control over their language.
P : But they succeed in playing games of chess.
Q : Some patients, for example fail to find the names of objects presented to them.
R : They can even use the concepts needed for chess playing, though they are unable to express many of the concepts in ordinary language.
S : They even find it difficult to interpret long written notices.
S₆: How they manage to do this we do not know.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PSQR
• (B) RPSQ
• (C) QSPR
• (D) SRPQ

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 Some patients, for example fail to find the names of objects presented to them. They even find it difficult to interpret long written notices. But they succeed in playing games of chess. They can even use the concepts needed for chess playing, though they are unable to express many of the concepts in ordinary language.

89.

S₁: There is only one monkey we can thoroughly recommend as an indoor pet.
P : They quickly die from colds and coughs after the first winter fogs.
Q : It is beautiful and intelligent Capuchin monkey.
R : The lively little Capuchins, however, may be left for years in an English house without the least danger to their health.
S : The Marmosets, it is true, are more beautiful than a Capuchins and just as pleasing, but they are too delicate for the English climate.
S₆: Finally let me say that no other monkey has a better temper or winning ways.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PQRS
• (B) QRPS
• (C) QSPR
• (D) RPSQ

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 Q: It is beautiful and intelligent Capuchin monkey. S: The Marmosets, it is true, are more beautiful than a Capuchins and just as pleasing, but they are too delicate for the English climate. P: They quickly die from colds and coughs after the first winter fogs. R: The lively little Capuchins, however, may be left for years in an English house without the least danger to their health. The proper sequence starts with the introduction of the Capuchin monkey (Q), followed by the comparison with Marmosets (S), then the discussion about their vulnerability (P), and finally, highlighting their suitability as indoor pets (R). So, the correct order is QSPR.

90.

S₁: Gandhiji had a vast amount of daily business to transact.
P: Yet Gandhiji was never too busy to withdraw temporarily from business affairs for recurrent periods of contemplation.
Q: Under present day conditions, that is the fate of any leader of any great movement.
R: In setting apart those times for contemplation gandhiji was being true, not only to himself, but to India.
S: If he had not made this his practice, he would not, I suppose,have been able to go on doing his business, because his spells of contemplation were the source of his inexhaustible strength.
S₆: His practice on this point is something that is characteristic of the Indian tradition.

The Proper sequence should be:

• (A) PRSQ
• (B) QPSR
• (C) RSPQ
• (D) SRPQ

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 Under present day conditions, that is the fate of any leader of any great movement. Yet Gandhiji was never too busy to withdraw temporarily from business affairs for recurrent periods of contemplation. If he had not made this his practice, he would not, I suppose,have been able to go on doing his business, because his spells of contemplation were the source of his inexhaustible strength. In setting apart those times for contemplation gandhiji was being true, not only to himself, but to India.