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  • S1: A father having offered to take the baby out in a perambulator, was tempted by the sunny morning to slip into a pub for a glass of beer.
    P : Indignant at her husband's behaviour, she decided to teach him a lesson.
    Q : She wheeled away the pram.
    R : A little later, his wife came by, where to her horror, she discovered her sleeping baby.
    S : Leaving the pram outside, he disappeared inside the bar.
    S6: She waited for him, anticipating the white face and quivering lips which would soon appear with the news that the baby had been stolen.
    The Proper sequence should be:


  • Options
  • A. SRPQ
  • B. RQPS
  • C. SPQR
  • D. PQSR

  • Correct Answer
  • SRPQ 

    • Ordering of Sentences problems

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    • 1. 
      S1: When a satellite is launched, the rocket begins by going slowly upwards through the air.
      P : However, the higher it goes, the less air it meets.
      Q : As the rocket goes higher, it travels faster.
      R : For the atmosphere becomes thinner.
      S : As a result there is less friction.
      S6: Consequently, the rocket still does not become too hot.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. QPRS
    • B. QSPR
    • C. PQRS
    • D. PQSR
      • Discuss
    • 2. 
      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:

    • Options
    • A. PSRQ
    • B. SPQR
    • C. QPRS
    • D. RSPQ
      • Discuss
    • 3. 
      S1: Smoke oozed up between the planks.
      P : Passengers were told to be ready to quit the ship.
      Q : The rising gale fanned the smouldering fire.
      R : Everyone now knew there was fire on board.
      S : Flames broke out here and there.
      S6: Most people bore the shock bravely.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. SRQP
    • B. QPSR
    • C. RSPQ
    • D. QSRP
      • Discuss
    • 4. 
      S1: All the land was covered by the ocean.
      P : The leading god fought the monster, killed it and chopped its body in to two halves.
      Q : A terrible monster prevented the gods from separating the land from the water.
      R : The god made the sky out of the upper part of the body and ornamented it with stars.
      S : The god created the earth from the lower part, grew plants on it and populated it with animals.
      S6: The god moulded the first people out of clay according to his own image and mind.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. PQRS
    • B. PQSR
    • C. QPSR
    • D. QPRS
      • Discuss
    • 5. 
      S1: For some time in his youth Abraham Lincoln was manager for a shop.
      P : Then a chance Customer would come.
      Q : Young Lincoln way of keeping shop was entirely unlike anyone else's
      R : Lincoln would jump up and attend to his needs and then revert to his reading.
      S : He used to lie full length on the counter of the shop eagerly reading a book.
      S6: Never before had Lincoln had so much time for reading as had then.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. SRQP
    • B. QSPR
    • C. SQRP
    • D. QPSR
      • Discuss
    • 6. 
      S1: The city is almost a slum and stinks most of time.
      P : The slush on the road did not deter them.
      Q : The occasional slips and falls were considered a small price to pay for the trip.
      R : They were excited, fascinated by the sight of fresh snow on the roads.
      S : Even so, it looked beautiful to tourists of various categories.
      S6: But some visitors came away with the unforgettable sight of young labours scantily clad.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. RQPS
    • B. QPRS
    • C. RSQP
    • D. SPQR
      • Discuss
    • 7. 
      S1: Venice is a strange and beautiful city in the north of Italy.
      P : There are about four hundred old stone bridges joining the island of Venice.
      Q : In this city there are no motor cars, no horses, no buses.
      R : These small islands are near one another.
      S : It is not an island but a hundred and seventeen islands.
      S6: This is because Venice has no streets.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. PQRS
    • B. PRQS
    • C. SRPQ
    • D. PQSR
      • Discuss
    • 8. 
      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:

    • Options
    • A. SPQR
    • B. SPRQ
    • C. PSRQ
    • D. PQRS
      • Discuss
    • 9. 
      S1: A gentleman who lived alone always had two plates placed on the table at dinner time.
      P : One day just as he sat down to dine, the cat rushed in to the room.
      Q : One plate was for himself and other was for his cat.
      R : she drooped a mouse into her own plate and another into her master plate.
      S : He used to give the cat a piece of meat from his own plate.
      S6: In this way the cat showed her gratitude to her master.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. QSPR
    • B. PSRQ
    • C. QRSP
    • D. RPQS
      • Discuss
    • 10. 
      S1: Ants eat worms, centipedes and spiders.
      P : They are usually much quicker than the ant itself.
      Q : Nevertheless, these animals do not make easy game for ants.
      R : Besides, they have an extraordinary number of ways of escaping.
      S : They also eat larvae and insect adults such as flies, moths and spring tails.
      S6: Some jump, and some give out a pungent repellent substance.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. SQPR
    • B. SPRQ
    • C. SQRP
    • D. SRQP
      • Discuss

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