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  • S1: Our ancestors thought that anything which moved itself was alive.
    P : The philosopher Descartes thought that both men and animals were machines.
    Q : But a machine such as a motorcar or a steamship moves itself, as soon as machines which moved themselves had been made, people asked "Is man a machine?"
    R : And before the days of machinery that was a good definition.
    S : He also thought that the human machine was partly controlled by the soul action on a certain part of the brain, while animals had no souls.
    S6: Therefore some scientists think that life is just a very complicated mechanism.
    The Proper sequence should be:


  • Options
  • A. PRSQ
  • B. RPQS
  • C. PSQR
  • D. RQPS

  • Correct Answer
  • PSQR 

    • Ordering of Sentences problems

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    • 1. 
      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:

    • Options
    • A. QRSP
    • B. SQPR
    • C. QPRS
    • D. PSQR
      • Discuss
    • 2. 
      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:

    • Options
    • A. PQRS
    • B. RPQS
    • C. RSPQ
    • D. RQPS
      • Discuss
    • 3. 
      S1: Since the sixties there has been an increasing interest in neurophysiology, which deals with the neural bases of mental activity and behaviour.
      P : It has format which is very similar to that of Brain and Language, a sister journal.
      Q : Since then, a number of journals devoted entirely to this area of research have appeared.
      R : Before the 1960's when this field was the concern of a small number of investigators, research articles were scattered in various neurological journals.
      S : Brain and cognition is one such journal.
      S6: So far the journal has published the mixture of articles including reports and investigations.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. RQSP
    • B. QRSP
    • C. QSPR
    • D. RSPQ
      • Discuss
    • 4. 
      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:

    • Options
    • A. QRSP
    • B. RSQP
    • C. RQSP
    • D. QRPS
      • Discuss
    • 5. 
      S1: Once upon atime there lived three young men in a certain town of Hindustan.
      P : All the people of the neighbourhood were mortally afraid of them.
      Q : They were so powerful that they could catch growing lions and tear them to pieces.
      R : Someone told them that they would become immortal if they killed Death.
      S : The young men believed themselves to be very good friends.
      S6: All of them set out in search of their foe called Death.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. QPRS
    • B. SQPR
    • C. RSQP
    • D. SRPQ
      • Discuss
    • 6. 
      S1: Payment for imports and exports is made through a system called foreign exchange.
      P : The value of the money of one country in relation to the money of other countries is agreed upon.
      Q : These rates of exchange vary from time to time.
      R : For instance, an American dollar or a British pound sterling is worth certain amounts in the money of other countries.
      S : Sometimes a United States dollar is worth 12 pesos in Mexico.
      S6: Another time it may be worth eight pesos.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. PQRS
    • B. QPRS
    • C. PRQS
    • D. RPQS
      • Discuss
    • 7. 
      S1: Moncure Conway devoted his life to two great objects freedom of thought, and freedom of the individual.
      P : They threaten both kinds of freedom.
      Q : But something also has been lost.
      R : There are now dangers, somewhat different in form from those of the past ages.
      S : In regard to both these objects, something has been gained since his time.
      S6: Unless a vigorous and vigilant public opinion can be aroused in defence of them, there will be much less of both a hundred years hence then there is now.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. PQRS
    • B. QSPR
    • C. SQRP
    • D. RSPQ
      • Discuss
    • 8. 
      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:

    • Options
    • A. PSQR
    • B. RPSQ
    • C. QSPR
    • D. SRPQ
      • Discuss
    • 9. 
      S1: A black haired, young woman came tripping along.
      P : She was leading a young woman wearing a hat.
      Q : The woman swept it off and tossed it in the air.
      R : The child jumped up to catch the hat.
      S : The young man tossed his head to shake the hat back.
      S6: Both disappeared from view.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. PSQR
    • B. RPSQ
    • C. QRPS
    • D. SQRP
      • Discuss
    • 10. 
      S1: We now know that the oceans are very deep.
      P : For example, the Indian ocean has a range called the Indian Ridge.
      Q : Much of it is fairly flat.
      R : However, there are great mountain ranges as well.
      S : On average the bottom is 2.5 miles to 3.5 miles down
      S6: This reaches from the India to the Antarctic.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. SQPR
    • B. PQSR
    • C. RSQP
    • D. QPRS
      • Discuss

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