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  • 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

  • Correct Answer
  • SQPR 

    • Ordering of Sentences problems

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    • 1. 
      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
    • 2. 
      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
    • 3. 
      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
    • 4. 
      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
    • 5. 
      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
      • Discuss
    • 6. 
      S1: Minnie went shopping one morning.
      P : Disappointed She turned around and returned to the parking lot.
      Q : She got out and walked to the nearest shop.
      R : She drove her car into the parking lot and stopped.
      S : It was there that she realised that she'd forgotten her purse at home.
      S6: She drove home with an empty basket.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. RSQP
    • B. RQSP
    • C. PQRS
    • D. QPRS
      • Discuss
    • 7. 
      S1: Far away in a little street there is a poor house.
      P : Her face is thin and worn and her hands are coarse, pricked by a needle, for she is a seam stress.
      Q : One of the windows is open and through it I can see a poor woman.
      R : He has a fever and asking for oranges.
      S : In a bed in a corner of the room her little boy is lying ill.
      S6: His mother has nothing to give but water, so he is crying.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. SRQP
    • B. PQSR
    • C. QPSR
    • D. RSPQ
      • Discuss
    • 8. 
      S1: A noise started above their heads.
      P : But people did not take it seriously.
      Q : That was to show everyone that there was something wrong
      R : It was a dangerous thing to do.
      S : For, within minutes the ship began to sink.
      S6: Nearly 200 lives were lost on the fateful day.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. PQSR
    • B. PRQS
    • C. QPRS
    • D. QPSR
      • Discuss
    • 9. 
      S1: American private lies may seem shallow.
      P : Students would walk away with books they had not paid for.
      Q : A Chinese journalist commented on a curious institution: the library
      R : Their public morality, however, impressed visitors.
      S : But in general they returned them.
      S6: This would not happen in china, he said.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. PSQR
    • B. QPSR
    • C. RQPS
    • D. RPSQ
      • Discuss
    • 10. 
      S1: The path of Venus lies inside the path of the Earth.
      P : When at its farthest from the Earth, Venus is 160 million away
      Q : With such a wide range between its greatest and leat distances it is natural that at sometimes Venus appears much brighter than at others.
      R : No other body ever comes so near the Earth, with the exception of the Moon and occasional comet or asteroid.
      S : When Venus is at its nearest to the earth it is only 26 million miles away.
      S6: When at its brightest, it is easily seen with the naked eye in broad daylight.
      The Proper sequence should be:

    • Options
    • A. SRPQ
    • B. SQRP
    • C. PSQR
    • D. QPRS
      • Discuss

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