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1.

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

2.

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

3.

1. seen 2. going 3. you

4. him 5. have
Options
A. 35214
B. 35142
C. 32514
D. 35124
E. 53124

4.

1. I 2. immediately 3. salary

4. my 5. want
Options
A. 43152
B. 15432
C. 25143
D. 42351
E. 45132

Options
A. PSQR
B. QSPR
C. QSRP
D. PRQS

7.

S₁:	It was a dark moonless night.
P :	He turned over the pages, reading passages here and there.
Q :	He heard them on the floor.
R :	The poet took down his books of poems from his shelves.
S :	Some of them contained his earliest writings which he had almost forgotten.
S₆:	They all seemed to him to be poor and ordinary mere childish words.

The Proper sequence should be:

Options
A. RPQS
B. RQSP
C. RSPQ
D. RPSQ

8.

S₁:	Sun birds are among the smallest of Indian birds.
P :	Though they are functionally similar to the humming birds of the New World, they are totally unrelated.
Q :	They do eat insects too.
R :	They are also some of the most brilliantly coloured birds.
S :	sun birds feed on nectar mostly and helped in pollination.
S₆:	Our common sun birds are the purple sun bird, the glossy black species and purple rumped sun bird, the yellow and maroon species.

The Proper sequence should be:

Options
A. SQPR
B. RPSQ
C. QPRS
D. PSRQ

9.

S₁:	There is difference between Gandhiji's concept of secularism and that of Nehru's.
P :	Nehru's idea of secularism was equal indifference to all religions and bothering about none of them.
Q :	According to Gandhiji, all religions are equally true and each scripture is worthy of respect.
R :	Such secularism which means the rejection of all religions is contrary to our culture and tradition.
S :	In Gandhiji's view, secularism stands for equal respect for all religions.
S₆:	Instead of doing any good, such secularism can do harm instead of good.

The Proper sequence should be:

Options
A. SQPR
B. PSQR
C. QSPR
D. PRSQ

10.

S₁:	For decades, American society has been calling a melting pot
P :	Differences remained - in appearence, mannerisms, customs, speech, religion and more.
Q :	The term has long been a cliche and half-truth.
R :	But homogenisation was never acheived.
S :	Yes, immigrants from diverse cultures and traditions did cast off vestiges of their native lands and become almost imperceptibly woven in to the American fabric.
S₆:	In recent years, such differences accentuated by the arrival of immigrants from Asia and other parts of the world in the United States - have become something to celebrate and to nurture.

The Proper sequence should be:

Options
A. QRSP
B. SQRP
C. SQPR
D. QSRP

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