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Ordering of Sentences problems


  • 1. 
    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
  • 2. 
    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
  • 3. 
    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
  • 4. 
    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
  • 5. 
    S1: In India marriages are usually arranged by parents
    P : Sometimes boys and girls do not like th idea of arranged marriages.
    Q : Most young people accepts the state of affairs.
    R : Shanta was like that.
    S : They assume their parents can make good choices.
    S6: She felt she was a modern girl and not subject for bargaining.
    The Proper sequence should be:

  • Options
  • A. SPRQ
  • B. PSRQ
  • C. QSPR
  • D. RQPS
  • Discuss
  • 6. 
    S1: She said on the phone that she would report for duty next day.
    P : We waited for few days then we decided to go to her place.
    Q : But she did not.
    R : we found it locked.
    S : Even after that we waited for her quite a few days.
    S6: Eventually we reported to the police.
    The Proper sequence should be:

  • Options
  • A. PRSQ
  • B. QPSR
  • C. QPRS
  • D. SQPR
  • Discuss
  • 7. 
    S1: Several sub-cities have been planned around capital.
    P : Dwarga is the first among them.
    Q : They are expected to alleviate the problem of housing.
    R : It is coming up in the south west of capital.
    S : It will cater to over one million people when completed.
    S6: Hopefully the housing problem will not be as acute at present after these sub-cities are built.
    The Proper sequence should be:

  • Options
  • A. QPRS
  • B. PRSQ
  • C. PQRS
  • D. QRSP
  • Discuss
  • 8. 
    S1: Forecasting the weather has always been a difficult business.
    P : During a period of drought, streams and rivers dried up, the cattle died from thirst and were ruined.
    Q : Many different things affect the weather and we have to study them carefully to make accurate forecast.
    R : Ancient Egyptians had no need of weather in the Nile Valley hardly ever changes.
    S : In early times, when there were no instruments, such as thermometer or the barometer, man looked for tell-tale signs in the sky.
    S6: He made his forecasts by watching flights of the birds or the way smoke rose from fire.
    The Proper sequence should be:

  • Options
  • A. PRQS
  • B. QPRS
  • C. QRPS
  • D. SPQR
  • Discuss
  • 9. 
    S1: As he passed beneath her he heard the swish of her wings.
    P : He was not falling head long now.
    Q : The monstrous terror seized him.
    R : But it only lasted a minute.
    S : He could hear nothing.
    S6: The next moment he felt his wings spread outwards.
    The Proper sequence should be:

  • Options
  • A. PSQR
  • B. QSPR
  • C. QSRP
  • D. PRQS
  • Discuss
  • 10. 
    S1: Ms. Parasuram started a Petrol Pump in Madras.
    P : A total to 12 girls now work at the pump.
    Q : She advertised in newspapers for women staff.
    R : They operate in 2 shifts.
    S : The response was good.
    S6: Thus she has shown the way for many others.
    The Proper sequence should be:

  • Options
  • A. PQSR
  • B. SQPR
  • C. QSPR
  • D. PQRS
  • Discuss

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