Ordering of Sentences Questions

• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the paragraph about a committee meeting and the chairman's role. S1 = "In the middle of one side of the square sits the Chairman of the committee, the most important person in the room." P = "For a committee is not just a mere collection of individuals." Q = "On him rests much of the responsibility for the success or failure of the committee." R = "While this is happening we have an opportunity to get the 'feel' of this committee." S = "As the meeting opens, he runs briskly through a number of formalities." S6 = "From the moment its members meet, it begins to have a sort of nebulous life of its own." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a grammatically correct and logically flowing order. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the explanatory paragraph about gravitational force. S1 = "A force exists between every body in the universe." P = "Normally it is very small, but when one of the bodies is a planet like Earth, the force is considerable." Q = "It has been investigated by many scientists including Galileo and Newton." R = "Everything on or near the surface of the Earth is attracted by the mass of the Earth." S = "This gravitational force depends on the mass of the bodies involved." S6 = "The greater the mass, the greater is the Earth's force of attraction on it. We can call this force of attraction gravity." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a coherent scientific order. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the paragraph about Calcutta's trams and urban transport decisions. S1 = "Calcutta, unlike other cities, kept its trams." P = "As a result, there was horrendous congestion." Q = "It was going to be the first in South Asia." R = "They run down the centre of the road." S = "To ease it, the city decided to build an underground railway line." S6 = "The foundation stone was laid in 1972." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a logically progressing order. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the paragraph about young Abraham Lincoln as a shop manager. S1 = "For some time in his youth Abraham Lincoln was manager for a shop." P = "Then a chance customer would come." Q = "Young Lincoln's 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 he had then." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a coherent narrative order. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the mythic creation story from flood to sky and earth. S1 = "All the land was covered by the ocean." P = "The leading god fought the monster, killed it, and chopped its body into 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." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a logically unfolding order. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the incident of a fire breaking out on board a ship. 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." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in an event-progression order. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the anecdote about giving up smoking and a wife named Madhavi. 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 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!" Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a coherent chronological order. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the physics paragraph about a satellite launch, air resistance, and heating. 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." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a logically flowing order based on cause and effect. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the anecdote about a father leaving a pram outside a pub and the mother's reaction. 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 and, 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 that would soon appear with the news that the baby had been stolen." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a coherent narrative order. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the travel vignette about a slum-like city that still charms tourists. S1 = "The city is almost a slum and stinks most of the 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 labourers, scantily clad." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a logically progressing narrative. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the description of Venice's islands, bridges, and lack of streets. S1 = "Venice is a strange and beautiful city in the north of Italy." P = "There are about four hundred old stone bridges joining the islands of Venice." Q = "In this city there are no motor cars, no horses, and no buses." R = "These small islands are near one another." S = "It is not a single island but a group of one hundred and seventeen islands." S6 = "This is because Venice has no streets." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a geographically coherent order. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the mystery paragraph about the Hound of the Baskervilles. 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." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a cohesive order that preserves suspense and logic. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the short story about a gentleman and his cat at dinner. 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 into the room." Q = "One plate was for himself and the other was for his cat." R = "She dropped a mouse into her own plate and another into her master's 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." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S to narrate the sequence of events clearly. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the zoology paragraph about ants and their prey. 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 springtails." S6 = "Some jump, and some give out a pungent repellent substance." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S to explain diet first, then difficulties in hunting. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the film-history paragraph about Satyajit Ray's children's films. S1 = "Satyajit Ray made several films for children." P = "Later filmmakers have followed his lead." Q = "Today, other nations are making children's films in a big way." R = "This was at a time when no director considered children as a potential audience." S = "Ray was, thus, a pioneer in the field." S6 = "But today few think of Ray as a maker of children's films." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a historically logical order. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the geography–economy paragraph about Hungary's plains, agriculture, and industry. S1 = "Hungary, with a population of about 10 million, lies between Czechoslovakia to the north and Yugoslavia to the south." P = "Here a great deal of grain is grown." Q = "In recent years, however, progress has been made also in the field of industrialisation." R = "Most of the country consists of an extremely fertile plain through which the river Danube flows." S = "In addition to grain, the plain produces potatoes, sugar, wine, and livestock." S6 = "The new industries derive mainly from agricultural production." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a cause-and-effect order from landform to economy. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the introduction to palaeobotany, fossils, and geological context. S1 = "Palaeobotany is the study of fossil plants preserved in rocks dating back millions of years." P = "Records of the history of the world are contained in fossils." Q = "Through the ages, plants have evolved from simple to more complex forms." R = "First there were water plants; then land plants appeared during the Paleozoic era." S = "But since fossil remains appear locked in rock layers, they are closely related to the geologist's area of investigation." S6 = "The fossil plants indicate the age of the rock, and also point to facts regarding climate, temperature, and topography." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in an informative order that links biology to geology. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (travel vignette): Reorder the sentences to narrate what really happened at a Tangier street café, moving from the first impression to the surprising reveal. S1 = "On vacation in Tangier, Morocco, my friend and I sat down at a street café." S6 = "Finally a man walked over to me and whispered, "Hey buddy, this guy is your waiter and he wants your order."" Between S1 and S6, arrange the fragments into a coherent scene: P = "At one point, he bent over with a big smile, showing me a single gold tooth and a dingy fez." Q = "Soon I felt the presence of someone standing alongside me." R = "But this one wouldn't budge." S = "We had been cautioned about beggars and were told to ignore them." Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (freedom movement portrait): Reorder the sentences to show how Gandhi's arrival felt and what he did, moving from impact to origin and outreach. S1 = "And then Gandhi came." S6 = "Political freedom took new shape and then acquired a new content." Between S1 and S6, arrange the fragments into a powerful, logically flowing portrait: P = "Get off the backs of these peasants and workers, he told us, all you who live by their exploitation." Q = "He was like a powerful current of fresh air, like a beam of light, like a whirlwind that upset many things." R = "He spoke their language and constantly drew their attention to their appalling conditions." S = "He didn't descend from the top; he seemed to emerge from the masses of India." Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (the ascent of man vs. biology): Reorder the sentences to argue that humans reshape environments through culture rather than biology. S1 = "Biological evolution has not fitted man to any specific environment." S6 = "That brilliant sequence of cultural peaks can most appropriately be termed the ascent of man." Between S1 and S6, organize the reasoning clearly: P = "It is by no means a biological evolution, but it is a cultural one." Q = "His imagination, his reason, his emotional subtlety and toughness, make it possible for him not to accept the environment but to change it." R = "And that series of inventions by which man, age after age, has reshaped his environment is a different kind of evolution." S = "Among the multitude of animals which scamper, burrow, or swim around us, he is the only one who is not locked into his environment." Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.