1 )

The question, the first and last part of the sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence are split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.
1. The fox and the crane remained friends for a long time.
P. She served the dishes in a beaker to the fox. The fox could not eat it because the beaker was very high.
Q. The crane could not eat the dishes because of its long beak. The next day it was the turn of the crane to host the lunch for the fox.
R. But the fox wanted to show that he was cleverer than the crane.
S. So one day he invited the crane for dinner and served the dishes on a plate.
6. The fox put down its head in shame and went away.

(a)
PQRS
(b)
QSRP
(c)
RSQP
(d)
PSQR

2 )

The question, the first and last part of the sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence are split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.
1. It is very misleading to say that computers can 'think' like people.
P. However, they make it possible for people to 'bottle' thought.
Q. They have no more a mind of their own than a lawn mower.
R. They can not.
S. You work out how to do a particular job, write a program and then the computer applies your thinking to that job as long as you like.
6. In this sense computers are half alive because they perpetuate thinking of their creators.

(a)
RQPS
(b)
PSRQ
(c)
SQPR
(d)
QSRP

3 )

The questions, the first and the last sentence of the passage are numbered (1) and (6).The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence in their proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct.Then find the correct answer.
1. The dead do sometimes tell tales if you known how to look for them>
P. The flesh of bomb victims is shredded and may be sieged by chemicals.
Q. In the autopsy rooms of the Suffolk country; the medical examiner and his team were looking for clues that could explain how the passengers of TWA Flight 800 died.
R. But most of the corpses he examined had been Killed by the impact of hitting the water from a height of more than two miles.
S.The body of a person killed by a bomb looks different from the body of a victim in an ordinary plane crash.
6. The mystery of their deaths will be solved in time, but it won't be easy or quick.

(a)
SRQP
(b)
PQRS
(c)
QSPR
(d)
RSPQ

4 )

In the question the 1 st and the last sentence of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S . These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.

1.The camel has tough leathery lips.
P. that will not skin in the sand
Q. and a reserve of food supply
R. broadened feet
S. capable of consuming the coarsest vegetation.
6. in its humps

(a)
SRPQ
(b)
SRQP
(c)
RSQP
(d)
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5 )

The question, the first and last part of the sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence are split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.
1. One of the most widely spread bad habits
P. which is now smoked or chewed by men
Q. and even by children
R. often by women
S. is the use of tobacco
6. almost all over the world.

(a)
SPRQ
(b)
PQRS
(c)
SRQP
(d)
PQSR

6 )

The questions, the first and the last sentence of the passage are numbered (1) and (6).The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence in their proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct.Then find the correct answer.
1. In our home everyone drinks milk at least once a day.
P. All these we owe to our milk-man.
Q. We, the children get milk twice a day.
R. He says, he is 18, but he is not sure.
S. We also eat curd, and enjoy buttermilk.
S. We also eat curd, and enjoy buttermilk.
6. Probably he needs more milk than we.

(a)
SRPQ
(b)
QSPR
(c)
PRQS
(d)
PSRQ

7 )

In the question the first and the last part of the sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentences are split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.

1. The man,
P. and no one passing him in the street
Q. was singularly inconspicuous
R. who was called Alfred Nobel
S. would have given him
6.another look

(a)
RQPS
(b)
QPSR
(c)
PSQR
(d)
SPRQ

8 )

The question, the first and last part of the sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence are split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.
1. When Ali Baba returned he called his wife
P. She said to him, "Have you stolen them?"
Q. He said, "I have bought you some jewels".
R. She said, "Our days of misery are now at an end".
S. He said, "Be quiet and do not frighten yourself".
6. He said,"Go to your brother's house and get a measure".

(a)
QSRP
(b)
SRPQ
(c)
PSRQ
(d)
QPSR

9 )

The passage, the first and the last part of the sentences are numbered 1 and 6. the rest of the sentences are split into four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the parts and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.
1. When you ponder over
P. that the only hope
Q.you will realize
R. of would peace lies
S. the question deeply

(a)
QRSP
(b)
SPQR
(c)
SQPR
(d)
RSPQ

10 )

The question passage/sentence is split into four parts and named A, B, C and D. These four parts are not given their proper order.Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct.Then find the correct answer.
A.the most suitable materials
B.because that is
C.it of wood
D.we made

(a)
C A D B
(b)
A C B D
(c)
D C B A
(d)
B A D C

11 )

In the following questions, the 1st and the past sentence of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct.
1. Grandpa had some old clothes.
P. But my mother took them out and kept them neatly folded in the cupboard again.
Q. So he threw them into the wastebasket.
R. So he put the clothing into the family's bag of items to donate to charity.
S. My mother found them and put them back in his basket.
6. Grandpa finally put the items in my mother's mending basket and never saw them again.

(a)
RSQP
(b)
PQSR
(c)
SRPQ
(d)
QSRP

12 )

In the following questions, the 1st and the past sentence of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct.
1. The Cinema is a very valuable teaching aid.
P. The Cinema is entertaining also.
Q. Historical films help the teacher of History.
R. Science can also be taught very effectively through Cinema.
S. Large number of people like social films.
6. Thus Cinema has a great impact on our society.

(a)
PQRS
(b)
RQSP
(c)
QRPS
(d)
SQRP

13 )

The question passage/sentence is split into four parts and named A, B, C and D. These four parts are not given their proper order.Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct.Then find the correct answer.
A. While a student in London he began to take an interest in contemporary politics
B. Wells was a British author and one of the earliest writers of science fiction
C. But he later received a scholarship to study science in London
D. He came from a lower middle-class family and was apprenticed to a draper at the age of fifteen.

(a)
A D C B
(b)
B D C A
(c)
B C A D
(d)
A C B D

14 )

In the following questions, the 1st and the last sentence are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentences/passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four sentences/parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.
1. There are some stores
P. that make it easy
Q. who have
R. with reasonable goods
S. for people
6. a limited budget.

(a)
PQRS
(b)
SPQR
(c)
RPSQ
(d)
QPSR

15 )

In the following questions, the 1st and the last sentence are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentences/passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four sentences/parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.
1. The transition from
P. school to college
Q. meet it
R. so one must
S. is demanding
6. without expectations.

(a)
SQRP
(b)
PSRQ
(c)
PPQS
(d)
RQPS

16 )

The questions, the first and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. the rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. these four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.
1. The internet has given
P. to keep in touch with friends
Q. and even allowed them
R. students access to reams of information
S. made it cheaper
6. to attend universities remotely

(a)
RPSQ
(b)
RSQP
(c)
SRPQ
(d)
PRSQ

17 )

The question passage/sentence is split into four parts and named A, B, C and D. These four parts are not given their proper order.Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct.Then find the correct answer.
A. At first glance, all I could discern was a massive stone table running down its length
B. This apartment was not nearly so well lighted as the vast stalactite ante-cave
C. I started down the passage and found myself in a gloomy apartment some 20 feet long, which in some past age had been hollowed out by hand out of the mountain.
D. Next, I discovered a brown thing seated on the table in the center.

(a)
B A D C
(b)
C B A D
(c)
D A B C
(d)
A B D C

18 )

In the question the first and the last part of the sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentences are split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.

1.AIDS is a disease caused by a virus called HIV
P. This results in the victim's inability to defend themselves from any infections leading to death.
Q. This disease destroys part of the body's immune system.
R. AIDS patients are carriers of the virus.
S. People who are infected develop AIDS within five to ten years.
6. And they are infected for years without knowing it and transmit the disease to others.

(a)
QPSR
(b)
psqr
(c)
rsqp
(d)
srpq

19 )

The question passage/sentence is split into four parts and named A, B, C and D. These four parts are not given their proper order.Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct.Then find the correct answer.
(A) Purity of our lives depends on
(B) much of the happiness and
(C) of our companions and friends
(D) our making a wise choice

(a)
DCBA
(b)
CBAD
(c)
BADC
(d)
ADCB

20 )

The question passage/sentence is split into four parts and named A, B, C and D. These four parts are not given their proper order.Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct.Then find the correct answer.
(A) Asked me what I was and where I was bound for
(B) I met with a very aged man who
(C) of the hill called Difficulty
(D) when I came to the foot

(a)
ABDC
(b)
DCBA
(c)
CBAD
(d)
CBDA

21 )

The question passage/sentence is split into four parts and named A, B, C and D. These four parts are not given their proper order.Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct.Then find the correct answer.
(A) My actions towards him
(B) he told me several things
(C) had been felt to be very unkind
(D) and one of them was that

(a)
BDAC
(b)
ACDB
(c)
CBDA
(d)
ABCD

22 )

The question passage/sentence is split into four parts and named A, B, C and D. These four parts are not given their proper order.Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct.Then find the correct answer.
(A) And never got uncoiled
(B) out of which interminable serpents
(C) It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys
(D) of smoke trailed themselves for ever and ever

(a)
DBAC
(b)
ACBD
(c)
BCAD
(d)
CBDA

23 )

In the following questions, the 1st and the last part of the sentence are numbered S₁ and S₆ .The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.
S₁ . Without water
P. and consequently
Q. the oxygen content in the atmosphere
R. which carry out photosynthesis and release oxygen
S. there would be no animals or plants
S₆. would go down.

(a)
SPRQ
(b)
SPQR
(c)
PRQS
(d)
SRPQ

24 )

In the following questions, the 1st and the last sentence/part of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage/sentence are split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.
1. Science is concerned with finding out how things actually happen.
P. He showed that a light object falls to the ground at the same rate as a heavy object.
Q. It does not mean laying down principles as to how they ought to happen.
R. This did not agree with the views of most learned men of that time.
S. The most famous example of this concerns Galileo's discovery about falling bodies.
6. But Galileo proved his point experimentally by dropping weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

(a)
PSQR
(b)
QSPR
(c)
RQPS
(d)
SQPR

25 )

In the following questions, the 1st and the last part of the sentence are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.
1. The Narmada Dam Project
P. many of whom
Q. the most deprived sections
R. will displace some people
S. happen to belong to some of
6. of Indian society

(a)
PQRS
(b)
RPSQ
(c)
SRQP
(d)
PSRQ

26 )

In the following question, the 1st and the last sentence of the passage are numbered 1 and 6.The rest of the passage/sentence
is (are) split into four parts and named P.Q,R,and S.These four parts are not given in their proper order.Read the
passage/sentence and find out of the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct.Then find the correct
answer.
1.The olympic games started in Greece 2000 years back
P.They were held in Athens.
Q.The modern Olympics was resurrected by a Frenchman,pierre de Coubertin.
R.Danny Boyle's show triumphed over the Beijing olympic opening ceremony.
S.The 2012 olympics venue was London.
6.The Queen played a surprising but much appreciated role in it.

(a)
PRSQ
(b)
QSRP
(c)
RQSP
(d)
PQSR

27 )

The questions, 1st and the last sentences of the passage/sentence are numbered 1 and 6.The rest of the sentence/passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S.These four sentences/parts are not given in their proper order.Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.
1. Derozio was a very bright student who often stood first in English and other subjects and got gold medals.
P. Derazio was a brilliant teacher.
Q. Students had great respect for this young teacher
R. He became a teacher of Hindu College (now Presidency University) in the year 1826.
S. He was 17 years old then and some of his students were even older than him.
6. Some students are senior classes also came to attend his lectures.

(a)
QPSR
(b)
PQRS
(c)
SRQP
(d)
RSPQ

28 )

In the following question, the 1st and the last sentence of the passage are numbered 1 and 6.The rest of the passage/sentence
is (are) split into four parts and named P.Q,R,and S.These four parts are not given in their proper order.Read the
passage/sentence and find out of the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct.Then find the correct
answer.
1.According to Greek mythology, Atlas was a Titan of enormous strength
P.Zeus ordered Atlas to carry the earth and sky for all enternity.
Q.Because of his association with the globe, maps began to be decorated with this image of Atlas.
R.Atlas is shown as a stooped figure carrying the globe on his shoulders.
S.Finally, the world 'atlas' came to donate a collection of maps.
6.Today an 'atlas' refers any to book that consists of several maps.

(a)
PQRS
(b)
PRQS
(c)
QRPS
(d)
QSPR

29 )

The questions, 1st and the last sentences of the passage/sentence are numbered 1 and 6.The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S.These four sentences/parts are not given in their proper order.Read the passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.
1. Money is not the root of all evils.
P. Or, what about the desire for power driving people to horrible crimes?
Q. Even purposeless cruelty can be seen in many instances of evil behavior.
R. For examples, neither teachers nor parents profit in any way by torturing children.
S. The evils of sexual offenders are not motivated by financial gains.
6. No, we can only say that money is the root of some evil.

(a)
QRPS
(b)
SPQR
(c)
RSPQ
(d)
QPRS

30 )

The questions, 1st and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6.The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S.These four parts are not given in their proper order.Read the passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.
1. An electrical circuit
P. which is
Q. of wires
R. designed to
S. is a circle
6. carry electricity.

(a)
SQPR
(b)
QPRS
(c)
RQSP
(d)
PRSQ

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