Arihant Expert Team Solutions for Exercise 1: Practice Exercise

The first and the last parts of the sentence are numbered S1 and S6. 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 combination is correct.

S1: While crossing a busy road, we should obey the policeman on duty.

P: We should always cross the road and the zebra crossing.

Q: We must look to the signal light and cross the road only when the road is clear.

R: If there is no signal light at the crossing, we should look to the right, then to left and again the right before crossing the road.

S: If the road is not clear we should wait.

S6: We should never run while crossing the road.

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Directions: In the following question, some sentences are given, out of which two S1 and S6 are fixed. S1 is the opening statement and S6 is the closing statement. Rearrange the remaining sentences to form a coherent and meaningful paragraph and choose the correct order as your answer.

S1: As dramatist Rabindranath was not what might be called success.

P: His dramas were moulded on the lines of the traditional Indian village dramas than the dramas of modern world.

Q: His plays were more a catalogue of ideas than a vehicle of the expression of action.

R: Actually the drama has always been the life of Indian people, as it this with legends of gods and goddesses.

S: Although in his short stories and novels he was able to create living and well define characters, he did not seem to be able to do so in dramas.

S6: Therefore, drama forms the essential part of the traditional Indian culture.

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The first and the last parts of the sentence are numbered S1 and S6. 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 combination is correct

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: The terrible monster prevented the gods from separating the lands 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. 

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The first and the last parts of the sentence are numbered S1 and S6. 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 combination is correct

S1: The art of growing old is one which the passage of time has forced upon my attention.

P: One of these is undue absorption in the past.

Q: One’s thought must be directed to the future and to things about which there is something to be done.

R: Psychologically, there are two dangers to be guarded against in old age.

S: It does not do to live in memories, in regret for the good old days or in sadness about friends who are dead.

S6: This is not always easy one’s own past is gradually increasing weight.

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The first and the last parts of the sentence are numbered S1 and S6. 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 combination is correct.

S1: We speak today of self-determination in politics.

P: So long as one in conscious of a restraint, it is possible to resist it or to near it as a necessary evil and to keep free in spirit.

Q: Slavery brings when one ceases to feel that restraint and is depends on if the evil is accepted as good.

R: There is comma however, a subtler domination exercised in the sphere of ideas by one culture to another.

S: Political subjection primarily means restraint on the outer life of people.

S6: Cultural subjection is ordinarily of an unconscious character and it implies slavery from the very start.

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The first and the last parts of the sentence are numbered S1 and S6. 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 combination is correct.

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 labours scantily clad.

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The first and the last parts of the sentence are numbered S1 and S6. 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 combination is correct.

S1: Politeness is not a quality processed by only one nation or race.

P: One may observe that a man of the nation will remove his hat or fold his hands by way of greetings when he meets someone he knows.

Q: A man of another country will not to do so.

R: It is a quality to be found among all peoples and nations in every corner of the Earth.

S: Obviously, each person follows the custom of his particular country.

S6: In any case, we should not mock at others habits.

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The first and the last parts of the sentence are numbered S1 and S6. 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 combination is correct.

S1: Throughout history man has used energy from the Sun.

P: Today, when we burn wood or use electric current we are drawing energy.

Q: However we now have a new supply of energy.

R: All our ordinary life depends on Sun.

S: This has come from the Sun.

S6: This energy comes from inside atoms.

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