Disha Expert Team Solutions for Chapter: English-Trending Questions from Past Paper, Exercise 8: Parajumbles

The questions below consist of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

P - It had been umpteen years since we had seen each other.
Q - One dull dark in autumn, I was travelling on horseback through a dreary stretch of countryside.
R - This was the house of Roderick Usher, who had been my childhood pal.
S - At night fall, I came in sight of the house of Usher.

Directions: The sentences given below are not arranged in proper order. Rearrange these sentences to form a coherent and meaningful paragraph and choose the correct order as your answer.

P-According to various estimates between 1942 and 1944 there were approximately 400 victims of this practice daily in Warsaw alone, with numbers on some days reaching several thousands.
Q -A common German practice in occupied Poland was to round-up random civilians on the streets of Polish cities.
R - For example, on 19th September 1942 close to 3000 men and women were transported by train to Germany - they had been caught in the massive round - ups all over Warsaw the previous two days.
S - The term, "lapanka" carried a sardonic connotation from the word's earlier use for the children's game known in English as "tag".

The questions below consist of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

P- But he did not know how to find one at that hour.
Q - It was his first visit to the city and he didn't know where to go.
R - Mohanlal's train was late and it reached Kolkata a little after midnight.
S - He thought he would go to a choultry where he would not have to pay rent.

Directions: The sentences given below are not arranged in proper order. Rearrange these sentences to form a coherent and meaningful paragraph and answer the question.

P- The aim must be to ensure that our country does not experience either paucity or a-surfeit of trained manpower in any specific segment of our economy.
Q - When we set about the task of higher education, we should be absolutely clear in our perception of the goals of Education in the specific context of our nation's development.
R - No doubt, one of the important aims of education would be to create the required range and nature of trained manpower assessed to be needed by different sectors of national growth.
S - The entire educational apparatus must be geared progressively to fulfill the requirements of different phases of our growth in every sector primary, secondary and tertiary.

Directions: The sentences given below are not arranged in proper order. Rearrange these sentences to form a coherent and meaningful paragraph and answer the question.

P - Bureaucratic cultures can smother those who want to respond to shifting conditions.
Q - Arrogant managers can over evaluate their current performance and competitive position listen poorly and learn slowly.
R - And the lack of leadership leaves no force inside these organizations to break out of the morass. 
S - Inwardly focused employees can have difficulty seeing the very forces that present threats and opportunities.