R. Gupta Solutions for Exercise 1: Part

Directions: In the following question, some sentences are given, out of which, 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: Political empowerment apart, the state should recognise the right to life of every citizen.
S6: The state should prepare for the seasons ahead, not just winter, and create shelters on a war footing.
P: Places of religious worship play an important role in this respect, providing food and shelter.
Q: Where lives are at stake, resource crunch cannot work as an excuse.
R: It can still intervene to save lives, by ensuring that offices, schools, and other institutions that function only during the day are used as night shelters.
S: However, civil society organisations cannot be expected to compensate for state neglect.

Which one of the following is the correct sequence?

Directions: In the following question, some sentences are given, out of which, 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: This is the age of knowledge.
S6: Not surprisingly then that we Indians are often labelled as being overly superstitious.
P: Logic and intuition are no longer enemies.
Q: It is also the Age of Aquarius.
R: The two live together comfortably in every Indian household.
S: So why should superstitions be considered out of place in this age of nano-technology and computers?

Which one of the following is the correct sequence?

Directions: In the following question, some sentences are given, out of which, 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: Sachin has scored centuries against all oppositions, in all countries.
S6: But largely, he has been the dictator, giving nightmares to quality bowlers of the world.
P: There have been those rare occasions when he looked entangled at the crease.
Q: In fact, some of his most memorable essays came in adverse conditions.
R: Gavaskar called him “the closest thing to batting perfection this game has ever seen”.
S: Sachin has established his stamp over all types of attack.

Which one of the following is the correct sequence?

Directions: In the following question, some sentences are given, out of which, 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: Jagan has been working in our home for over 25 years.
S6: Then came the question of raising his children on the paltry sum of money he earned washing cars and sweeping homes.
P: And another.
Q: Till finally his wife delivered a son and he declared his innings.
R: I remember the day his first daughter was born.
S: And then came another.

Which one of the following is the correct sequence?

Directions: In the following question, some sentences are given, out of which, 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: Diabetes is a silent killer and because it does not seem as potent as cancer or AIDS is very often overlooked without too much heed by patients.
S6: Though diabetes can never be totally cured it can definitely be controlled from causing serious consequences.
P: Worse, as many as a third of them don’t even know it.
Q: Untreated diabetes can lead to heart and kidney failure, amputations, and even death.
R: Millions of people suffer from diabetes.
S: The early symptoms of diabetes are often confused with other less grave conditions.

Which one of the following is the correct sequence?

Directions: In the following question, some sentences are given, out of which, 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: Ships, built-in dry docks are launched amidst the chanting of Atharva Veda.
S6: The latest INS Mumbai is the tenth rein car-nation of its original INS Bombay.
P: Even now newer warships are given names of old decommissioned warships.
Q: One of the enduring superstitions of the Navy is that old ships don’t die.
R: In Europe, they break champagne bottles on the bow; in India, we break coconuts.
S: It derives from the animistic belief that a ship has a soul that lives on and that it is reborn.

Which one of the following is the correct sequence?

Directions: In the following question, some sentences are given, out of which, 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: Jaswant Singh of 4 Garhwal Rifles was apparently relaxing at 10,000feet when he spotted a whole battalion of Chinese troops advancing towards an Indian Army post.
S6: Versions of the story vary.
P: They surrounded him, captured the three and beheaded them.
Q: Finally, the enemy sent a scouting party to ascertain the real strength of the Indian defence, and they found just a rifleman and two girls.
R: After the war, the Chinese, impressed by the rifleman’s valour, gave his head back to the Indians, who set up a temple for him.
S: With just one 303 and ammunition supplied by two girls from an abandoned dump, he mowed down about 50 enemy troopers.

Which one of the following is the correct sequence?

Directions: In the following question, some sentences are given, out of which, 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: Each creature of the sea has its own significance for seamen.
S6: A dead dolphin is a bad omen.
P: One reason could be that dolphins and sharks do not cohabit.
Q: Sighting a dolphin is supposed to bring luck.
R: A dolphin swimming with the ship brings good luck.
S: Upon sighting the first dolphin on a voyage even the admiral will come up on deck to watch it.

Which one of the following is the correct sequence?