Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences and .
. Buddhism is a way to salvation.
(A) But Buddhism is more severely analytical.
(B) In the Christian tradition, there is also a concern for the fate of human society conceived as a whole, rather than merely as a sum or network of individuals.
(C) Salvation is a property, or achievement, of individuals.
(D) Not only does it dissolve society into indi- viduals; the individual in turn is dissolved into component parts and instants, a stream of events.
. In modern terminology, Buddhist doctrine is reductionism.
Important Questions on Paragraph Jumbles
Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences and .
. Matrilineal systems of land inheritance advantaged women in many respects, especially in granting them economic and social security.
(A) Women, in particular, were profoundly affected by these changes.
(B) The large joint family estates came to be par- titioned; there was an increasing penetration of market forces and patriarchal ideologies spread in influence.
(C) These systems, however, did not remain fixed over time.
(D) Interventions by the colonial and post-colonial states, and the processes of social change which these set in motion, eroded customary practices.
. At the same time, their customary exclusion from major authority in public bodies meant that they were unlikely to be the ones directing the changes.
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph, Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
(A) However, the real challenge today is unlearning, which is much harder.
(B) But the new world of business behaves differ- ently from the world in which we grew up.
(C) Learning is important for both people and organizations.
(D) Each of us has a ‘mental model that we've used over the years to make sense.
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph, Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
(A) A large number of intellectuals believe that the North is using its military and economic powers to force unequal contracts on the South.
(B) The make-believe ethical issue of the sanctity of law camouflages the unethicality of the entire transaction, which is a travesty of the ethical concept of the greatest good for the greatest number.
(C) Once these contracts are made, the North uses the façade of legality and ethics to pin down the South.
(D) Thus, it suffers from the flaw that the law-one of the useful means to implement ethics—has fouled the ethicality of the ends.
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph, Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
(A) The fact that he could find absolutely noth- ing to substantiate their wild claims made no difference.
(B) We always gave the poor man a cup of tea, and he grew quite fond of some of the animals.
(C) The neighbors, now thoroughly indignant, kept bombarding the local health authorities.
(D) On an average, twice a week, the poor inspector was forced to come up to the house.
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
(A) In rejecting the functionalism in positivist orga- nization theory, either wholly or partially, there is often a move towards a political model of organization theory
(B) Thus the analysis would shift to the power re- sources possessed by different groups in the or- ganization and the way they use these resources in actual power plays to shape the organizational structure.
(C) At the extreme, in one set of writings, the growth of administrators in the organization is held to be completely unrelated to the work to be done and to be caused totally by the political pursuit of self-interest
(D) The political model holds that individual inter- ests are pursued in organizational life through the exercise of power and influence.
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
(A) Group decision making, however, does not nec- essarily fully guard against arbitrariness and anarchy, for individual capriciousness can get substituted by collusion of group members.
(B) Nature itself is an intricate system of checks and balances, meant to preserve the delicate balance between various environmental factors that af- fect our ecology.
(C) In institutions also, there is a need to have in place a system of checks and balances which inhibits the concentration of power in only some individuals.
(D) When human interventions alter this delicate balance, the outcome have been seen to be disastrous.
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
(A) He was bone-weary and soul-weary, and found himself muttering, "either I can't manage this place, or it's unmanageable".
(B) To his horror, he realized that he had become the victim of an amorphous, unwitting, unconscious conspiracy to immerse him in routine work that had no significance.
(C) It was one of those nights in the office when the office clock was moving towards four in the morning and Bennis was still not through with the incredible mass of paper stacked before him.
(D) He reached for his calendar and ran his eyes down each hour, half-hour, and quarter hour, to see where his time had gone that day, the day before, the month before.
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
(A) With that I swallowed the shampoo, and ob- tained most realistic results almost on the spot.
(B) The man shuffled away into the back regions to make up a prescription, and after a moment, I got through on the shop-telephone to the Consul- ate, intimating my location.
(C) Then, while the pharmacist was wrapping up a six-ounce bottle of the mixture, I groaned and inquired whether he could give me something for acute gastric cramp.
(D) I intended to stage a sharp gastric attack, and entering an old-fashioned pharmacy, I asked for a popular shampoo mixture, consisting of olive oil and flaked soap.
