In each of these questions, a disarranged sentence is given in which words or phrases are lettered P, Q, R, S. You are to arrange these to form a meaningful sentence.
P: the chief reason is that it is considered rude to differ with them
Q: moreover, even agreeing with them completely is not considered good manners
R: in England it is not easy to keep up conversation with women in company:
S: nor can you ask them to give a reason for the opinion they profess;
T: you are also afraid of imposing your views upon them
Important Questions on Composition
P: and was at once convinced
Q: he sent a few copies of the book to well-known poetry critics
R: Shaw read the first few lines of the volume
S: and awaited their reaction
T: that what he was reading was real poetry
Arrange the sentences, A and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
1. The list of horrors goes on.
A. And one in every five is malnourished.
B. This is because local clinics, ill-equipped to deal with even small things, either don't work or simply don't exist.
C. Nobody has been able to figure out a way to reduce the speed that is at the root of India's overpopulation problems: a baby born every second.
D. There is such an acute shortage of treatment centers that premier hospitals are choked with patients who show up to treat their coughs and colds.
6. Kalyan Banerjee, a consultant at the hospital is worried.
Arrange the sentences, A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
1. It was something I knew would give me a chance to be my own boss.
A. I could have more except that supervision becomes difficult.
B. Today I have 800 on my staff, office and members.
C. The moment I announced I was starting a business, people started contacting me.
D. I was sick of working for others.
6. Our clients are well-known industrialists and organisations, many of whom were in touch with me when I was in the services.
1. Fire ripped through another pipeline in southern Nigeria, killing at least 40 people.
A. The explosion was the third in two weeks.
B. Police were deployed to stop villagers from stealing fuel from other pipelines.
C. Local politicians have blamed this vandalism on cartels.
D. Once the cartels have siphoned off fuel, impoverished locals move in to collect what they can for sale to passing motorists.
6. But pipelines often explode, and the practice has left about 2000 people dead in the past two years.
Arrange the sentences, A, B, C, and D to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 and 6.
1. Reservation should not exceed 50% for the civil services for want of balance and efficiency.
A. If the reservation is 50%, it is adequate for aspirants from the reserved category and even unreserved category to get an equal opportunity.
B. The number of aspirants to the civil services in India is very large, and they come from various socioeconomic backgrounds.
C. These aspirants come from both reserved and unreserved categories.
D. But if the reservation was to exceed the 50% mark, a lot of deserving candidates from the unreserved category would be deprived of a chance.
6. Thus, to achieve optimum efficiency, it is essential to maintain a maximum of 50% reservation.
1. This is a company that prides itself on its carefully matured extensive distribution blocks and mentor network.
A. The company also plans a foray into the service sector by setting up a chain of launderettes across the country.
B. Yet today, pre-cooked Chapatis and ready-made mixes are a big market.
C. And that's not all.
D. Today the idea may appear a trifle ambitious but remember that it was not so long ago that the same things were said about the market for ready-to-eat foods and branded cereals.
6. Disposable incomes are rising in the metros and big cities and time is at a premium.
1. It is often said that good actors can get out of the play more than the author has put into it
A. A good actor, bringing to a part his own talent, often gives it a value that the layman on reading the play had not seen in it, but at the utmost he can do no more than reach the ideal that the author has seen in his mind's eye.
B. In all my plays I have been fortunate enough to have some parts acted as I wanted; but in none have I had all the parts so acted.
C. That is not true.
D. He has to be an actor of address to do this; for the most part, the author has to be satisfied with an approximation of the performance he visualized.
6. It is so obviously inevitable, for the actor who is suited to a certain role, may very well be engaged, and you have to put up with the second or third best, because there is no help for it.
1. I can think of no serious prose play that has survived the generation that gave it birth.
A. They are museum pieces.
B. They are revived now and then because a famous part tempts a leading actor, or a manager in want of a stop-gap thinks he will put on a play on which he has no royalties to pay.
C. A few comedies have haphazardly travelled down a couple of centuries or so.
D. The audience laughs at their wit with politeness and at their face with embarrassment.
6. They are not held nor taken out of themselves.
