
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.


Important Questions on Paragraph Jumbles
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.

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) Since then, intelligence tests have been mostly used to separate dull children in school from average or bright children, so that special educa- tion can be provided to the dull.
(B) In other words, intelligence tests give us a norm for each age.
(C) Intelligence is expressed as intelligence quo- tient, and tests are developed to indicate what an average child of a certain age can do-what a 5-year-old can answer, but a 4-year-old cannot, for instance.
(D) Binet developed the first set of such tests in the early 1900s to find out which children in school needed special attention.
(E) Intelligence can be measured by tests.

Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. The first and last sentences are and , and the four in between are labeled A,B, C and D. Choose the most logical order of these four sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph from sentences to .
. Security inks exploit the same principle that causes the vivid and constantly changing colours of a film of oil on water.
(A) When two rays of light meet each other after be- ing reflected from these different surfaces, they have each traveled slightly different distances.
(B) The key is that the light is bouncing off two surfaces, that of the oil and that of the water layer below it.
(C) The distance the two rays travel determines which wavelengths, and hence colours, interface constructively and look bright.
(D) Because light is an electromagnetic wave, the peaks and troughs of each ray then interface either constructively, to appear bright, or de- structively, to appear dim.
. Since the distance the rays travel changes with the angle as you look at the surface, different colours look bright from different viewing angles.

Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. The first and last sentences are and , and the four in between are labeled A,B, C and D. Choose the most logical order of these four sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph from sentences to .
. Commercially reared chicken can be unusually ag- gressive, and are often kept in darkened sheds to prevent them pecking at each other:
(A) The birds spent far more of their time—up to a third-pecking at the inanimate objects in the pens, in contrast to birds in other pens which spent a lot of time attacking others.
(B) In low light conditions, they behave less bel- ligerently, but are more prone to ophthalmic disorders and respiratory problems.
(C) In an experiment, aggressive head pecking was all but eliminated among birds in the enriched environment
(D) Altering the bird's environment, by adding bales of wood-shavings to their pens, can work wonders.
. Bales could diminish aggressiveness and reduce in- juries; they might even improve productivity, since a happy chicken is a productive chicken.

Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. The first and last sentences are and , and the four in between are labelled A,B, C and D. Choose the most logical order of these four sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph from sentences to .
. The concept of a 'nation-state' assumes a complete correspondence between the boundaries of the nation and the boundaries of those who live in a specific state.
(A) Then there are members of national collectivities who live in other countries, making a mockery of the concept.
(B) There are always people living in particular states who are not considered to be (and often do not consider themselves to be) members of the hegemonic nation.
(C) Even worse, there are nations which never had a state or which are divided across several states.
(D) This, of course, has been subject to severe criticism and is virtually everywhere, a fiction.
. However, the nation has been, and continues to be, at the basis of nationalist ideologies.
