Parajumbles

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: On March 27, a small explosion blew a 250-foot hole in the mountain and released a plume of ash.
Q: This caused fears of injuries from rockslides so the entire area was evacuated.
R: This was the first warning sign that the volcano had reawakened. Scientists flocked to the area.
S: On March 20, 1980, a 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck underneath Mt. St. Helens.
 

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: Earth's volcanoes are familiar to most of us, such as the very active Mount Agung in Bali, Bárðarbunga in Iceland, Kilauea in Hawai'i, and Colima in Mexico.

Q: Every day one erupts somewhere.
R: Volcanic activity is a fascinating, frightening, and an absolutely essential feature of our planet.
S: Volcanoes are scattered everywhere, from a desert in Africa to the frigid climes of Antarctica, islands in the Pacific, and on all continents.
 

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: She had been discovered by publisher George Putnam, who had been asked to look for a female pilot to complete this feat.
Q: In 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh made history by becoming the first person to fly non-stop across the Atlantic, from the U.S. to England.
R: Since this was not to be a solo flight, Earhart joined a crew of two other aviators, both men.
S: A year later, Amelia Earhart was asked to make a non-stop flight across the same ocean.
 

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: Unfortunately, he died when his "craft" crash-landed on re-entry.
Q: On June 11, 1948, a V-2 Blossom was launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico carrying the first monkey astronaut, Albert I, a rhesus monkey.
R: He flew to over 63 km (39 miles) but died of suffocation during the flight, an unsung hero of animal astronauts. Three days later, a second V-2 flight carrying a live Air Force Aeromedical Laboratory monkey, Albert II, got up to 83 miles (technically making him the first monkey in space).
S: Animal flight testing didn't begin with the Space Age. It actually started about a decade earlier.
 

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: Just earlier that year, 1961, the Soviet space program began to consider sending women into space.
Q: Valentina Tereshkova was born to a peasant family in the Yaroslavl region of the former USSR on March 6, 1937.
R: Soon after starting work in a textile mill at the age of 18, she joined an amateur parachuting club. That stoked her interest in flight, and at the age of 24, she applied to become a cosmonaut. 
S: The Soviets were looking for another "first" at which to beat the United States, among many space firsts they achieved during the era.
 

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: With Java, it is possible to write a program once and then run it everywhere as it is compiled to a common code called bytecode, which is then interpreted.
Q: Each operating system has a Java interpreter written for it and knows how to interpret bytecode.
R: A program that ran on a Linux computer could not run on a Windows computer or a Mac.
S: Before Java, programs had to be customized for each operating system.
 

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: A compiler is a program that translates human-readable source code into computer-executable machine code.
Q: The compiler is only a program and cannot fix your code for you.
R: To do this successfully, the human-readable code must comply with the syntax rules of whichever programming language it is written in.
S: If you make a mistake, you have to correct the syntax or it won't compile.
 

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: Users can use the compiled code, but they cannot see or modify it. Microsoft Office is an example of proprietary source code
Q: Apache OpenOffice is an example of open source software code.

R: Other companies post their code on the internet where it is free to anyone to download.
S: Source code can be either proprietary or open. Many companies closely guard their source code.
 

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: Once students make it to college, they might think it's okay to relax when it comes to grades.
Q: That can be dangerous!
R: College grades matter when it comes to staying in college, receiving and keeping financial aid, and getting into a graduate school, if that is a goal.
S: College grades can also matter when it comes to getting a good job.
 

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: High school grades do matter when it comes to earning scholarships for college and being accepted into your college of choice.
Q: If your dreams are lofty and you have your heart set on one specific college, then you must take your grades seriously.
R: You should avoid grade problems ahead of time if you become ill and have to miss class, or if you have a serious situation in your life that might impact your grades.
S: You can sometimes avoid bad grades by simply communicating with your teacher.
 

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: He had accomplished what no other human being had ever done before.
Q: His accomplishment was known around the globe.
R: Yuri Gagarin's successful flight into space paved the way for all future space exploration.
S: Nearly as soon as Gagarin's feet touched the ground back on Earth, he became an international hero.
 

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: He made his first solo flight in 1955.
Q: It was at the industrial school in Saratov that he joined a flying club. Gagarin learned quickly and was obviously at ease in a plane.
R: In school, Yuri Gagarin loved both mathematics and physics. 
S: He continued on to a trade school, where he learned to be a metalworker and then went on to an industrial school.
 

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: We saw that there was a risk in illegally selling marijuana, but since drug laws often target both the buyer and the seller, there is also a risk (albeit smaller) to the consumer interested in buying marijuana.
Q: Legalization would eliminate this risk, causing the demand to rise.
R: From a public policy standpoint, this is a mixed bag: Increased marijuana use can have ill effects on the health of the population, but the increased sales bring in more revenue for the government.
S: By legalizing marijuana, governments can have some control over how much marijuana is consumed by increasing or decreasing taxes on the product.
 

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: The president also has the sometimes-controversial power to issue executive orders, which direct the executive branch agencies in interpreting and enforcing existing laws.
Q: The executive branch conducts diplomacy with other nations, with which the president has the power to negotiate and sign treaties.
R: The president also has nearly unlimited power to extend pardons and clemencies for federal crimes, except in cases of impeachment.
S: The president has the power to either sign (approve) or veto (reject) bills enacted by Congress, although Congress may override the president’s veto with a two-thirds vote of both houses.
 

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: The president is awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts.
Q: He loosens the ban on embryonic stem cell research and improves relations with Europe, China, Cuba, and Venezuela.
R: Obama is inaugurated in January. In his first 100 days in office, he expands health care insurance for children and provides legal protection for women seeking equal pay.
S: He gets Congress to pass a $787 billion stimulus bill to promote short-term economic growth, and he also cuts taxes for working families, small businesses and first-time home buyers.
 

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: Delhi, the Union Territory (UT) that hosts India’s capital city, might lag behind several States in total population and in area, but it enjoys outsize significance in terms of media and political attention. 
Q: The Bharatiya Janata Party will hope that unlike in Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Haryana, the legions of voters who supported it in the Lok Sabha election will not transfer their votes to its competitors, while the Congress will seek to regain the support of the UT’s poorer and marginalised sections, most of whom shifted allegiance to the AAP in 2015.
R: With 1.47 crore electors spread across the largely metropolitan national capital region and its pockets of rural voters in some suburbs, Delhi is expected, in polls scheduled on February 8, to reprise the three-cornered electoral fight which has been the norm in recent elections.
S: The Aam Aadmi Party, which graduated from a social movement to a political party less than a decade ago, will now seek to stand on its governance record, five years after nearly sweeping the Assembly results in 2015.
 

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: Four days after his ouster, Mistry had come out all guns blazing at the group, questioning its corporate governance practices while also alluding to constant interference from former chairman Ratan Tata.
Q: In a letter to the media, the 148-year-old Tata Group listed out numerous concerns, including the former chairman’s inability to generate adequate profits even as debt mounted, and his “devious” plan to wrest control of the group from Tata Sons, the group’s holding company.
R: Over two weeks after Cyrus Mistry was unceremoniously ousted from the Tata Group as its chairman, the $103-billion group has finally stated its reasons for such a move. 
S: He also claimed he was a lame duck chairman and that the group would have to write off $18 billion because of five unprofitable businesses.
 

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: It may run in families, but scientists haven't found any genes related to it. 
Q: Dyscalculia is a brain-related condition that makes basic arithmetic hard to learn. 
R: Up to 7% of elementary school students have dyscalculia. Research suggests it's as common as dyslexia -- a reading disorder -- but not as well understood.
S: In fact, kids and parents sometimes call it “math dyslexia,” but this can be confusing because dyscalculia is a completely different condition.
 

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: People with ADHD have trouble with impulse-control, focusing, and organization. 
Q: Many patients and clinicians describe ADHD as an iceberg, where most symptoms lay hiding under the surface — out of sight but ever present.
R: It is a developmental impairment of the brain’s executive functions.  
S: ADHD stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a complex brain disorder that impacts approximately 11% of children. 
 

The question given below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P: Anxiety, worry, and stress are all a part of most people’s everyday lives.  
Q: But simply experiencing anxiety or stress in and of itself does not mean you need to get professional help or that you have an anxiety disorder. 
R: In fact, anxiety is an important and sometimes necessary warning signal of a dangerous or difficult situation. 
S: Without anxiety, we would have no way of anticipating difficulties ahead and preparing for them.