Parajumbles

In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are requested to find out the proper sequence of the four sentence.

S1 : A water tap is a device for turning on and off a flow of water.
S6 : The washer is made of a flexible material such as rubber or plastic.
P : The metal parts of a water tap are usually made of brass because brass resists corrosion.
Q : The other part is a washer which is fixed to the bottom of the rod.
R : One is a rod with a handle on the top.
S : It has two important parts.
The proper sequence should be.

In the following question, certain parts of the question are jumbled up. Rearrange these parts labelled P, Q, R and S in the correct order.

P : seems like a perfect holiday
Q : watching the sun sink
R : sitting on the beach and
S : into the blue sea

The correct sequence should be:

In the questions below the first and the last sentences of the passage are numbered S₁ and S₆. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer and indicate it in the answer.

S₁: A dog stole a piece of meat from a butcher's shop.
P. He barked in anger.
Q. He ran to the jungle with the piece of meat.
R. He saw his reflection.
S. He crossed a river on the way
S₆: He lost his piece of meat.

 
Rearrange the following seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

(A)Most people find meaning in their lives through their relation­ships and the other activities they are involved in.
(B)The opposite of having meaning in your life is a feeling of meaninglessness.
(C)Furthermore, relationships in which you can find meaning possess a valuable source of stability and cohesion.
(D)Happiness and fulfillment entail finding meaning in life.
(E)These relationships and activities express your feelings.
(F)Meaninglessness has connotations of emptiness, apathy, bore­dom, and non-being.
(G)People are meaning-seeking beings.

Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence?
 

In the following question arrange the sentences P, Q, R, and S to form a logical sequence between sentences 1 to 6. Choose the most logical order of sentences from the given four choices.

1. The real value of Karate, Aikido, Kung fu and the other martial arts has little to do with physical feats, such as breaking bricks, or fighting.
P. It further tells us that our energy and awareness our capacity for courage and compassion are far greater than we have been led to believe.
Q. It tells us that we have no need of fear.
R. The real values of martial-arts study lies in what it tells us about ourselves.
6. When that happens, it engenders the feelings of attunement with universal forces of identifications, with the mysterious power of life itself.

In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are requested to find out the proper sequence of the four sentence.

S1 : A boy tried to discover how wasps find their way home.
S6 : These wasps flew straight home.
P : He carried them two miles away and let them go.
Q : First, he marked each of a number of wasps with a white spot.
R : He then put them into a paper box.
S : To do this, he carried out a test on them.
The proper sequence should be.

Rearrange the following six sentences A, B, C, D, E, and F in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph then the questions given below them.

(A) "I can't bear it !" he screamed, "I'II pay the fine."

(B) After he had received a few strokes he began to turn and twist to avoid the whip.

(C) So he paid the fine and was let off, but he became the laughing-stock of the city for having taken three punishments for one crime.

(D) A man was caught stealing a bag of onions and was taken to the court where the judge gave him a choice of three punishments: eat the stolen onions in one sitting; submit to a hundred lashes of the whip or pay a fine.

(E) "I can't eat the onions so give me the lashes instead," he said.

(F) The man said he would eat the onions and began confidently, but after eating a few, his eyes began to burn, his nose started running and his mouth felt as if it was on fire.

Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence in the rearrangement?

A number of sentences are given below from a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences among the given choices.

$\mathrm{A}$. In emission testing, the government fixes the total amount of pollution that is acceptable to maintain the desired level of air quality.

$\mathrm{B}$. Economists argue that this approach makes air pollution control more cost-effective than the current practice of fixing air pollution standards and expecting all companies to pollute below these standards.

$\mathrm{C}$. The U.S.A used emission trading to control air pollution.

$\mathrm{D}$. It then distributes emission permits to all companies in the region, which adds up to the overall acceptable level of emission.

In the following question, a passage has been jumbled into four parts as P,Q,R and S. Arrange these parts in such a way that the whole passage becomes meaningful. Choose your answer from the options given:

P : In his first inaugural address he concluded with an eloquent plea : "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country".

Q : John F. Kennedy, Democratic victor in the election of 1960, was at 43 the youngest man ever to win the presidency.

R : On television, in a series of debates with opponent Richard Nixon, he appeared able, articulate and energetic.

S : In the campaign, he spoke of moving aggressively into the new decade, for "the New Frontier is here whether we seek it no not."

A number of sentences are given below from a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences among the given choices.

$\mathrm{A}$. Mr. Sharon has shied away from such ideas.

$\mathrm{B}$. But how seriously can we take him when the Israeli army has been deployed in full strength to deal with the situation?

$\mathrm{C}$. While Sharon's own contemporaries like Rabin and Peres were able to understand and appreciate the need to move away from confrontational polities to that of dialogue and compromise.

$\mathrm{D}$. Of course, after assuming office he has made the right noises about carrying forward the peace process.

S, T & U. Arrange these parts in such a way that the whole sentence becomes meaningful. Choose your answer from the options given:

P: This is a company that prides itself on its carefully matured extensive distribution blocks and mentor network.
Q: The company also plans a foray into the service sector by setting up a chain of launderettes across the country.
R: Yet today, pre-cooked chapatis and ready-made mixes are a big market.
S: And that's not all.
T: 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.
U: Disposable incomes are rising in the metros.

A number of sentences are given below from a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences among the given choices.

A. The Taliban are not in any sense authentic representative of Islam.
B. They are a product of the madrases in the north west of Pakistan which foster a narrow sectarian mindset.
C. The destruction of the statue of Buddha in Afghanistan by the Taliban is vandalism of the worst sort being perpetrated in the name of Islam.
D. The teaching in these madrases is far from spiritual and is politically motivated.
E. And their acts of omission and commission should not be looked at as representative of Islamic teachings, much less the Islamic spirit.

In the questions below the first and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct to choose the correct answer.

1 - The motor car is one of the useful gifts of modern science.
(P) One of these is the smoke and pollution that it creates.
(Q) It has made short and medium distance journeys fast and comfortable.
(R) The other is that it has made journey by road hazardous.
(S) Yet we can't say that a motor car is a blessing without disadvantages.
6- Finally in this age of energy crisis a personal car is an expensive thing.

Directions: In the given questions, The first and last parts of the Paragraph are numbered 1 and 6. The remaining part of the paragraph is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S.. The correct order of the sentences is your answer. Choose from the four alternatives the one having the correct order of sentences and mark your answer.

1 : Now Kannan shook the box, held the slit up to light and tried to find out how much it contained.
P : The blacksmith had made a good job of it—the slit was exactly of the thickness of a coin, which could go one way through it.
Q : But not one coin came out of it.
R : He held the box upside down and shook it violently till he felt deaf with the clanging of coins. S : No power on earth could shake a coin out of it again.
6 : After a while he put it down and looked about for something with which to widen the slit.

The question below is a passage consisting of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the sixth sentence (S6) are given in the beginning. The four sentences in the middle have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order of the four sentences.

S1. After the firing that evening, the street that used to be full of people was completely deserted.
P. Nor were any windows opened or lighted,
Q. Suddenly I detected a movement to my left.
R. Surprisingly even the stray dogs had disappeared.
S. There was no trace of any human being and all doors were firmly closed.
S6. I was so frightened, that I ran for my life.

A In the following questions arrange the sentences $\mathrm{P}, \mathrm{Q}, \mathrm{R}$, and $\mathrm{S}$ to form a logical sequence between sentences $1$ to $6$. Choose the most logical order of sentences from the given four choices.

$1$. It is easy to prove that matter cannot be destroyed.

$\mathrm{P}$. Allow the flask to cool and weigh it again.

$\mathrm{Q}$. Weigh the flask and warm it gently until the phosphorus catches fire.

$\mathrm{R}$. Drop a small piece of white phosphorus onto the sand and tighten the stopper of the flask with a rubber band.

$\mathrm{S}$. Put some sand in the bottom of a flask.

$6$. compare the two weights and you will find they are the same and that nothing has been destroyed by fire.

Rearrange the following seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

(A)Most people find meaning in their lives through their relation­ships and the other activities they are involved in.
(B)The opposite of having meaning in your life is a feeling of meaninglessness.
(C)Furthermore, relationships in which you can find meaning possesses a valuable source of stability and cohesion.
(D)Happiness and fulfillment entails finding meaning in life.
(E)These relationships and activities express your feelings.
(F)Meaninglessness has connotations of emptiness, apathy, bore­dom and non-being.
(G)People are meaning seeking beings.

Which of the following will be the LAST sentence?

The sentences given below are from a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from the given choices.

A. The majority of members should be women.
B. Because, in most cases, the accused is likely to be a person in authority.
C. In order to ensure unbiased enquiry, the court directed that the committee should consist of an NGO member with expertise in women's issues.
D. The Apex Court directed that all institutions should set up complaint mechanisms to deal with complaints of sexual harassment at workplaces.
E. This should consist of a committee, headed by a woman,

In the questions below the first and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct to choose the correct answer.

1. Sulekha was ten months old.
P. Some part of her brain was damaged.
Q. She fell off the cot.
R. It made her mentally retarded.
S. She fell on her head.
6. That was why she was called Bholi.

Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.
(A) It is a general term used to describe over 200 individual diseases.
(B) The abnormal cells grow with-out any control, invade through normal tissue barriers and reproduce indefinitely.
(C) The word "cancer" comes from Latin, meaning a crab.
(D) These characteristics include development within any tissue of a malignant growth.
(E) A tumour was called cancer because of swollen veins around the area resembling a crab's limbs.
(F) These diseases progress differently over a period of time and share certain characteristics.

Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement ?