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31.

The following question consists of a sentence the parts of which have been jumbled. Rearrange the jumbled parts and mark your response accordingly.

The exhibition committee

P. attractive and useful
Q. to make exhibition
R. making efforts
S. has been

The proper sequence should be:

  • Q S R P

  • S R Q P

  • Q P S R

  • S P Q R


32.

In the following question, the 1st and last sentence of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split in four parts and are not given in their proper order. Rerrange and choose the correct alternative.

1 : At the roadside the driver will be asked to blow through a small glass tube into a plastic bag.

P : And if the colour change does not reach the line the driver cannot be punished under the new law.
Q : Inside the tube are chemically treated crystals which change colour if the driver has alcohol on his breath.
R : But if the colour change does reach the line then the test has proved positive.
S : If the colour change goes beyond a certain line marked on the tube this indicates that the driver is probably over the specified limit.

6 : The driver will be asked to go to the police station.

  • P S Q R

  • S Q R P

  • R P S Q

  • Q S P R


33.

In the following question, the 1st and last sentence of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split in four parts and are not given in their proper order. Rerrange and choose the correct alternative.

1 : Hope springs eternally in the heart of man.

P : But hope is everlasting.
Q : Love, friendship and youth perish.
R : It is nursed by the glorious elements of nature.
S : Man derives hope from nature in his gallant struggle after some noble ideal.

6 : Tliis is the central idea of the poem.

  • Q P R S

  • S R Q P

  • R S Q P

  • Q P S R


34.

In the following question, the 1st and last sentence of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split in four parts and are not given in their proper order. Rerrange and choose the correct alternative.

1 : Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson were spending a weekend in a University town.

P : One evening they received a visit from an acquaintance, Mr. Hilton Soames.
Q : On that occasion he was in a state of great agitation.
R : They were staying in furnished rooms, close to the library.
S : Mr. Soames was a tall, thin man of a nervous and excitable nature.

6 : It was clear that something very unusual happened.

  • P R S Q

  • R P S Q

  • P Q R S

  • R P Q S


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35.

In the following question, the 1st and last sentence of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split in four parts and are not given in their proper order. Rerrange and choose the correct alternative.

1 : The machines that drive modern civilisation derive their power from coal and oil.

P : But they are not inexhaustible.
Q : These sources may not be exhausted very soon.
R : A time may come when some other sources have to be tapped and utilised.
S : Power may, of course, be obtained in future from forests, water, wind and withered vegetables.

6 : Nuclear energy may also be effectively used in this respect.

  • P Q R S

  • Q P R S

  • S R Q P

  • S P Q R


36.

In the following question, the 1st and last sentence of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split in four parts and are not given in their proper order. Rerrange and choose the correct alternative.

1 : The body can never stop.

P : To support this endless activity, the body needs all the fuel for action.
Q : Sometimes it is more active than at other times, but it is always moving.
R : Even in the deepest sleep we must breathe.
S : The fuel must come from somewhere.

6 : It comes from food.

  • P Q R S

  • P R Q S

  • Q R P S

  • S R Q P


37.

In the following question, the 1st and last sentence of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split in four parts and are not given in their proper order. Rerrange and choose the correct alternative.

1 : American idealism is essentially a belief in the idea of progress.

P : Therefore, he believes that, because of human effort, the future will be better than the past.
Q : But if Americans are usually optimistic, they are not wholly unrealistic.
R : The American tends to view history as a record of human achievement.
S : They have some common sense practicality.

6 : This sense they have inherited from the English.

  • P Q R S

  • P Q S R

  • R P Q S

  • P R Q S


38.

In the following question, the parts of the given sentence is jumbled. Rearrange and choose the correct sequence.

His uncle (P)for success in life, /(Q)always advised his son, /(R)who was a self-made man /(S)to depend on his own efforts.

The proper sequence should be:

  • SQPR

  • RQSP

  • PRSQ

  • QPSR


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39.

In the following question, the parts of the given sentence is jumbled. Rearrange and choose the correct sequence.

The doctor (P)did not like the behaviour ofthe patients /(Q)who was very competent in his profession /(R)when they talked at length /(S)about their problems.

The proper sequence should be:

  • RPSQ

  • SRPQ

  • QPRS

  • PRQS


40.

In the following question, the parts of the given sentence is jumbled. Rearrange and choose the correct sequence.

(P)from leadership in culture /(Q)in military situations and in face-to-face small groups /(R)leadership has wide range of expressions /(S)to leadership in politics.

The proper sequence should be:

  • RSQP

  • PQRS

  • RPSQ

  • SQRP


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