Ordering of Sentences Questions

• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the vignette of a poor home, a seamstress mother, and her ill child. S1 = "Far away in a little street, there is a poor house." Q = "One of the windows is open and, through it, I can see a poor woman." P = "Her face is thin and worn, and her hands are coarse, pricked by a needle, for she is a seamstress." S = "In a bed in a corner of the room, her little boy is lying ill." R = "He has a fever and is asking for oranges." S6 = "His mother has nothing to give but water, so he is crying." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a compassionate, scene-setting order. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the incident aboard a ship where a warning sound was ignored. S1 = "A noise started above their heads." Q = "That was to show everyone that there was something wrong." P = "But people did not take it seriously." R = "It was a dangerous thing to do." S = "For, within minutes, the ship began to sink." S6 = "Nearly 200 lives were lost on the fateful day." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in an escalating cause-and-effect order. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the comparison of American private lives and public morality via a library anecdote. S1 = "American private lives may seem shallow." Q = "A Chinese journalist commented on a curious institution: the library." P = "Students would walk away with books they had not paid for." S = "But, in general, they returned them." R = "Their public morality, however, impressed visitors." S6 = "This would not happen in China, he said." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in an order that preserves the anecdote's logic. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the astronomy note about Venus's distance and brightness. S1 = "The path of Venus lies inside the path of the Earth." S = "When Venus is at its nearest to the Earth, it is only 26 million miles away." R = "No other body ever comes so near the Earth, with the exception of the Moon and the occasional comet or asteroid." P = "When at its farthest from the Earth, Venus is about 160 million miles away." Q = "With such a wide range between its greatest and least distances, it is natural that at times Venus appears much brighter than at others." S6 = "When at its brightest, it is easily seen with the naked eye in broad daylight." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a coherent scientific order that matches the key. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the social note about arranged marriages in India and a modern girl's view. S1 = "In India, marriages are usually arranged by parents." Q = "Most young people accept this state of affairs." S = "They assume their parents can make good choices." P = "Sometimes boys and girls do not like the idea of arranged marriages." R = "Shanta was like that." S6 = "She felt she was a modern girl and not a subject for bargaining." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a logically progressing social narrative. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the sequence about a no-show hire and the eventual police report. S1 = "She said on the phone that she would report for duty the next day." Q = "But she did not." P = "We waited for a few days; then we decided to go to her place." R = "We found it locked." S = "Even after that, we waited for her quite a few days." S6 = "Eventually, we reported the matter to the police." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a clear timeline of attempts and escalation. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete the urban planning note about sub-cities around the capital. S1 = "Several sub-cities have been planned around the capital." Q = "They are expected to alleviate the problem of housing." P = "Dwarka is the first among them." R = "It is coming up in the south-west of the capital." S = "It will cater to over one million people when completed." S6 = "Hopefully the housing problem will not be as acute as at present after these sub-cities are built." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a development-focused order aligned with the key. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (forecasting the weather): Reorder the sentences to explain why weather prediction is difficult and how early observers made forecasts from natural signs. S1 = "Forecasting the weather has always been a difficult business." S6 = "He made his forecasts by watching flights of the birds or the way smoke rose from fire." Between S1 and S6, place the four fragments in a logically developing order: P = "During a period of drought, streams and rivers dried up, the cattle died from thirst and were ruined." Q = "Many different things affect the weather and we have to study them carefully to make accurate forecast." R = "Ancient Egyptians had no need of weather in the Nile Valley hardly ever changes." S = "In early times, when there were no instruments, such as thermometer or the barometer, man looked for tell-tale signs in the sky." Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (flight narrative): Reorder the sentences to capture the fear of falling, the brief silence, and the instinctive unfolding of wings during the dive. S1 = "As he passed beneath her he heard the swish of her wings." S6 = "The next moment he felt his wings spread outwards." Between S1 and S6, arrange the fragments in a vivid, moment-by-moment sequence: P = "He was not falling head long now." Q = "The monstrous terror seized him." R = "But it only lasted a minute." S = "He could hear nothing." Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (women-led petrol pump): Reorder the sentences to show how Ms. Parasuram staffed her Madras petrol pump entirely with trained women and scaled operations. S1 = "Ms. Parasuram started a Petrol Pump in Madras." S6 = "Thus she has shown the way for many others." Between S1 and S6, order the fragments to show recruitment → response → team size → shifts: P = "A total to 12 girls now work at the pump." Q = "She advertised in newspapers for women staff." R = "They operate in 2 shifts." S = "The response was good." Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sunbirds in India): Reorder the sentences to describe diet and pollination, brilliant colours, and their unrelated similarity to New World hummingbirds. S1 = "Sun birds are among the smallest of Indian birds." S6 = "Our common sunbirds are the purple sunbird (a glossy black species) and the purple-rumped sunbird (a yellow and maroon species)." Between S1 and S6, arrange the fragments to flow diet → colour → analogy: P = "Though they are functionally similar to the humming birds of the New World, they are totally unrelated." Q = "They do eat insects too." R = "They are also some of the most brilliantly coloured birds." S = "Sun birds feed on nectar mostly and help in pollination." Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (the American “melting pot” idea): Reorder the sentences to argue that full homogenization never happened, differences remained, and are now celebrated. S1 = "For decades, American society has been called a melting pot." S6 = "In recent years, such differences—accentuated by immigrants from Asia and elsewhere—have become something to celebrate and to nurture." Between S1 and S6, sequence the claims and evidence: P = "Differences remained — in appearance, mannerisms, customs, speech, religion and more." Q = "The term has long been a cliché and a half-truth." R = "But homogenisation was never achieved." S = "Yes, immigrants from diverse cultures and traditions did cast off vestiges of their native lands and became almost imperceptibly woven into the American fabric." Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (delicate smoker’s scene): Reorder the sentences to follow the act of lighting a cigarette, a coughing fit, and resuming the smoke with frailty. S1 = "I took cigarettes from my case." S6 = "Then he continues to draw on it." Between S1 and S6, arrange the micro-actions in a natural order: P = "But when the fit of coughing was over, he replaced it between his lips." Q = "I lit one of them and placed it between the lips." R = "Then with a feeble hand he removed the cigarette." S = "Slowly he took a pull at it and coughed violently." Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (secularism: Gandhi vs. Nehru): Reorder the sentences to contrast equal respect for all faiths with equal indifference, and warn against rejection of religion. S1 = "There is difference between Gandhiji's concept of secularism and that of Nehru's." S6 = "Instead of doing any good, such secularism can do harm." Between S1 and S6, arrange the contrast and consequence: P = "Nehru's idea of secularism was equal indifference to all religions and bothering about none of them." Q = "According to Gandhiji, all religions are equally true and each scripture is worthy of respect." R = "Such secularism which means the rejection of all religions is contrary to our culture and tradition." S = "In Gandhiji's view, secularism stands for equal respect for all religions." Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (Tagore as dramatist): Reorder the sentences to argue why his dramas were less successful than his fiction, and relate them to Indian village drama traditions. S1 = "As a dramatist Rabindranath was not what might be called a success." S6 = "Therefore, drama forms the essential part of the traditional Indian culture." Between S1 and S6, develop the critique and cultural link: P = "His dramas were moulded on the lines of the traditional Indian village dramas rather than the dramas of the modern world." Q = "His plays were more a catalogue of ideas than a vehicle of the expression of action." R = "Actually the drama has always been the life of Indian people, as it deals with legends of gods and goddesses." S = "Although in his short stories and novels he was able to create living and well defined characters, he did not seem to be able to do so in dramas." Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (corruption and deterrence): Reorder the sentences to articulate recent actions, inadequate punishment, public skepticism, and the persistence of malpractice. S1 = "It is regrettable that there is widespread corruption in the country at all levels." S6 = "This is indeed a tragedy of great magnitude." Between S1 and S6, organize the public-policy argument: P = "So there is hardly anything that the government can do about it now." Q = "And there are graft and other malpractices too." R = "The impression that corruption is a universal phenomenon persists and the people do not cooperate in checking this evil." S = "Recently several offenders were brought to book, but they were not given deterrent punishment." Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (cardiac surgery progress): Reorder the sentences to move from the heart’s vital role, past surgical limits, present capability, and transplant success—explained by a key invention. S1 = "The heart is pump of life." S6 = "All this was made possible by the invention of heart-lung machine." Between S1 and S6, place the fragments in a medical-history arc: P = "They have even succeeded in heart transplants." Q = "Nowadays surgeons are able to stop a patient's heart and carry out complicated operations." R = "A few years ago it was impossible to operate on a patient whose heart was not working properly." S = "If heart stops we die in about five minutes." Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.
• Para-jumble (sentence arrangement): Arrange P–Q–R–S to complete a friendly letter that expresses relief, mentions a long silence, asks about exams, and talks about visiting. S1 = "Your letter was a big relief." P = "How did your exams go?" Q = "After your result, you must come here for a week." R = "You hadn't written for over a month." S = "I am sure you will come out with flying colours." S6 = "But don't forget to bring chocolate for Geetha." Between S1 and S6, place P–Q–R–S in a coherent, natural order for the letter. Choose the correct sequence of P–Q–R–S that completes the paragraph.