Ordering Of Words Questions and Answers Part-16

1. By this time
P : at the railway station
Q : reported mass looting
R : reports of violence were flooding in
S : which police dispatches

The Proper sequence should be:
a) RSPQ
b) SPRQ
c) SQRP
d) RSQP

Answer: c
Explanation: By this time which police dispatches reported mass looting reports of violence were flooding in at the railway station.

2. Then the women
P : lamenting their evil desire
Q : that had brought
R : wept loudly
S : this sorrow upon them

The Proper sequence should be:
a) RPQS
b) RQPS
c) PQSR
d) PRQS

Answer: a
Explanation: Then the women wept loudly lamenting their evil desire that had brought this sorrow upon them.

3. Women
P : till the other day
Q : who were content being housewives
R : about spending their time cooking
S : now sound apologetic

The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS
b) RSPQ
c) QPSR
d) RQPS

Answer: c
Explanation:Women who were content being housewives till the other day now sound apologetic about spending their time cooking.

4. Though he dialled frequently
P : on telephone
Q : my brother could not contact me
R : and had left no information
S : as I had gone out of office

The Proper sequence should be:
a) QPRS
b) SQRP
c) QPSR
d) SPQR

Answer: c
Explanation: Though he dialed frequently my brother could not contact me on telephone as I had gone out of office and had left no information.

5. He said
P : here is the cat
Q : throughout the night
R : which had been paying havoc with things
S : that ate the rat

The Proper sequence should be:
a) PSQR
b) PSRQ
c) QPRS
d) QRPS

Answer: b
Explanation: He said here is the cat that ate the rat which had been paying havoc with things throughout the night.

6. When he
P : did not know
Q : he was nervous and
R : heard the hue and cry at midnight
S : what to do

The Proper sequence should be:
a) RQPS
b) QSPR
c) SQPR
d) PQRS

Answer: a
Explanation: When he heard the hue and cry at midnight he was nervous and did not know what to do.

7. It has been established that
P : Einstein was
Q : although a great scientist
R : weak in arithmetic
S : right from his school days

The Proper sequence should be:
a) SRPQ
b) QPRS
c) QPSR
d) RQPS

Answer: b
Explanation: It has been established that although a great scientist Einstein was weak in arithmetic right from his school days.

8. Then
P : it struck me
Q : of course
R : suitable it was
S : how eminently

The Proper sequence should be:
a) SPQR
b) QSRP
c) PSRQ
d) QPSR

Answer: c
Explanation: Then it struck me how eminently suitable it was of course.

9. I read an advertisement that said
P : posh, air-conditioned
Q : gentleman of taste
R : are available for
S : fully furnished rooms

The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS
b) PSRQ
c) PSQR
d) SRPQ

Answer: b
Explanation: I read an advertisement that said posh, air-conditioned fully furnished rooms are available for gentleman of taste.

10. Since the beginning of history
P : have managed to catch
Q : the Eskimos and Red Indians
R : by a very difficult method
S : a few specimens of this aquatic animal

The Proper sequence should be:
a) QRPS
b) SQPR
c) SQRP
d) QPSR

Answer: d
Explanation: Since the beginning of history the Eskimos and Red Indians have managed to catch a few specimens of this aquatic animal by a very difficult method.