1. I have never met
P : a friendliness and hospitality
Q : in your city,
R : like the one
S : I have met
6 : Calcutta.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS
b) PRSQ
c) PSRQ
d) QPRS
Explanation: I have never met a friendliness and hospitality like the one I have met in your city, Calcutta.
2. There was
P : needed for its everyday life
Q : a time when each family
R : for itself most of the things it
S : actually produced
The Proper sequence should be:
a) QRSP
b) QSRP
c) RQPS
d) RSPQ
Explanation: There was a time when each family actually produced for itself most of the things it needed for its everyday life.
3. 1 : The little girl
P : for the mother to leave
Q : said to her friend
R : little children on their own
S : it was not quite right
6 : and go to work.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PRQS
b) QSPR
c) RPSQ
d) SQRP
Explanation:The little girl said to her friend it was not quite right for the mother to leave little children on their own and go to work.
4. 1 : They're mostly people
P : and they find the club very convenient,
Q : to get a reasonable meal
R : who work in the neighbourhood
S : because it enables them
6 : without too much trouble.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS
b) QPRS
c) RPSQ
d) SQRP
Explanation: They're mostly people who work in the neighbourhood and they find the club very convenient, because it enables them to get a reasonable meal without too much trouble.
5. 1 : On reaching the station
P : he first looked around
Q : and when he could find none
R : he just lifted his luggage
S : for a coolie
6 : and walked down to the platform.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PSQR
b) QRPS
c) RPSQ
d) SQRP
Explanation:On reaching the station he first looked around for a coolie and when he could find none he just lifted his luggage and walked down to the platform.
6. This is a letter
P : from a young lady
Q : who was lately wounded in a duel
R : written in the most passionate terms
S : wherein she laments the misfortune of a gentleman
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PRQS
b) PRSQ
c) RPQS
d) RPSQ
Explanation: This is a letter from a young lady written in the most passionate terms wherein she laments the misfortune of a gentleman who was lately wounded in a duel.
7. P : we must read
Q : if we want to absorb the fruits of great literature
R : but with concentration
S : them not as we do cricket stories
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PRQS
b) PRSQ
c) PSQR
d) QPSR
Explanation: If we want to absorb the fruits of great literature we must read them not as we do cricket stories but with concentration.
8. 1 : He dared
P : the forty thieves
Q : to fight
R : who
S : challenged him
6 : to a duel
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS
b) QPRS
c) RSQP
d) SPQR
Explanation: He dared to fight the forty thieves who challenged him to a duel.
9.Reading books
P : is a habit
Q : but also enlarges the mind
R : because it not only increases knowledge
S : which must be cultivated by everybody
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQSR
b) PQRS
c) PSRQ
d) SRPQ
Explanation:Reading books is a habit which must be cultivated by everybody because it not only increases knowledge but also enlarges the mind.
10. 1 : There are people
P : to be able to say
Q : not because they enjoy the book,
R : who read a book
S : but because they want
6 : that they have read it.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PSQR
b) RQSP
c) RSPQ
d) SQPR
Explanation: There are people who read a book not because they enjoy the book, but because they want to be able to say that they have read it.