1.S1: Suddenly it began to climb swiftly, and I knew it was speeding eastward again till it became a speck in the blue morning.
P: I didn't know what force they could command, but I was certain it would be sufficient.
Q: My enemies had located me, and the next thing would be a cordon round me.
R: That made me do some savage thinking.
S: The aeroplane had seen my bicycle, and would conclude that I would try to escape by the road.
S6: In that case there might be a chance on the moors to the right or left.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PSRQ
b) QPSR
c) RQPS
d) SRQP
2. S1: Today the Earth has many satellites besides the moon.
P: But the pull of the Earth keep them from doing so.
Q: The artificial satellites do not fall because they are going too fast to do so.
R: They are artificial satellites made by man and very much smaller than the man.
S: As they speed along, they tend to go straight off into space.
S6: As a result, they travel in an orbit round the Earth.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PRQS
b) QPSR
c) RQSP
d) SPRQ
3.S1: There have been many myths about women in world literature.
P: Odysseus found a way to save himself and his sailors from this evil fate.
Q: The sirens were beautiful maidens whose songs enchanted sailors on the seas.
R: Odysseus encounter with the sirens during his return home after the fall of Troy is typical of this.
S: Their songs were so captivating that the sailors swam towards them and died miserable deaths.
S6: He filled his rower's ears with wax and had himself bound to the mast so that he could hear the sweet singing without diving overboard to his death.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS
b) PQSR
c) QSPR
d) RQSP
4. S1: The similarity between the human body and a machine is rather superficial.
P: Beyond that, comparison fails.
Q: No machine grows in size; no machine sees, hears or feels.
R: It can be summed up in the statement that both require fuel and oxygen and obtain energy.
S: No machine thinks.
S6: The points of difference far outweigh the points of resemblance.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) QSPR
b) RPQS
c) RPSQ
d) SQPR
5. S1: Jawaharlal Nehru was born in Allahabad on 14 Nov., 1889.
P: Nehru met Mahatma Gandhi in February, 1920.
Q: In 1905 he was sent to London to study at a school called Harrow.
R: He became the first Prime Minister of Independent India on 15 August, 1947.
S: He married Kamla Kaul in 1915.
S6: He died on 27 May, 1964.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) QRPS
b) QSPR
c) RPQS
d) SQRP
6. S1: Human ways of life have steadily changed.
P: From that time to this, civilisation has always been changing.
Q: About ten thousand years ago, man lived entirely by hunting.
R: Ancient Egypt-Greece-the Roman Empire-the Dark Ages and the Middle Ages - the Renaissance-the age of modern science and of modern nations one has succeeded the other; and history has never stood still.
S: A settled, civilised life began only when agriculture was discovered.
S6: During the last few years change has been even more rapid than usual.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) QSPR
b) QSRP
c) RSQP
d) SPRQ
7. S1: The city is almost a slum and stinks most of the time.
P: The slush on the road did not deter them.
Q: The occasional slips and falls were considered a small price to pay for the trip.
R: They were excited, fascinated by the sight of fresh snow on the road.
S: Even so, it looked beautiful to tourists of various categories.
S6: But some visitors came away with the unforgettable sight of young labourers scantily clad.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) QPRS
b) RQPS
c) RSQP
d) SPQR
8. S1: When a body grows into a young man, he finds himself in a new and strange world.
P: The relationship remains but its nature changes.
Q: The emotional ties that he had with them are now loosened.
R: The old pattern of his life in which his parents were the nucleus around which his life revolved now undergoes a change.
S: He finds in himself an emotional void which he must somehow fill.
S6: At this stage of his life he is like a body without a soul, an eye without light or a flower without fragrance.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PRQS
b) RQPS
c) RSQP
d) SRPQ
9. S1: Ingratitude stings strongest where relationship is closest.
P: Expectation turns innocent relationship into commerce.
Q: Human relationship is adulterated with sly commerce.
R: In commerce, of course, give and take is understood.
S: Most relationships are founded on mutual expectations.
S6: From any warm and healthy human relationship expectation of returns has to be weeded out.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS
b) QSPR
c) RPSQ
d) SRQP
10. S1: If you want to do well in your examinations you need to be able to think for yourself which means not just following the guide-books but write what you think yourself.
P: That will not help much.
Q: Few if any students do this.
R: By discussing things with other students, with your teachers, and with any intelligent people you meet you will find you can pick up a lot of new ideas but it is not good first accepting these ideas, swallowing them undigested and then repeating them in the examination.
S: At first you will find it difficult but if you go on trying you will find clear independent thought becomes easier.
S6: If however you turn these ideas over in our mind accepting those which you agree with and fitting them into your stock of knowledge and rejecting the others you may get somewhere.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PSQR
b) QSRP
c) RSQP
d) SRQP