1.S1: The domestic cat is a contradiction in itself.
P: But the adult pet dog also sees its human family as the dominant members of the pack.
Q: Nursed in kittenhood it develops extraordinary intimacy with mankind.
R: The dog, like the pet cat, sees its owners as pseudo-parents.
S: At the same time, however, the cat continues to retain its independence.
S6: Hence it has won such a reputation for obedience and loyalty.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) QSPR
b) QSRP
c) SQPR
d) SQRP
2. S1: He could not rise.
P: All at once, in the distance, he heard an elephant trumpet.
Q: He tried again with all his might, but to no use.
R: The next moment he was on his feet.
S: He stepped into the river.
S6: It was colder than usual.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQSR
b) PRQS
c) QPRS
d) QPSR
3.S1: Yawning or its absence has been related to various clinical conditions.
P: Interestingly, some clinicians claim that those with acute physical illness don't yawn until they are on road to recovery.
Q: It can be a symptom of brain lesions, haemorrhage, motion sickness and encephalitis.
R: But what is currently known about yawning is essentially anecdotal, mostly because the yawn has not got the respect it deserves.
S: On the other hand, it has been reported that psychotics rarely yawn, except those suffering from brain damage.
S6: It is in reality a releasing stimulus.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PSRQ
b) PSQR
c) QSPR
d) QSRP
4.S1: Man has existed for about a million years.
P: Science, as a dominant factor in determining the beliefs of educated men, has existed for about 300 years; as a source of economic technique, for about 150 years.
Q: When we consider how recently it has risen to power, we find ourselves forced to believe that we are at the very beginning of its work in transforming human life.
R: In this brief period it has proved itself an incredibly powerful revolutionary force.
S: He has possessed writing for about 6,000 years, agriculture somewhat longer, but perhaps not much longer.
S6: What its future effects will be is a matter of conjecture, but possibly a study of its effects hitherto may make the conjecture a little less hazardous.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQSR
b) PRSQ
c) RQPS
d) SPRQ
5. S1: The path of Venus lies inside the path of the Earth.
P: When at its farthest from the Earth, Venus is 160 million miles away.
Q: With such a wide range between its greatest and least distances it is natural that at sometimes Venus appears much brighter than others.
R: No other body ever comes so near the Earth, with the exception of the Moon and an occasional comet or asteroid.
S: When Venus is at its nearest to the Earth, it is only 26 million miles away.
S6: When at its brightest, it is easily seen with the naked aye in broad daylight.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PSQR
b) QPRS
c) SQRP
d) SRPQ
6. S1: It is very easy to acquire bad habits.
P: If we do not continue to do it, we feel unhappy.
Q: The more we do a thing, the more we tend to like doing it.
R: The force of habit should be fought against.
S: This is called the force of habit.
S6: Even good things should be done from time to time only.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PSQR
b) QPSR
c) RPSQ
d) SQRP
7. S1: Gandhiji had a vast amount of daily business to transact.
P: Yet Gandhiji was never too busy to withdraw temporarily from business affairs for recurrent periods of contemplation.
Q: Under present day conditions, that is the fate of any leader of any great movement.
R: In setting apart those times for contemplation gandhiji was being true, not only to himself, but to India.
S: If he had not made this his practice, he would not, I suppose,have been able to go on doing his business, because his spells of contemplation were the source of his inexhaustible strength.
S6: His practice on this point is something that is characteristic of the Indian tradition.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PRSQ
b) QPSR
c) RSPQ
d) SRPQ
8. S1: A farmer was taking the grain to the mill in sacks.
P: It was too heavy for him to lift.
Q: On the way the horse stumbled, and one of the sacks fell to the ground.
R: Presently he saw a rider coming towards him.
S: He stood waiting till he found somebody to help him.
S6: But the farmer saw that he was none other than the nobleman.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PRQS
b) PSQR
c) QPRS
d) QPSR
9. S1: There is nothing strange in the fact that so many foreign students should wish to learn English.
P: If any valuable book is written in another language, an English translation of it sure to be speedily published.
Q: Anyone who masters the English tongue acquires a key.
R: Most books found to be generally useful are written in English.
S: The English speaking people want no monopoly of knowledge.
S6: This key will open to him whatever is valuable in the literature of the world.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) SQRP
b) SRPQ
c) RSPQ
d) RPSQ
10. S1: The time has come for us to consider seriously the question of a Bharat brand of English.
P: I am not suggesting here a mongrelisation of the language.
Q: English must adopt the complexion of our life and assimilate its idiom.
R: Now the time is ripe for it to come to the dusty street, market place and under the banyan tree.
S: So far English has had a comparatively confined existence in our country, chiefly in the halls of learning, justice or administration.
S6: Bharat English will respect the rule of law and maintain the dignity of grammar, but still have a swadeshi stamp about it.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) QPSR
b) RQSP
c) SRPQ
d) SRQP