Ordering of Sentences Questions and Answers Part-19

1.S1: Religion is not a matter of mere dogmatic conformity.
P: It is not merely going through the ritual prescribed to us.
Q: It is not a question of ceremonial piety.
R: Unless that kind of transformation occurs, you are not an authentically religious man.
S: It is the remaking of your own self, the transformation of your nature.
S6: A man of that character is free from fear, free from hatred.

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

Answer: b

2. S1: The right way to get people do things the way you want is not to compel them, drive them or for that matter even beg them or entreat them.
P: The sure way to antagonise an individual is to give him the impression that you are out to force or compel him to do something.
Q: The correct way is, therefore, to arouse a want in them and make them do, whatever you want them to do willingly, happily and eagerly.
R: It is the most difficult thing in the world to make an individual do anything against his will.
S: Even young, innocent children resent being made to do things.
S6: The secret of motivation, therefore, lies in your ability to arouse the right kind of want or thirst in the other people.

The Proper sequence should be:
a) PRQS
b) QSPR
c) RPSQ
d) SRQP

Answer: c

3.S1: Urban problem differ from State to State and city to city.
P: Most of the cities have neither water nor the required pipelines.
Q: The population in these cities has grown beyond the planners imagination.
R: However, certain basic problems are common to all cities.
S: Only broad macro - planning done for such cities, without envisaging the future growth, and this has failed to meet the requirements.
S6: There is no underground drainage system in most cities, and the narrow historical roads are already congested.

The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQSR
b) QPSR
c) RQPS
d) RSQP

Answer: d

4. S1: Exercising daily is a must for good health.
P: Luckily, there is no link between the amount of money spent and beneficent exercise, else the poor would have creaking bodies for ever.
Q: While some cost you nothing, others may require the investment of some amount of money.
R: However, it is important to remember that exercises should not be overdone.
S: It can take any form from sedentary ones like walking to vigorous work - outs like a game of squash.
S6: The key word, always, is moderation.

The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQSR
b) QPRS
c) RSQP
d) SQPR

Answer: a

5. S1: There is no transportation system in any city that can compare in efficiency with the circulatory system of the body.
P: The larger one goes from the heart to the various other parts of the body.
Q: If you imagine two systems of pipes, one large and one small, both meeting at a central pumping station, you'll have an idea of the circulatory system.
R: These pipes are called arteries, veins and capillaries.
S: The smaller system of pipes goes from the heart to the lungs and back.
S6: Arteries are blood vessels in which blood is going away from the heart.

The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQSR
b) QSPR
c) RSQP
d) SPRQ

Answer: b

6. S1: Instantly the full load yanked Gordy towards the side of the bridge.
P: But the pull of the cable was too much.
Q: He could hardly feel the cable, slipping through his fingers, ripping off his gloves, and streaking over the railing like an escaping snake.
R: It smashed his hands hard against the top of the railing, causing a split - second feeling of fierce pain followed by numbness.
S: He held on to the cable; it had been hard work lifting it, and he did not want to have to start over again.
S6: Feeling a sharp burning sensation where the cable was speeding between his things, Gordy rose on tiptoe and as he did, the slithering coil of cable tightened around his left foot and yanked him over the railing.

The Proper sequence should be:
a) PRQS
b) QSRP
c) RPQS
d) SPRQ

Answer: c

7. S1: Even the newsmen and spectators were not spared.
P: A home guard in the gallery was hit on the face.
Q: They went only inches over the heads of newsmen in the press gallery.
R: Three bludgeons which are hurled missed their mark.
S: This made the scribes run helter skelter.
S6: He fell down,his bleeding eye bulging.

The Proper sequence should be:
a) PSRQ
b) QRPS
c) RQSP
d) SRQP

Answer: d

8. S1: Politeness is not a quality possessed by only one nation or race.
P: One may observe that a man of one nation will remove his hat or fold his hands by way of greetings when he meets someone he knows.
Q: A man of another country will not do so.
R: It is a quality to be found among all peoples and nations in every corner of the earth.
S: Obviously, each person follows the custom of his particular country.
S6: In any case, we should not mock at other's habits.

The Proper sequence should be:
a) PRQP
b) QPRS
c) RPQS
d) RPSQ

Answer: d

9. S1: You might say that all through history there have been wars and that mankind has survive inspite of them.
P: Now, if his purposes are those of destruction, each fresh advance in his mastery of nature only increases the danger from war, as men learn to destroy one another in ever great numbers, from ever great distances, and in ever more varied and ingenious ways.
Q: He has learned to tap the hidden forces of our planet and use them for his purpose.
R: It has even developed and become civilised inspite of them.
S: This is true, but unfortunately as part of his development man has enormously increased his power over nature.
S6: Man has now discovered how to release the colossal forces locked up in the atom.

The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQSR
b) PRQS
c) QPRS
d) RSQP

Answer: d

10. S1: Films developed from the silent stage to the talkie stage with a tremendous mass appeal.
P: Film makers of those days used film media to portray our struggle for freedom.
Q: The thirties and forties were decades of tremendous social, political and cultural upheavals.
R: That is what 'Alam Ara' did to the delirious delight of the audience and thus triggered off a revolution.
S: In the turbulent thirties, the silent Indian films began to talk, sing and dance.
S6: Extolling the virtues of bravery and making patriotic films was the order of the day.

The Proper sequence should be:
a) PSQR
b) QSRP
c) SRQP
d) RPSQ

Answer: c