Ordering of Sentences Questions and Answers Part-5

1. While talking to a group, one should feel self-confident and courageous.
P : Nor is it a gift bestowed by providence on only a few.
Q : One should also learn how to think calmly and clearly.
R : It is like the ability to play golf.
S : It is not as difficult as most men imagine.
S6: Any man can develop his capacity if he has the desire to do so.

The Proper sequence should be:
a) SQPR
b) QSPR
c) QRSP
d) RSQP

Answer: b

2. A ceiling on urban property.
P : No mill-owner could own factories or mills or plants.
Q : And mass circulation papers.
R : Would mean that.
S : No press magnate could own printing presses.
S6: since their value would exceed the ceiling fixed by the government.

The Proper sequence should be:
a) QSRP
b) RPSQ
c) SRPQ
d) QPSR

Answer: b

3. The art of growing old is one which the passage of time has forced upon my attention.
P : One of these is undue absorption in the past.
Q : One's thought must be directed to the future and to things about which there is something to be done.
R : Psychologically, there are two dangers to be guarded against in old age.
S : It does not do to live in memories, in regrets for the good old days, or in sadness about friend who are dead.
S6: This is not always easy one's own past is gradually increasing weight.

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

Answer: c

4. I keep on flapping my big ears all day.
P : They also fear that I will flip them all away.
Q : But children wonder why I flap them so.
R : I flap them so to make sure they are safely there on either side of my head.
S : But I know what I am doing.
S6: Am I not a smart, intelligent elephant?

The Proper sequence should be:
a) SRQP
b) QPSR
c) QPRS
d) PSRQ

Answer: b

5. Once King Shantnu met a young and beautiful fisher girl.
P : He went to the fisherman and asked him for her asked him for her hand in marriage.
Q : The King was extremely sad and returned to his palace.
R : He fell in love with the fisher girl.
S : The fisherman agreed to it condition that the son of his daughter should be heir to the throne of Hastinapur.
S6: Devavrata, the King's son, asked him the reason of his sadness.

The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS
b) RPSQ
c) QSPR
d) PSQR

Answer: b

6. There is only one monkey we can thoroughly recommend as an indoor pet.
P : They quickly die from colds and coughs after the first winter fogs.
Q : It is beautiful and intelligent Capuchin monkey.
R : The lively little Capuchins, however, may be left for years in an English house without the least danger to their health.
S : The Marmosets, it is true, are more beautiful than a Capuchins and just as pleasing, but they are too delicate for the English climate.
S6: Finally let me say that no other monkey has a better temper or winning ways.

The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS
b) QRPS
c) QSPR
d) RPSQ

Answer: b

7. A man can be physically confined within stone walls.
P : But his mind and spirit will still be free.
Q : Thus his freedom of action may be restricted.
R : His hopes and aspiration still remain with him.
S : Hence, he will be free spiritually if not physically.
S6: No tyranny can intimidate a lover of liberty.

The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS
b) SRQP
c) QPRS
d) QPSR

Answer: a

8. Once upon atime there lived three young men in a certain town of Hindustan.
P : All the people of the neighbourhood were mortally afraid of them.
Q : They were so powerful that they could catch growing lions and tear them to pieces.
R : Someone told them that they would become immortal if they killed Death.
S : The young men believed themselves to be very good friends.
S6: All of them set out in search of their foe called Death.

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

Answer: b

9. Metals are today being replaced by polymers in many applications.
P : Above all, they are cheaper and easier to process making them a viable alternative to metals.
Q : Polymers are essentially a long chains of hydrocarbon molecules.
R : Today polymers as strong as metals have been developed.
S : These have replaced the traditional chromium-plated metallic bumpers in cars.
S6: Many Indian Institutes of science and Technology run special programmes on polymer science.

The Proper sequence should be:
a) QRSP
b) RSQP
c) RQSP
d) QRPS

Answer: a

10. Since the sixties there has been an increasing interest in neurophysiology, which deals with the neural bases of mental activity and behaviour.
P : It has format which is very similar to that of Brain and Language, a sister journal.
Q : Since then, a number of journals devoted entirely to this area of research have appeared.
R : Before the 1960's when this field was the concern of a small number of investigators, research articles were scattered in various neurological journals.
S : Brain and cognition is one such journal.
S6: So far the journal has published the mixture of articles including reports and investigations.

The Proper sequence should be:
a) RQSP
b) QRSP
c) QSPR
d) RSPQ

Answer: a