1.S1: A father, having offered to take the baby out in a perambulator, was tempted by the sunny morning to slip into a pub for a glass of beer.
P: Indignant at her husband's behaviour, she decided to teach him a lesson.
Q: She wheeled away the pram.
R: A little later, his wife came by, where to her horror, she discovered her sleeping baby.
S: Leaving the pram outside, he disappeared inside the bar.
S6: She waited for him, anticipating the white face and quivering lips which would soon appear with the news that the baby had been stolen.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS
b) RQPS
c) SPQR
d) SRPQ
2. S1: In the present day it is not necessary that generals or great officers should fight with their own hands, because it is their duty to direct he movements of their followers.
P: But in the ancient times, kings and great lords were obliged to put themselves into the very front.
Q: Therefore, it was of great consequence that they should be strong men and dexterous in the use of their arms.
R: The artillery and the soldiers shoot at the enemy, and men seldom mingle and fight hand to hand.
S: They fought like ordinary men with the lance and other weapons.
S6: Robert Bruce was so remarkably active and powerful that he came through many personal dangers.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQSR
b) QRSP
c) RPSQ
d) SQRP
3.S1: And then Gandhi came.
P: Get off the backs of these peasants and workers, he told us, all you who live by their exploitation.
Q: He was like a powerful current of fresh air, like a beam of light, like a whirlwind that upset many things.
R: He spoke their language and constantly drew their attention to their appalling conditions.
S: He didn't descend from the top, he seemed to emerge from the masses of India.
S6: Political freedom took new shape then and acquired a new content then.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PRSQ
b) QSRP
c) RSQP
d) SRQP
4. S1: Love for the country is a necessity.
P: But it should in no way exceed the limits and take the shape of jingoism.
Q: Similarly nationalism has to be sacrificed at the altar of internationalism.
R: There is no reason why the nations of the world cannot treat one another as belonging to one family of nations.
S: Provincialism has to be sacrificed in the interest of the nation as a whole.
S6: God created the globe, but man drew lines on it to demarcate countries and sow the seeds of hatred and enmity on it.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PSQR
b) QRSP
c) RQPS
d) SPRQ
5. S1: There has been an alarming increase in the number of vehicles on Delhi roads.
P: The pedestrians has, however, been the worst sufferer.
Q: There is no place where the pedestrian can move freely without the fear of traffic.
R: Zebra crossings like the pavements are no longer safe.
S: This has further aggravated the problem of pollution in the city.
S6: Should the pedestrians case be allowed to go by default?
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS
b) SPRQ
c) SQRP
d) RSPQ
6. S1: Go to the library and see the clerk.
P: When you have chosen the books you wish to take home, you take them to the clerk with the tickets.
Q: You will probably have to sign a form promising to take care of the books.
R: Then you are usually given two or three ticket with your name and address on them.
S: The clerk keeps the tickets until you return the books.
S6: He stamps the books with a date.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS
b) QRPS
c) RQPS
d) SPRQ
7. S1: There were no finger prints anywhere.
P: First of all it was impossible even for a child to enter through the hole in the roof.
Q: When the investigators tried to reconstruct the crime, they came up against facts.
R: Moreover, when the detectives tried to push a silver vase, it was found to be double the sizeof the hole.
S: Again, the size of the hole was examined by the experts who said that nothing had been passed through it.
S6: These conclusions made the detectives think that it was a fake theft.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS
b) PSRQ
c) QPRS
d) SQPR
8. S1: In the middle of one side of the square sits the Chairman of the committee, the most important person in the room.
P: For a committee is not just a mere collection of individuals.
Q: On him rests much of the responsibility for the success or failure of the committee.
R: While this is happening we have an opportunity to get the 'feel' of this committee.
S: As the meeting opens, he runs briskly through a number of formalities.
S6: From the moment its members meet, it begins to have a sort nebulous life of its own.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS
b) QSRP
c) RSQP
d) SQPR
9. S1: Over the centuries the face of the earth has become crowded with monuments and memorials.
P: Films, pictures and even miniature models can be made of the relics for prosperity interested in knowing about them.
Q: Some people however would contend that antiquity should be preserved for future generations.
R: If they were all to be preserved we will have very little space for other, more useful, things.
S: Personally, I do not agree with their contention.
S6: We must have more space for building new things and developing open countryside.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) PQRS
b) QRSP
c) RQSP
d) SQRP
10. S1: Helen Keller has an ageless quality about her in keeping with her amazing life story.
P: Although warmed by this human reaction, she has no wish to be set aside from the rest of mankind.
Q: She is an inspiration to both blind and the seeing everywhere.
R: When she visited Japan after World War II, boys and girls from remote villages ran to her, crying "Helen Keller".
S: Blind, deaf and mute from early childhood, she rose above her triple handicap to become one of the best known characters in the modern world.
S6: She believes the blind should live and work with their fellows, with full responsibility.
The Proper sequence should be:
a) SRPQ
b) RSQP
c) SRQP
d) SQRP