SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam
ENGLISH
ORDERING OF WORDS

	Directions (Qs. 1 to 56) :	In each question 
below, there is a sentence of which some parts have been 
jumbled up.  Re-arrange these parts which are labeled P, Q, 
R and S to produce the correct sentence.  Chose the proper 
sequence. 
1.	He has
P:	while has in a reverie
Q:	found the book
R:	at the bus-stop
S:	he lost
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	Q  R  S  P
	(b)	P  R  Q  S
	(c)	Q  S  R  P
	(d)	P  Q  S  R
	Ans:	( c )	Q  S  R  P
		
2.	Then the women
P:	lamenting their evil desire
Q:	that had brought
R:	wept loudly
S:	this sorrow upon them
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	R  P  Q  S
	(b)	R  Q  P  S
	(c)	P  Q  S  R
	(d)	P  R  Q  S
	Ans:	( a )	R  P  Q  S
		
3.	It is easy to excuse
P:	but it is hard
Q:	in a boy of fourteen
R:	the mischief of early childhood
S:	to tolerate even unavoidable faults
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	R  P  Q  S
	(b)	Q  R  S  P
	(c)	Q  R  P  S
	(d)	R  P  S  Q
	Ans:	( d )	R  P  S  Q
		
4.	I don?t remember
P:	I saw a man dying in front of a hospital
Q:	but when I left Lucknow in 1984
R:	hit apparently by a fast moving car
S:	the exact date
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	S  Q  R  P
	(b)	S  Q  P  R
	(c)	Q  R  P  S
	(d)	S  P  R  Q
	Ans:	( b )	S  Q  P  R
		
5.	Since the beginning of history
P:	have managed to catch
Q:	the Eskimosand Read Indians
R:	by a very difficult method
S:	a few specimens of this acquatic mammal
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	Q  P  R  S
	(b)	S  Q  P  R
	(c)	S  Q  R  P
	(d)	Q  P  S  R
	Ans:	( d )	Q  P  S  R
		
6.	I saw that
P:	but seeing my host in this mood
Q:	I deemed it proper to take leave 
R:	as I had frequently done before
S:	it had been my intention to pass the night there
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	Q  P  S  R
	(b)	Q  R  P  S
	(c)	S  P  Q  R
	(d)	S  R  P  Q
	Ans:	( d )	S  R  P  Q
		
7.	It was to be
P:	before their school examination
Q:	which was due to start
R:	the last expedition
S:	in a month?s time
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	S  R  Q  P
	(b)	R  Q  S  P
	(c)	R  P  Q  S
	(d)	S  P  R  Q
	Ans:	( c )	R  P  Q  S
		
8.	They felt safer
P:	to watch the mountain
Q:	of more than five miles
R:	as they settled down
S:	from a distance
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	R  P  S  Q
	(b)	R  S  Q  P
	(c)	P  Q  S  R
	(d)	P  R  S  Q
	Ans:	( a )	R  P  S  Q
		
9.	If you need help
P:	promptly and politely
Q:	ask for attendants
R:	to help our customers
S:	who have instructions
The proper sequence should be:
	(a)	S  Q  P  R
	(b)	Q  P  S  R
	(c)	Q  S  R  P
	(d)	S  Q  R  P
	Ans:	( c )	Q  S  R  P
		
10.	He was so kind and generous that
P:	he not only
Q:	made others do so
R:	but also
S:	helped them himself
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	PSRQ
	(b)	SPQR
	(c)	PRSQ
	(d)	QPRS
	Ans:	( a )	PSRQ
		
11.	people
P:	at his dispensary
Q:	went to him
R:	of all professions
S:	for medicine and treatment
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	QPRS
	(b)	RPQS
	(c)	RQSP
	(d)	QRPS
	Ans:	( c )	RQSP
		
12.	When it began to train suddenly on the first of 
January
P:	to celebrate the new year
Q:	we ran for shelter
R:	to the neighbouring house
S:	where many people had gathered
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	QRPS
	(b)	PSQR
	(c)	PRSQ
	(d)	QRSP
	Ans:	( d )	QRSP
		
13.	The master
P:	who was very loyal to him
Q:	punished the servant
R:	without giving any valid reason
S:	when he left the work unfinished
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	RQPS
	(b)	RQSP
	(c)	QPSR
	(d)	QRPS
	Ans:	( c )	QPSR
		
14.	The appearance
P:	this dinosaurs were at their peak
Q:	of the first mammals on the earth
R:	at the time when
S:	went almost unnoticed
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	SRPQ
	(b)	QSRP
	(c)	QRPS
	(d)	RPQS
	Ans:	( c )	QRPS
		
15.	It is easier
P:	to venture into space
Q:	for men
R:	beneath their feet
S:	than to explore
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	QRPS
	(b)	QPSR
	(c)	PSRQ
	(d)	PQSR
	Ans:	( b )	QPSR
		
16.	It is very easy
P:	a great deal more than one realises
Q:	may mean
R:	that a phrase that one does not quite understand
S:	to persuade oneself
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	RSQP
	(b)	SPQR
	(c)	SRQP
	(d)	RQPS
	Ans:	( b )	SPQR
		
17.	The national unity of a free people
P:	to make it impracticable
Q:	for there to be an arbitrary administration
R:	depends upon a sufficiently even balance of 
political power
S:	against a revolutionary opposition that is 
irreconcilably opposed to it.
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	QRPS
	(b)	QRSP
	(c)	RPQS
	(d)	RSPQ
	Ans:	( d )	RSPQ
		
18.	He told us that
P:	and enjoyed it immensely
Q:	in a prose translation
R:	he had read Milton
S:	which he had borrowed from his teacher
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	RSQP
	(b)	QRPS
	(c)	RQSP
	(d)	RQPS
	Ans:	( c )	RQSP
		
19.	This time
P:	exactly what he had been told
Q:	the young man did
R:	beyond his dreams
S:	and the plan succeeded
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	QPRS
	(b)	QPSR
	(c)	PQSR
	(d)	QSRP
	Ans:	( b )	QPSR
		
20.	As a disease
P:	and breaks up marriages
Q:	accidents and suicides
R:	alcoholism leads to
S:	affecting all ages
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	SRPQ
	(b)	RPSQ
	(c)	SRQP
	(d)	RQPS
	Ans:	( c )	SRQP
		
21.	This majestic mahogany table
P:	belongs to an old prince
Q:	which has one leg missing
R:	who is no impoverished
S:	but not without some pride
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	PQSR
	(b)	QRSP
	(c)	PRSQ
	(d)	QPRS
	Ans:	( d )	QPRS
		
22.	We have to
P:	as we see it
Q:	speak the truth
R:	there is falsehood and darkness
S:	even if all around us
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	RQSP
	(b)	QRPS
	(c)	RSQP
	(d)	QPSR
	Ans:	( d )	QPSR
		
23.	He sat
P:	through the Town Hall Park
Q:	which flanked a path running
R:	under the boughs
S:	of a spreading tamarind tree
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	PQSR
	(b)	RSQP
	(c)	RSPQ
	(d)	PRSQ
	Ans:	( b )	RSQP
		
24.	We went
P:	along the railway line
Q:	and had a right to
R:	where other people were not allowed to go
S:	but daddy belonged to the railway
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	RPQS
	(b)	PRSQ
	(c)	RSQP
	(d)	PRQS
	Ans:	( b )	PRSQ
		
25.	In the darkness
P:	the long, narrow beard
Q:	was clearly visible with
R:	the tall stooping figure of the doctor
S:	and the aquiline nose
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	RQPS
	(b)	PSQR
	(c)	RSQP
	(d)	QPRS
	Ans:	( a )	RQPS
		
26.	little
P:	that he had been let down
Q:	stood by all these years
R:	did he realise
S:	by a colleague whom he had
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	RPSQ
	(b)	RSQP
	(c)	QSRP
	(d)	QSPR
	Ans:	( a )	RPSQ
		
27.	There was
P:	needed for it everyday life
Q:	a time when each family
R:	for itself most of the things it
S:	actually produced
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	QRSP
	(b)	RQPS
	(c)	RSPQ
	(d)	QSRP
	Ans:	( d )	QSRP
		
28.	He thought that
P:	he would be able to make at least three or four 
trips daily to the town 	and back
Q:	if he could get Alagu?s bullock
R:	and thus swell his profits
S:	at a very cheap price
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	QPSR
	(b)	QPRS
	(c)	QSPR
	(d)	PSQR
	Ans:	( c )	QSPR
		
29.	then
P:	it struck me
Q:	of course
R:	suitable it was
S:	how eminently
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	SPQR
	(b)	QSRP
	(c)	PSRQ
	(d)	QPSR
	Ans:	( c )	PSRQ
		
30.	The grocer
P:	did not listen to the protests of the customer
Q:	who was in the habit of weighing less
R:	whom he had cheated
S:	with great audacity
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	PRSQ
	(b)	QSPR
	(c)	QPRS
	(d)	PQSR
	Ans:	( c )	QPRS
		
31.	Walking along the road
P:	before their enchanted mates
Q:	he saw
R:	from the orchard to his residence
S:	peacocks dancing
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	RPQS
	(b)	QSRP
	(c)	QSPR
	(d)	RQSP
	Ans:	( d )	RQSP
		
32.	Though he dialed frequently
P:	on telephone
Q:	my brother could not contact me
R:	and had left no information
S:	as I had gone out of office
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	QPRS
	(b)	SQRP
	(c)	QPSR
	(d)	SPQR
	Ans:	( c )	QPSR
		
33.	He said,
P:	?here is the cat
Q:	throughout the night
R:	which had been playing havoc with things
S:	that ate the rat?
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	PSQR
	(b)	PSRQ
	(c)	QPRS
	(d)	QRPS
	Ans:	( b )	PSRQ
		
34.	By this time
P:	at the railway station
Q:	reported mass looting
R:	reports of violence were flooding in 
S:	while police dispatches
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	RSPQ
	(b)	SPRQ
	(c)	SQRP
	(d)	RSQP
	Ans:	( c )	SQRP
		
35.	It would
P:	appear from his statement
Q:	about the policy of the management
R:	in dealing with the strike
S:	that he was quite in the dark
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	RPSQ
	(b)	PSQR
	(c)	RQPS
	(d)	PRQS
	Ans:	( b )	PSQR
		
36.	It is not, therefore
P:	that I pay a tribute
Q:	to conductors as a class
R:	with any feeling of unfriendliness
S:	to a particular member of that class
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	PQRS
	(b)	RQPS
	(c)	RSPQ
	(d)	PSRQ
	Ans:	( c )	RSPQ
		
37.	The impact
P:	is to be seen
Q:	in the diverse changes in consumer habits
R:	of technological and industrial development
S:	in cities, towns and even in village conglomerates
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	PSQR
	(b)	RPQS
	(c)	PQRS
	(d)	RSPQ
	Ans:	( b )	RPQS
		
38.	During hibernation
P:	they have lost a good deal of weight
Q:	of course the animals consume
R:	and when they awake again
S:	the fats accumulated in the summer
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	RQSP
	(b)	SQPR
	(c)	PQRS
	(d)	QSRP
	Ans:	( d )	QSRP
		
39.	P:	We must read 
Q:	if we want to absorb the fruits of great literature
R:	but with concentration
S:	them not as we do cricket stories
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	QPSR
	(b)	PSQR
	(c)	PRSQ
	(d)	PRQS
	Ans:	( a )	QPSR
		
40.	Work is the one thing
P:	and without it
Q:	that is necessary
R:	to keep the world going
S:	we should all die
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	QPSR
	(b)	RPQS
	(c)	SRPQ
	(d)	QRPS
	Ans:	( d )	QRPS
		
41.	I read an advertisement that said
P:	post, airconditioned
Q:	gentlemen of taste
R:	are available for
S:	fully furnished rooms
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	PQRS
	(b)	PSRQ
	(c)	PSQR
	(d)	SRPQ
	Ans:	( b )	PSRQ
		
42.	It has been established that
P:	Einstein was
Q:	although a great scientist
R:	weak in arithmetic
S:	right from his school days
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	SRPQ
	(b)	QPRS
	(c)	QPSR
	(d)	RQPS
	Ans:	( b )	QPRS
		
43.	I was
P:	and stay for a few days in Delhi
Q:	when my father told me
R:	very excited
S:	that I could go with him
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	PQRS
	(b)	RQSP
	(c)	QRSP
	(d)	SPQR
	Ans:	( b )	RQSP
		
44.	All such students
P:	get success
Q:	who are honest and hardworking
R:	and recognition
S:	in very walk of life
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	SPRQ
	(b)	PRQS
	(c)	QPRS
	(d)	PSRQ
	Ans:	( c )	QPRS
		
45.	He knew that
P:	and then to save himself
Q:	was to save all the lives
R:	entrusted to his care
S:	the duty of a captain
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	PQRS
	(b)	SQRP
	(c)	SPRQ
	(d)	QSRP
	Ans:	( b )	SQRP
		
46.	Women,
P:	till the other day
Q:	who were content being housewives
R:	about spending their time cooking
S:	now sound apologetic
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	PQRS
	(b)	RSPQ
	(c)	QPSR
	(d)	RQPS
	Ans:	( c )	QPSR
		
47.	Jawaharlal Nehru
P:	under the Cabinet Mission Scheme
Q:	was the first to articulate
R:	long before such an assembly was set up
S:	the idea of a Constituent Assembly
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	SRPQ
	(b)	RPQS
	(c)	PQSR
	(d)	QSRP
	Ans:	( d )	QSRP
		
48.	Of many artists
P:	those who impressed me the most
Q:	I was as a child
R:	but those with unique personalities off stage 
S:	were not always the successful ones
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	SRQP
	(b)	QRSP
	(c)	RSPQ
	(d)	QPSR
	Ans:	( d )	QPSR
		
49.	India is
P:	a cultural unity amidst diversity
Q:	a geographical and economic unity
R:	a bundle of contradictions
S:	held together by strong but invisible threads
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	QPRS
	(b)	PQRS
	(c)	RSPQ
	(d)	SQPR
	Ans:	( a )	QPRS
		
50.	I enclose
P:	and the postage
Q:	a postal order
R:	the price of the books
S:	which will cover
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	RPSQ
	(b)	QSPR
	(c)	QSRP
	(d)	QPSR
	Ans:	( c )	QSRP
		
51.	Education is
P:	of the proper sense of responsibilities
Q:	the first need
R:	in a citizen
S:	for the development
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	SQPR
	(b)	QSRP
	(c)	QSPR
	(d)	PQRS
	Ans:	( c )	QSPR
		
52.	It was
P:	in keeping with my mood
Q:	a soft summer evening
R:	as I walked sedately
S:	in the direction of the new house
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	SRPQ
	(b)	QRPS
	(c)	QPRS
	(d)	SQPR
	Ans:	( c )	QPRS
		
53.	With her body
P:	dragging her unwilling feet
Q:	weak and infirm
R:	doubled with age
S:	she persisted in her mission
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	PQRS
	(b)	QPRS
	(c)	RQPS
	(d)	SRPQ
	Ans:	( c )	RQPS
		
54.	The invasion of India
P:	is more interesting than any other episode 
Q:	of early Indian history to most European readers
R:	by Alexander the Great of the Macedonia
S:	which occurred during the rule of the Nandas
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	PQRS
	(b)	QPRS
	(c)	SRPQ
	(d)	RSPQ
	Ans:	( d )	RSPQ
		
55.	When he
P:	did not know
Q:	he was nervous and
R:	heard the hue and cry at midnight
S:	what to do
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	RQPS
	(b)	QSPR
	(c)	SQPR
	(d)	PQRS
	Ans:	( a )	RQPS
		
56.	A French woman
P:	committed suicide
Q:	where she had put up
R:	who had come to Calcutta
S:	by jumping from the first floor balcony of the hotel
The proper sequence should be :
	(a)	PRQS
	(b)	QSRP
	(c)	RPSQ
	(d)	SRQP
	Ans:	( c )	RPSQ