SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam
ENGLISH
ORDERING OF WORDS



SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam ENGLISH ORDERING OF WORDS ..

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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

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