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SSC ? Grade ?D? Exam
ENGLISH
ORDERING OF SENTENCES

Directions (Qs. 1 to 95) : In each question
below, each passage consists of six sentences. The first
and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning. The
middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled
up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper
order for the four sentences..
1. S1: Since the sixties there has been an
increasing interest in human neurophysiology, which deals
with the neural bases of mental activity and behaviour.
S2: So far the journal has published a mixture of
articles including reports and investigations.
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.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) RQSP
(b) QRSP
(c) QSPR
(d) RSPQ
Ans: ( a ) RQSP

2. S1: She said on the phone that she would report
for duty next day.
S2: Eventually we reported to the police.
P: We waited for a few days, then we decided to go to
her place.
Q: But she did not.
R: We found it locked.
S: Even after that we waited for her for quite a few
days.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PRSQ
(b) QPSR
(c) QPRS
(d) SQPR
Ans: ( c ) QPRS

3. S1: A force of attraction exists between
everybody in the universe.
S2: The greater the mass, the greater is the earth?s
force of attraction on it?we call this force of attraction
gravity.
P: Normally it is very small but when one of the
bodies is a planet, like the earth, the force is
considerable.
Q: It has been investigated by many scientists
including Galileo and Newton.
R: Everything on or near the surface of the earth is
attracted by the mass of the earth.
S: This gravitational force depends on the mass of the
bodies involved.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PRQS
(b) PRSQ
(c) QSRP
(d) QSPR
Ans: ( d ) QSPR

4. S1: Metals are today being replaced by polymers
in many applications.
S2: Many Indian Institutes of Science and Technology
run special programmes on polymer science.
P: Above all, they are cheaper and easier to process,
making them a viable alternative to metals.
Q: Polymers are essentially 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.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) QRSP
(b) RSQP
(c) RQSP
(d) QRPS
Ans: ( a ) QRSP

5. S1: Biological evolution has not fitted man to
any specific environment.
S2: That brilliant sequence of cultural peaks can most
appropriately be termed the ascent of Man.
P: It is by no means a biological evolution, but it is
a cultural one.
Q: His imagination, his reason, his emotional subtlety
and toughness, make it possible for him not to accept the
environment but to change it.
R: And that series of inventions by which man from age
to age has reshaped his environment is a different kind of
evolution.
S: Among the multitude of animals which scamper, fly,
burrow and swim around us, he is the only one who is not
locked into his environment.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) QPRS
(b) SRQP
(c) QRSP
(d) SQRP
Ans: ( c ) QRSP

6. S1: Growing up means not only getting larger,
but also using our senses and our brains to become more
aware of the things around us.
S2: In other words, we must develop and use our ability
to reason, because the destruction or the preservation of
the places in which we live depends on us.
P: Not only does he have a memory but he is able to
think and reason.
Q: In this, man differs from all other animals.
R: Before we spray our roadside plants or turn sewage
into our rivers, we should pause to think what the results
of our actions are likely to be.
S: that is to say, he is able to plan what he is going
to do in the light of his experience before he does it.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) QRSP
(b) SPQR
(c) SPRQ
(d) QPSR
Ans: ( d ) QPSR

7. S1: It is regrettable that there is widespread
corruption in the country at all levels.
S2: This is indeed a tragedy of great magnitude.
P: So there is hardly anything that the government can
do about it now.
Q: And there are graft and other malpractices too.
R: the impression that corruption is a universal
phenomenon persists and the people do not cooperate in
checking this evil.
S: Recently several offenders were brought to book,
but they were not given deterrent punishment.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) QSRP
(b) SQRP
(c) RSQP
(d) PQSR
Ans: ( a ) QSRP

8. S1: Smoke oozed up between the planks.
S2: Most people bore the shock bravely.
P: Passengers were told to be ready to quit the ship.
Q: The rising gale fanned the smouldering fire.
R: Everyone now knew there was a fire on board.
S: Flames broke out here and there.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SRQP
(b) QPSR
(c) RSPQ
(d) QSRP
Ans: ( a ) SRQP

9. S1: It was a dark moonless night.
S2: They all seemed to him to be poor and ordinary?mere
childish words.
P: He turned over the pages, reading passages here and
there.
Q: He heard them on the floor.
R: The poet took down his books of poems from his
shelves.
S: Some of them contained his earliest writings which
he had almost forgotten.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) RPQS
(b) RQSP
(c) RSPQ
(d) RPSQ
Ans: ( d ) RPSQ

10. S1: A noise started above their heads.
S2: Nearly two hundred lives were lost on the fateful
day.
P: But people did not take it seriously.
Q: That was to show everyone that there was something
wrong.
R: It was a dangerous thing to do.
S: For, within minutes the ship began to sink.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PQSR
(b) PRQS
(c) QPRS
(d) QPSR
Ans: ( c ) QPRS

11. S1: The cooperative system of doing business is
a good way of encouraging ordinary workers to work hard.
S2: The main object is to maintain the interest of
every member of the society and to ensure that the members
participate actively in the projects of the society.
P: If the society is to be well run, it is necessary
to prevent insincere officials being elected to the
committee which is solely responsible for the running of
the business.
Q: They get this from experienced and professional
workers who are not only familiar with the cooperative
system, but also with efficient methods of doing business.
R: To a large extent, many cooperative societies need
advice and guidance.
S: The capital necessary to start a business venture
is obtained by the workers? contributions.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SQPR
(b) PQSR
(c) SRQP
(d) PSRQ
Ans: ( a ) SQPR

12. S1: American private lives may seem shallow.
S2: This would not happen in China, he said.
P: Students would walk away with books they had not
paid for.
Q: A Chinese journalist commented on a curious
institution: the library.
R: Their public morality, however, impressed visitors.
S: But in general they returned them.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PSQR
(b) QPSR
(c) RQPS
(d) RPSQ
Ans: ( b ) QPSR

13. S1: The Bhagavadgita recognizes the nature of
man and the needs of man.
S2: A man who does not harmonise them, is not truly
human.
P: All these three aspects constitute the nature of
man.
Q: It shows how the human being is a rational one, an
ethical one and a spiritual one.
R: More than all, it must be a spiritual experience.
S: Nothing can give him fulfillment unless it
satisfies his reason, his ethical conscience.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PSRQ
(b) RSPQ
(c) QPSR
(d) PSQR
Ans: ( b ) RSPQ

14. S1: I usually sleep quite well in the train,
but this time I slept only a little.
S2: It was shut all night, as usual.
P: Most people wanted it shut and I wanted it open.
Q: As usual, I got angry about the window.
R: The quarrel left me completely upset.
S: There were too many people and too much luggage all
around.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) RSQP
(b) SQPR
(c) SQRP
(d) RSPQ
Ans: ( b ) SQPR

15. S1: For decades, American society has been
called a melting pot.
S2: In recent years, such differences?accentuated by
the arrival of immigrants from Asia and other parts of the
world in the United States?have become something to
celebrate and to nurture.
P: Differences remained?in appearance, mannerisms,
customs, speech, religion and more.
Q: The term has long been a cliché, and a half-truth.
R: But homogenization was never achieved.
S: Yes, immigrants from diverse cultures and
traditions did cast off vestiges of their native lands and
become almost imperceptibly woven into the American fabric.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) QRSP
(b) SQRP
(c) SQPR
(d) QSRP
Ans: ( b ) SQRP

16. S1: While talking to a group, one should feel
self-confident and courageous.
S2: Any man can develop his capacity if he has the
desire to do so.
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.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SQPR
(b) QSPR
(c) QRSP
(d) RSQP
Ans: ( b ) QSPR

17. S1: In 1934, William Golding published a small
volume of poems.
S2: But Lord of the Flies which came out in 1954 was
welcomed as ?a most absorbing and instructive tale?.
P: During the World War II (1939-45) he joined the
Royal Navy and was present at the sinking of the Bismarck.
Q: He returned to teaching in 1945 and gave it up in
1962, and is now a full-time writer.
R: In 1939, he married and started teaching at Bishop
Wordsworth?s School in Salisbury
S: At first his novels were not accepted.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) RPQS
(b) RPSQ
(c) SRPQ
(d) SQPR
Ans: ( a ) RPQS

18. S1: Our ancestors thought that anything which
moved itself was alive.
S2: Therefore some scientists think that life is just a
very complicated mechanism.
P: The philosopher Descartes thought that both men and
animals were machines.
Q: But a machine such as a motorcar or a steamship
moves itself, and as soon as machines which moved
themselves had been made, people asked, ?Is man a machine??
R: And before the days of machinery that was a good
definition.
S: He also thought that the human machine was partly
controlled by the soul action on a certain part of the
brain, while animals had no souls
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PRSQ
(b) RPQS
(c) PSQR
(d) RQPS
Ans: ( c ) PSQR

19. S1: But how does a new word get into the
dictionary?
S2: He sorts them according to their grammatical
function, and carefully writes a definition.
P: When a new dictionary is being edited, a
lexicographer collects all the alphabetically arranged
citation slips for a particular word.
Q: The dictionary makers notice it and make a note of
it on a citation slip.
R: The moment a new word is coined, it usually enters
the spoken language.
S: The word then passes from the realm of hearing to
the realm of writing.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PQRS
(b) PRSQ
(c) RQPS
(d) RSQP
Ans: ( a ) PQRS

20. S1: There is a touching story of Professor
Hardy visiting Ramanujan as he lay desperately ill in
hospital at Putney.
S2: It is the lowest number that can be expressed in
two different ways as the sum of two cubes.?
P: ?No, Hardy, that is not a dull number in the very
least.
Q: Hardy, who was a very shy man, could not find the
words for his distress.
R: It was 1729.
S: the best he could do, as he got to the bedside
was: ?I say, Ramanujan, I thought the number of the taxi I
came down in was a very dull number?.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PRSQ
(b) QSRP
(c) QSPR
(d) SQRP
Ans: ( b ) QSRP

21. S1: The heart is the pump of life.
S2: All this was made possible by the invention of the
heart-lung machine.
P: They have even succeeded in heart transplants.
Q: Nowadays surgeons are able to stop a patient?s
heart and carry out complicated operations.
R: A few years ago it was impossible to operate on a
patient whose heart was not working properly.
S: If the heart stops we die in about five minutes.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SRQP
(b) SPRQ
(c) SQPR
(d) SRPQ
Ans: ( a ) SRQP

22. S1: On vacation in Tangier, Morocco, my friend
and I sat down at a street café.
S2: Finally a man walked over to me and whispered, ?Hey
buddy?.. this guy?s your waiter and he wants your order.?
P: At one point, he bent over with a big smile,
showing me a single gold tooth and a dingy fez.
Q: Soon I felt the presence of someone standing
alongside me.
R: Bug this one wouldn?t budge.
S: We had been cautioned about beggars and were told
to ignore them.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SQRP
(b) SQPR
(c) QSRP
(d) QSPR
Ans: ( c ) QSRP

23. S1: There is only one monkey we can thoroughly
recommend as an indoor pet.
S2: Finally, let me say that no other monkey has a
better temper or more winning ways.
P: They quickly die from colds and coughs after the
first winter fogs.
Q: It is the 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
the Capuchins and just as pleasing, but they are too
delicate for the English climate.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PQRS
(b) QRPS
(c) QSPR
(d) RPSQ
Ans: ( b ) QRPS

24. S1: Hungry, with a population of about ten
million, lies between Czechoslovakia to the north and
Yugoslavia to the south.
S2: The new industries derive mainly from agricultural
production.
P: Here a great deal of grain is grown.
Q: In recent years, however, progress has been made
also in the field of industrialization.
R: Most of this country consists of an extremely
fertile plain, through which the river Danube flows.
S: In addition to grain, the plan produces potatoes,
sugar, wine and livestock.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) QRSP
(b) RPSQ
(c) PRSQ
(d) RQSP
Ans: ( b ) RPSQ

25. S1: Throughout history man has used energy from
the sun.
S2: This energy comes from inside atoms.
P: Today, when we burn wood or use electric current we
are drawing on energy.
Q: However, we now have a new supply of energy.
R: All our ordinary life depends on the sun.
S: This has come from the sun.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SQPR
(b) RQPS
(c) QSRP
(d) PSRQ
Ans: ( d ) PSRQ

26. S1: In India marriages are usually arranged by
parents.
S2: She felt she was a modern girl and not a subject
for bargaining
P: Sometimes girls and boys do not like the idea of
arranged marriages.
Q: Most young people accept this state of affairs.
R: Shanta was like that.
S: They assume their parents can make good choices.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SPRQ
(b) PSRQ
(c) QSPR
(d) RQPS
Ans: ( c ) QSPR

27. S1: I had halted on the road.
S2: I decided to watch him for a while and then go home.
P: As soon as I saw the elephant I knew I should not
shoot him.
Q: It is a serious matter to shoot a working elephant.
R: I knew that his ?mast? was already passing off.
S: The elephant was standing eighty yards from the
road.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SPQR
(b) PQSR
(c) RQPS
(d) SRPQ
Ans: ( b ) PQSR

28. S1: A man can be physically confined within
stone walls.
S2: No tyranny can intimidate a lover of liberty.
P: But his mind and spirit will still be free.
Q: Thus his freedom of action may be restricted.
R: His hopes and aspirations still remain with him.
S: Hence, he will be free spiritually if not
physically.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PQRS
(b) SRQP
(c) QPRS
(d) QPSR
Ans: ( a ) PQRS

29. S1: The dictionary is the best friend for your
task.
S2: Soon you will realize that this is an exciting task
P: That may not be possible always.
Q: It is wise to look it up immediately.
R: Then it must be firmly written on the memory and
traced at the first opportunity.
S: Never allow a strange word to pass unchallenged.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PQRS
(b) SPQR
(c) QRPS
(d) SQPR
Ans: ( d ) SQPR

30. S1: Far away in a little street there is a poor
house.
S2: His mother has nothing to give but water, so he is
crying
P: Her face is thin and worn and her hands are coarse,
pricked by a needle, for she is a seam-stress.
Q: One of the windows is open and through it I can see
a poor woman.
R: He has a fever and a asking for oranges.
S: In a bed in a corner of the room her little boy is
lying ill.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SRQP
(b) PQSR
(c) QPSR
(d) RSPQ
Ans: ( c ) QPSR

31. S1: Kolkata unlike other cities, has kept its
trams.
S2: The foundation stone was laid in 1972.
P: As a result, there is horrendous congestion.
Q: It was going to be the first in South Asia.
R: They run down the center of the road.
S: To ease in the city decided to build an underground
railway line.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PRSQ
(b) PSQR
(c) SQRP
(d) RPSQ
Ans: ( d ) RPSQ

32. S1: We no know that oceans are very deep.
S2: This reaches from India to the Antarctic.
P: For example, the Indian Ocean has a range called
the Indian Ridge.
Q: Much of it is fairly flat.
R: However there are great mountain ranges as well.
S: On average the bottom is two and a half to three
and a half miles down.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SQPR
(b) PQSR
(c) RSQP
(d) QPRS
Ans: ( a ) SQPR

33. S1: As he passed beneath her he heard the swish
of her wings.
S2: The next momen, he felt her wings spread outwards.
P: He was not falling head long now.
Q: Then monstrous terror seized him
R: But it only lasted a minute.
S: He could hear nothing.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PSQR
(b) QSPR
(c) QSRP
(d) PRQS
Ans: ( c ) QSRP

34. S1: When a satellite is launched, the rocket
begins by going slowly upwards through the air.
S2: Consequently, the rocket still does not become too
hot.
P: However, the higher it goes, the less air it meets.
Q: As the rocket goes higher, it travels faster.
R: For the atmosphere becomes thinner.
S: As the result there is less friction.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) QPRS
(b) QSPR
(c) PQRS
(d) PQSR
Ans: ( a ) QPRS

35. S1: Sunbirds are among the smallest of Indian
birds.
S2: Our common sunbirds are the purple sunbird, the
glossy black species and purplerumped sunbird, the yellow
and maroon species
P: Though they are functionally similar to the
hummingbirds of the New World, they are totally unrelated.
Q: They do eat small insects too.
R: They are also some of the most brilliantly coloured
birds.
S: Sunbirds feed on nectar mostly and help in
pollination.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SQPR
(b) RPSQ
(c) QPRS
(d) PSRQ
Ans: ( a ) SQPR

36. S1: Venice is a strange and beautiful city in
the north of Italy.
S2: This is because Venice has no streets.
P: There are about four hundred old stone bridges
joining the island of Venice.
Q: In this city there are no motor cars, no horses and
no buses.
R: These small islands are near one another.
S: It is not an island but a hundred and seventeen
islands.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PQRS
(b) PRQS
(c) SRPQ
(d) PQSR
Ans: ( c ) SRPQ

37. S1: A ceiling on urban property.
S2: Since their value would exceed the ceiling fixed by
the Government.
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.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) QSRP
(b) RPSQ
(c) SRPQ
(d) QPSR
Ans: ( b ) RPSQ

38. S1: The weather-vane often tops a church spire,
tower or high building.
S2: The weather-vane can, however, give us some
indication of the weather.
P: The are only wind-vanes.
Q: Neither alone can tell us what the weather will be.
R: They are designed to point to the direction from
which the wind is coming.
S: Just as the barometer only tells us the pressure of
the air, the weather-vane tells us the direction of the
wind.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PQRS
(b) PSRQ
(c) PRSQ
(d) SPQR
Ans: ( d ) SPQR

39. S1: Most of the universities in the country are
now facing financial crisis.
S2: The Government should realize this before it is too
late.
P: Cost benefit yardstick thus should not be applied
in the case of the universities.
Q: The current state of affairs cannot be allowed to
continue for long.
R: Universities cannot be equated with commercial
enterprises.
S: Proper development of universities and colleges
must be ensured
The proper sequence should be :
(a) QRPS
(b) QSPR
(c) QRSP
(d) QPRS
Ans: ( a ) QRPS

40. S1: I keep on flapping my big ears all day.
S2: Am I not a smart, intelligent elephant?
P: They also fear that I will flap 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.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SRQP
(b) QPSR
(c) QPRS
(d) PSRQ
Ans: ( b ) QPSR

41. S1: Some old people are oppressed by the fear
of death
S2: Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede,
the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any
visible break, they become merged in the sea and painlessly
lose their individual being.
P: An individual human existence should be like a
river?small at first narrowly contained within its banks,
and rushing passionately past boulders and over waterfalls.
Q: In the young there is a justification for this
feeling
R: Young men who have reason to fear that they will be
killed in battle may justifiably feel bitter in the thought
that they have been cheated of the best thing that life has
to offer.
S: But in the old man who has known human joys and
sorrows, the fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble,
and the best way to overcome it is to make your interests
gradually wider and more impersonal
The proper sequence should be :
(a) RSQP
(b) PQSR
(c) QRSP
(d) QPSR
Ans: ( c ) QRSP

42. S1: Of the scholars who compose a university,
some may be expected to devote an unbroken leisure to
learning, their fellows having the advantage of their
knowledge from their conversation and the world perhaps
from their writings.
S2: Three classes of persons, then, go to compose a
university as we know it ? the scholar, the scholar who is
also a teacher, and those who come to be taught, the
undergraduate
P: Others, however, will engage themselves to teach as
well as to learn
Q: Those who come to be taught at a university have to
provide evidence that they are no merely beginners; and not
only do they have displayed before them the learning of
their teachers, but they are offered a curriculum of study,
to be followed by a test and the award of a degree
R: But here again, it is the special manner of the
pedagogic enterprise which distinguishes a university
S: A place of learning without this could scarcely be
called a university
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SRPQ
(b) QPSR
(c) SPRQ
(d) RQSP
Ans: ( b ) QPSR

43. 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.
S2: She waited for him, anticipating the white face and
quivering lips which would soon appear with the news that
the baby had been stolen.
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.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SRPQ
(b) RQPS
(c) SPQR
(d) PQSR
Ans: ( a ) SRPQ

44. S1: Urban problems differ from State to State
and city to city.
S2: There is no underground drainage system in most
cities, and the narrow historical roads are already
congested.
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 was done for such cities,
without envisaging the future growth, and this has failed
to meet the requirements.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PQSR
(b) QPSR
(c) RQPS
(d) RSQP
Ans: ( d ) RSQP

45. S1: A gentleman who lived alone always had two
plates placed on the table at dinner time.
S2: In this way the cat showed her gratitude to her
master.
P: One day just as he sat down to dine, the cat rushed
into the room.
Q: One plate was for himself and the other was for his
cat.
R: She dropped a mouse into her own plate and another
into her master?s plate.
S: He used to give the cat a piece of meat from his
own plate.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) QSPR
(b) PSRQ
(c) QRSP
(d) RPQS
Ans: ( a ) QSPR

46. S1: I took cigarettes from my case.
S2: Then he continued to draw on it.
P: But when the fit of coughing was over, he replaced
it between his lips.
Q: I lit one of them and placed it between the lips.
R: Then with a feeble hand he removed the cigarette.
S: Slowly he took a pull at it and coughed violently.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PSQR
(b) QPSR
(c) QSRP
(d) SRPQ
Ans: ( c ) QSRP

47. S1: Forcasting the weather has always been a
difficult business.
S2: He made his forecasts by watching flights of the
birds or the way smoke rose from fire.
P: During a period of drought, streams and rivers
dried up, the cattle died from thirst and the crops were
ruined.
Q: Many different things affect the weather and we
have to study them carefully to make an accurate forecast.
R: Ancient Egyptians had no need of this weather in
the Nile valley hardly ever changes.
S: In early times, when there were no instruments,
such as thermometer or the barometer, man looked for tell-
tale signs in the sky.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PRQS
(b) QPRS
(c) QRPS
(d) SPQR
Ans: ( b ) QPRS

48. S1: The commonest form of forgetfulness, I
suppose occurs in the matter of posting letters.
S2: Weary of holding it in my hand, I then put it for
safety into one of my pockets and forget all about it.
P: So common is it that I am always reluctant to trust
a departing visitor to post an important letter.
Q: As for myself, anyone who asks me to post a letter
is a poor judge of character.
R: Even if I carry the letter in my hand I am always
past the first pillar-box before I remember that I ought to
have posted it.
S: So little I rely on his memory that I put him on
his oath before handing the letter to him.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PRQS
(b) PSQR
(c) QSPR
(d) RQSP
Ans: ( b ) PSQR

49. S1: Once upon a time there lived three young
men in a certain town of Hindustan.
S2: All of them set out in search of their foe called
Death.
P: All the people of the neighbourhood were mortally
afraid of them.
Q: They were so powerful that they could catch
growling 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.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) QPRS
(b) SQPR
(c) RSQP
(d) SRPQ
Ans: ( b )

50. S1: Duryodhana was a wicked prince.
S2: This enraged Duryodhana so much that he began to
think of removing Bhima from his way.
P: One day Bhima made Duryodhana fall from a tree from
which Duryodhana was stealing fruits.
Q: He did not like that Pandavas should be loved and
respected by the people of Hastinapur.
R: Duryodhana specially hated Bhima.
S: Among the Pandavas, Bhima was extraordinarily
strong and powerful.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PSQR
(b) QPRS
(c) QSRP
(d) PSRQ
Ans: ( c ) QSRP

51. S1: You know my wife, Madhavi, always urged me
to give up smoking.
S2: Poor girl!
P: I really gave it up.
Q: And so when I went to jail I said to my self I
really must give it up, if for no other reason than of
being self-reliant.
R: When I emerged from jail, I wanted to tell her of
my great triumph!
S: But when I met her, there she was with a packet of
cigarettes.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PSRQ
(b) SPQR
(c) QPRS
(d) RSPQ
Ans: ( c ) QPRS

52. S1: A black-haired, young woman came tripping
along.
S2: Both disappeared from view.
P: She ws leading a young man wearing a hat.
Q: The woman swept it off and tossed it in the air.
R: The child jumped up to catch the hat.
S: The young man tossed his head to shake the hat back.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PSQR
(b) RPSQ
(c) QRPS
(d) SQRP
Ans: ( a ) PSQR

53. S1: Jawaharlal Nehru was born in Allahabad on
14 Nov., 1889.
S2: He died on 27 May, 1964.
P: Nehru met Mahatma Gandhi in February, 1920.
Q: In 1905 he was sent to London to study at a school
called Harrow.
R: He became the first Prime Minister of Independent
India on 15 August, 1947.
S: He married Kamala Kaul in 1915.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) QRPS
(b) QSPR
(c) RPQS
(d) SQRP
Ans: ( b ) QSPR

54. S1: An elderly lady suddenly became blind.
S2: The lady said that she had not been properly cured
because she could not see all her furniture.
P: The doctor called daily and every time he took away
some of her furniture he liked.
Q: At last, she was cured and the doctor demanded his
fee.
R: She agreed to pay a large fee to the doctor who
would cure her.
S: On being refused, the doctor wanted to know the
reason.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PQRS
(b) RPQS
(c) RSPQ
(d) RQPS
Ans: ( b ) RPQS

55. S1: The path of Venus lies inside the path of
the Earth.
S2: When at its brightest, it is easily seen with the
naked eye in broad daylight.
P: When at its farthest from the earth, Venus is 160
million away.
Q: With such a wide range between its greatest and
least distances it is natural that at sometimes Venus
appears much brighter than at others.
R: No other body ever comes so near the Earth, with
the exception of the Moon and an occasional comet or
asteroid.
S: When Venus is at its nearest to the earth it is
only 26 million miles away.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SRPQ
(b) SQRP
(c) PSQR
(d) QPRS
Ans: ( a ) SRPQ

56. S1: In the middle of one side of the square
sits the Chairman of the committee, the most important
person in the room.
S2: From the moment its members meet, it begins to have
a sort nebulous life of its own.
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.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) RSQP
(b) PQRS
(c) SQPR
(d) QSRP
Ans: ( d ) QSRP

57. S1: Once King Shantnu met a young and beautiful
fisher girl.
S2: Devavrata, the King?s son, asked him the reason of
his sadness.
P: He went to the fisherman and asked him for her and
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 on the condition that
the son of his daughter should be the heir to the throne of
Hastinapur.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PQRS
(b) RPSQ
(c) QSPR
(d) PSQR
Ans: ( b ) RPSQ

58. S1: Religion is not a matter of mere dogmatic
conformity.
S2: A man of that character is free from fear, free
from hatred.
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.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SPRQ
(b) QPSR
(c) PSRQ
(d) SPQR
Ans: ( b ) QPSR

59. S1: For some time in his youth, Abraham Lincoln
was manager of a shop.
S2: Never before had Lincoln had so much time for
reading as he had then.
P: Then a chance customer would come.
Q: Young Lincoln?s way of keeping shop was entirely
unlike anyone else?s.
R: Lincoln would jump up and attend to his needs and
then revert to his reading.
S: He used to lie full length on the counter of the
shop eagerly reading a book.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SRQP
(b) QSPR
(c) SQRP
(d) QPSR
Ans: ( b ) QSPR

60. S1: We must learn to depend on ourselves and
not look to others for help every time we are in trouble.
S2: A country?s freedom can be preserved only by her
own strength and self-reliance.
P: We should not forget that those who lean too much
on others tend to become weak and helpless.
Q: Certainly we want to make friends with the rest of
the world.
R: We welcome help and cooperation from every quarter,
but we must depend primarily on our own resources.
S: We also seek the goodwill and cooperation of all
those who reside in this country, whatever their race or
nationality.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PQRS
(b) QSRP
(c) SRQP
(d) QPRS
Ans: ( a ) PQRS

61. S1: Minnie went shopping one morning.
S2: She drove home with an empty shopping basket.
P: Disappointed she turned around and returned to the
parking lot.
Q: She got out and walked to the nearest shop.
R: She drove her car into the parking lot and stopped.
S: It was there that she realized that she?d forgotten
her purse at home.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) RSQP
(b) RQSP
(c) PQRS
(d) QPRS
Ans: ( b ) RQSP

62. S1: Several sub-cities have been planned around
the capital.
S2: Hopefully the housing problem will not be as acute
as at present after these sub-cities are built.
P: Dwarka is the first among them.
Q: They are expected to alleviate the problem of
housing.
R: It is coming up in the south-west of the capital.
S: It will cater to over one million people when
completed.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) QPRS
(b) PRSQ
(c) PQRS
(d) QRSP
Ans: ( a ) QPRS

63. S1: Just as some men like to play football or
tennis, so some men like to climb mountains.
S2: You look down and see the whole country below you.
P: This is often very difficult to do, for mountains
are not just big hills.
Q: Paths are usually very sleep, and some mountain-
sides are straight up and down, so that it may take many
hours to climb as little as one hundred feet.
R: There is always the danger that you may fall off
and be killed or injured.
S: Men talk about conquering a mountain, and the
wonderful feeling it is to reach the top of a mountain
after climbing for hours and may be, even for days.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PQRS
(b) QPSR
(c) RQPS
(d) SRQP
Ans: ( a ) PQRS

64. S1: Ms. Parasuram started a petrol pump in
Madras.
S2: Thus she has shown the way for many others.
P: A total of twelve girls now work at the pump.
Q: She advertised in newspapers for women staff.
R: They operate in two shifts.
S: The response was good.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PQSR
(b) SQPR
(c) QSPR
(d) PQRS
Ans: ( c ) QSPR

65. S1: Your letter was a big relief.
S2: But don?t forget to bring chocolate for Geeta.
P: How did your exams go?
Q: After your result, you must come here for a week.
R: You hadn?t written for over a month.
S: I am sure you will come out with flying colours.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PSRQ
(b) QRPS
(c) RPSQ
(d) RSPQ
Ans: ( c ) RPSQ

66. S1: While crossing a busy road we should obey
the policeman on duty.
S2: We should never run while crossing a road.
P: We should always cross the road at the zebra
crossing.
Q: We must look to the signal lights and cross the
road only when the road is clear.
R: If there are no signal lights at the crossing, we
should look to the right, then to the left and again to the
right before crossing the road.
S: If the road is not clear we should wait.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PSRQ
(b) PQRS
(c) RQSP
(d) QRPS
Ans: ( d ) QRPS

67. S1: As a dramatist Rabindranath was not what
might be called a success.
S2: Therefore, drama forms the essential part of the
traditional Indian culture.
P: His dramas were moulded more on the lines of the
traditional Indian village dramas than the dramas of the
modern world.
Q: His plays were more a catalogue of ideas than a
vehicle of the expression of action.
R: Actually drama has always been the life of the
Indian people, as it deals with legends of gods and
goddesses.
S: Although in his short stories and novels he was
able to create living and well-defined characters, he did
not seem to be able to do so in his drmas.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SRQP
(b) QPSR
(c) QSPR
(d) RSQP
Ans: ( c ) QSPR

68. S1: The Hound of Baskervilles was feared by the
people of the area.
S2: The Hound of Baskervilles remains an unsolved
mystery.
P: Some people spoke of seeing a huge, shadowy form of
a hound at midnight on the moor.
Q: But they spoke of it in tones of horror.
R: Nobody had actually seen the hound.
S: This shadowy form did not reveal any details about
the animal.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SPQR
(b) SPRQ
(c) PSRQ
(d) PQRS
Ans: ( d ) PQRS

69. S1: During the Middle Ages the manufacture of
cloth was divided amongst a number of associations of
skilled workers who performed different operations required
in its production.
S2: This was one of the reasons why the industry
flourished in such rich countries as Flanders, Italy and
Britain.
P: But the association of skilled workers lacked
capital to buy it.
Q: Consequently, he began to assume the role of the
employer.
R: With the mechanization of these operations,
complicated apparatus became necessary for economic
production.
S: The banker, therefore, stepped in to finance the
industrialization of these operations.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PRSQ
(b) RPSQ
(c) RPQS
(d) PRQS
Ans: ( b ) RPSQ

70. S1: The art of growing old is one which the
passage of time has forced upon my attention.
S2: This is not always easy; one?s own past is a
gradually increasing weight.
P: One of these is undue absorption in the past.
Q: One?s thoughts 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.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) QSRP
(b) RPQS
(c) RPSQ
(d) QPRS
Ans: ( c ) RPSQ

71. S1: I never took payment for speaking.
S2: In this way I secured perfect freedom of speech,
and was warned against the accusation of being a
professional agitator.
P: The Sunday society would then assure me that on
these terms I might lecture on anything I liked and how I
liked.
Q: It often happened that provincial Sunday societies
offered me the usual ten guinea fee give the usual sort of
lecture, avoiding controversial politics and religion.
R: Occasionally to avoid embarrassing other lecturers
who lived by lecturing, the account was settled by a debit
and credit entry, that is, I was credited with the usual
fee and expenses and gave it back as a donation to the
society.
S: I always replied that I never lectured on anything
but very controversial politics and religion and that my
fee was the price of my railway ticket third class if the
place was father off than I could afford to go at my own
expense.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) QSPR
(b) SQRP
(c) SQPR
(d) QSRP
Ans: ( d ) QSRP

72. S1: As I say, I was born and brought up in an
atmosphere of the confluence of three movements, all of
which were revolutionary.
S2: He should not only have his own seeds but prepare
his own soil.
P: I was born in a family which had to live its own
life, which led me from my young days to seek guidance for
my own self-expression in my own inner standard of
judgement.
Q: No poet should borrow his medium readymade from
some shop of respectability.
R: But the language which belonged to the people had
to be modulated according to the urging which I as an
individual had.
S: The medium of expression, doubtless, was my mother
tongue.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PQRS
(b) PSRQ
(c) PQSR
(d) QSRP
Ans: ( b ) PSRQ

73. S1: We speak today of self-determination in
politics.
S2: Cultural subjection is ordinarily of an unconscious
character and it implies slavery from the very start.
P: So long as one is conscious of a restraint, it is
possible to resist it or to bear it as a necessary evil and
to keep free in spirit.
Q: Slavery begins when one ceases to feel that
restraint and it depends on if the evil is accepted as good.
R: There is, however, a subtler domination exercised
in the sphere of ideas by one culture on another.
S: Political subjection primarily means restraint on
the outer life of a people.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SPRQ
(b) RSQP
(c) SPQR
(d) RSPQ
Ans: ( c ) SPQR

74. S1: The role of the precious yellow metal is
undergoing a dramatic change.
S2: Again, it would not be an economic proposition to
buy and sell gold ornaments as an instrument of investment
as buying would be costlier and selling will be at a
discount.
P: In developing countries like India, where gold is
used mainly for ornaments, a distinct change in attitude is
in the offing.
Q: Slowly, the use of gold in the form of ornaments
will be on the decline and even if fold prices shoot up,
women folk would not like to sell off their ornaments.
R: The yellow metal will soon be treated as an
investment instrument.
S: The maxim, ?larger the gold reserves, richer the
country? will not hold good for a long time now.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SPRQ
(b) SPQR
(c) PSRQ
(d) PSQR
Ans: ( a ) SPRQ

75. S1: The city is almost a slum and stinks most
of the time.
S2: But some visitors came away with the unforgettable
sight of young labourers scantily clad.
P: The slush on the road did not deter them.
Q: The occasional slips and falls were considered a
small price to pay for the trip.
R: They were excited, fascinated by the sight of fresh
snow on the roads.
S: Even so, it looked beautiful to tourists of various
categories.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) RQPS
(b) QPRS
(c) RSQP
(d) SPQR
Ans: ( d ) SPQR

76. S1: Politeness is not a quality possessed by
only one nation or race.
S2: In any case, we should not mock at others? habits.
P: One may observe that a man of one nation will
remove his that 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.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) RPQS
(b) RPSQ
(c) PRQS
(d) QPRS
Ans: ( b ) RPSQ

77. S1: All the land was covered by the ocean.
S2: The god moulded the first people out of clay
according to his own image and mind.
P: The leading god fought the monster, killed it and
chopped its body into two halves.
Q: A terrible monster prevented the gods from
separating the land from the water.
R: The god made the sky out of the upper part of the
body and ornamented it with stars.
S: The god created the earth from the lower part, grew
plants on it and populated it with animals.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PQRS
(b) PQSR
(c) QPSR
(d) QPRS
Ans: ( d ) QPRS

78. S1: Payment for imports and exports is made
through a system called foreign exchange.
S2: Another time it may be worth eight pesos.
P: The value of the money of one country in relation
to the money of other countries is agreed upon.
Q: These rates of exchange vary from time to time.
R: For instance, an American dollor or a British pound
sterling is worth certain amounts in the money of other
countries.
S: Sometimes a United States dollar is worth twelve
pesos in Mexico.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PQRS
(b) QPRS
(c) PRQS
(d) RPQS
Ans: ( c ) PRQS

79. S1: Jawaharlal Nehru was the greates plan-
enthusiast.
S2: Nehru himself became the chairman of the Commission.
P: Under Nehru?s advice, the pre-Independence Congress
set up National Planning Commission in 1938
Q: But he forgot that what could be achieved by force
under the Communist dictatorship of Russia was not possible
under the democratic set up of India.
R: He took the idea from Russia where Five Year Plans
transformed a very backward country into a top power of the
world.
S: No free government can call for compulsory
sacrifice and suffering from the whole people.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PSQR
(b) SRQP
(c) QPRS
(d) RQSP
Ans: ( d ) RQSP

80. S1: What are the causes of our chronic food
shortage?
S2: This unprecedented growth can drag us to the doors
of starvation very soon.
P: To find food for these growing new millions is a
desperate task.
Q: Every year, we add more than a crore of persons to
our population.
R: Despite stupendous efforts by our government, the
population is growing unabated.
S: The chief cause is the population explosion.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) QRSP
(b) SQPR
(c) QPRS
(d) PSQR
Ans: ( b ) SQPR

81. S1: There is a difference between Gandhiji?s
concept of secularism and that of Nehru?s.
S2: Instead of doing any good, such secularism can do
harm instead of good.
P: Nehru?s idea of secularism was equal indifference
to all religions and bothering about none of them.
Q: According to Gandhiji, all religions are equally
true and each scripture is worthy of respect.
R: Such secularism which means the rejection of all
religions is contrary to our culture and tradition.
S: In Gandhiji?s view, secularism stands for equal
respect for all religions.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SQPR
(b) PSQR
(c) QSPR
(d) PRSQ
Ans: ( a ) SQPR

82. S1: the December dance and music season in
Madras is like the annual tropical cyclone.
S2: Many a hastily planed shrub gets washed away in the
storm.
P: A few among the new aspirants dazzle with the
colour of youth, like fresh saplings.
Q: It rains an abundance of music for over a fornight.
R: Thick clouds of expectation charge the atmosphere
with voluminous advertisements.
S: At the end of it one is left with the feeling that
the music of only those artists seasoned by careful
nurturing, stands tall like well-rooted trees.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) RQPS
(b) QRPS
(c) RQSP
(d) QRSP
Ans: ( b ) QRPS

83. S1: The study of speech disorders due to brain
injury suggests that patients can think without having
adequate control over their language.
S2: How they manage to do this we do not know.
P: But they succeed in playing games of chess.
Q: Some patients, for example, fail to find the names
of objects presented to them.
R: They can even use the concepts needed for chess
playing, though they are unable to express many of the
concepts in ordinary language.
S: They even find it difficult to interpret long
written notices.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PSQR
(b) RPSQ
(c) QSPR
(d) SRPQ
Ans: ( c ) QSPR

84. S1: In a good many cases unnecessary timidity
makes the trouble worse than it need be.
S2: If you hold in Delhi the views that are
conventional in Delhi, you must accept the consequences.
P: I am not, of course, thinking of extreme forms of
defiance.
Q: If you show that you are afraid of them, you give
promise of good hunting, whereas if you show indifference,
they begin to doubt their own power and, therefore, tend to
let you alone.
R: A dog will bark more loudly and bite more easily
when people are afraid of him than when they treat him with
contempt, and the human herd has something of this same
characteristc.
S: Public opinion is always more tyrannical towards
those who obviously fear it than towards those who feel
indifferent to it.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) QPRS
(b) SRPQ
(c) RSPQ
(d) SRQP
Ans: ( c ) RSPQ

85. S1: And then Gandhi came.
S2: Political freedom took new shape then and acquired
a new content.
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 descent from the top, he seemed to emerge
from the masses of India.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) QSRP
(b) SRQP
(c) RSQP
(d) PRSQ
Ans: ( b ) SRQP

86. S1: Ants cat worms, centipedes and spiders.
S2: Some jump, and some give out a pungent repellent
substance.
P: They are usually much quicker than the ant itself.
Q: Nevertheless, these animals do not make easy game
for ants.
R: Besides, they have an extraordinary number of ways
of escaping.
S: They also eat larvae and insect adults such as
flies, moths and springtails.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) SQPR
(b) SPRQ
(c) SQRP
(d) SRQP
Ans: ( d ) SRQP

87. S1: The future beckons to us.
S2: There is no resting for any one of us till we
redeem our pledge in full.
P: In fact we have hard work ahead.
Q: Where do we go and what shall be our endeavour?
R: We shall also have to fight and end poverty,
ignorance, and disease.
S: It will be to bring freedom and opportunity to the
common man.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PSRQ
(b) QPSR
(c) QSRP
(d) SRPQ
Ans: ( c ) QSRP

88. S1: Paleobotany is the study of fossil plants
preserved in rocks dating back it millions of years.
S2: The fossil plants indicate the age of the rock, and
also point to facts regarding climate, temperature and
topography.
P: Records of the history of the world are contained
in fossils.
Q: Through the ages, plants have evolved from simple
to more complex forms.
R: First there were water plants; then land plants
appeared during the Paleozoic era.
S: But since the fossil remains appear locked in rock
layers, they are closely related to the geologist?s area of
investigation.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) RQSP
(b) SQRP
(c) PSQR
(d) QRPS
Ans: ( d ) QRPS

89. S1: Governments are instituted among men to
secure their certain inalienable rights.
S2: Such was the necessity which constrained the united
colonies of America to give up their allegiance to the
British Crown and declare themselves free and independent
states.
P: Accordingly men are more disposed to suffer than to
right themselves by abolishing the forms of governments to
which they are accustomed.
Q: But prudence will dictate that governments long
established should not be changed for light and transient
causes.
R: They derive their just powers from the consent of
the governed, and therefore, can also be changed by them.
S: But whenever any form of government becomes
destructive of these rights of the people, it is their duty
to throw off such a government.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PRSQ
(b) RQPS
(c) SRQP
(d) QRPS
Ans: ( b ) RQPS

90. S1: Satyajit Ray made several films for
children.
S2: But today few think of Ray as a maker of children?s
films.
P: latter film-makers have followed his lead.
Q: Today other nations are making children?s films in
a big way.
R: This was at a time when no director considered
children as potential audience.
S: Ray was, thus, a pioneer in the filed.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PSRQ
(b) RSQP
(c) RSPQ
(d) SQRP
Ans: ( c ) RSPQ

91. S1: Man has existed for about a million years.
S2: What its future effects will be is a matter of
conjecture, but possibly a study of its effects hitherto
may make the conjecture a little less hazardous.
P: Science, as a dominant factor in determining the
beliefs of educated men, has existed for about 300 years;
as a source of economic technique, for about 150 years.
Q: When we consider how recently it has risen to
power, we find ourselves forced to believe that we are at
the very beginning of its work in transforming human life.
R: In this brief period it has proved itself an
incredibly powerful revolutionary force.
S: He has possessed writing for about 6,000 years,
agriculture somewhat longer, but perhaps not much longer.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PQSR
(b) PRSQ
(c) SPRQ
(d) RQPS
Ans: ( c ) SPRQ

92. S1: Once upon a time an ant lived on the bank
of a river.
S2: She was touched.
P: The dove saw the ant struggling in water in a
helpless condition.
Q: All its efforts to come up failed.
R: One day it suddenly slipped into the water.
S: A dove lived in a tree on the bank not far from the
spot.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) RQSP
(b) QRPS
(c) SRPQ
(d) PQRS
Ans: ( a ) RQSP

93. S1: Moncure Conway devoted his life to two
great objects: freedom of thought, and freedom of the
individual.
S2: Unless a vigorous and vigilant public opinion can
be aroused in defence of them, there will be much less of
both a hundred years hence than there is now.
P: they threaten both kinds of freedom.
Q: But something also has been lost.
R: There are now dangers, somewhat different in form
from those of the past ages.
S: In regard to both these objects, something has been
gained since his time.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PQRS
(b) QSPR
(c) SQRP
(d) RSPQ
Ans: ( c ) SQRP

94. S1: In the eighteenth century people expected
most of their children to die before they were grown up.
S2: There is no obvious limit to the improvement of
health that can be brought about by medicine.
P: Improvement began at the beginning of the
nineteenth century, chiefly owing to vaccination.
Q: The general death rate in 1948 (10.8) was the
lowest ever recorded up to that date.
R: In 1920 the infant mortality in English and Wales
was 80 per thousand.
S: It has continued ever since and is still continuing.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PSRQ
(b) RQPS
(c) QRPS
(d) SPQR
Ans: ( a ) PSRQ

95. S1: Most people know that economics deals with
such items as population, natural resources, incomes,
tariffs, money and prices.
S2: From this view, human behaviour is seen as activity
directed towards the achievement of various objectives
through the use of various resources.
P: Instead, it is how it organizes and analyses its
materials; it is the perspective from which it views the
world that makes it a special field of study.
Q: However, it is not what economics deals with that
makes it a distinctive science.
R: Indeed, the list of topics can be greatly extended.
S: Economics is a particular view of reality.
The proper sequence should be :
(a) PQSR
(b) RSPQ
(c) QPSR
(d) RQPS
Ans: ( d ) RQPS

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