Multiple choice

Directions: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given in the beginning. The middle four in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark accordingly on the answer sheet.

S1 : A reporter is someone who gathers and writes news. S6 : The reporter and the editor are both called newsmen. P : An editor is someone who prepares all the news for printing in the newspaper. Q : A reporter cannot do a good job unless he has a good understanding of the requirements of the editor of his newspaper. R : The editor decides how important each news story is and where it should be placed. S : Many editors are former reporters. The proper sequence should be

  1. Q P R S

  2. Q R S P

  3. P R Q S

  4. R S P Q
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Explanation

Paragraph starts with description of reporter and what he does. Then, we have the description of editor and what he does. ‘R’ follows ‘P’ as placement of news comes after deciding upon the importance of the news. Then comes ‘S’ before S6.

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