Multiple choice

Directions: In the following item, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6, respectively. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are supposed to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark the answer accordingly.

S1: In almost all the developing countries, estimates indicate that every six seconds, one child dies and another becomes disabled as a consequence of diseases that can be prevented with immunisation. S6: After each round of immunisation during the IIP, all computerised data were brought up-to-date. P: At the start of the programme, local Anganwadi centres for pre-school children operating as a part of the National Integrated Child Development Services Scheme were involved in conducting house-to-house surveys. Q: The experiment has been launched with the objective of introducing new and efficient strategies for large-scale immunisation programmes, which, if successful, could be used as models for similar endeavours in the future. R: Two areas were included in the IIP: Trilokpuri and Khanjawala. S: Between December 1983 and March 1984, a large-scale experiment – the Intensive Immunisation Programme (IIP) – was conducted in Delhi.

  1. QSPR

  2. RPQS

  3. PQRS

  4. SQRP

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D Correct answer
Explanation

The opening sentence is generic. All the other statements are about a particular programme. Normally Q should also have been in simple past tense. However, it uses present perfect tense to state the objective (which is still valid). This statement (The experiment) should logically follow S, which introduces 'a large scale experiment'. S introduces a particular experiment and names it, Q states the objectives, R names the areas covered, P states what was done in the area and S6 logically states the follow up action.