Multiple choice

Directions: In the following questions each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence and choose the option.

S1. Pedestrians and cyclists have emerged as the most vulnerable group on Delhi roads. P. Most of the pedestrians who are brought to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Trauma Centre belong to the lower socio-economic strata,” noted the report. Q. “If any other cause were responsible for so many deaths in the country, it would have led to emergency measures,” added CSE executive director Anumita Roychowdhury. R. This has been revealed in the latest assessment of road accident risk and accident hotspots in Delhi by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which recently released this data at a workshop titled ‘Our Safe Right to Way – Addressing safety and accessibility in Indian cities’. S. According to the report, Delhi ranks the highest in terms of fatal accidents and in number of pedestrians and cyclists falling victim to road crashes. S6. Meanwhile, the report has warned that while metro cities record very high rates of accidents, smaller cities are fast catching up.

  1. PSRQ

  2. RPSQ

  3. QPRS

  4. PQRS

  5. RSPQ
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E Correct answer
Explanation

The first sentence of the passage introduces the topic as pedestrians and cyclists being the most vulnerable group. The next sentence of the given sequence reveals this as the latest assessment by CSE. The next sentence that follows is correctly placed as it quotes the report aforementioned by saying according to the report. The next sentence further quotes this report by telling us what this report has noted i.e. the economic strata of the pedestrian victims. The next sentence then adds to the given information by quoting the statement that the director of the CSE has given. The closing sentence of the sentence then logically concludes the passage.

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