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Para Jumbles

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Para Jumbles Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements.

A. It is not enough for the Westerner to try to set up a melting pot, it is also essential that the fusion of races should not collide with the obstinate resistance of hostile populations. B. Since the coexistence of two ethnic groups, one of which believes itself to be the victim of unjust social discrimination, is hardly conducive to peace in the world. One would be tempted to look upon the total fusion of all the earth's races as the ideal solution of the fratricidal wars which have rent humanity throughout the ages. C. On the contrary, among the Moslems, racial intermixture encounters for the time being the flat opposition of the only desirable elements of their population. D. Such a fusion is possible for the Hindus by creating Indo-European half-breeds and it would make possible the peopling of Equatorial Africa with a white population that could stand the African climate.

  1. ADBC

  2. ABCD

  3. BDCA

  4. DBAC
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This para jumble raises a question 'is the fusion of all races desirable?'. Three statements A & C talk of 'fusion of races' & should therefore occur together (irrespective of the order). But the introduction of the whole concept is given in B. So, statement B should be the introductory, that is, the first statement. Hence, answer is (3).

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements.

A. Developed countries have set up several non-tariff barriers which strike at the roots of 'ideal' competition based on 'market' forces. B. When one country prepares to cope with a set of barriers introduced by these developed countries, a new set of complex barriers cope up. C. India has to be prepared to face such selectively targeted actions even when marching towards developed status. D. These are mostly aimed at denying opportunities to other countries to reach developed status.

  1. BCDA

  2. ADBC

  3. CBDA

  4. ACDB
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This para jumble talks about the barrier that the developing countries have to face. As statement A talks about non-tariff barriers, it forms the beginning statement. Statement D is an explanation to statement A, that is, the non-tariff barriers. 

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements.

A. Economic output in South Korea, for example, doubled in a period of just eleven years. B. At its most basic, the Asian Miracle represented a level of economic growth not seen in 130 years of recorded history. C. Compare this with the fifty-eight years it took the British to double the level of output from 1780, or the forty-seven years it took the United States to double output from 1839. D. The Asian achievement in part is a product of the cycle of development that has speeded up economic growth and in part an acceleration of that cycle, bringing it to new levels.

  1. DBAC

  2. ABCD

  3. BACD

  4. DACB
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This para jumble shows the Asian miracle in developing its economy, which is explicit from statement B. As statement A provides example to support B, hence B à A. Statement C is definitely to follow A as it shows the comparison. Statement D explains the reason of this miracle, so it marks off well as the ending phrase. This makes (3) the correct option.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements.

A. Principally this involved a rapid expansion of the export of manufactured goods. B. So, where did all this direct investment (as opposed to indirect or portfolio investment through financial markets) go? C. This brings us to the third, most commonly cited reason for East Asia's economic success, namely the rapid development of export-orientated industries and government policies that encouraged the promotion of trade. D. Governments throughout the region were hell-bent on developing export industries.

  1. BCAD

  2. ACDB

  3. DCAB

  4. BDAC
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This para jumble is very simple. Statement A is related to another statement, so it cannot form the beginning. Statement D again can't be starting statement as it is a general statement and no other statement links to it. Hence, we are left with only statement B. Out of C and D, C gives support to statement B, followed by A which further explains C. Hence, (1) is the correct option.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement and a closing statement. The four statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.

1 The only cheerful faces in the recent episode were those who had bet that Greenspan would do it once again. A. The appetite of the speculators was fed by the latest decision, they would expect more. B. It is indeed strange that the fate of a nations economy like the US is decided by a bunch of 100 or so speculative traders. C. The bond marketers who predicted this were upbeat although the stock market indices themselves went down. D. It is not as if there is an impersonal market who takes millions of decisions which is what one understands normally by market forces.

  1. These 100 or so traders form a judgment as to whether the Fed is taking an anti inflation stance tough enough to brake the economy.

  1. BDCA

  2. BDAC

  3. ACDB

  4. CADB
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Sentence B gives information that fate of US economy is decided by a bunch of 100 speculative traders. Thus, traders are again referred in sentence 6 and thereby B6 should be part of our required answer choice. In sentence C, the given information is that some bond marketers who predicted 'this' were lip beat. The prediction being talked about in this sentence is given in sentence 1. Option (4) is correct answer as it satisfies both the above found relations.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement and a closing statement. The four statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.

  1. For 17 years Girish Karnads play, Anju Mallige, was suppressed, virtually ignored. A. Now nearly two decades after its writing, Prasanna directs the third year students of Delhi National School in Anju Mallige. B. Sexuality on the Indian stage is a strict no-no, especially a theme as murky as incest. C. The obvious questions that arise are, why this play and why now? D. It is easy to see why.
  2. Would Karnads attitude have been any different if the play had been staged when it was written?

  1. CABD

  2. ABCD

  3. DBAC

  4. BCAD
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Sentence A describes the play being directed by Prasanna and sentence C presents idea, 'The obvious questions that arises are, why this play and why now?' on account of reference being  made to the play being staged. Now, these two sentences should come together in order AC. Look at answer choices for such possible ordering. One can see that option (3) confirms it and also the order present is perfect enough to mark option (3) as correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement and a closing statement. The four statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.

1 A substantial part of resources should be channelised to coaching programmes. A. Our sports infrastructure is very poor. B. Even in their acme, players have found wolves staring right in their faces. C. Funds wasted on organizational pomp should be diverted to provide sports infrastructure. D. Sporting activity plays a second fiddle to bread-earning.

  1. Various training programmes die a lingering death starved of funds.

  1. ACDB

  2. CDAB

  3. BDAC

  4. ADCB
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Sentence A as well as C both talk about lack of sports infrastructure and need to divert funds for development of sports infrastructure, thereby, order AC should form part of our logical sequence. In sentence B, players even at peak of their careers have been described as find wolves staring in their face and in sentence D, sporting activity described playing second fiddle to bread earning. As sporting activity is implied in relation to sportsmen, therefore BD is also logically correct. According to our above findings, only option left valid for correct answer is option (3)

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the option representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements.

A. What is best in the national interest is realpolitik that dictates the conduct of foreign policy of all nations.
B. India is also following a policy that is governed by enlightened self-interest. C. Nations that have been divided on the basis of ideological grounds have come together with trade and economic interests, supervening other interests.
D. Lord Palmerston formulated the oft-quoted maxim of realpolitik, “There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, there are only permanent interests.”

  1. BADC

  2. ADBC

  3. ABDC

  4. DACB
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This parajumble is about realpolitik, i.e. the concept of aligning with the superpower. So, it begins with quotation in statement D. As A is an explanation to D, option (4) is the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements.

A. The worst victim of this abridgement of Fundamental Rights was the great 'Shanker’s Weekly', a pet cartoon magazine of Jawahar Lal Nehru that was closed down by Indira Gandhi. B. Most of the journalists recall with trepidation the black days when Internal Emergency was clamped down on this country by Indira Gandhi, gagging the Press, muffing all forms of dissent and sending to jail all those out of favour with the Indira Gandhi regime.
C. Anybody who dared opposed Indira Gandhi was sent behind bars. D. Several newspapers came up with blank editorial pages and political cartoons were banned.

  1. DBCA

  2. DCBA

  3. BCDA

  4. ABCD
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This parajumble in about Freedom of Press during Internal Emergency in Indira Gandhi’s regime, which is clear in B, which marks off the beginning. As C further supports the idea, so it follows B. Now, we are left with A and D. As A provides an example, so it would obviously follow D. This makes (3) as the best possible choice.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and closing statement 6. The four statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.

  1. By importing non-strategic systems for defence, a nation will not be able to defend both its economic freedom and security.
    A. A country’s strength, to protect its security, is dependent on the degree of self-reliance in defence and defence systems. B. Through our sustained efforts for growth of core-competence and self-reliance in critical technologies, we can transform our nation.
    C. This will only perpetuate the dependence on other nations. D. India’s core-competence in certain technological areas and scientific technological manpower has to be harnessed.
  2. Technology is the tool that brings faster economic growth and needs inputs for national security.

  1. ABCD

  2. ABDC

  3. CADB

  4. DCAB
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This parajumble is on our vision of national security. C makes the beginning as it completes the statement 1. Out of options left, A would follow C. D provides link to A as it explains A further, i.e. A à D. Hence, the correct option is (3).

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and closing statement 6. The four statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.

  1. Malaysia has successfully built upon the wealth of a mere plantation economy to be now considered one of the important industrialized economies of the modern world. A. The vision articulates the strategies through which Malaysia aspires to be in forefront of certain area of technology, not merely as a leading exporter of tech-intensive product, but also a generator of a few major technologies in micro-electronics. B. Malaysia has framed a strategic master plan to become a fully developed nation by the year 2020 that calls for concerted development in all areas. C. The Malaysian vision envisages a role for foreign direct investment, complete design capability and to manufacture products using indigenous expertise. D. The vision envisages a strong commitment to ‘green’ polices and it states that environmental problems cannot be dealt with unilaterally or even bilaterally, they must be approached holistically and multilaterally.
  2. Nation is taking constant measures to drum up the enthusiasm of various interested parties in realizing this vision. Its present emphasis is on action.

  1. BDCA

  2. ACBD

  3. CDAB

  4. BCAD

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This parajumble shows Malaysia’s vision for developed status by 2020. Out of all the statements, its only B that talks of this vision, so it follows stationary statement. Now, we are left with A, C and D, statement C would follow B as it gives a brief account on this vision. That leaves us with (4) as the correct option. 

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and closing statement 6. The four statements are jumbled up and form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.

  1. The Chinese vision is to prepare the country for entry into the ranks of mid–level developed nations by the middle of the 21st century. A. Documents describing the Chinese vision state that science and technology constitute premier productive forces and represent a great revolutionary power that can propel economic and social development. B. They also point to the absence of mechanisms and motivations in their economic activity to promote dependence on science and technology. C. The main lessons, the Chinese have drawn from their part performance is their failure to promote science and technology as strategic tools for empowerment. D. Acceleration of the nation’s economic growth and social development by relying on advances in science and technology is pivotal in this.
  2. The Chinese vision is therefore aimed at exploiting state of the art, science and technology to enhance the nation’s overall power and strength.

  1. ABCD

  2. DACB

  3. ACBD

  4. CDAB
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This parajumble shows Chinese vision for developed status as it is clear from statement 1. Chinese focus on science and technology for this vision could be made out from all the statements, but statement D states it clearly. Hence, D follows statement 1. As statement A further explains – “how science and technology” can help China, so it follows D. Now, we are left with B and C, obviously statement B would follow C as it has 'also' in it, i.e. C.

Multiple choice introduction to clauses sentences english
Rearrange the given parts to form a meaningful sentence. 

A) As the name suggests
B) giant or coastal redwoods thrive
C) where marine fog provides the right conditions for their growth
D) in the humid
E) moist climate of the Northern Californian coast

  1. As the name suggests, where marine fog provides the right conditions for their growth, giant or coastal redwoods thrive in the humid, moist climate of the Northern Californian coast.

  2. As the name suggests, giant or coastal redwoods thrive in the humid, moist climate of the Northern Californian coast, where marine fog provides the right conditions for their growth.

  3. As the name suggests, in the humid, moist climate of the Northern Californian coast, giant or coastal redwoods thrive where marine fog provides the right conditions for their growth.

  4. NO CHANGE
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

TH implied meaning is that the eponymous(A,) trees thrive(B) in a particular climate(D,E) where a particular factor provides optimal growth conditions(C). Hence Option B is correct. The rest of the options do not follow this sequence, hence incorrect. 

Multiple choice maths geometrical construction constructing perpendicular lines perpendicular to a line from an external point constructing an perpendicular line constructing a perpendicular bisector construction of a perpendicular bisector construction of penpendicual bisector set squares

To construct a perpendicular to a line ($L$) from a point ($P$) outside the line, steps are given in jumbled form.Identify the first step from the following.
1) Draw line $PQ$.
2)Draw a line $L$ and consider point $P$ outside the line.
3)Take $P$ as a center, draw $2$ arcs on line $L$ and name it as points $A$ and $B$ respectively.
4)Taking $A$ and $B$ as a center one by one and keeping the same distance in compass, draw the arcs on other side of the plane.The point where these arcs intersect name that point as $Q$.

  1. $4$
  2. $3$
  3. $2$
  4. $1$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The correct sequence is:

Step 1. Draw a line $L$ and consider a point $P$ outside the line.
Step 2. Take $P$ as center and draw two arcs on line $L$ ans name the points $A$ and $B$ respectively.
Step 3.Taking $A$ and $B$ as centres one by one and keeping the same distance in compass , draw the arcs on other side of the plane .The point where these arcs intersect name that as $Q$
Step 4. Draw line $PQ$
So the first step is $2$
Option $C$ is correct.

Multiple choice maths line segment construction of line segment and circle of given radius construction related to lines constructing line segment circumscribing and inscribing a circle on a regular hexagon

The steps for constructing a line segment of given length are given in a jumbled order below:
1. Draw an arc on the line by keeping the pointed end of the compass on the point $A$. Mark the arc point as $B$.
2. Draw a line.
3. Extend the compass by keeping one end on the $0\ cm$ mark and other at the given length on the ruler.
4. Take a point $A$ anywhere on the line.

Which of the above steps comes last?

  1. $1$
  2. $2$
  3. $3$
  4. $4$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

For constructing a line segment of given length steps are following:

Step 1 : Draw a line(2).
Step 2 :Take a point $A$ anywhere on the line(4).
Step 3 : Extend the compass by keeping one end on the $0 \ \ cm$ mark and other at given length on ruler(3).
Step 4 :  Draw an arc on the line by keeping the pointed end of the compass on the point $A$ .Mark the arc point as $B.$(1)
So $1.$ is the last step.
Option $A$ is correct.