English Language

Para Jumbles

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All Sentence parts within one sentence 753 Fixed opening or closing anchor 352 Whole sentences into a paragraph 271 Single position asked 157 Odd sentence out 4

Para Jumbles Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge

He was so kind and generous that P : he not only Q : made others do so R : but also S : helped them himself The Proper sequence should be:

  1. PSRQ

  2. SPQR

  3. PRSQ

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

PSRQ gives: 'He was so kind and generous that he not only helped them himself but also made others do so.' This uses the not only...but also correlative conjunction correctly, with 'helped them himself' as the first action and 'made others do so' as the second.

Multiple choice general knowledge

We went P : along the railway line Q : and had a right to R : where other people not allowed to go S : but daddy belonged to the railway The Proper sequence should be:

  1. RPQS

  2. PRSQ

  3. RSQP

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

The sequence PRSQ forms a coherent sentence: 'We went along the railway line and had a right to [go] where other people not allowed to go but daddy belonged to the railway.' The father's railway employment explains the special access privilege.

Multiple choice general knowledge

There was P : needed for it everyday life Q : a time when each family R : for itself most of the things it S : actually produced The Proper sequence should be:

  1. QRSP

  2. RQPS

  3. RSPQ

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

The sequence QSRP forms a coherent sentence: 'There was a time when each family actually produced for itself most of the things it needed for it everyday life.' This describes pre-industrial self-sufficient economies.

Multiple choice technology programming languages

The correct set of sequence for file operations for a file say 'test'

  1. lseek(), open(), write(), close()

  2. open(), write(), lseek(), close()

  3. open(), lseek(), open(), , write() close()

  4. None
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

To perform file operations, a file must first be opened using open(). Once open, you can write data to it using write(), reposition the file offset using lseek(), and finally release the file descriptor using close().

Multiple choice

In the following question, the first and the last sentences of the passage are in order and numbered 1 and 6, respectively. The rest of the passage is split into 4 parts and numbered 2, 3, 4 and 5. These 4 parts are not arranged in a proper order. Read these sentences and arrange them in a logical sequence to make a passage. Choose the correct sequence from the given options.

  1. On Diwali, the family rises early in the morning.
  2. The whole family, including the young and the old enjoy doing this.
  3. Children let off fireworks later in the night with their friends.
  4. At sunset, the lamps are lit and the family performs various rituals.
  5. Father, mother and children visit relatives and exchange gifts and sweets.
  6. Houses look pretty with the lighted lamps all around.

  1. 2, 5, 3, 4

  2. 5, 2, 4, 3

  3. 3, 5, 4, 2

  4. 4, 5, 2, 3
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Correct Answer: 5, 2, 4, 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) The Indian space programme was poised for a great leap forward, with the organization proposing to embark on 40 rocket launches, placing one remote sensing satellite after another in space by 2008.
(B) And these missions would include a voyage to the moon in 2008.
(C) This isn't a tall order if one looks back. If what this country has achieved to become a major space power in just a span of 40 years. (D) With these 40 launches, ISRO will accomplish in a period of five years what it had hitherto taken over 25 years to achieve.

  1. ABCD

  2. ACDB

  3. CDAB

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

This para jumble is about space programme launched by ISRO, the rest are describing about it, which makes statement A, the beginning statement. This leaves us with 2 options (1) and (2). From statement B or C, statement C is more probable as it explains statement A. Hence, (2) is 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) The National Geographic society awarded him the John Oliver LaGorce Medal in 1985. (B) Mac is Kamoya Kimen, the foreman of Richard Leakey's and my expeditions, when we were searching for fossil humans together.
(C) Mac is the man who has led the team that has found more private and human fossils than any groups of professional paleoauthropologists anywhere. (D) That medal has been won by such impressive people as Ameha Earhart and polar explorer commander Robert Peary.

  1. BCAD

  2. CBAD

  3. ADBC

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

This parajumble is about Mac who has done pioneering research in human fossil remains. That is why, B is the starting statement. As C further explains B, so B à C. Statement A is the award won by Mac and as D further comments on this medal, so the correct sequence is BCAD. Hence, (1) is the correct 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) Coming as it does on the eve of his long awaited visit to the embattled state, the announcement will help to dispel the notion that the UPA has in some way squandered the legacy of dialogue and confidence building left behind by the NDA. (B) This will give a huge boost to both the now stalled official talks with the All Parties Hurriyat Conference and the ongoing composite dialogue process with Pakistan. (C) The Manmohan Singh government has decided to reduce the level of troops deployed in J&K. (D) The precise nature of the force reduction is still not known but the warm response from Islamabad and the separatist conglomerate suggests that the PM has struck a key political chord with this conciliatory gesture.

  1. CBDA

  2. CDBA

  3. BCAD

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

Statement B speaks of something which would give a boost to official talks with Pakistan. This indicates that the previous statement should talk of this move. Now, this move has been given in statement C. So, the direct and the easiest link is C → B. Only one option has this link. Therefore, answer is (1).

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) The member states are united in the belief that an international convention is urgently needed to outlaw human 'reproductive cloning'.
(B) Yet the issue at stake is one on which there should not be such polarisation.
(C) Later this week, there could be a highly divisive vote in the United Nations.
(D) The schism has occurred because some countries, led by the United States, appear determined to see this ban extended to cover ‘therapeutic cloning’ as well.

  1. CBAD

  2. ADCB

  3. ADBC

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

This parajumble talks about a ban on human cloning. It begins with statement C followed by B, which gives sense to C. D is to follow A as it is clear when we read these 2 statements carefully. The correct sequence is (1). Hence, it is the required 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) There is an underlying assumption that getting a U.S. patent is something similar to winning a gold medal in Olympics, which is not the case.
(B) The news item 'NGRI bags U.S. patent for equipment design' raises some very interesting questions.
(C) These days there are complaints about the quality of patents being granted by the USPTO.
(D) There seems to be a false impression that USPTO is very competent and a thorough examination is done of the patent specification before getting a patent.

  1. DCAB

  2. ADBC

  3. ABCD

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

Foreign patenting is the highlight of this para jumble. So, it begins with the news item in statement B. Out of all the statements left, it is only A that goes with statement B. Complaints in statement C follows the thorough examination done by USPTO in statement D. All this is met in option (4). Hence, it is the required 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) It is hard to say, at first glance, whether this question is absurdly easy or absurdly difficult. (B) Perhaps, in different ways, it is both. (C) Most people would probably reply that they know perfectly well what they mean, but that they find it hard or impossible to express their meaning precisely. (D) What does it mean to say about anything that it is good?

  1. DABC

  2. CBAD

  3. ADCB

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

A very easy para jumble in statement A, he is referring to a question & the question is given in statement D. So, D → A. We guess all could figure out the connection between A → B. So, the correct sequence is DABC. Hence, (1) 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 man who has never sought the truth, or the one who thinks he has already found it, is never disturbed or upset.
(B) It is better to be troubled than to rest complacently in indifference or blind faith.
(C) Our age is truly a time of crisis and discomfort for those troubled spirits who do not possess the serenity, touched with sadness or the cool head of the scientist or philosopher that indeed is just what makes it great.
(D) But the first of these is deficient in ambition and the second is lacking foresight.

  1. CADB

  2. ADBC

  3. ABDC

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

The essence of this para jumble is that people in search of truth are troubled, which is very clear in statement C. C introduces the idea, so, it has to be the beginning statement. A supports C i.e. C à A. Out of D and B, D further explains A while B marks off the concluding statement. Hence, correct option is (1).