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Para Jumbles

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Para Jumbles Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, five 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 life of Aristotle coincides then with that confused and cheerless period when the proud Greek cities, that had once so valiantly defended their freedom against the countless hosts of Persia, now, through their inability to submerge their differences and co-operate with one another, were losing that freedom and sinking into the state of inglorious subjection that, but for a few short intervals, was to last until the nineteenth century.

B. For all the information we get from him, we might suppose the state of Greece in his time to be as usual, with the customary petty wrangling going on between the cities, and the imperial powers of Egypt, Persia, and Carthage lying off on the horizon, and no new cyclonic force crashing through the world, creating such havoc with the old order that nothing could ever bring it back.

C. Why, we wonder, this deliberate averting of the eyes, this refusal to speak of the earth-shaking revolution going on around him?

D. His discourse on politics has all to do with the management of the small, independent city-state, as if the day of that state were not already gone.

E. He lived in the thick of these events, knew personally some of the chief actors, left behind a mass of profoundly thoughtful writings on many topics, yet no word of comment on the fateful thing that was happening or on the men responsible for it.

  1. BEADC

  2. AEBDC

  3. CADBE

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

'In thick of these events' in E is a reference to statement A, thus we have AE link. 'Information' in B refers to 'thoughtful writings' in E, hence, B follows E. D is not an answer to the question in C. Therefore, C would conclude the sequence. Hence, (2) is the answer.

Multiple choice
Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a 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. Preventive war, or the making of war in order to keep the peace, has served in its turn both nations and tyrants as reason or pretext.
A. They always speak in terms of 'our peace, that is, the peace that we want, our security, our national honor, demand…...'
B. More recently we have heard the cry: ''To have peace, we must be resolved to pay, and declare our intention of paying, whatever price is necessary - even the price of starting a war in order to force the co-operation of everyone in maintaining peace. We have adopted a new role for a democracy in becoming the initiators of war of aggression, the role of the first aggressors in behalf of peace.''
C. But there is nothing new about that, except perhaps the intentions.
D. Whether it is the Pax Romana, or the thousand - year peace of Hitler, or that suppression of the bourgeoisie which forms the pretext for Communism, the aim in each case is not freedom in peace, but domination.
6. Tyrants or demagogues, empires, republics, or democracies have always claimed that they were making war in order to make peace - that is their peace.

  1. DABC

  2. ADBC

  3. ABCD

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

This para jumble is on preventive war as clear in statement 1. D is the obvious statement to follow 1 as it elaborates on preventive war further and both the statements are also connected by the word 'peace'. 'They' in A refers to ' Pax Romana, Hitler and bourgeoisie' in D, thus, D is the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a 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. We have seen that the truth of an analytic proposition, or statement, can, in principle be established without the need to make even the simplest of empirical observations, it follows that whatever we may observe can make no difference to the truth of such a proposition.

A. One can see at once that this is an analytic proportion, because its truth follows immediately from the meanings in this context of the words 'nought' and 'duck' and so can be established by reference to the language of cricket, without any need to wait for somebody actually to score nought and see what happens then.

B. Take, for example, the proposition 'Anyone who makes nought at cricket, makes a duck'.

C. No matter how many cricket matches one attended, one would and could never come across a case of a man making nought without making a duck.

D. But it is not just that there is no need to go and watch cricket matches to establish this truth, there could be no point in doing so.

  1. There is no score whatsoever that a batsman might make that could make any difference to this sad and simple truth. And one knows this in advance, precisely because it is analytic.

  1. CDAB

  2. ACDB

  3. BADC

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

This para jumble is about philosophy on analytic statements as could be seen in statement 1. Statement B provides support to statement 1 in the form of example which is explained in A. Out of D and C, D provides link to A as it begins with 'but' and C is to follow D as it supports statement D. Hence, correct answer is (3), the only option that satisfies this condition.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a 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 Hindu as a national newspaper of high standing, with its chequered history that has unfolded the ups and downs of the great freedom struggle and after 1947, it took pains to portray a nation in transition with an unbiased view.

A. The assault on this prestigious newspaper was indeed a blatant assault on the Fourth Estate and the entire nation condemned it.

B. The people all over the country saw the attack on 'The Hindu' as a virtual attack on the freedom of speech and expression of total media in the country.

C. It had the boldness to expose where the policies have gone wrong, where people at the top were found to be corrupt, it had the equipoise to commend the achievements in different regions.

D. There was a mass upsurge in almost every part of the country that showed that freedom of Press has to be defended at all costs.

  1. The supreme court of India issued a verdict in favour of the newspaper and stayed the arrests of the senior journalists.

  1. CADB

  2. BADC

  3. DABC

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

This para jumble is an attack on 'The Hindu' during freedom struggle, as an attack on freedom of press. 'C' is in continuation with statement 1. This leaves us with 2 choices (A) and (D). D is to follow A.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a 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 relations of different nations among themselves depend upon the extent to which each has developed its productive forces, the division of labour and internal intercourse.

A. But not only the relation of one nation to others, but also the whole internal structure of the nation itself depends on the stage of development reached by its production and its internal and external intercourse.

B. The division of labour inside a nation leads at first to the separation of industrial and commercial from agricultural labour, and hence, to the separation of town and country and to the conflict of their interests.

C. Each new productive force, insofar as it is not merely a quantitative extension of productive forces already known (For instance, the bringing into cultivation of fresh land), causes a further development of the division of labour.

D. How far the productive forces of a nation are developed is shown most manifestly by the degree to which the division of labour has been carried.

  1. Its further development leads to the separation of commercial from industrial labour.

  1. DBCA

  2. DABC

  3. ADCB

  4. BCAD

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

A narrows the approach of 'relation of different nations' in statement 1 to 'the internal structure of the nation', thus, A follows statement 1. D follows A as it provides an explanation to statement A. As statement 6 is in continuation to B, thus B precedes 6. The only option that satisfies this sequence is (3), hence, it is the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a 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 Government of India has mounted a major technology demonstration project for fly ash utilization.

A. The construction of four dwelling units at the abandoned fly ash pond of the National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL) at Panipat has been successful, and they have been tested through a monsoon season.

B. In many parts of India, there are successful examples of the use of fly ash, first being Okhla Flyover bridge which is operating successfully.

C. The results indicate that a structure up to four storey high can be safely and economically erected at abandoned ash ponds.

D. This mission mode project was the result of earlier work by TIFAC and is now being implemented by it along with many national and sate government agencies as well as industries and institutions.

  1. However, initial testing of the site is required as it is usually done for regular soils as well.

  1. ACBD

  2. DBAC

  3. BDAC

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

Looking at the para jumbles carefully, we come to know that it is about fly ash project. As statement A clearly shows the link, we are left with B or D. Statement D connects to statement 1 as TIFAC undertook the project. D is to be followed by B as it gives an e.g. that statement C shows the results, it follows A. The only choice that answers this is (2).

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. There are some who would like to believe in simplistic statements about post industrial society and the revolution of information technology whereby smaller societies can be sustained through the service sector alone. A. India cannot afford not to build its strengths in agriculture for reasons of food and nutritional security. B. Based on the strengths of these 2 sectors, it can build a major economic infrastructure for the services sector and use it to generate great wealth and employment for her people. C. Nor can it afford to ignore manufacturing strengths for reasons of economic and national security. D. A country like India cannot hope to build its future on the services sector alone, though it can be and will be a major component of the economy.
  2. Thus, the services sector, if properly developed along with the other 2 important and basic sectors, can really be considered a sector in the service of the people, to find new jobs and individual prosperity.

  1. ACDB

  2. ACBD

  3. BACD

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

This para jumble argues on India's survival in post industrialized society. D is the direct link after statement 1, which is an explanation to statement 1. A gives direct link to D as it talks of the basic sector i.e. A

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. We believe that Indian industry can take major advantage of the newly emerging opportunities and even make up for the ones missed earlier.
2. Some of the smaller units have come up to meet the demands for equipment arising out of import substitution, or because of the local sourcing requirements of industries using imported equipment and know how.
3. Yet we cannot afford to forget a large number of small and tiny manufacturing units, which are in the organized, and the so-called informal sector.
4. They range from the level of artisanal craft to those with obsolete machinery and equipment, surviving mostly because of their low wage costs.
5. It is imperative that we prepare the tiny, small, medium and even bigger Indian industries to face a more competitive future.
6. That would mean a systematic upgradation of human skills in most of these industries and also large - scale modernization of many of them by continuous injection of newer technologies.

  1. DACB

  2. ADBC

  3. CBDA

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

This para jumble talks on small scale manufacturing units in India, which is clear from statement B and this gives a direct link to statement 1. C elaborates statement B, B à C. Hence, (4) is the correct answer.

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. During the five decades after independence, we had so many major problems to solve. A. Missed opportunities do not usually recur in the same form, and there are others waiting to seize these opportunities in today's competitive world. B. Our utmost attention during the next quarter century should be to attend to these problems of growth and removal of poverty. C. Much more than the blows to national pride, the worst outcome of such missed opportunities is the loss to the nation, as slow economic growth hits the poor the most. D. Looking back we have also not had the type of resolve that is required to wipe out the centuries of stagnation and emerge as a vibrant society.
  2. In order to do so, we may have to adapt many things from the world, as also prepare ourselves for future creative adventure.

  1. DACB

  2. DCAB

  3. ADCB

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

This para jumble talks about the opportunities that India has missed to become a healthy nation. D provides the link to stationary statement 1 as it also talks of past, which leaves us with (1) and (2) choices. C is to be followed by B, which throws light on the problem in statement C i.e. C à B. Hence, (1) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: In following question, four statement 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 Government of India has mounted a major technology demonstration project for fly ash utilization. A. The construction of four dwelling units at the abandoned fly ash pond of the National Fertilizers Ltd. (NFL) at Panipat has been successful, and they have been tested through a monsoon season.
    B. In many parts of India, there are successful examples of the use of fly ash, first being Okhla Flyover bridge which is operating successfully. C. The results indicate that a structure up to four storey height can be safely and economically erected at abandoned ash ponds.
    D. This mission mode project was the result of earlier work by TIFAC and is now being implemented by it along with many national and state government agencies as well as industries and institutions.
  2. However, initial testing of the site is required as it is usually done for regular soils as well.

  1. ACBD

  2. DBAC

  3. BDAC

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

Looking at the para jumbles carefully, we come to know that it is about fly ash project. As statement A clearly shows the link, we are left with B or D. Statement D connects to statement 1 as TIFAC undertook the project. D is to be followed by B as it gives an e.g.  Statement C shows the results, it follows A. The only choice that answers this is (2).

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question consists of certain statements. You have to select the option representing the most logical sequencing of the given statements.

A. Stars radiate heat and light. B. Sun lies in the galaxy. C. Galaxy lies in the universe. D. Universe is a pulsating entity. E. Sun radiates heat and light. F. Sun is a star.

  1. ABF

  2. BCF

  3. AEF

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

As stars and sun radiate heat and light, therefore, sun is a star. Hence, 3 is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, five 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. In India, Marxist theory did influence some scholars but as a whole failed to develop a scientific tradition of thinking and research. B. From its early Marxist form, the dialectical approach in sociology has undergone further refinements in concepts and propositions, its speculative elations of categories. C. Marxist sensibility, however, remains diffused in the thought patterns of modern Indian intellectuals. D. It dominates the minds of the leaders in the Communist Party, and a large membership of the Congress and other liberal parties is also influenced by its ideology. E. Among the early studies based on this model there were many studies of caste based on economic interpretation, interpretation of Indian history from a classical view-point in the 'chronological order of successive developments in the means and relations of production' and evolutionary formulation of the stages of social development in India, guided by economic institutions.

  1. ABCDE

  2. ABCED

  3. BAECD

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

B begins the sequence as it introduces the subject - 'dialectical approach' according to Marxist' theory. A points out Marxist theory in reference to India which is further explained in E. ('this model' in E refers to Marxist theory in A), thus, we have BAE link. 'It' in D refers to 'Marxist sensibility' in C, thus, D follows C. This sequence is found in option (3), hence, it is the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following question, five 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 different phases merely represent differences in emphasis at different historical periods. B. For example, truth is dharma in Satyayuga, yajna (sacrifice) in Tratayuga, jnana (knowledge) in Dvaparayuga, and dana (alms) in Kaliyuga. C. It seeks to achieve homogeneity and harmony of thought.D. The Hindu's respect for tradition has a purpose. E. The Hindu philosophy believes in the continuity of the present with the past in which it is rooted, and its projection into the future.

  1. EDCAB

  2. DEACB

  3. ABEDC

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

AB link is most obvious from this para jumble as examples in B support the thought in A. Now, the point is that whether A begins the sequence or not. But on close scrutiny, it is E that begins the sequence as it introduces the subject - 'The Hindu Philosophy'. This leaves us with only one option i.e. (1) which is the answer.

Multiple choice
Directions: The following question consists of certain statements. You have to select the option representing the most logical sequencing of the given statements.
A. Flowers have attractive colours.
B. Colours of flowers attract insects.
C. Insects pollinate the flowers.
D. Flowers have pollen.
E. Colour of flower helps in pollination. F. Pollination is done by insects.

  1. ABC

  2. BCE

  3. AEF

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

Option (2), BCE B à Colours of flowers attract insects. C à Insects pollinate the flowers From B and C, we can infer that colours of flowers help to attract insects which in turn pollinate the flowers, thereby, colours help in pollination. This idea is expressed in statement E. Therefore, option (2) is correct answer.

Multiple choice
Directions: In the following question, five 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. A sense of life is a pre-conceptual equivalent of metaphysics, an emotional, subconsciously integrated appraisal of man and of existence. It sets the nature of a man's emotional responses and the essence of his character. B. That myth is true, not existentially, but psychologically. C. One of such allegories, which men find particularly terrifying, is the myth of a supernatural recorder from whom nothing can be hidden, who lists all of a man's deeds - the good and the evil, the noble and the vile - and who confronts a man with that record on judgement day. D. Since religion is a primitive form of philosophy, an attempt to offer a comprehensive view of reality, many of its myths are distorted, dramatized allegories based on some element of truth, some actual, if profoundly elusive, aspect of man's existence. E. The merciless recorder is the integrating mechanism of a man's subconscious, the record is his sense of life.

  1. ECDBA

  2. ABCDE

  3. DCBEA

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

There might be a little confusion in finding the starting sequence. Therefore, let's look for the links. 'Such allegories' in C is a reference to 'dramatized allegories' in D, thus, we have DC link. This narrows down our approach to 2 options - (3) and (4). 'That myth' in B is a reference to 'the myth of a supernatural recorder' in C, hence, we have DCB link. As A elaborates on 'sense of life' in E, thus, we have EA link. Only option (3) explicates this link, hence, it is the answer.