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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. Gold, as a standard of value, is superior to all other indices anyone has been able to suggest: it is unchangeable, easy to transport and store, and finally its production is fairly flexible without ever going to excess.
B. There can be no stable and honest economy without a stable and honest currency. Therefore, we need currency which is based upon real values as the economy's guarantee.
C. Gold acquires all the more value in comparison with the fiduciary currency that is substituted for it, and it leaves the vaults of the public treasury all the faster, the more rigorously one tries to outlaw it.
D. It is a simple but striking fact that gold has come unharmed through all the catastrophes that have almost overwhelmed the human race.

  1. ACDB

  2. ADCB

  3. BADC

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

This parajumble shows the necessity of a stable monetary standard as is clear from statement B, hence the beginning statement. Statement A answers the issue i.e. B à A. Out of D and C, D is a link to A and C forms the concluding statement of the paragraph and gives sense to the paragraph. Hence, (3) 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 crises of unemployment created by overproduction are therefore really only crises of distribution of goods to be consumed in the absence of sufficient buying power.
B. If, during certain periods, production exceeds consumption, society ought to intensify its programs of public works, such as scientific research, public health, and the reclamation of unused lands.
C. It is an extravagant waste of human energy to pay individuals to do nothing and the community ought to arrange matters so that everyone can do some useful labor.
D. Nothing but a shortsighted concern for the budget opposes such measures, since the community is suffering from an excess of consumers goods, which it does not know what to do with.

  1. BDCA

  2. CBDA

  3. ABCD

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

This para jumble shows the wastage of human energy which is clear from statement C. Statement B that describes how to arrange these matters is the direct link to C i.e. C à B also it supports statement C. D is an explanation to C i.e. D à C and statement A forms the concluding statement. Hence, (2) 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. It poses dilemmas and conflicts of varied types for individuals, families and the society.
B. This creates the problem of spinsterhood too with its own sociological repercussions.
C. The importance and topically of the problem of dowry today is to be assessed not because the number of the reported cases of burning brides is increasing but also because a good number of girls remain unmarried even after crossing the marriageable age due to their parents inability to pay dowry.
D. The dowry problem is also crucial because many girls are humiliated and harassed for not bringing adequate dowry to the satisfaction of their in-laws and husbands creating the crisis of their personality disorganization.
E. It compels many parents to use illegitimate methods in earning money and increases corruption in the society.

  1. DAECB

  2. DBEAC

  3. CDEBA

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

This is a very simple para-jumble. C begins the sequence as it introduces the subject-'dowry'. 'This' in B refers to the problem of dowry in C. Thus, we have CB link. B is to be followed by D as it also cites a problem on dowry and has 'also' in it. This CBD link is met only in option (4), 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. There are the socio-structural and demographic concomitants too of social change.
B. But this thesis about social change presents only the economic perspective.
C. It was believed by some scholars that industrialization would lead to the automatic dissolution of the caste system and its progressive replacement by a class system analogous to that found in the advanced industrial societies of the west.
D. Industrial society need not be a fully 'rational' society.
E. To a large extent, this expectation or visualization arose from the belief that the application of mechanical forces and nationality to the production of goods and services inspires social change.

  1. DABEC

  2. DCEBA

  3. AEBDC

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

D might appear as the starting sentence but it in not so, instead it is the concluding sentence because it gives a view of industrial society as a conclusion. 'This expectation' in E refers to the idea expressed in C, thus, we have CE link. 'But this thesis' in B proposes a contrary view to sentence C, thus, we have CEB link. Hence, (4) 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. Chrysippus maintained that the good man is always happy and the bad man unhappy, and that the good man's happiness differs in no way from God's.
B. He was less exclusively ethical in his interests than the later stories.
C. Cleanthes maintained that all souls survive until the next universal conflagration.
D. On the question, whether the souls survive death, there were conflicting opinions.
E. But Chrysippus maintained that this is true only of the souls of the wise.

  1. CBEDA

  2. ACDEB

  3. ADCEB

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

As we are not able to find the starting or concluding statement, let's look for links. C follows D as C gives Cleanthes opinion to the question in D. As E begins with 'but', therefore statement E gives a contrary opinion to the Cleanthes opinion. Thus, we have DCE link, which 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. He became a hero of socialist labour and was awarded the order of Lenin and many other honours.
B. He was closely involved with the development of thermonuclear weapons and in 1953, he became a full member of the Soviet academy of Sciences.
C. Born in Moscow in 1921, Sakharov followed his father's footsteps to became a physicist, graduating in 1942.
D. But this publicity for his political activities as a campaigner for nuclear disarmament has obscured the fact that he is one of the most brilliant physicists of his generation.
E. Sakharov's name is familiar to a western audience largely for political reasons, because of his position as a prominent 'dissident' in the 1970's.

  1. ECABD

  2. CEABD

  3. EDCBA

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

C or E is likely to initiate the sequence. But as we are not able to decide, let's look for links. 'This publicity' in D refers to 'familiar' in E. Moreover, 'but' in D also provides a contrary view to E. Thus, we have ED link. ED link is found in only (3) option, hence, (3) is the answer. But let's check the sequence according to option. C logically follows D as the word 'physicist' connects both the sentences. Chronologically, B follows C. Hence, (3) 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. That question raises the issue of purpose in Nature.

B. Under these conditions, is it not more natural, more logical, and simpler to maintain provisionally - pending additional discoveries - that the miracles of life, and especially those of cellular life, are the work of the cell itself?

C. Does the rationality of Nature prove that it acts according to a deliberate plan directed towards an end to which everything has been subordinated?

D. To the extent that we penetrate farther and farther into the mysteries of vegetable and animal life and come to know better and better the multiple mechanisms, often opposed to one another, which release control and direct the behavior of the tiniest bacteria and the humblest cells of living creatures, we perceive that the marvels of ingenuity and apparent foresight which biology reveals to us are to be explained by the breakdowns of electrical and biochemical equilibria brought about by clearly defined compounds, enzymes or hormones, secreted by the living cells under the influence of the pleasant and unpleasant reactions which they experience.

  1. BCAD

  2. BDCA

  3. CADB

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

In this para jumble, there are 2 questions and one question is an answer to the other. Looking carefully at C and B, it is C that forms the beginning of the paragraph. 'That question' in A is a direct link to C.

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. Oriental legend in general affords this mountain an important role.
B. In later times, an important Zoroastrian temple of fire was erected here, and in the heyday of the Sassanians - the last pre-Islamic dynasty to rule Persia, from the fourth to the sixth centuries AD - the enormous palace of the Khosraus was built on the mountain.
C. It is known particularly for its extensive ruins, the oldest sections of which date back to the early first millennium BC.
D. In north-western Iran, south of the town of Tabriz, set in an extraordinarily beautiful landscape comparable with the 'Happy Valley', there is another mountain which bears the same name.
E. The Takht-i-Suleiman of Srinagar is not the only mountain throne of the biblical king in the huge expanse of land that stretches from Palestine to India.

  1. EDCBA

  2. ACBED

  3. ADCEB

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

D is an elaboration of E as indicated by “another mountain” in D, thus D follows E. 'It' in C is a reference to 'mountain' in D. Chronologically, B follows C. Hence, (1) is the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the question below, the 1st and the last (correctly ordered) sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in the proper order. Choose the correct combination among the four alternatives given.

  1. The suspense over Afghanistan’s presidential elections is finally over. P. They were marred by allegations of widespread fraud, leading to a long deadlock and eventually a fresh audit of votes. Q. It could also reverse the gains in state-building seen in recent years, making it even more vulnerable to the Taliban insurgency. R. Afghanistan and international observers were worried that the impasse could worsen the country’s divisions and further fracture it along ethnic lines. S. Afghans voted in two rounds of elections in April and June to pick a successor to Hamid Karzai.
  2. A recount in an election marked by fraud is bound to declare a winner, but the latter’s legitimacy would be in doubt exacerbating the conflict.

  1. PQSR

  2. SPRQ

  3. RSQP

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

The ‘suspense over Afghanistan’s elections’ in 1 connects directly to ‘Afghan’s voted’ in S. P connects to S as the pronoun ‘they’ in P refers to the noun ‘two rounds of elections’ in S. P and R connect as ‘deadlock’ in P and ‘impasse’ in R are synonyms and are talking about the same subject. The pronoun ‘it’ in Q connects to the noun ‘impasse’ in R. 6 concludes the passage by giving a closing statement.

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. All around us, there are many things which change, some of them seem to disappear. A. At each second of time, an unlimited contingency might undo whatever was about to occur, placing everything continually in a state of uncertainty. B. If chance alone reigned in the world of matter, there would be stability only in chaos or in immobility, not in life. C. Experience shows, however, that nothing comes from nothing, and also that nothing is completely destroyed without being transformed into something else. D. A blind anarchic chance, intervening by itself in the universe and incapable of going beyond a first successful hit in order to improve upon it, would not provide us with an acceptable account of the origin of life.
  2. Chance alone does not constitute an explanation. The antithesis of chance is God, or purely physical laws such as we are discovering little by little.

  1. BADC

  2. ADBC

  3. ADCB

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

This para jumble underlines the enigma of life, which is clear from statement 1. Out of all the statements, it is C that further explains statement 1. Statement D further explains this concept, therefore, it follows C. Out of A and B, B follows A as it explains A, and B also gives sense to statement 6. Hence, (4) is the correct answer.

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
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. 

Multiple choice

Directions: Four sentences are given below in jumbled form. Rearrange them to make a meaningful paragraph.

P: Their living conditions were crude and their chances for education minimal. Q: In the latter part of the 20th century, child labour remained a serious problem in many parts of the world. R: Many of these children lived in underdeveloped countries of Latin America, Africa and Asia. S: The income they brought in was, however, necessary for the survival of their families.

  1. PRQS

  2. RQSP

  3. SPQR

  4. QRPS

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The correct option is 4. Statement Q introduces the topic. Statement R tells about the geographical location and continues statement Q. Statement P further talks about their living and statement S is in continuity with statement P.

Multiple choice

Directions: Four sentences are given below in jumbled form. Rearrange them to make a meaningful paragraph.

P: Due to the recent downturn in Russia's economy, however, some analysts expect its modernization plan to face shortfalls in funding. Q: It is currently in the process of modernizing and recapitalizing its entire arsenal of strategic nuclear weapons. R: Russia became the world's second nuclear weapon state after it tested its first device in Kazakhstan, on 29 August 1949. S: In February 2011, Vladimir Popovkin, Russia's First Deputy Minister of Defence, announced that Moscow would spend about $70 billion on Russia's strategic nuclear forces between 2011 and 2020.

  1. RPSQ

  2. PQRS

  3. RQSP

  4. QRPS

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The correct option is 3. Statement R introduces the topic in general. Statement Q talks about its current focus. Statement S states what Russia is doing in order to achieve modernization of weapons. Statement P talks about why the plan is not achieving results. Option 3 presents the correct sequence.

Multiple choice

Directions: Below are given four sentences, (A), (B), (C) and (D). To make a stanza, arrange them in the correct order.

(A) It has proved quite disastrous. (B) The unregulated spread of bore wells was an early form of water privatisation. (C) Many poor farmers have seen their dug wells sucked dry as neighbours collar all the groundwater. (D) The richer you are, the more wells you can sink, the deeper you can go.

  1. BADC

  2. DCAB

  3. DBAC

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

BDAC Link: D explains the unregulated spread in B (BD). C explains the ‘disastrous’ consequence of A (AC).

Multiple choice

Directions: Below are given four sentences, (A), (B), (C) and (D). To make a stanza, arrange them in the correct order.

(A) It is time we stopped feeling sorry for ourselves and got over our doubts and fears to face the world. (B) Fortune, after all, favours the brave, not the complainers. (C) Perhaps we can replicate what they did for themselves. (D) If we look around ourselves, we find people who had less than us but went on to make their fortunes.

  1. BDCA

  2. DACB

  3. DCAB

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

DCAB Link: ‘They’ in C refers to ‘people’ in D (CD). A explains the ‘replication’ recommended in C (CA).