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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. Everyone who has done business in Asia can summon up countless tales of how difficult it is to resolve problems or get to the heart of a deal when one of the parties declines to be explicit about their concerns.

B. It is born out of cultural misunderstandings to do with language and the way Asians, as opposed to Westerners, approach matters of disagreement.

C. The irony here is that in many management textbooks, Asian businesses are characterized as being less aggressive than Western business organizations and having a stronger sense of consensus building between business partners.

D. Whereas the common Western approach is to confront problems directly and use pretty direct language to try to sort them out, most Asian cultures favour a more indirect, less confrontational approach.

  1. CBDA

  2. ABCD

  3. ACDB

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

The effect of cultural misunderstandings on Asian businesses as compared to their western counterparts is discussed in this para jumble. Therefore, it begins with statement C, followed by B because C shows the problem & B gives the answer. As statement D is making the comparison & also begins with 'whereas', it follows B. Finally, A sums up the problem. This makes (1) as the best possible 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. One estimate, which strikes me as exaggerated, states that 90 per cent of these companies are controlled by ethnic Chinese.
B. The majority of companies listed on the Thai, Indonesian, Malaysian and Philippine stock exchanges are controlled by ethnic Chinese (this is also true in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, but these are majority Chinese communities).
C. Even if this is not the case and, say, is exaggerated by a third, it still represents an enormous disparity between the actual size of Chinese populations and the economic influence they wield.
D. However, Chinese influence is not confined to big business: it is even more noticeable among the smaller and medium-sized enterprises that make up the bulk of Asian companies.

  1. BACD

  2. ACDB

  3. BDAC

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

If we look carefully at the options, out of B and A, statement B seems more probable in starting the paragraph, as statement A gives a linked status. Statement D follows B, as it starts with 'However' and it also supports B. Now, we are left with A and C, C is linked to A as indicated by 'even' in C, thus, C follows A. 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. Aristotle cannot agree with the followers of Pythagoras, who take the earth to be itself one of the stars, circling around a fire at the center of things and creating night and day by its own turning on its axis.

B. Beneath the moon, in the middle of the whole universe, farthest removed from the high, first heaven, is our motionless, round and solid earth.

C. Plato, Aristotle adds, rightly put the earth in the center, though wrongly he had it rolling on an axis.

D. Their reasoning, he declares, is not from facts to theory but a forcing of the facts to fit their preconceived theory.

E. Because the center must be the most precious spot in the universe, therefore, they say, fire must be there to guard it.

  1. BADEC

  2. ABCDE

  3. ACBED

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

Statement B discusses Aristotle's theory on existence of earth in our universe, thus, B begins the sequence. B is followed by A as it throws light on Aristotle's disagreement of Pythagoras theory. 'Their reasoning' in D refers to 'Pythagoras' in A, thus, D follows A. E follows D as it explains D further. Hence, (1) 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. Conceiving, thinking, the mental intercourse of men at this stage still appear as the direct efflux of their material behaviour.

B. Men are the producers of their conceptions, ideas, etc. that is, real, active men, as they are conditioned by a definite development of their productive forces and of the intercourse corresponding to these, up to its furthest forms.

C. Consciousness can never be anything else than conscious being, and the being of men is their actual life-process.

D. The same applies to mental production as expressed in the language of the politics, laws, morality, religion, metaphysics, etc., of a people.

E. The production of ideas, of conceptions, of consciousness, is at first directly interwoven with the material activity and the material intercourse of men - the language of real life.

  1. CABDE

  2. ABCDE

  3. CDEBA

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

As statement E expresses the thought of this para jumble, hence, it begins the sequence. A provides an explanation to E, thus, we have EA link. 'The same' in D is the reference to statement B, hence, D follows A. B logically follows D as it draws the conclusion. 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. Observe the manner in which the softness, the smoothness, the pliant resiliency of the skin is conveyed by rigid marble in such statues as the Venus de Milo or Michelangelo's Pieta.
B. It is worth nothing that sculpture is almost a dead art.
C. A Renaissance is always possible, but the future of sculpture depends to a large extent on the future of architecture.
D. Its great day was in ancient Greece, which, philosophically, was a man-centered civilization.
E. Psycho-epistemologically, it is the requirements of the sense of touch that make the texture of a human body a crucial element in sculpture, and virtually a hallmark of great sculptors.

  1. CEDAB

  2. EABDC

  3. CDBEA

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

Let's look for the links in this parajumble. Statement A elaborates statement E further, thus we have EA link. 'Its' in D refers to 'sculpture' in B, thus D follows B. C is to follow D as it is ruled by the chronology of events. Thus, we have BDC link. Hence, (2) 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 awakening is of a larger context that sees the duality as a manifestation, as a dialogue, as an indicator of the non-dual, i.e. the linear dual aspect to be the shadow of the non-dual as one sees one's own body's shadow and therefore knows the existence of the body which one cannot perceive physically as a whole as one sees another - the other being also a reflection of one's self in another sense.
B. These questions arise from the split linear mind itself and the intellect has to realize its limitations without wanting to achieve any state.
C. For the linear mind, which is the me- ego- the question will arise, is this not another goal, to move beyond the duality by evolving yet another high sounding philosophy of detachment, of being an observer, and suggesting one ought to be some kind of yogi?
D. If there is any such state, it is beyond the intellect, which the latter has itself to see.
E. And if one agrees to all this, how does one achieve this state of awakening, what are the methods, and how, when, where does one know of it?

  1. ADBCE

  2. CEBDA

  3. ADCEB

  4. BCEAD

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

This is a very simple para jumble. Out of C and A, one has to start the sequence and other has to end, as rest all the statements are linked. Therefore, C initiates the sequence as it introduces the subject of 'Linear mind', and A sums up the idea. This sequence is possible only in one option i.e. (2). Simply to be sure, let's check the sequence according to the option. E follows C, as 'this' in E gives a link to 'another goal' in C & moreover, it begins with 'and', thus, it is in continuation with E. Logically, B follows as it refers to the questions. 'Such state' in D is a link to any state in B. Hence, (2) 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. It does not support egalitarianism. B. It approves social and economic inequality and accepts hierarchical structure. C. Against this, religions like Islam are egalitarian in theory. D. Others like Buddhism restrict equality to the moral and ethical spheres of life.

E. Hinduism arose and evolved in a period when inequality was a fact of life and the social function of the religion was not to change this but to try and ameliorate the reality for those who found it harsh and abrasive.

  1. ABEDC

  2. BADCE

  3. EDBAC

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

Let us look for links. On close scrutiny, B explains A (It does not support egalitarianism or equality but apporves inequality). C explains B (other religions like islam promote egalitarianism) D must follow C as 'others' in D refer to 'religions' in C. Thus, we have ABCD link. 'Against this' in C gives a contradictory idea to the concepts of Hinduism in AB link, hence, CD follows AB. This link is in (4), thus, 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. Individual's disorganization may be temporary or transitional due primarily to the immediate situation in which he finds himself or it may be more lasting and deep-rooted in his personality.
B. When a family does not seem to be functioning in a 'desirable' way, that is, when the enacted roles of members are not in conformity to the expected roles (of society), a state of disorganization is judged to exist.
C. Family disorganization is a condition of a family characterized by the breakdown of harmonious relations and co-operation among the members, or breakdown of social control, or unity and discipline.
D. The 'personal disorganization' of any one member in the family (that is, the condition in which he cannot function effectively because of inner confusion usually resulting from his acceptance of contradictory standards of behaviour or because of having accepted conflicting roles or social norms or group loyalties) does not necessarily cause family disorganization.
E. A state of disorganization in the family also exists when there is role conflict among the set of members, say between husband and wife or parents and children or daughter-in-law and parents-in-law or brothers and brothers.

  1. BEADC

  2. ADCBE

  3. BCEDA

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

C initiates the sequence as it introduces the subject-'family disorganization'. 'Also' in E further supports statement E, thus, giving us CE link. Statement B explains the concept of family disorganization, therefore, it follows CE. A is an explanation to D, whereas D supports the main thought, thus, we have DA link. Hence, (4) is the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question consists of certain statements. Select the option representing the most logical sequencing of the given statements.

A. Magicians perform acts of magic. B. Magicians use many gadgets.
C. Magic is a well-practiced trick. D. Magicians in fact perform tricks only. E. Magic is presented on a stage. F. Magicians create illusions.

  1. BEF

  2. BED

  3. ABC

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

The logical sequence flows: Magicians perform magic acts (A) -> Magic is actually practiced tricks (C) -> Therefore, magicians perform tricks, not real magic (D). This explains the nature of magical performance.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question consists of certain statements. Select the option representing the most logical sequencing of the given statements. A. Electromagnetic induction was discovered by Faraday. B. Electromagnetic induction is an electrical phenomenon. C Motors run on the principle of electromagnetic induction.
D. Motors run when electricity is switched on. E. Electromagnetic induction requires the flow of electric current. F. Motors run on electric current.

  1. ABF

  2. ABC

  3. BDA

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

CEF  

Multiple choice
Directions: The following question consists of certain statements. Select the option representing the most logical sequencing of the given statements.
A. Cactus can be found in Rajasthan.
B. Rajasthan has an extremely dry climate.
C. Cactus is found in extremely dry climate.
D. Plants in dry climates have thorns and thick leaves.
E. Cacti have flowers too.
F. Cacti have thorns and thick leaves.

  1. ABF

  2. CDE

  3. CDF

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

Option (3): CDF C à Cactus is found in extremely dry climate. D à Plants in dry climate have thorns and thick leaves. These two combine together and imply that cactus has thorns and thick leaves, which is exactly provided by statement F.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following items some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts, which are labeled P, Q, R and S to produce he correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.

Of course,(P)That flew in through the window (Q) and fell into the water jug (R) I must confess (S) I did lose Patience with the big beetle

  1. R S Q P

  2. S P Q R

  3. S Q P R

  4. R S P Q

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

The logical flow starts with the confession: 'I must confess (R) I did lose patience with the big beetle (S) that flew in through the window (P) and fell into the water jug (Q).'

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following items some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts, which are labeled P, Q, R and S to produce he correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.

I am (P)If someone rings the bell (Q) very hesitant (R) To open the door (S) at midnight

  1. Q R P S

  2. Q S R P

  3. R S Q P

  4. R S P Q

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

The main clause 'I am very hesitant' (Q) is followed by the infinitive 'to open the door' (R), and then the conditional 'if someone rings the bell' (P) at the specific time 'at midnight' (S).

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following items some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts, which are labeled P, Q, R and S to produce he correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.

Our policy has been (P)That of the proverbial pigeon which (Q) Closes its eyes in the hope on noticing (R)The cat in front of it (S) that its life will be spared

  1. P R S Q

  2. R P S Q

  3. P R Q S

  4. R P Q S
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The comparison starts with 'that of the proverbial pigeon which' (P), followed by the action 'on noticing the cat in front of it' (R), then the reaction 'closes its eyes in the hope' (Q), and finally the purpose 'that its life will be spared' (S).