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Para Jumbles

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Para Jumbles Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and final sentence (S6) are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up. They are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are to find the correct sequence of the four sentences.S1 : Not long age television was a rarity. S6: Only a few people understand the technology behind it. P: It has become a means of entertainment and information. Q: Yet nowadays there is one in virtually every home. R: But most of us do not know much about how an image appears on the television screen S: We have grown used to it.

  1. P - R - Q - S

  2. Q - S - P - R

  3. P - S- Q - R

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

S1 mentions television was a rarity. Q contrasts this with modern ubiquity. S notes we are used to it. P explains its function. R notes our lack of technical knowledge, leading to S6.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and final sentence (S6) are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up. They are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are to find the correct sequence of the four sentences.S1: I have know in my own life, in my own experience, people who were hating one another on account of their religious views. S6: We are the inheritors of a great world heritage. P: They try to find out whatever is of value in them. Q: You will find that other religions are studies with sympathy and respect by those who do not adhere to them R: All that has changed today. S: The classics of the whole world form the classics of every human being.

  1. P - S - R - Q

  2. R - Q - P - S

  3. P - Q - R - S

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

S1 discusses past religious hatred. R notes that has changed. Q explains how other religions are now studied. P describes finding value in them. S connects this to world heritage, leading to S6.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and final sentence (S6) are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up. They are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are to find the correct sequence of the four sentences.S1: Nowadays we pay a great deal of attention to pure air, open windows and garden cities. S6: Pasteurised milk is milk which has been treated in this way. P: Another useful discovery of Pasteur's was the process, now called, pasteurization. Q: Pasteur was one of the first to show how necessary all these are if we are to fight against germs and disease. R: Pasteur helped them by showing that by heating win or milk to a temperature of 60 degree Centrigrade, the germs were made harmless. S: Some wine-growers were troubled by a germ which has turned their win sour.

  1. R - S -P - Q

  2. Q- P - S - R

  3. R - P - S - Q

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

S1 mentions hygiene. Q links this to Pasteur's work. P introduces pasteurization. S describes the wine-grower problem. R explains the heating process, leading to S6.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and final sentence (S6) are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up. They are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are to find the correct sequence of the four sentences.S1: Javert was a strong, upright and just man. S6: So he took the only way out for him-he killed himself. P: But now his life was turned upside down Q: It was his safe world of rules. R: He would help no one, and he helped no one. S: He did not want favours from a thief.

  1. Q - P -S - R

  2. S - R -Q - P

  3. Q - R -S - P

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

S1 establishes Javert's character. S mentions he did not want favors. R explains his refusal to help. Q describes his world of rules. P explains how that world turned upside down, leading to S6.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and final sentence (S6) are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up. They are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are to find the correct sequence of the four sentences.S1: Social isolation, overcrowding, the competitiveness of our society and several other factors are responsible for stress. S6: Yet some other get totally depressed and often much worried. P: In England we refer to competition in society as the 'rat-race'. Q: All of us react to that rat-race in different ways. R: But some of us get very much tried and bored every easily. S: The pressures on all of us are very great because speed and competition have become part of everyday life.

  1. R-P-Q-S

  2. S-Q-P-R

  3. R-Q-P-S

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

S1 introduces stress factors. S explains the pressure of competition. P defines the 'rat-race'. Q notes different reactions. R describes the boredom/fatigue, leading to S6.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and final sentence (S6) are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up. They are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are to find the correct sequence of the four sentences.S1: Newspapers are the cheapest medium of information today. S6: Consequently, 50 percent of our population is denied across to information vital for the functionaries of a democracy. P: If you cannot buy a paper, you can go to a public library. Q: And yet newspapers do not reach nearly fifty percent of our population. R: They are also easily available to everybody S: It is because people are illiterate.

  1. R-S-Q-P

  2. Q-P-R-S

  3. R-P-Q-S

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

S1 calls newspapers cheap. R confirms they are available. P suggests libraries for those who cannot buy. Q notes the lack of reach. S explains this is due to illiteracy, leading to S6.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and final sentence (S6) are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up. They are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are to find the correct sequence of the four sentences.S1: Scientist have found that any train running on wheels cannot go faster than 300 kilometers an hour. S6: Japanese engineers are, therefore, planning another kind of train, a magnetic train without, wheels, which would also float above the ground. P: One way of building such trains has already been tried out Q: If we want trains which can go still faster we must build them without wheels. R: But it would not be possible to run them on the Tokaido line because in same tunnels there would not be enough air to support them S: Here, the whole train floats above the ground on top of a cushion of air created by powerful fans.

  1. Q-P-S-R

  2. S-R-Q-P

  3. Q-R-S-P

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

S1 states the speed limit of wheeled trains, and Q provides the logical solution of removing wheels. P and S describe an experimental air-cushion method, while R explains its limitations. This leads to the alternative magnetic solution mentioned in S6.

Multiple choice

Directions: The following question consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and final sentence (S6) are given in the beginning. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up. They are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are to find the correct sequence of the four sentences.S1: It is true that a few women have opportunities to work outside the home. S6: If women stop doing this work there would be havoc in the public life. P: Women do much work all the time within the house. Q: This work could be termed as socially productive labour. R: It consists of cooking, washing, cleaning, fetching fuel and water etc. S: This work is crucial to the survival of society.

  1. P-Q-R-S

  2. R-S-P-Q

  3. P-S-R-Q

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

S1 mentions women working outside. P pivots to housework. S calls it crucial. R details the tasks. Q labels it socially productive, leading to S6.

Multiple choice

Directions: The question is a logical sequence of statements with a missing link, the location of which is shown parenthetically. From the five choices available you are required to choose the one which best fits the sequence logically.

Nothing boosts the confidence of a player more than success. And having broken such a big barrier, there can be no looking back for him. Hartford, where the World Doubles Championship is to be held from November 19, is well in sight of the Indians who stay at No.5 in rankings as a pair, (.) They are playing in the Singapore Open this week, to be followed by the European indoor circuit.

  1. and definitely require a lot of practice

  2. and just need to win a round or two in the remaining five tournaments to make sure of a berth

  3. and want to attain the top slot as soon as possible

  4. but will not be able to make it due to personal reasons
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The introductory sentence says that nothing boosts the confidence of a player more than success. The two players have crossed a big barrier, and now they can aim high. “And want to attain the top slot as soon as possible” logically follows “the Indians who stay at No.5 in rankings as a pair”. Hence, option (3) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: The question is a logical sequence of statements with a missing link, the location of which is shown parenthetically. From the five choices available you are required to choose the one which best fits the sequence logically.

India is now making English-language films for Indian audiences and even Bollywood - long the home of formula-ridden technicolour spectaculars - has started showing its heroes and heroines spouting Hinglish. Dev Benegal, a 42-year-old Indian film-maker whose popular 1995 movie English August helped spawn the growth of Indian films in English agrees that English has become an Indian language for the younger generation. (___________) This year alone as many as 15 will open on Indian screens.

  1. Churning out hundreds of movies a year to fanatically loyal audiences, Bollywood could do no wrong.

  2. Last year, just one in 25 Bollywood films made a profit, analysts estimate, and the industry raked up losses of more than 3 billion rupees on an investment of 10 billion rupees.

  3. With India's constitution recognizing 18 major languages and around 400 lesser tongues, English becomes the link language, says Benegal.

  4. Over the past four years 20 such films have been released.

  5. There is no looking back now.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The passage is about English movies. Option (4) is the only logical sentence that fits in with the theme of the paragraph and cogent with the succeeding line which talks about possible number of (English) films to be released.  Hence, (4) is the correct answer. 

Multiple choice

Directions: The question is a logical sequence of statements with a missing link, the location of which is shown parenthetically. From the five choices available you are required to choose the one which best fits the sequence logically.

Jose Arcadio did not dare leave the house for several days. It was enough for him to hear the rocking laughter of Pilar in the kitchen to run and take refuge in the laboratory, where the artifacts of alchemy had come alive again with Ursula's blessing. (__________) One afternoon the boy grew enthusiastic over the flying carpet that went swiftly by the laboratory at window level carrying the gypsy who was driving it and several children from the village who were merrily waving their hands, but Jose Arcadio Buendia did not even look at it.

  1. He lost his appetite and could not sleep.

  2. Let them dream, she said.

  3. Jose Arcadio Buendia received his errant son with joy and initiated him in the search for the philosopher's stone, which he had finally undertaken.

  4. From a communicative person he had become withdrawn and hostile.

  5. He became so engrossed in his research that he lost track of time.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The passage refers to two persons, 'Arcadio' and 'the boy' both of whom have contrasting attitudes. This is a direct pointer to option (3). Also there is no other option that references 'the boy' (son). Hence, (3). 

Multiple choice

Directions: The question is a logical sequence of statements with a missing link, the location of which is shown parenthetically. From the five choices available you are required to choose the one which best fits the sequence logically.

If the prices of oil remain above $60 a barrel, into the second quarter of the year and beyond, Asia's economies begin to suffer. Oil importers - the majority of Asian countries - will be sorely bruised by the price shock. (______) At least as serious as the direct impact of higher prices, however, will be the secondary, external effects.

  1. This means less demand globally for Asia's non-oil exports, which in turn means weaker demand at home for oil importers.

  2. Asia will be the region of the world hit hardest by higher oil prices in terms of growth, warns International Monetary Fund economist David Robinson.

  3. Some countries are more vulnerable than others.

  4. Economic Outlook states that the world's GDP will grow by just 3.4%, not by 3.7% as the IMF had forecast.

  5. This might turn out to be a great economic shock for these Asian countries.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The whole passage is about the likely adverse impact of high oil prices on the Asian economies. The last sentence speaks of higher prices. Hence, it is logical that (2) should be the ideal option. Even syntactically 'at least as serious as' fits in coherently with 'the world hit hardest'.  Hence, option (2) is the correct answer. 

Multiple choice

Directions: In this question, the first and the last sentences/parts of the passage/sentences are numbered S1 and S2. The rest of the passage/sentences are split into four parts and named P, Q, R, S. These four parts are not given in a proper order. Read the passage or sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

S1. I went on a visit to South-East Asia in the early eighties.

P. I was impressed by smart Thai girls. Q. They did all types of work, from filling petrol to servicing and washing cars. R. They were clad in jeans. S. I was inspired.

S2. I introduced the concept at home.

  1. PRQS

  2. PSQR

  3. PRSQ

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

Explanation for option 1: This sequence does make the correct sense. Hence, this is correct. P introduces “Thai girls” and R tells about their appearances. Q explains further about them and S states its effect on the author. Explanation for option 2: The sequence is not correct and does not make any sense. Explanation for option 3: This sequence is not correct. Explanation for option 4: This sequence is not correct.

Multiple choice

Directions: In this question, the first and the last sentences/parts of the passage/sentences are numbered S1 and S2. The rest of the passage/sentences are split into four parts and named P, Q, R, S. These four parts are not given in a proper order. Read the passage or sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

S1. The invention of printing is a milestone in the history of civilisation.

P. In the Middle ages all books were copied by hand. Q. Now, anyone could possess copies of great classics. R. Books were hence rare and costly. S. After1460, printing made a plentiful supply of books possible.

S2. With this invention to aid, new ideas spread all over Europe.

  1. PSQR

  2. PRSQ

  3. SQRP

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

Explanation for option 1: The sequence is not correct and does not make any sense. Explanation for option 2: This sequence does make sense. Hence, this is correct. P introduces “middle ages” and R makes a conclusion based on the statement in P. S and Q, too, have a cause and effect relationship. Explanation for option 3: This sequence is not correct. Explanation for option 4: This sequence is incorrect.

Multiple choice

Directions: In this question, the first and the last parts of the sentence are numbered S1 and S2, respectively. The rest of the sentence is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

S1. When all the members were seated,

P. during the previous year Q. the secretary came to the dais R. and read out the report S. detailing the activities of the organisation

S2. and plans for the coming year.

  1. PQRS

  2. SPQR

  3. RSPQ

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

Explanation for option 1: The sequence is not correct and does not make any sense. Explanation for option 2: This combination does not make appropriate sense. Explanation for option 3: This sequence is incorrect. Explanation for option 4: This sequence makes required sense. Hence, this is correct. When all the members were seated, the secretary came to the dais and read out the report detailing the activities of the organisation in the previous year and plans for the coming year.