EnglishOrdering Of Sentences MCQs
Practice Ordering Of Sentences MCQs for competitive exams.
Ordering Of Sentences MCQs
Practice questions from this topic.
S 1 : Savita was lonely in the house. P: She was very good at that. Q: She sat all day in a little room off the main drawing room. R: She would sit on the rug and do needle work. S: It was a little room with nothing in it but a few chairs and a rug. S 6 : It was the only thing she had learnt from the Convent school. The Proper sequence should be:
- A. PQRS
- B. QSRP
- C. RSPQ
- D. SRPQ
Correct Answer: B
S 1 : In 1857, fighting broke out all over the country. P: Everywhere the people rose in rebellion. Q: In March 1858 British troops attacked the fort of Jhansi. R: Thousands of people were killed on both sides. S: The British fought back. S 6 : The Rani's troops fought back bravely. The Proper sequence should be:
- A. PSRQ
- B. QSPR
- C. RPSQ
- D. SQPR
Correct Answer: A
S 1 : One of the most dangerous insect pests is the locust. P: At first they look just like ordinary grasshoppers, which are harmless and unable to fly very far. Q: Until about thirty years ago, no one knew where locusts came from or why they appeared in the different countries they attacked. R: Then they change in appearance and develop wings which enable them to fly long distance. S: Then it was discovered that there are two stages in the life of locusts. S 6 : At this stage, they gather in huge numbers and rise from the ground on theri powerful wings in cloud. The Proper sequence should be:
- A. PSQR
- B. PSRQ
- C. QSPR
- D. QSRP
Correct Answer: C
S 1 : As a dramatist Rabindranath was not what might be called a success. P: His dramas were moulded more on the lines of the traditional Indian village dramas than the dramas of the modern world. Q: His plays were more a catalogue of ideas than a vehicle of the expression of action. R: Actually drama has always been the life of the Indian people, as it deals with legends of gods and goddesses. S: Although in his short stories and novels he was able to create living and well-defined characters, he did not seem to be able to do so in his dramas. S 6 : Therefore, drama forms the essential part of the traditional Indian culture. The Proper sequence should be:
- A. QPSR
- B. QSPR
- C. RSQP
- D. SRQP
Correct Answer: B
S 1 : We are living in an age in which technology has suddenly 'annihilated distance'. P: Are we going to let this consciousness of our variety make us fear and hate each other? Q: Physically we are now all neighbours, psychologically we are still strangers to each other. R: How are we going to react? S: We have never been so conscious of our variety as we are now that we have come to such close quarters. S 6 : In that event, we should be dooming ourselves to wipe each other out. The Proper sequence should be:
- A. PQSR
- B. PSQR
- C. QSRP
- D. RQSP
Correct Answer: C
S 1 : If you want to do well in your examinations you need to be able to think for yourself which means not just following the guide-books but write what you think yourself. P: That will not help much. Q: Few if any students do this. R: By discussing things with other students, with your teachers, and with any intelligent people you meet you will find you can pick up a lot of new ideas but it is not good first accepting these ideas, swallowing them undigested and then repeating them in the examination. S: At first you will find it difficult but if you go on trying you will find clear independent thought becomes easier. S 6 : If however you turn these ideas over in our mind accepting those which you agree with and fitting them into your stock of knowledge and rejecting the others you may get somewhere. The Proper sequence should be:
- A. PSQR
- B. QSRP
- C. RSQP
- D. SRQP
Correct Answer: B
S 1 : Ingratitude stings strongest where relationship is closest. P: Expectation turns innocent relationship into commerce. Q: Human relationship is adulterated with sly commerce. R: In commerce, of course, give and take is understood. S: Most relationships are founded on mutual expectations. S 6 : From any warm and healthy human relationship expectation of returns has to be weeded out. The Proper sequence should be:
- A. PQRS
- B. QSPR
- C. RPSQ
- D. SRQP
Correct Answer: C
S 1 : When a body grows into a young man, he finds himself in a new and strange world. P: The relationship remains but its nature changes. Q: The emotional ties that he had with them are now loosened. R: The old pattern of his life in which his parents were the nucleus around which his life revolved now undergoes a change. S: He finds in himself an emotional void which he must somehow fill. S 6 : At this stage of his life he is like a body without a soul, an eye without light or a flower without fragrance. The Proper sequence should be:
- A. PRQS
- B. RQPS
- C. RSQP
- D. SRPQ
Correct Answer: B
S 1 : The city is almost a slum and stinks most of the time. P: The slush on the road did not deter them. Q: The occasional slips and falls were considered a small price to pay for the trip. R: They were excited, fascinated by the sight of fresh snow on the road. S: Even so, it looked beautiful to tourists of various categories. S 6 : But some visitors came away with the unforgettable sight of young labourers scantily clad. The Proper sequence should be:
- A. QPRS
- B. RQPS
- C. RSQP
- D. SPQR
Correct Answer: D
S 1 : Human ways of life have steadily changed. P: From that time to this, civilisation has always been changing. Q: About ten thousand years ago, man lived entirely by hunting. R: Ancient Egypt-Greece-the Roman Empire-the Dark Ages and the Middle Ages - the Renaissance-the age of modern science and of modern nations one has succeeded the other; and history has never stood still. S: A settled, civilised life began only when agriculture was discovered. S 6 : During the last few years change has been even more rapid than usual. The Proper sequence should be:
- A. QSPR
- B. QSRP
- C. RSQP
- D. SPRQ
Correct Answer: B
S 1 : Moncure Conway devoted his life to two great objects : freedom of thought, and freedom of the individual. P: They threaten both kinds of freedom. Q: But something also has been lost. R: There are now dangers, somewhat different in form from those of the past ages. S: In regard to both these objects, something has been gained since his time. S 6 : Unless a vigorous and vigilant public opinion can be aroused in defence of them, there will be much less of both a hundred years hence than there is now. The Proper sequence should be:
- A. PQRS
- B. QSPR
- C. RSPQ
- D. SQRP
Correct Answer: D
S 1 : Science means finding out how things actually do happen. P: He showed that a light object falls to the ground at the same rate as a heavy object. Q: It does not mean laying down principles as to how they ought to happen. R: This did not agree with the views of most learned men of that time. S: The most famous example of this concerns Galileo's discovery about falling bodies. S 6 : But Galileo proved his point experimentally by dropping weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The Proper sequence should be:
- A. PSQR
- B. QSPR
- C. RQPS
- D. SQPR
Correct Answer: B