Ordering of Sentence

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Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence.
(P) under the Cabinet Mission Scheme (Q) Jawaharlal Nehru was the first to articulate (R) long before such an assembly was set up (S) the idea of a Constituent Assembly

  1. PQRS

  2. QSRP

  3. RPQS

  4. SRPQ


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Jawaharlal Nehru was the first to articulate   the idea of a Constituent Assembly  long before such an assembly was set up  under the Cabinet Mission Scheme .

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence.
(P) were still trapped
(Q) bogies (R) in the wrecked
(S) According to reports some of the passengers (6) of the express

  1. PRQS

  2. PSQR

  3. RSQP

  4. SPRQ


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

                       According to  reports some of the passengers  were still trapped    in the wrecked      bogies   of the express.

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. (P) One has no right in law
(Q) of a tenant' s room (R) to break open the lock
(S) and take its possession

  1. PQRS

  2. PRQS

  3. PRSQ

  4. SQRP


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 One has no right in law    to break open the lock      of a tenant' s room    and take its possession .

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. He reached his office at 10.00 a.m. and (P) no sooner (Q) than there was a huge explosion (R) had he got out of the car (S) and it went up in flames

  1. PQSR

  2. PRQS

  3. RPQS

  4. RPSQ


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  He reached his office at 10.00 a.m. and  no sooner  had he got out of the car   than there was a huge explosion  and it went up in flames .

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. By this time (P) at the railway station
(Q) reported mass looting (R) reports of violence were flooding in
(S) while police dispatches

  1. RSPQ

  2. RSQP

  3. SPRQ

  4. SQRP


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  By this time  while police dispatches  reported mass looting  reports of violence were flooding in    at the railway station .              

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. (P) early today (Q) at least five persons were killed and 32 injured (R) when a passenger train rammed into (S) a stationary goods train

  1. PQRS

  2. QRSP

  3. RSPQ

  4. RSQP


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

At least five persons were killed and 32 injured   when a passenger train rammed into   a stationary goods train  early today .

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. Work is the one thing (P) and without it
(Q) that is necessary (R) to keep the world going
(S) we all should die

  1. QPSR

  2. QRPS

  3. RPQS

  4. SRPQ


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Work is the one thing  that is necessary   to keep the world going             and without it   we all should die      .

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. The boy (P) with big blue eyes(Q) told each and everything(R) which he had in his heart(S) that had an uncanny cold fire in them

  1. PQRS

  2. PQSR

  3. PSQR

  4. QPSR


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 The boy  with big blue eyes  that had an uncanny cold fire in them  told each and everything  which he had in his heart.(

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. It was true that (P) the pet dog (Q) would never sleep anywhere (R) we once had (S) except on the sofa

  1. PQSR

  2. PRQS

  3. RPQS

  4. SPQR


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  It was true that  the pet dog   we once had    would never sleep anywhere   except on the sofa.

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence.
(P) it becomes difficult (Q) satisfying our desires (R) but once we set about (S) if not impossible to restrain them

  1. PQRS

  2. QRPS

  3. RQPS

  4. RQSP


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  But once we set about    satisfying our desires  it becomes difficult  if not impossible to restrain them.

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. (1) He dared (P) the forty thieves (Q) to fight (R) who (S) challenged him (6) to a duel

  1. PQRS

  2. QPRS

  3. RSQP

  4. SPQR


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  (1) He dared  to fight   the forty thieves   who   challenged him   to a duel .

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. (P) I am planning to go (Q) to the hill station (R) to spend my vacation (S) where an acquaintance of my father lives

  1. PQRS

  2. PSQR

  3. RPQS

  4. RQPS


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

    To spend my vacation  I am planning to go   to the hill station   where an acquaintance of my father lives.

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. (1) The thought that govt. claims (P) It has failed to arrest (Q) The rate of inflation is down, (R) Or the decrease (S) the rise in prices (6) In the per capita in come

  1. PQRS

  2. PQSR

  3. PSQR

  4. QPSR


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 The thought that govt. claims  the rate of inflation is down,  it has failed to arrest    the rise in prices  or the decrease In the per capita in come.

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. I enclose (P) And the postage (Q) A postal order (R) The price of the books (S) Which will cover

  1. QPSR

  2. QSPR

  3. QSRP

  4. RPSQ


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  I enclose  a postal order  and the postage  which will cover  the price of the books.

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. Why do people (P) Despite a desire (Q) To quit and despite (R) Continue smoking (S) The known health hazards?

  1. PQRS

  2. RPQS

  3. RQPS

  4. RSPQ


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  Why do people  continue smoking despite a desire   to quit and despite  the known health hazards? 

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. (1) I reasoned with him (P) But could not disabuse him (Q) That the lawyer (R) For an hour (S) Of the notion (6) Who had his case in hand was incompetent.

  1. PRSQ

  2. QPSR

  3. RPSQ

  4. SRPQ


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  1) I reasoned with him for an hour  but could not disabuse him  of the notion  that the lawyer  who had his case in hand was incompetent. 

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. Dermatologists tell us (P) that the skin (Q) is a finely laminated coating (R) whose layered nature (S) has inspired comparisons with onions

  1. PQRS

  2. PRQS

  3. PRSQ

  4. PSRQ


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  Dermatologists tell us   that the skin    is a finely laminated coating   whose layered nature   has inspired comparisons with onions. (

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. (P) There was nothing (Q) And no road (R) To hurry me on (S) That I must take

  1. PQSR

  2. QSRP

  3. PRQS

  4. DRQP


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  There was nothing   to hurry me on  and no road  that I must take.

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. It was (P) In keeping with my mood (Q) A soft summer evening (R) As I walked sedately (S) In the direction of the new house

  1. QPSR

  2. QRPS

  3. SQPR

  4. SRPQ


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  It was  a soft summer evening  as I walked sedately   in keeping with my mood in the direction of the new house .

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. Towards midnight (P) So that the sky was lighted with (Q) And the clouds drifted away (R) The rain ceased (S) The incredible lamp of stars

  1. RPQS

  2. RQPS

  3. SPQR

  4. SQPR


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  Towards midnight  the rain ceased  and the clouds drifted so that the sky was lighted with the incredible lamp of stars.

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. (1) He had started the book thinking (P) He had decided to (Q) that it would be an interesting work, (R) But by the time (S) He reached the middle (6) Throw it into the bin.

  1. PSQR

  2. QRSP

  3. RSPQ

  4. SPRQ


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  He had started the book thinking  that it would be an interesting work, but by the time he reached the middle  he had decided to  throw it in the bin.

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. (1) O why (P) Creator shatter (Q) Should the great (R) One of (S) His most adorables?

  1. PRQS

  2. QPRS

  3. QPSR

  4. RPQS


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 O why  should the great  Creator shatter  one of   His most adorables? 

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. (1) The little girl
(P) for the mother to leave (Q) said to her friend (R) little children on their own (S) it was not quite right (6) and go to work

  1. PRQS

  2. QSPR

  3. RPSQ

  4. SQRP


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  The little girl   said to her friend  it was not quite right   for the mother to leave   little children on their own   and go to work.

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. (1) At the end of the lecture (P) For sparing their valuable time (Q) The speaker thanked the audience (R) And listening to him (S) In coming to the meeting
(6) Patiently

  1. PSRQ

  2. QPSR

  3. RSPQ

  4. SRQP


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  At the end of the lecture  the speaker thanked the audience  in coming to the meeting    and listening to him  patiently.

Directions: The following sentence is divided into four parts. Arrange them in the correct order to make it a proper sentence. (1) Yesterday, I chanced to meet (P) Where he lived (Q) And asked him (R) Now in his seventies (S) An old acquaintance, (6) And what he did for his living

  1. PSRQ

  2. QPSR

  3. RQPS

  4. SRQP


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Yesterday, I chanced to meet  an old acquaintance,  now in his seventies  and asked him,  where he lived  and what he did for his living .

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