Sentence Arrangement

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Number of Questions: 25
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Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labelled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

It is evident

P. having only a seasonal rainfall Q. necessarily runs off the ground R. that in a country S. an immense quantity of rainwater

  1. R S P Q

  2. R Q S P

  3. R P Q S

  4. R P S Q


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It is evident that in a country having only a seasonal rainfall, an immense quantity of rainwater necessarily runs off the ground. Thus RPSQ 

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labelled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

I do not see why

P. read what he does not like Q. anybody should not read R. nor why anybody should S. what he likes

  1. Q S R P

  2. Q S P R

  3. Q R P S

  4. Q P S R


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

I do not see why anybody should not read what he likes nor why anybody should read what he does not like.

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labelled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

Due to advancement (P) in technology the picture (Q) and clear in comparison to that of olden days (R) is splendid (S) quality of camera

  1. P Q R S

  2. P S Q R

  3. P S R Q

  4. P R Q S


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Due to advancement in technology the picture quality of camera is splendid and clear in comparison to that of olden days.

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labelled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

The grass is green

P. but I feel lonely Q. and miserable R. and the sky is blue, S. as I have to prepare for my examinations

  1. P Q S R

  2. R S Q P

  3. S Q P R

  4. R P Q S


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The grass is green and the sky is blue, but I feel lonely and miserable as I have...... examinations”. Thus, RPQS is correct.

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labeled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

Quite a few of them seem to think (P) of the twentieth century (Q) in the modern world (R) from the people living (S) that we are eminently intelligent

  1. P Q R S

  2. S P Q R

  3. S R P Q

  4. S R Q P


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The correct arrangement will read, "Quite a few of them seem to think that we are eminently intelligent from the people living in the modern world of the twentieth century." Thus, the correct arrangement is SRQP.

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labelled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

I asked him

P. for I realised how silly it was Q. who obviously did not have the means to buy books R. to ask such a question of someone S. if he was fond of reading and blushed as I spoke

  1. S P Q R

  2. S Q R P

  3. S R Q P

  4. S P R Q


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

I asked him if he was fond of reading and blushed as I spoke, for I realised how silly it was to ask such a question of someone who obviously did not have the means to buy books. Thus, SPRQ is correct. 

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labelled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

Our awareness of time (P) has reached such a pitch of intensity (Q) take us into some corner of the world (R) where people are not interested in minutes and seconds (S) that we suffer acutely whenever our travels

  1. P R S Q

  2. P S Q R

  3. P Q S R

  4. P S R Q


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Awareness of time has reached such a pitch... we suffer acutely whenever our travels take us... some corner of land where people are not interested in minutes and seconds. Thus, PSQR. 

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labeled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

Trees are the dominant feature (P) and keep the environment (Q) neat and clean (R) permanent (S) of forest ecosystems as they are

  1. P Q S R

  2. S P R Q

  3. S R P Q

  4. S R Q P


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

"Trees are the dominant feature of forest ecosystems as they are permanent and keep the environment neat and clean “ Thus, SRPQ

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labelled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

Macaulay had wealth and fame,

(P) and yet he tells us in his biography (Q) rank and power, (S) to books (R) that he owed the happiest hours of his life

  1. Q P R S

  2. Q R P S

  3. R Q P S

  4. R S Q P


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Macaulay had wealth and fame, rank and power and yet he tells us in his biography that he owed the happiest hours of his life to books.

Thus, QPRS.

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labeled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

The man who (P) that when he started from home (Q) who shouted (R) came to see me said (S) he saw some people in the street long live Indo-Soviet friendship

  1. Q R S P

  2. P S Q R

  3. S R P Q

  4. R P S Q


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 The man who came to see me said that when he started from home he saw some people in the street who shouted long live Indo-Soviet friendship.  

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labeled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

Your child should (P) be exposed to (Q) exposed to different bad habits (R) but should not be (S) books of different choices

  1. P R S Q

  2. P S R Q

  3. S R Q P

  4. Q R P S


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Child should be exposed to…but not exposed to…… .Thus PSRQ

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labelled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

(P) which can carry (Q) a vehicle (R) is called a minibus (S) about fourteen passengers

  1. Q P R S

  2. Q P S R

  3. P S Q R

  4. P S R Q


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

“Vehicle carrying fourteen people is called a minibus". Thus, the correct sequence is: Q P S R. 

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labeled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

(P) who live in ocean (Q) whale is (R) an example of such mammals (S) and whose giant size is matter of curiosity for all of us

  1. Q R P S

  2. Q R S P

  3. R Q P S

  4. R Q S P


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Identify the subject “the whale, a mammal lives in ocean and is giant”. Thus QRPS

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labeled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

The doctor soon arrived (P) he felt the boy's pulse (Q) and wrote a prescription (R) he asked for a piece of paper (S) handed it to the sick boy. He said to the boy, "Take this at night.''

  1. R Q S P

  2. P R Q S

  3. Q S P R

  4. Q S R P


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Activity sequences “doctor felt the pulse, asked for paper to write prescription, wrote the prescription and handed it back to the boy”. Thus, PRQS. 

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labeled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

(P) The earnest appeal by the staff members (Q) was rejected by the industrialists (R) to upward revision (S) that the salaries be subjected

  1. P R Q S

  2. S R P Q

  3. P S R Q

  4. S R Q P


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Subject “an appeal made by staff for salary hike was rejected”. Thus PSRQ

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labeled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

When she saw her husband (P) and did not gain consciousness for a long time (Q) in prison dress and in chains, (R) she fell down (S) with thieves and criminals

  1. R P Q S

  2. R Q P S

  3. R Q S P

  4. Q S R P


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labeled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

One day Vishwanath (P) that he had read in a newspaper (Q) happened to mention a story (R) about a haunted house (S) near our school

  1. Q P R S

  2. Q P S R

  3. R S P Q

  4. P R Q S


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 “Vishwanath mentioned a story that he had read in a newspaper about a haunted house near school.” Thus QPRS

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labeled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

Raman (P) when he spent the night (Q) was returning home from a journey (R) all alone in an old temple (S) a farmer in the district of Thanjavur

  1. Q P R S

  2. S Q P R

  3. P R S Q

  4. R Q P S


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Subject is Raman, a farmer who was retuning home and spent the night at a temple”. Thus SQPR 

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labelled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

People said (P) by a ghost (Q) without a head (R) was haunted (S) that the house

  1. S P R Q

  2. Q P R S

  3. S Q P R

  4. S R P Q


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 “House was haunted by a ghost without a head”. Thus, the correct sequence is: S R P Q.

Directions: In the following question four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labeled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.

Although he repeatedly told them (P) the innocent young man (Q) that he had not resorted to theft (R) was put behind bars (S) who came from a village

  1. P, S, R, Q

  2. Q, P, S, R

  3. P, S, Q, R

  4. P, R, Q, S


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Although he repeatedly told them that he had not resorted to theft the innocent young man who came from a village was put behind bars. Thus QPSR. 

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labeled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

At the rear of the procession (P) were carrying a gigantic flag (Q) each of which flashed like lightning (R) a number of men (S) which consisted of separate streamers

  1. R P S Q

  2. R P Q S

  3. S R Q P

  4. Q R P S


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Identify the subject “number of men carrying gigantic flag with streamers which flashed like …” Thus RPSQ 

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labeled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

About 2500 years ago (P) some Greek scientists discovered (Q) with a piece of fur or wool (R) you always produce electricity (S) that if you rub a piece of amber

  1. S Q R P

  2. P S R Q

  3. P S Q R

  4. R S Q P


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Identify the subject “some Greek scientist who found out that amber rubbed with piece of fur/wool produces electricity” Thus PSQR

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labelled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

He went

P. through the window Q. and together they looked out R. at the rain S. inside

  1. S R Q P

  2. S Q R P

  3. P S Q R

  4. R Q P S


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It isn’t possible to look outside unless a person is inside. Therefore, SQRP is correct.

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labeled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

People (P) their minds (Q) can be readily persuaded (R) to change (S) who are indecisive

  1. S R Q P

  2. S P Q R

  3. S Q R P

  4. S Q P R


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Identify the subject “people who are indecisive and they are the ones  who can change their mind” Thus SQRP

Directions: In the following question, four parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts (which are labeled P, Q, R and S) to produce the correct sentence.

To those of us .....(P) it is neither a foreign language /(Q) but the language /(R) who write in English, /(S) nor the language of the colonizers,/ .....of our creativity

  1. P S Q R

  2. R P Q S

  3. R P S Q

  4. P S R Q


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

To those of us who write in English, it is neither a foreign language nor the language of the colonizers, but the language of our creativity.  

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