Sentence Rearrangement Worksheet 3


Directions : Rearrange the given jumbled sentences into meaningful sentences.

1. He was a man, 

P : even if he had to starve 

Q : who would not beg 

R : borrow or steal 

S : from anyone 

Options (a) P Q R S (b) P R Q S (c) Q R S P (d) Q P R S

2. P : in the progress of 

Q : universities play a crucial role 

R : our civilization 

S : in the present age 

Options (a) S Q P R (b) Q R S P (c) Q R P S (d) S Q R P 


3. P : far out into the sea 

Q : for the next two weeks there were further explosions 

R : which hurled 

S : ashes and debris 

Options (a) Q R P S (b) R S P Q (c) Q R S P (d) S R P Q 


4. William Shakespeare, 

P : in his lifetime 

Q : the great English dramatist 

R : wrote thirty-five plays 

S : and several poems 

Options (a) P Q R S (b) R S P Q (c) Q S R P (d) Q R S P


5. Whenever I am, 

P : with an old friend of mine

Q : in New Delhi 

R : to have dinner 

S : I always try 

Options (a) S Q P R (b) Q S R P (c) R P S Q (d) P R Q S 


6. P : I don’t know 

Q : must have thought 

R : what people sitting next to me 

S : but I came away 

Options (a) R S Q P (b) R Q S P (c) P Q R S (d) P R Q S 


7. P : in estimating the size of the earth 

Q : but they were hampered by the lack of instruments of precision 

R : ancient astronomers 

S : used methods which were theoretically valid

Options (a) R P Q S (b) P R Q S (c) R S Q P (d) R P S Q


8. P : It is a pity that 

Q : by offering a handsome dowry 

R : a number of parents think that 

S : they will be able to ensure the happiness of their daughters 

Options (a) S Q R P (b) P R S Q (c) P S R Q (d) P R Q S 


9. The common man 

P : in nurturing 

Q : a more active role 

R : communal harmony 

S : should play 

Options (a) P R S Q (b) S Q P R (c) S Q R P (d) P R Q S 


10. The doctor 

P : able to find out 

Q : what has caused 

R : the food poisoning 

S : has not been 

Options (a) S P R Q (b) P R Q S (c) P R S Q (d) S P Q R


11. India has been a land 

P : but in the sense that learning has always been very highly valued 

Q : not indeed in the sense that education has been universal 

R : and the learned man has been held in higher esteem than the warrior or the administrator.

S : of learning throughout the ages

Options (a) P Q S R (b) R Q P S (c) R S Q P (d) S Q P R 


12. Religion has been used 

P : both as a weapon of isolation 

Q : to dull awareness 

R : about real problems 

S : and as morphia like education, health and employment. 

Options (a) P Q R S (b) P S Q R (c) Q P S R (d) R P Q S 


13. Inspite of an unprecedented boom in the market 

P : and had to remain content 

Q : the paper-dealer could not 

R : push up his sales 

S : with a volume of sale lower than what he had sold the previous year.

Options (a) Q R P S (b) S P R Q (c) P R Q S (d) R P S Q 


14. For some people patriotism

P : today man belongs to the whole world 

Q : it should be condemned because 

R : type of patriotism is an evil and as much as to any one country.

S : means hatred for other countries, but this 

Options (a) S R Q P (b) P Q S R (c) R S P Q (d) Q P S R 


15. A connection had long been suspected

P : since both were at their worst in the 

Q : same regions and seasons, but the nature of this connection had not been understood.

R : between the abundance of mosquitoes 

S : and the occurrence of malaria 

Options (a) Q S P R (b) R S P Q (c) P S Q R (d) S P R Q 


16. Science does not merely add new truths 

P : destroy some old truths and 

Q : discovers new truths that 

R : thereby upsets the way of men’s thinking and their lives.

S : to old ones, it also 

Options (a) Q S R P (b) R P S Q (c) P S R Q (d) S Q P R 


17. An outstanding feature of this century has been

P : living conditions of the 

Q : the improvement of the income and 

R : greater security and education which has meant greater political power.

S : working man leading to 

Options (a) P S Q R (b) R S P Q (c) Q P S R (d) S R Q P 


18. Hobbies can fill our spare

P : physical fatigue and do not hinder our regular work

Q : moments with enjoyment 

R : and pleasure, they also relieve 

S : mental tiredness and 

Options (a) R Q P S (b) Q R S P (c) S Q P R (d) P Q S R 


19. Moisture is continuously lost S6 : lifeless complexion. 

P : and as result of the stresses 

Q : as part of a natural process 

R : and strains of daily life 

S : leading to a dull, dry and 

Options (a) S Q P R (b) P R S Q (c) R S Q P (d) Q P R S 


20. So, now India can

P : lose out at first base because it’s too busy chasing an  

Q : ephemeral dream either put aside its hopes of getting the veto power and 

R : first concentrate on ensuring that 

S : the Security Council is enlarged or 

Options (a) Q P S R (b) S R Q P (c) Q R S P (d) S P Q R


Answers

Q1 D

Q2 B

Q3 C

Q4 D

Q5 B

Q6 B

Q7 A

Q8 C

Q9 C

Q10 C

Q11 D

Q12 B

Q13 A

Q14 A

Q15 B

Q16 D

Q17 C

Q18 B

Q19 D

Q20 C

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