Sentence Rearrangement Worksheet 5
Directions : In these questions, the 1st and the last sentences of the passage are numbered as S1 and S6. Rearrange the given jumbled sentences into meaningful sentences.
1. S1 : The lion used to be very widely distributed in Africa and Asia.
P : There are special forest zones set aside for wildlife in various countries.
Q : Indiscriminate killing by hunters has been the cause of this drastic fall in their numbers.
R : Today they are a relatively rare species.
S : If the species survives at all it will be only in national parks.
S6 : No hunting is permitted in such reserved areas.
Options (a) Q S P R (b) R S P Q (c) S R P Q (d) R Q S P
2. S1 : Yes, a mirage can be photographed.
P : That is hallucination.
Q : Anything reflected by the lens of the human eye will naturally be picked up by the photographic lens.
R : Sometimes, however, a person imagines he is seeing something but actually he is not.
S : The image, of course, will be hazy and simmering because of refraction of light.
S6 : That kind of mirage obviously cannot be photographed.
Options (a) S P R Q (b) Q R P S (c) P S Q R (d) Q S R P
3. S1 : One of the greatest curses of the world is the belief in the necessity of poverty
P : There need not be a poor person on the planet.
Q : But there was no poverty, no want, no lack, in the creator’s plan for man.
R : Most people have a strong conviction that some must necessarily be poor, that they were made to be poor.
S : The Earth is full of resources which we have scarcely yet touched.
S6 : We have been poor in the very midst of abundance, simply because of our own blighting limiting thought.
Options (a) S P Q R (b) R S P Q (c) R Q P S (d) P Q S R
4. S1 : There is nothing strange in the fact that so many foreign students should wish to learn English.
P : If any valuable book is written in another language an English translation of it is sure to be speedily published.
Q : Anyone who masters the English tongue acquires a key.
R : Most books found to be generally useful are written in English.
S : The English speaking want no monopoly of knowledge.
S6 : This key will open to him whatever is valuable in the literature of the world.
Options (a) P S Q R (b) S Q R P (c) R P S Q (d) P Q S R
5. S1 : Much of our adult behaviour and our attitudes are determined by our upbringing.
P : But the process does not stop here.
Q : In particular by the effects of that small part of society which is our family.
R : As we grow we are constantly and increasingly affected by new forces such as the social pressure of our friends and the largest world of society.
S : The family and our early life have profound effect on our later life.
S6 : Psychologists have studied these forces in depth.
Options (a) S R P Q (b) P R S Q (c) Q P S R (d) Q S P R
6. S1 : Chanakya, by his foresight and strength of character, built up the Mauryan Empire.
P : They were men of iron.
Q : Therefore, they were impervious to criticism and had implicit confidence in themselves.
R : Both of them were guided by stern realism and would tolerate no deviations from the objectives which they pursued relentlessly.
S : Similarly, Patel refashioned a compact India out of the fragments left by the British.
S6 : It is not true as some people said that Sardar Patel was not particular about the means as long as he achieved his end.
Options (a) S Q R P (b) S R Q P (c) S R P Q (d) P Q S R
7. S1 : The spiritual training of the boys was a much more difficult training.
P : I had realised that the training of the spirit was a thing in itself.
Q : Of course, I believed that every student should be acquainted with the elements of his own religion and have a general knowledge of his own scriptures.
R : I relied little on religious books for spiritual training.
S : To develop the spirit is to build character and to enable one to work towards a knowledge of God and self-realisation.
S6 : And I held that this was an essential part of the training of the young and that all training without culture of the spirit was of no use and might be even harmful.
Options (a) P Q S R (b) R Q S P (c) R P Q S (d) P R S Q
8. S1 : The word ‘victory’ generally reminds us of wars and conquerors like Alexander and Napoleon.
P : Thousands of people are killed and hundreds of towns and cities are destroyed.
Q : But the victory associated with a war comes after so much of destrcution
R : In this category we may include the achievements of scientists and scholars, statesmen and social reformers and the like.
S : However, there is another type of victory which is creative and constructive.
S6 : The victories of peace are more lasting and useful to humanity than the victories of war.
Options (a) P R Q S (b) S P Q R (c) Q P S R (d) R P Q S
9. S1 : Europeans are not used to the serpentine queues we encounter in the Indian subcontinent.
P : We line up even for our filthy public toilets and to pay the electricity bills.
Q : We wait eternally at railway crossings, ration shops and bank counters.
R : Particularly so in Europe where it is claimed that God is dead and religion defunct.
S : Hence, the fact that millions, and mostly the youth, made it to the funeral of Pope John Paul II, braving long journeys and queuing for hours on end, is truly remarkable.
S6 : That the European youth was willing to go through these hardships to pay tribute to a spiritual head was unthinkable.
Options (a) S P Q R (b) Q R S P (c) S R Q P (d) Q P S R
10. S1 : If India is hot right now, its thanks to a host of random developments.
P : Nature helped too.
Q : Arguably, it all began with the IT boom, which coupled with the unceasing tide of outsourcing, made India a global buzz.
R : And, as the saying goes, today’s business travellers are tomorrow’s leisure travellers.
S : That put in the global consciousness and led to a surge in business travellers.
S6 : The SARS outbreak in 2002-03 bypassed India and the tsunami affected countries like Thailand more than it impacted India.
Options (a) Q S R P (b) R P Q S (c) Q P R S (d) R S Q P
11. S1 : Sleep is the only natural elixir that repairs the body.
P : The incessant ringing of mobile phones, the clamour of multiple TV sets, late night parties and the Internet are all par for the course in average urban households.
Q : At work, the manic race against time means we are working longer hours.
R : At home, our lives are no less hectic.
S : But in today’s fast-paced world, sleep is the one aspect that is compromised the most.
S6 : Sleep and upward mobility make for incompatible bedfellows.
Options (a) P R Q S (b) S Q R P (c) P Q R S (d) S R Q P
12. S1 : The pleasure of being able to communicate with people from another culture and to understand their society is a valuable experience.
P : Because of the level of interactions with foreign experts, translators are mandatory in many companies.
Q : Many Indian MNCs with global footprints need linguists to help them in foreign lands.
R : But learning a foreign language is fast becoming a necessary job skill in its own right.
S : As the global market-place expands, the need for personnel who can communicate in foreign languages will increase.
S6 : They employ linguistic experts to teach their employees the required language and to interact with employees on the client site.
Options (a) P Q R S (b) R S P Q (c) P S R Q (d) R Q P S
13. S1 : What gives a place its distinct identity?
P : And that’s what best captures Singapore—a dynamic, cosmopolitan city-state where different cultures, ethnic groups and religions have blended over centuries to bridge the East-West divide.
Q : Apart from its geographical location, people and landscape, it’s the passage of time.
R : With its friendly, welcoming people, state-of-the art infrastructure and something new happening every day, Singapore is easy to appreciate.
S : Singapore is a city where age-old traditions and cutting-edge innovations are celebrated simultaneously.
S6 : So, what memories will you bring home?
Options (a) R P S Q (b) Q S P R (c) R S P Q (d) Q P S R
14. S1 : The fact is that good writing is a craft which can be acquired like any other craft.
P : Much the same is the case with the one who aspires to become a good craftsman of English.
Q : Let’s take examples.
R : A young man, who wants to become a goldsmith or a silversmith, becomes an apprentice with a seasoned man in that craft.
S : After a few years of apprenticeship, he learns the ins and outs of it and becomes a skilful craftsman.
S6 : In short, he has to become a wordsmith.
Options (a) S P Q R (b) Q R S P (c) S R Q P (d) Q P S R
15. S1 : Yet, things are not that bad.
P : Some of the successful people started out with more handicaps than us.
Q : It is time we stopped feeling sorry for ourselves and got over our doubts and fears to face the world.
R : If we look around ourselves, we find people who had less than us but went on to make their fortunes.
S : Perhaps we can replicate what they did for themselves.
S6 : Fortune, after all, favours the brave, not the complainers.
Options (a) R Q S P (b) S P R Q (c) R P S Q (d) S Q R P
16. S1 : Any discussion on human rights is incomplete without reference to the security and terrorist threats facing the country..
P : The Police as also the armed forces are facing an uphill task in containing these violent activities and maintaining peace and order.
Q : It must be appreciated that there is an imperative need for such special legislations as the normal laws are not adequate to deal with the situation.
R : An important issue which has come up in this context relates to the need for special legislation to cope with the situation.
S : Several parts of the country have been rocked by violence, terrorism, secessionist movement and insurgency.
S6 : It is necessary to underline that it will be wrong to treat all such violent movements as pure law and order problems
Options (a) S P Q R (b) P S Q R (c) S P R Q (d) P S R Q
17. S1 : What are the outstanding features of the Indian Freedom Struggle?
P : The movement popularized democratic ideas and institutions in India.
Q : The Indian National Congress was organized on a democratic basis and in the form of a parliament.
R : The nationalists fought for the introduction of a representative government.
S : A major aspect is the value and modern ideals on which the movement itself was based and the broad socio-economic and political vision of its leadership.
S6 : It not only permitted but encouraged free expression of opinion within the party and the movement.
Options (a) P S R Q (b) S P R Q (c) P S Q R (d) S P Q R
18. S1 : Indian media still has not matured as far as election coverage goes.
P : Today, it is common for public relation’s firms to cultivate journalists and planting stories.
Q : At the same time, nobody has addressed to the menace of corruption in the media itself.
R : In such a scenario, the reader feels shortchanged as unbiased election coverage is not available.
S : Press conferences are used openly for giving gifts and bribes to journalists.
S6 : There is nothing wrong in the demand for unbiased, non-casteist and non-communal reporting.
Options (a) P Q S R (b) Q P R S (c) P Q R S (d) Q P S R
19. S1 : Fires in the steppes or bushes scared humans earlier. [SSC LDC 2013]
P : Gradually, they learnt to appreciate the power of fire.
Q : It gave them light and warmth and kept away wild animals.
R : About 700000 years ago, humans, started fire accidentally by lightning.
S : They could harden the tips of wooden spears and cook meat in it.
S6 : Soon they learnt to produce fire by striking flintstone and pyrite with each other or by rubbing lumbers.
Options (a) P Q R S (b) Q R S P (c) Q S P R (d) P Q S R
20. S1 : There are a lot of ways to communicate : speaking, singing, clapping, hooting.
P : Even animals communicate with one another.
Q : Only humans can express their thoughts and feelings in words because of our superior brain.
R : Both humans and animals also communicate through body language.
S : But their ways differ from the humans.
S6 : Sometimes we don’t use words, but make gestures (like traffic signs) or simple movements of the hand in order to communicate.
Options (a) P Q R S (b) P S Q R (c) P R S Q (d) Q P R S
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