AFCAT Revision Quiz | English | Para Jumbles Quiz for CDS & Defence Exams

Question 1

Direction: In the following question, a passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R, and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S1: The wanton killings never seem to stop.
S6: Once again, there is no clinching evidence of who used gas to kill children. More than 17,000 children have died in Syria since the civil war erupted five years ago.
P: Earlier this month, about 30 children were slaughtered in a chemical weapons attack.
Q: In the dystopian nightmare that Syria has become, nobody knows for sure who is responsible for this barbaric assault.
R: There were haunting visuals of weeping journalists and aid workers working in vain to save at least some of the babies.
S: A bomb attack recently on refugees inside their own homeland in Syria led to the ghastly deaths of 68 children in Aleppo.

Question 2

In this section, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R, and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S1: IRCTC is a subsidiary of the Indian Railways that handles the catering, tourism, and online ticketing operations of the latter.

P: When the listing went live on 14 October 2019, the share price opened at a ₹625 and ₹646 on NSE and BSE respectively and rose massively from there.

Q: The base price of shares was set between ₹315 and ₹320 (US$4.60) per share for the IPO.

R: The initial public offer (IPO) got oversubscription of 112 times.

S: IRCTC held an initial public offering on the National Stock Exchange on 30 September 2019.

S6: The IPO has reduced Indian Railway's shareholding in the company to 87.40%.

Question 3

Direction: In this section, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle bur sentences n each item have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

P. We are all aware that it is essential to protect our skin from the sun, but most of us often miss the fact that protecting our hair is equally important.
Q. It even makes the hair colour fade faster.
R. The skin on your scalp is equally prone to sunburn and requires the same degree of care.
S. And if you don’t protect your hair from the heat, it can change the texture drastically by drying it out.

Question 4

In this section, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R, and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S1: The theory of evolution by natural selection, first formulated in Darwin's book "On the Origin of Species" in 1859, is the process by which organisms change over time as a result of changes in heritable physical or behavioral traits.
S6: The theory is sometimes described as "survival of the fittest".
P: "All life on Earth is connected and related to each other," and this diversity of life is a product of "modifications of populations by natural selection, where some traits were favored in and environment over others," he said.
Q: The theory has two main points, said Brian Richmond, curator of human origins at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
R: Evolution by natural selection is one of the best-substantiated theories in the history of science, supported by evidence from a wide variety of scientific disciplines.
S: Changes that allow an organism to better adapt to its environment will help it survive and have more offspring.

Question 5

Direction: In this section, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle bur sentences n each item have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S1. Global warming occurs when carbon dioxide (CO2) and other air pollutants and greenhouse gases collect in the atmosphere and absorb sunlight and solar radiation that have bounced off the earth’s surface.

S6. Warmer temperatures will also expand the range of many disease-causing pathogens that were once confined to tropical and subtropical areas, killing off plant and animal species that formerly were protected from disease.

P. The average global temperature has increased by about 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit (0.8 degrees Celsius) over the past 100 years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Q. The effects of global warming on the Earth's ecosystems are expected to be profound and widespread.

R. Normally, this radiation would escape into space—but these pollutants, which can last for years to centuries in the atmosphere, trap the heat and cause the planet to get hotter.

S. One of the most immediate and obvious effects of global warming is the increase in temperatures around the world.