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English II Ordering Of Sentences II 04.02.2020
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Question 1
Direction: In the given question six sentences of a passage are a given. 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 P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.
S1: Improvement of the quality of education has always been the key concern for education.
S6: Not in terms of the number of years of schooling but the quality aspect of the development of the individual.
P: Quality of education should not be considered in fragmented terms but in a more holistic and expanded manner.
Q: It has become synonymous with employability, preparation for the word of work, less and less consideration is given to the subject of education.
R: In recent times, quality education has been defined in more pragmatic terms.
S: That is an individual student and his/her full development as a human being.
S6: Not in terms of the number of years of schooling but the quality aspect of the development of the individual.
P: Quality of education should not be considered in fragmented terms but in a more holistic and expanded manner.
Q: It has become synonymous with employability, preparation for the word of work, less and less consideration is given to the subject of education.
R: In recent times, quality education has been defined in more pragmatic terms.
S: That is an individual student and his/her full development as a human being.
Question 2
Direction: In the given question six sentences of a passage are a given. 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 P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.
S1: Every government faces challenges and there are some more prominent than others.
S6: So we are in a way on the cusp of decision-making about providing meaningful and sustainable jobs to millions of India’s youth over the next many years.
P: The inevitable realities of artificial intelligence, digitalization, and automation will keep the productivity clock ticking.
Q: In the face of declining agriculture opportunities, tough industrial competition, rising protectionism, and reshoring.
R: Job creation is perhaps the most prominent of them all.
S: The trade-off is that some of these technologies will replace some mental tasks, some physical ones and some that are both.
S6: So we are in a way on the cusp of decision-making about providing meaningful and sustainable jobs to millions of India’s youth over the next many years.
P: The inevitable realities of artificial intelligence, digitalization, and automation will keep the productivity clock ticking.
Q: In the face of declining agriculture opportunities, tough industrial competition, rising protectionism, and reshoring.
R: Job creation is perhaps the most prominent of them all.
S: The trade-off is that some of these technologies will replace some mental tasks, some physical ones and some that are both.
Question 3
Direction: In the given question six sentences of a passage are a given. 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 P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.
S1: Aristotle first projected that dreams are nothing but magnified image to our small projected stimulus arising during sleep.
S6: The primary feature of this incubation technique was that the sick person would have therapeutic dreams while he/she is sleeping.
P: Greek, in addition to these thoughts, welcomed and was involved in the process of incubation which they claimed as the therapeutic method.
Q: He further drew a conclusion that dream may counter the physician that the ignition of some bodily changes which has not been observed in waking.
R: The Greeks defined incubation as a way of encouraging and uplifting healing dreams sent by a god or saviours, especially by Asclepius, a divine physician of that era.
S: He wrote that Men think that they are not certain walking through fire and are vigorously heated up when a small heat is produced about certain parts.
S6: The primary feature of this incubation technique was that the sick person would have therapeutic dreams while he/she is sleeping.
P: Greek, in addition to these thoughts, welcomed and was involved in the process of incubation which they claimed as the therapeutic method.
Q: He further drew a conclusion that dream may counter the physician that the ignition of some bodily changes which has not been observed in waking.
R: The Greeks defined incubation as a way of encouraging and uplifting healing dreams sent by a god or saviours, especially by Asclepius, a divine physician of that era.
S: He wrote that Men think that they are not certain walking through fire and are vigorously heated up when a small heat is produced about certain parts.
Question 4
Direction: In the given question six sentences of a passage are a given. 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 P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.
S1: Six friends work nights at a call center in India, providing technical support for a major U.S. appliance corporation.
S6: Then one call, from one very special caller, changes everything.
P: But tonight is no ordinary night. Tonight is Thanksgiving in America: Appliances are going haywire, and the phones are ringing off their hooks.
Q: They all try to make it through their shifts–and maintain their sanity–under the eagle eye of a boss whose ego rivals his incompetence.
R: Yet behind the headsets, everybody’s heart is on the line.
S: Skilled in patience–and accent management–they help American consumers keep their lives running.
S6: Then one call, from one very special caller, changes everything.
P: But tonight is no ordinary night. Tonight is Thanksgiving in America: Appliances are going haywire, and the phones are ringing off their hooks.
Q: They all try to make it through their shifts–and maintain their sanity–under the eagle eye of a boss whose ego rivals his incompetence.
R: Yet behind the headsets, everybody’s heart is on the line.
S: Skilled in patience–and accent management–they help American consumers keep their lives running.
Question 5
Direction: In the given question six sentences of a passage are a given. 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 P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.
S1: Brain drain is the migration of skilled human resources for trade, education, etc.
S6: These countries have invested in the education and training of young health professionals.
P: Trained health professionals are needed in every part of the world.
Q: This is of growing concern worldwide because of its impact on the health systems in developing countries.
R: However, better standards of living and quality of life, higher salaries, access to advanced technology and more stable political conditions in the developed countries attract talent from less developed areas.
S: The majority of migration is from developing to developed countries.
S6: These countries have invested in the education and training of young health professionals.
P: Trained health professionals are needed in every part of the world.
Q: This is of growing concern worldwide because of its impact on the health systems in developing countries.
R: However, better standards of living and quality of life, higher salaries, access to advanced technology and more stable political conditions in the developed countries attract talent from less developed areas.
S: The majority of migration is from developing to developed countries.
Question 6
Direction: In the given question six sentences of a passage are a given. 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 P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.
S1: Once there lived a poor woodcutter. He used to cut trees in the woods. One day he was cutting wood on the bank of a river.
S6: Then he brought an iron axe. The woodcutter took it gladly. Mercury was much pleased. He rewarded the woodcutter with the other two axes.
P: His axe fell down into the river. The river was deep. He could not take his axe out. He sat on the bank and began to weep.
Q: Mercury, the god of water appeared. He asked the reason of his weeping.
R: The woodcutter told the whole story. Mercury dived into the water and brought a golden axe.
S: The woodcutter refused to take it. Mercury again dived and brought a silver axe. The woodcutter did not take it either.
S6: Then he brought an iron axe. The woodcutter took it gladly. Mercury was much pleased. He rewarded the woodcutter with the other two axes.
P: His axe fell down into the river. The river was deep. He could not take his axe out. He sat on the bank and began to weep.
Q: Mercury, the god of water appeared. He asked the reason of his weeping.
R: The woodcutter told the whole story. Mercury dived into the water and brought a golden axe.
S: The woodcutter refused to take it. Mercury again dived and brought a silver axe. The woodcutter did not take it either.
Question 7
Direction: In the given question six sentences of a passage are a given. 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 P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.
S1: I turn the page; it’s not the page of a book
S6: I know I’m repeating myself. That might be because I’ve already begun metaphorizing them.
P: The pages, therefore, are not light.
Q: Unlike the pages of a book, they are black in colour---greyish black, as if all the light has been eaten by the photos, leaving them bereft of light.
R: These pages are heavy, thicker than chart paper. They are the pages of my parents’ old photo album.
S: Those are light and easy to turn, easy enough for even a breeze to move.
S6: I know I’m repeating myself. That might be because I’ve already begun metaphorizing them.
P: The pages, therefore, are not light.
Q: Unlike the pages of a book, they are black in colour---greyish black, as if all the light has been eaten by the photos, leaving them bereft of light.
R: These pages are heavy, thicker than chart paper. They are the pages of my parents’ old photo album.
S: Those are light and easy to turn, easy enough for even a breeze to move.
Question 8
Direction: In the given question six sentences of a passage are a given. 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 P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.
S1: Hoppers has been jammed from the day it opened two years ago, serving a rare find in central London.
S6: It will be larger and more comfortable, with a more relaxed vibe.
P: Hoppers is opening up a second site that can seat as many as 85 across two floors—plus another 16 outside, well over double the 40 seats of the original outlet.
Q: They will soon have a little more breathing room.
R: The second outlet, scheduled to open in St. Christopher’s Place in Marylebone in early September, will accept reservations—a relief to many who have waited for hours at the restaurants.
S: Diners would wait for up to three hours for a table.
S6: It will be larger and more comfortable, with a more relaxed vibe.
P: Hoppers is opening up a second site that can seat as many as 85 across two floors—plus another 16 outside, well over double the 40 seats of the original outlet.
Q: They will soon have a little more breathing room.
R: The second outlet, scheduled to open in St. Christopher’s Place in Marylebone in early September, will accept reservations—a relief to many who have waited for hours at the restaurants.
S: Diners would wait for up to three hours for a table.
Question 9
Direction: In the given question six sentences of a passage are a given. 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 P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.
S1: My friend, Ranjan Bhattacharya, 52, retired from the Navy about a year ago, after serving in submarines, arguably one of the world's most isolated jobs.
S6: Like other 60-plus people, he keeps a lot of money in the bank in case of medical emergencies.
P: In this time, he's acquired a large portfolio of small, obscure stocks.
Q: Post retirement, he's made up for lost time by turning into a news junkie.
R: Another friend, Abhijit Banerjee, 61, is worried if the government is really going to seize his fixed deposits and convert them forcibly into bank shares.
S: Watching the TV market shows, he follows recommendations and buys.
S6: Like other 60-plus people, he keeps a lot of money in the bank in case of medical emergencies.
P: In this time, he's acquired a large portfolio of small, obscure stocks.
Q: Post retirement, he's made up for lost time by turning into a news junkie.
R: Another friend, Abhijit Banerjee, 61, is worried if the government is really going to seize his fixed deposits and convert them forcibly into bank shares.
S: Watching the TV market shows, he follows recommendations and buys.
Question 10
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 four sentences each are jumbled up and labelled 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 importance of ethics cannot be undermined.
S6: This would make things chaotic and give rise to crime.
P: Taking decisions becomes easier for people as the right and wrong has already been defined.
Q: This system has basically been put in place so that people know how to act right and maintain peace and harmony in society.
R: Imagine if the right doings and wrongdoings were not defined, everyone would act as per their will based on their own versions of right and wrong.
S: A child needs to be taught what behaviour is accepted in the society and what is not from the very beginning in order for him to live in harmony with society.
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