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English II Ordering Of Sentences II 22.07.2019
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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.
SI: To most people, the term technology conjures up images of mills or machines.
S6; It includes ways to make chemical reactions occur, ways to breed fish, plant forests or teach history.
P: The classic symbol of technology is still the assembly line created by Henry Ford half a century ago.
Q: The invention of the horse collar in the Middle Ages led to changes in agricultural methods and was as such a technological advance.
R: Moreover, technology includes techniques, as well as the machines that may or may not be necessary to apply them.
S: This symbol, however, has always been inadequate, for technology has always been more than factories and machines.
The correct sequence should be
S6; It includes ways to make chemical reactions occur, ways to breed fish, plant forests or teach history.
P: The classic symbol of technology is still the assembly line created by Henry Ford half a century ago.
Q: The invention of the horse collar in the Middle Ages led to changes in agricultural methods and was as such a technological advance.
R: Moreover, technology includes techniques, as well as the machines that may or may not be necessary to apply them.
S: This symbol, however, has always been inadequate, for technology has always been more than factories and machines.
The correct sequence should be
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.
SI: I was the secretary of the Philosophical Society of the Patna College.
S6: I have been to Kolkata many times since, but never has it been more pleasant than that first visit.
P: It was my first visit to the city and its impression on my mind was indelible.
Q: In that capacity, I once led a trip to Kolkata.
R: I felt I had landed in the midst of beautiful dream world of a fairy land.
S: I saw the roads, the trams, the skyscrapers and the magnificent shops at the Chowranghee lane.
The correct sequence should be
S6: I have been to Kolkata many times since, but never has it been more pleasant than that first visit.
P: It was my first visit to the city and its impression on my mind was indelible.
Q: In that capacity, I once led a trip to Kolkata.
R: I felt I had landed in the midst of beautiful dream world of a fairy land.
S: I saw the roads, the trams, the skyscrapers and the magnificent shops at the Chowranghee lane.
The correct sequence should be
Question 3
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: Union finance ministry announced a series of concessions to trade and industry last month.
S6: Manufacturers "feel that prices of certain components may not be brought down because of the imposition of a 30 percent duty where there was none earlier.
P: Together, these will result in a loss of revenue of Rs. 100 crore to the exchequer.
Q: Earlier, these were attracting customs duty varying from zero to 100 percent.
R: The chunk of the relief of Rs. 60 crore has gone to the electronics industry.
S: Raw materials and piece parts now carry customs duty of 30 percent and 40 percent ad valorem respectively.
S6: Manufacturers "feel that prices of certain components may not be brought down because of the imposition of a 30 percent duty where there was none earlier.
P: Together, these will result in a loss of revenue of Rs. 100 crore to the exchequer.
Q: Earlier, these were attracting customs duty varying from zero to 100 percent.
R: The chunk of the relief of Rs. 60 crore has gone to the electronics industry.
S: Raw materials and piece parts now carry customs duty of 30 percent and 40 percent ad valorem respectively.
Question 4
Direction: In this section, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentence 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.
SI: At 4 o'clock this morning, Hitler attacked and invaded Russia.
S6: Under its cloak of false confidence, the German armies drew up in immense strength along a line which stretches from the White Sea to the Black Sea.
P: No complaint had been made by Germany of its non-fulfilment.
Q: All his usual formalities of perfidy were observed with scrupulous technique.
R: No one could have expected that Hitler would do it.
S: A non-aggression treaty had been solemnly signed and was in force between the two countries.
S6: Under its cloak of false confidence, the German armies drew up in immense strength along a line which stretches from the White Sea to the Black Sea.
P: No complaint had been made by Germany of its non-fulfilment.
Q: All his usual formalities of perfidy were observed with scrupulous technique.
R: No one could have expected that Hitler would do it.
S: A non-aggression treaty had been solemnly signed and was in force between the two countries.
Question 5
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: Radio waves cannot penetrate water, so cannot be used for submarine communication.
S6: Dr Neasham’s nanomodems consume only ten milliwatts when listening, and 1W when broadcasting.
P: And researchers at Newcastle University think they have just the right thing to build them with: an acoustic “Nano modem”.
Q: That is why the sea is probed by sonar, not radar.
R: Existing underwater modems which transmit and receive data via sound are power-hungry and expensive.
S: As people and their machines venture ever farther into the deep, ways of building underwater communications networks would be welcome.
S6: Dr Neasham’s nanomodems consume only ten milliwatts when listening, and 1W when broadcasting.
P: And researchers at Newcastle University think they have just the right thing to build them with: an acoustic “Nano modem”.
Q: That is why the sea is probed by sonar, not radar.
R: Existing underwater modems which transmit and receive data via sound are power-hungry and expensive.
S: As people and their machines venture ever farther into the deep, ways of building underwater communications networks would be welcome.
Question 6
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: Rishikesh is a beautiful hill station located beside the Himalayas
P: There are many ancient temples
Q: in the North of India
R: along the banks of the sacred river the Ganges
S: that flows through the city.
S6: Furthermore, the city is also known for many famous yoga ashrams.
Question 7
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 growing popularity of online shops is a trend which will only strengthen.
S6: M-commerce is becoming more popular, as is multichanelling, i.e. commencing a purchase on one device and finalising it on another.
P: Older internet users are also opening up to buying on the web.
Q: Internet shopping sites are being visited by ever younger shoppers who frequently already have access to non-cash payment methods, such as credit cards.
R: Trust in payment methods is building and buying online has become entirely natural.
S: More and more people are being persuaded towards this type of shopping.
S6: M-commerce is becoming more popular, as is multichanelling, i.e. commencing a purchase on one device and finalising it on another.
P: Older internet users are also opening up to buying on the web.
Q: Internet shopping sites are being visited by ever younger shoppers who frequently already have access to non-cash payment methods, such as credit cards.
R: Trust in payment methods is building and buying online has become entirely natural.
S: More and more people are being persuaded towards this type of shopping.
Question 8
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: Durga Shakti Nagpal, the prophetically-named civil servant tried to curb the sand mining mafia in Uttar Pradesh.
S6: Nagpal had been allowed to work unhindered against the mafia for the past four months.
P: She triggered a war between on-off pals the Samajwadi Party and the Congress party, inspired television’s most vitriolic and pompous anchor to thunder.
Q: “What do you mean you ‘allowed’ her to work?”
R: He was responding to a Samajwadi Party spokesman.
S: He had said that Goswami was ignoring certain facts.
S6: Nagpal had been allowed to work unhindered against the mafia for the past four months.
P: She triggered a war between on-off pals the Samajwadi Party and the Congress party, inspired television’s most vitriolic and pompous anchor to thunder.
Q: “What do you mean you ‘allowed’ her to work?”
R: He was responding to a Samajwadi Party spokesman.
S: He had said that Goswami was ignoring certain facts.
Question 9
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.
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 10
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: Today’s so-called crisis of globalisation is nothing more than a new variable of the old battle between protectionism and free trade.
S6: The difference, today, is that the evolution didn’t happen within a lifetime, but a few times within that lifetime.
P: The opening of trade walls has accelerated industrial evolution in such a way that workers have had to learn to adapt to almost every generation.
Q: On one side there are the anti-Amazon, pro-retailers, and losers of a global challenge.
R: On the one hand it is the tribalists while on the other it is the globalists.
S: While on the other, there are the pro-Amazon, e-commerce winners; nothing more, really.
S6: The difference, today, is that the evolution didn’t happen within a lifetime, but a few times within that lifetime.
P: The opening of trade walls has accelerated industrial evolution in such a way that workers have had to learn to adapt to almost every generation.
Q: On one side there are the anti-Amazon, pro-retailers, and losers of a global challenge.
R: On the one hand it is the tribalists while on the other it is the globalists.
S: While on the other, there are the pro-Amazon, e-commerce winners; nothing more, really.
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