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English II Ordering Of Sentences II 22.11.2019

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Question 1

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: Naval architects never claim that a ship is unsinkable, but the sinking of the passenger-and-car ferry Estonia in the Baltic surely should have never have happened.

S6: The rest died of hypothermia before the rescuers could pluck them from the cold sea.

P: It was well designed and carefully maintained.

Q: It went down so quickly that most of those on board, caught in their dark, flooding cabins, had no chance to save themselves: Of those who managed to scramble overboard, only 139 survived.

R: Yet hours later, the Estonia rolled over and sank in a cold, stormy night.

S: It had been thoroughly inspected the day of its fatal voyage.

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: People do not always do the things we want them to do.

S6: Actually, the real problem lies in our style of confrontation, not in the issue. Typically, we use character-based confrontations.

P: We dread confrontations because they are unpleasant and can damage relationships.

Q: No matter how reasonable or minimal our expectations may be, there are times when we are let down.

R: Yet not confronting a person does not solve the problem because unresolved issues also affect relationships in an adverse way.

S: Naturally, we feel upset and hurt when our expectations are not met.

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: The oil found in natural state is called crude oil.
S6: Last of all, the lubricating oil of various grades are produced.
P: It is used as a fuel in heaters and lamps.
Q: It is treated in refineries; the most common form of treatment is heating.
R: Gas that comes off the oil later is condensed into paraffin.
S: When crude oil is heated, the first vapours to rise are cooled and become the finest petrol.

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: Jagdish Chandra Bose was born on 30 November, 1853 at Parikhal, Now in Bangladesh.
S6: He himself founded some technical and industrial schools.
P: But he also knew that without technical education India could not become a great nation.
Q: His father Babu Bhagwandas was a remarkable man.
R: He had a high regard for India’s ancient culture.
S: Though he was an important government official, yet he did not give up his independence of thought.

Question 5

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: Science has given us powers fit for the gods.
S6: And we should remember that they are very stern masters.
P: For example, we do not know how to manage our machines.
Q: Yet we use them like small children.
R: But in practice, they have become man’s masters.
S: Machines were made to be man’s servants.
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Question 6

In this section each tiem consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sisth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labeled 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: I had my eye especially on the long jump.
S6 : He turned out to be a German named Luz Long.
P : Everyone expected me to win that Olympic event hands down.
Q : I was in for a surprise.
R : When the time came for the long jump trials, I was startled to see a tall boy hitting the pit at almost 26 feet on his practice leaps.
S : A year before I had set the world record of 26 feet 3 inches.

Question 7

In this section each tiem consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sisth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labeled 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: America’s president claims to view China as a friend.
S6: Litigation against China at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), investment restrictions and tariffs are all on the cards.
P: And so, after laying out his concerns, he announced plans for some tough love.
Q: America’s trade deficit with China, “the largest deficit in the history of our world”, is “out of control”, Donald Trump groused on March 22nd.
R: But the friendship is going through a rocky patch, to say the least.
S: “A tremendous intellectual-property theft situation” also irks him.

Question 8

In this section each time 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 labeled 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 : James Watt used the power of steam to drive machines.
S6 : The jet engine is relatively more recent.
P : With petrol engines people were able to build motor cars and aeroplanes.
Q : Then many years later, the petrol engine was invented.
R : These provided quicker means of traveling.
S : His invention was used later by other clever men to give us the railway engine.

Question 9

In this section each time 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 labeled 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 : A man handed a pair of trousers to the departmental store clerk and said, “I’d like these altered, please.”
S6 : Triumphantly he put the trousers and the receipts on the counter and said, “I’ like to have these altered, please.”
P : He said that free alteration is not possible without a receipt.
Q : The man said, “Like, I’d like to return the trouser.” The clerk took them back and returned the money.
R : The man pushed the money and said, “Now I want to buy them. “ The clerk put the trouser in a bag, issued a receipt and handed him both.
S : The clerk asked for the sales receipt but after searching his pockets the man replied that he had lost it.

Question 10

In this section each time 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 labeled 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 : There are several tribes in East Africa.
S6 : All the other tribes were afraid of them because of their skill in war.
P : The Masais were famous fighters.
Q : They used to raid the neighbouring tribes and carry away their cattle.
R : They lived on the side plains in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania.
S : But the most famous among them is the Masai tribe.
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