English II Ordering of Sentences Quiz II 18.02.2020 for CDS & Defence Exams

Question 1

Directions: in this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as SI 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 on the answer sheet.

S1 : The subsidiary Alliance system was extremely advantages to the British.

S6 : They controlled the defence and the foreign relations of the protected ally.

P : They could now maintain a large army at the cost of Indian states

Q : if any war occurred in the territories

R : either of the British ally or of the Britishers

S : This enabled them to fight wars far away from their own territories

Question 2

Directions: in this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as SI 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 on the answer sheet.

S1 : In reality, by signing a Subsidiary Alliance, an Indian state virtually signed away its independence.

S6 : In fact, the Indian ruler lost all vestiges of sovereignty in external matters.

P : of maintaining diplomatic relations

Q : It lost the right of self defence

R : with its neighbours

S : and of settling its disputes

The proper sequence should be

Question 3

Directions: in this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as SI 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 on the answer sheet.

S1 : A mighty popular revolt broke out in Northern and Central India in 1857.

S6 : Millions of peasants, artisans and soldiers fought heroically and wrote a glorious chapter

P : Sepoys, or the Indian soldiers of the company’s army

Q : but soon engulfed wide regions and involved the masses

R : and nearly swept away the British rule

S : It began with a mutiny of the

The proper sequence should be

Question 4

Directions: in this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as SI 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 on the answer sheet.

S1 : The Indian Civil service gradually developed into one of the most efficient and powerful civil services in the world

S6 : though these qualities obviously served British, and not Indian interests.

P : and often participated in the making of policy

Q : independence, integrity and hard work

R : They developed certain traditions of

S : its members exercised vast power

The proper sequence should be

Question 5

Directions: in this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as SI 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 on the answer sheet.

S1 : The ruin of Indian handicrafts was reflected in the ruin of the towns and cities which were famous for their manufactures

S6 : Centres were developed and laid waste

P : Decca, Surat, Murshidabad and many other rising industrial

Q : Ravages of war and plunder, failed to

R : Survive British conquest

S : Cities which had withstood the

The proper sequence should be

Question 6

The following question consists of a sentence, the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled P, Q, R and S. Given below each sentence are four sequences namely A, B, C and D. You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.

When he

did not know (P) he was nervous and (Q) heard the hue and cry at midnight (R) What to do (S)

Question 7

The following passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences have been 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: To a foreign learner, English pronunciation presents the greatest difficulty.
S6: But knowledge of phonetics will help a great deal in learning correct English pronunciation.
P: Words are spelt in one way and pronounced in another.
Q: For instance ‘u’ has different pronunciations in ‘but’, ‘put’, ‘build’ and ‘bury’.
R: The English language is notoriously un-phonetic.
S: The same letters give different sounds in different words.

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: Free and fair elections are integral to democracy.
S6: Holding simultaneous elections will ensure consistency, continuity and governance, and elections then will only be the means to achieve this and not an end in themselves.
P: But if the means (elections) become the goal, this will not serve democracy well.
Q: Continuity, consistency and governance are also integral to democracy.
R: To achieve this, elections are held.
S: And democracy, to my mind, also implies good governance.

Question 9

Direction: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences 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.

S1: Compared with solar and wind energy, which are booming, tidal power is an also-ran in the clean-energy stakes.
S6: Price is one objection.
P: Engineers and governments have been toying with the idea since at least 1925.
Q: Its tidal range, the difference in depth between high and low tides, of around 15 metres is among the largest in the world.
R: But if you did want to build a tidal power station, there are few better sites than the estuary of the River Severn, in Britain.
S: But none of the proposed projects has materialized.

Question 10

Direction: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences 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.

S1: Later this month, if all has gone according to plan, a rocket called the Falcon Heavy will take off from Cape Canaveral, in Florida.
S6: Before then, the Falcon Heavy may earn its keep lifting satellites and carrying tourists on “slingshot” trips around the moon.
P: The Falcon Heavy is the latest product of SpaceX, a firm founded by Elon Musk, an American billionaire.
Q: Its mission is to put a sports car in orbit around the sun.
R: SpaceX has the explicit aim, besides making money, of enabling people to travel to and colonise Mars.
S: The car is Mr Musk’s own, made by Tesla, another of his businesses.