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English Quiz on Para Jumbles for SSC CGL Tier II & other competitive exams

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Question 1

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

P. Once enrolled, he was recognised as a gifted student and scholarships took care of the rest of his studies.
Q. They could not afford the fees.
R. Undaunted, he got himself a job in the dockyard and put away enough money to pay his first-year fees.
S. Roger wanted to become a doctor but he came from a poor family.

Question 2

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.

P. Just as the barometer only tells us the pressure of air, the weather-vane tells us the direction of the wind.
Q. They are designed to point to direction from which the wind is coming.
R. They are only wind-vanes.
S. The weather-vane often tops a church spire, tower or high building.

Question 3

Direction: In the following questions, the first and the last sentences of a passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into fourt parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

1. Many people can set high goals, but just as many people get sidetracked by one thing or another on their way back to these goals.
P. They stay focused and they know where they are going.
Q. High, lofty goals usually take a while to get there, so there will always be plenty of time to be tempted to stray away from the road that is taking you to these goals.
R. Top achievers do not get sidetracked.
S. Often, those things that sidetrack people are good things but not the best things.
6. They have an ability to say no to the good things in order to get to best things.

Question 4

Direction: Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

P. And so it is.
Q. I take it that most people who talk glibly of science, think of science merely as a kind of handmaiden to make their work easier.
R. But, surely, science is something more than that.
S. It does make their work easier.

Question 5

In the following question, a set of labelled sentences is given. Out of the four alternatives, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

The master
P. who was very loyal to him
Q. punished the servant
R. without giving any valid reason
S. when he left the work unfinished.

Question 6

Direction: In the following question, the first and the last parts of the passage/sentence are numbered (1) and (6). The rest of the passage/sentence is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct and mark the respective option.

1. It is useful to distinguish.
P. basic research
Q. pure science, which involves
R. and applied science
S. between two forms of science
6. which involves technology.

Question 7

Direction: In the following question, a sentence/passage is given. Four parts of the sentence/passage have been jumbled up and named P, Q, R and S. Read the passage/sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

The Portuguese,
P. had a great talent
Q. as also for choosing the right place to build
R. for building houses
S. who arrived in Goa 400 years ago

Question 8

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

P. It went on for centuries with the same glory.

Q. Education in India had a glorious beginning.

R. One of the changes was the introduction of English as the medium of instruction.

S. But after the British rule, it faced many changes.

Question 9

In the following question, a set of labelled sentences is given. Out of the four alternatives, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

1. The desperation for a good monsoon is understandable.
P. Agriculture provides a livelihood to about 70% of population.
Q. Agriculture productivity has been static or dropping after the happy days of the green revolution.
R. Those below the poverty line, who are in large numbers, are totally dependent on the monsoon.
S. Yet, 25 per cent of India’s GDP still comes from the farm sectors.
6. And they are the ones politicians count during elections.

Question 10

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

P. India was very backward before independence.
Q. But after independence, India has made tremendous progress.
R. India is mostly the land of villages. Most of the people live in villages.
S. Agriculture is the main occupation of these people.

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