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SSC : Para Jumble Quiz : 13.08.2022

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Question 1

Sentence of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentence in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. At its height, around 1,200 years ago, the city of Calakmul had a population of about 50,000 people, but the kingdom as a whole numbered more than 1.5 million.

B. Deep in the jungle of southern Mexico lie the ruins of a city that thrived for centuries before it was abandoned more than 1,000 years ago.

C. Archaeologists have uncovered 6,750 structures here – the largest is this pyramid temple, called, simply, ‘structure 2.’

D. Calakmul was once one of the two duelling superpowers – along with Tikal – of the Classical Mayan civilisation.

Question 2

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentence in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. Then I took him by the hand and led him across the street.

B. I was going to the market when I saw a blind man trying to cross the street.

C. He expressed his gratitude with folded hands.

D. I walked across to the blind man.

Question 3

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

P. It is a low cost and eco-friendly technique for preserving every drop of water by guiding the rain water to bore well, pits and wells.

Q. Such a technique increases water availability, checks the declining ground water table.

R. Rainwater harvesting has been practised through various methods by different communities in the country for a long time.

S. It also improves the quality of groundwater through dilution of contaminants like fluoride and nitrates.

Question 4

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

A) Once, on an airplane, I leaned over to tie my shoelace.

B) I found myself pinned helplessly in the crash position, unable to move.

C) I always have catastrophes when I travel.

D) Just at that moment, the person in the seat ahead threw his seat back into full recline.

Question 5

Given below are six sentences. 1 and 6 are the first and the last sentences. The rest of the sentences namely 2, 3, 4 and 5 are jumbled. Select the option that gives their correct order.

1) The doctor left three different medicines with instructions for giving them.

2) Back in the room, I wrote the boy's temperature down.

3) He seemed to know all about influenza.

4) He also said there was no danger if you avoided pneumonia.

5) He said there was nothing to worry if the fever didn't go above one hundred and four degrees.

6) I also made a note of the time to give the various medicines.

Question 6

Given below are six sentences. 1 and 6 are the first and the last sentences. The rest of the sentences namely 2, 3, 4 and 5 are jumbled. Select the option that gives their correct order.

1) It was noon and by now the two bandits were very hungry.

2) Now the one who was guarding the treasure thought, "It is a pity that this treasure has to be divided between two."

3) So they decided that one of them would stay near the treasure and guard it.

4) And the other one would go to the neighbouring village and buy some food.

5) The one who stayed back, placed his sword near the treasure and kept guard while the other set off in the direction of the village.

6) "It would be so much simpler if I could take it all."

Question 7

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

1) The boy was the only son of a poor widow.

2) Sultan Gayasuddin was a famous Pathan king who ruled over eastern India.

3) One day, while he was hunting, one of his arrows killed a little boy.

4) Crying and wailing, the woman reported the matter to the magistrate, who was known as Qazi.

Question 8

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

A) On coming out, his skin would be shining like ebony and he would squeal with pleasure.

B) First, he would lie down on the sand bank while I rubbed him clean with the sand of the river.

C) Every day, I used to take the baby elephant to the river for his bath.

D) After that, he would lie in the water for a long time.

Question 9

Given below are six sentences. 1 and 6 are the first and the last sentences. The rest of the sentences namely 2, 3, 4 and 5 are jumbled. Select the option that gives their correct order.

1) When they reached the great city, they were frightened by the size of it and by the crowds in the streets.

2) However, they visited every street, stopping whenever they saw a crowd.

3) They were afraid they would not even recognize him, for they had not seen him for fifteen years.

4) They felt that their son would be somewhere among those people.

5) But they did not know how to find him.

6) They hoped for a chance meeting.

Question 10

Given below are six sentences. 1 and 6 are the first and the last sentences. The rest of the sentences namely 2, 3, 4 and 5 are jumbled. Select the option that gives their correct order.

1) From a very early age I knew that when I grew up I would be writer.

2) For this or the other reasons, I was somewhat lonely.

3) I was the middle child among three.

4) And I barely saw my father, who was a solider, till I was eight.

5) But there was a gap of five years on either side.

6) I had the lonely child’s habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons.

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