- Question
In the question below, there is a passage that consist of Six sentences.
The First and Sixth sentence (named as S₁ and S6 respectively are given in the beginning and end.
The middle Four sentences in each have been jumbled up.
These are labelled as P, Q, R and S.
Find out the proper order for the Four jumbled sentences
S₁: All the land was covered by the ocean.
P:The leading god fought the monster, killed it and chopped its body in to two halves.
Q:A terrible monster prevented the gods from separating the land from the water.
R:The god made the sky out of the upper part of the body and ornamented it with stars.
S:The god created the earth from the lower part, grew plants on it and populated it with animals.
S6:The god moulded the first people out of clay according to his own image and mind.
The Proper sequence should be:
a)R,Q,S,P
b)Q,P,R,S
c)S,Q,R,P
d)Q,R,P,S
e)R,S,P,Q
Explanation
SOLUTION[B]-Q,P,R,S
Question-2
The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer:
1. The more we are able to accept that our achievements are largely out of our control, the easier it becomes to understand that our failures, and those of others, are too.
2. But the raft of recent books about the limits of merit is an important correction to the arrogance of contemporary entitlement and an opportunity to reassert the importance of luck, or grace, in our thinking.
3. Meritocracy as an organising principle is an inevitable function of a free society, as we are designed to see our achievements as worthy of reward.
4. And that in turn should increase our humility and the respect with which we treat our fellow citizens, helping ultimately to build a more compassionate society
a)3,2,1,4
b)1,3,4,2
c)2,4,3,1
d)4,2,3,1
e)3,1,2,4
Explanation
SOLUTION[A]3,2,1,4
Question-3
Read the following statements and answer the question that follows.
1. Behavioral models in finance most often critique the efficient market hypothesis, which states that if investors behave rationally then prices should reflect all available information about the financial asset in consideration.
2. A number of behavioral models, including feedback models where investors bid up the price, have been used to explain this phenomenon.
3. But asset price bubbles and crashes belie this conclusion.
4. Finance is one of the fields where behavioral models have been used extensively, enough for behavioral finance.
5. This idea of “irrational exuberance” is now widely accepted and used in financial analysis, especially while analyzing asset price
bubbles.
Arrange the above five statements in a logical sequence
a)4,3,2,1,5
b)4,1,3,2,5
c)1,2,3,4,5,
d)4,1,3,5,2
e)1,4,2,3,5
Explanation
SOLUTION[b]-4,1,3,2,5
Question-4
Read the following sentences and choose the option that best arranges them in a logical order.
1. As chroniclers of an incremental process, they discover that additional research makes it harder, not easier, to answer questions like: When was oxygen discovered? Who first conceived of energy conservation?
2. Simultaneously, these same historians confront growing difficulties in distinguishing the “scientific” component of past observation and belief from what their predecessors had readily labeled “error” and “superstition.”
3. Increasingly, a few of them suspect that these are simply the wrong sorts of questions to ask. Perhaps science does not develop by the accumulation of individual discoveries and inventions.
4. In recent years, however, a few historians of science have been finding it more and more difficult to fulfill the functions that the concept of development-by-accumulation assigns to them.
a)1,4,3,2
b)1,3,2,4
c)4,1,3,2
d)4,3,2,1
e)4,1,2,3
Explanation
SOLUTION[C]-4,1,3,2
Question-5
In the question below, there is a passage that consist of Six sentences.
The First and Sixth sentence (named as S₁ and S6 respectively are given in the beginning and end.
The middle Four sentences in each have been jumbled up.
These are labelled as P, Q, R and S.
Find out the proper order for the Four jumbled sentences
S1:In the middle of one side of the square sits the Chairman of the committee, the most important person in the room.
P:For a committee is not just a mere collection of individuals.
Q:On him rests much of the responsibility for the success or failure of the committee.
R:While this is happening we have an opportunity to get the ‘feel’ of this committe.
S:As the meeting opens, he runs briskly through a number of formalities.
S6:From the moment its members meet, it begins to have a sort nebulous life of its own.
The Proper sequence should be :
a)Q,P,S,R
b)S,R,P,Q
c)P,Q,R,S
d)Q,S,P,R
e)Q,S,R,P
Explanation
SOLUTION[E]-Q,S,R,P
Question-6
The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer:
1. Relying on narrative structure alone, indigenous significances of nineteenth century San folktales are hard to determine.
2. Using their supernatural potency, benign shamans transcend the levels of the San cosmos in order to deal with social conflict and to protect material resources and enjoy a measure of respect that sets them apart from ordinary people.
3. Selected tales reveal that they deal with a form of spiritual conflict that has social implications and concern conflict between people and living or dead malevolent shamans.
4. Meaning can be elicited, and the tales contextualized, by probing beneath the narrative of verbatim, original-language records and exploring the connotations of highly significant words and phrases.
a)4,3,2,1
b)1,4,2,3
c)1,2,3,4
d)1,4,3,2
e)2,4,3,1
Explanation
SOLUTION[D]-1,4,3,2
Question-7
The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer:
1.Various industrial sectors including retail, transit systems, enterprises, educational institutions, event organizing, finance, travel etc. have now started leveraging these beacons solutions to track and communicate with their customers.
2.A beacon fixed on to a shop wall enables the retailer to assess the proximity of the customer, and come up with a much targeted or personalized communication like offers, discounts and combos on products in each shelf.
3. Smart phones or other mobile devices can capture the beacon signals, and distance can be estimated by measuring received signal strength.
4.Beacons are tiny and inexpensive, micro-location-based technology devices that can send radio frequency signals and notify nearby Bluetooth devices of their presence and transmit information.
a)1,4,2,3
b)2,4,3,1
c)3,4,1,2
d)4,3,1,2
e)4,1,3,2
Explanation
SOLUTION[D]4,3,1,2
Question-8
Go through the various sentences labelled as P, Q, R, S, and T of a particular paragraph which have been jumbled and determine their correct order:
P. Fast food intake for more than three times a week is associated with greater odds of atopic disorders such as asthma, eczema or rhinitis. Thus, it should be definitely and strictly controlled in children as it does no good.
Q. Regular junk food intake can lead to physical and psychological issues among children. R. Lack of Vitamins such as A and C, and minerals such as magnesium and calcium, encourage the
development of deficiency diseases and osteoporosis, as well as dental caries due to higher intake.
S. Junk food, which are rich in energy with lots of fat and sugar, are relatively low in other important nutrients such as protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals.
T. Emotional and self-esteem problems, along with chronic illnesses in later life due to obesity, are the issues associated with the junk food.
a)RQSTP
b)QRSTP
c)QSTPR
d)QSRTP
e)QSRPT
Explanation
SOLUTION[D]-QSRPT
Question-9
Read the following sentences and choose the option that best arranges them in a logical order.
1. I was scarcely in position ere my enemies began to arrive, seven or eight of them, running hard, their feet beating out of time along the road and the man with the lantern some paces in front.
2. My curiosity, in a sense, was stronger than my fear, for I could not remain where I was, but crept back to the bank again, whence, sheltering my head behind a bush of broom, I might command the road before our door.
3. Three men ran together, hand in hand; and I made out, even through the mist, that the middle man of this trio was the blind
beggar.
4. The next moment his voice showed me that I was right
a)2,1,3,4
b)3,1,4,2
c)1,2,4,3
d)1,4,2,3
e)2,1,4,3
Explanation
SOLUTION[A]-2,1,3,4