Sentences: 1. This international reach is especially evident when entire regions adopt the same seed varieties: widespread harvest failures, initially blamed on genetic vulnerabilities, can disrupt distant farming and trading communities. 2. That initial diagnosis can be misleading: in the cases considered here, the plants are not inherently defective but absorb persistent toxins from contaminated soil. 3. This distinction between the seed and its environment explains why replacing a variety may be easier than repairing soil polluted over decades. 4. A failed harvest may remain a local crisis in subsistence farming, whereas modern industrial agriculture can transmit the loss across international supply chains.
Q11. Arrange all four sentences into a coherent paragraph and enter the sequence.
Answer and solution
Correct answer: 4123
Solution
Answer: 4123
1. Sentence 4 introduces local versus international consequences.
2. Sentence 1’s “This international reach” requires 4 and adds the initial genetic diagnosis.
3. Sentence 2’s “That initial diagnosis” points to 1 and replaces it with the soil explanation.
4. Sentence 3’s “This distinction” depends on 2 and draws the practical consequence. Order 4–1–2–3; answer 4123.
Detailed reasoning and elimination check: Test a rival order by resolving every backward reference. Sentence 1 cannot open naturally because this international reach is unexplained; sentence 2 needs the diagnosis from 1; sentence 3 needs the seed/environment distinction from 2. These dependencies fix the full chain.
G Strategy shortcut
Spot: Resolve references and sentence roles. Apply: Lock the references: international reach 4→1; initial diagnosis 1→2; seed/environment distinction 2→3. Check: Test a rival order by resolving every backward reference. Sentence 1 cannot open naturally because this international reach is unexplained; sentence 2 needs the diagnosis from 1; sentence 3 needs the seed/environment distinction from 2. These dependencies fix the full chain.
G Strategy: Spot: Resolve references and sentence roles.
Apply: Lock the references: international reach 4→1; initial diagnosis 1→2; seed/environment distinction 2→3.
Check: Test a rival order by resolving every backward reference. Sentence 1 cannot open naturally because this international reach is unexplained; sentence 2 needs the diagnosis from 1; sentence 3 needs the seed/environment distinction from 2. These dependencies fix the full chain.
Five jumbled sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd sentence out and key in the number of that sentence as your answer.
1. Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that can enter the environment as larger plastic products break down. 2. Recent studies indicate that ingestion of common microplastic particles alters cellular function and that these alterations are associated with medical conditions including respiratory issues, reproductive failures, and immune system deficiencies. 3. These synthetic particles are termed "perpetual pollutants" because they do not organically degrade in marine ecosystems. 4. The investigations might also reveal additional illnesses potentially triggered by microplastics that have not yet been documented. 5. The results represent a crucial advancement in understanding the biological pathway through which these particles trigger illness and could assist physicians in diagnosing, screening, and managing health issues for individuals exposed to microplastics before symptoms worsen.
Q12. Identify the odd sentence out and key in its number.
Answer and solution
Correct answer: 3
Solution
Answer: 3
1. Sentence 1 introduces the substance being discussed. Sentence 2 introduces research into human health effects. 2. Sentence 4 continues the investigations and additional illnesses. Sentence 5 explains the clinical importance of the results. 3. These four form a definition → research → further findings → medical application progression. 4. Sentence 3 concerns persistence in marine ecosystems and does not develop the health-research thread. 5. Answer: 3; a coherent retained order is 1–2–4–5.
Detailed reasoning and elimination check: The retained sentences share a research-and-health function, not merely the word microplastics. Sentence 3 is scientifically themed background about persistence in marine environments, while 2,4,5 develop findings, further disease research and clinical use. Its thematic role makes it the odd sentence.
G Strategy shortcut
Spot: Resolve references and sentence roles. Apply: One-word tags: definition / health / persistence / health / medical use. Sentence 3 breaks the research-to-health chain. Check: The retained sentences share a research-and-health function, not merely the word microplastics. Sentence 3 is scientifically themed background about persistence in marine environments, while 2,4,5 develop findings, further disease research and clinical use. Its thematic role makes it the odd sentence.
G Strategy: Spot: Resolve references and sentence roles.
Apply: One-word tags: definition / health / persistence / health / medical use. Sentence 3 breaks the research-to-health chain.
Check: The retained sentences share a research-and-health function, not merely the word microplastics. Sentence 3 is scientifically themed background about persistence in marine environments, while 2,4,5 develop findings, further disease research and clinical use. Its thematic role makes it the odd sentence.
Five jumbled up sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5), related to a topic, are given below. Four of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd sentence and key in the number of that sentence as your answer.
1. Sentient creatures experience pain and pleasure, and because of this capacity, human beings are morally obligated to treat them with compassion. 2. Regan positioned himself as a rights theorist, and offers a deontological framework regarding animal liberation, which stands in opposition to consequentialist approaches, like utilitarian models. 3. He contended that we must grant basic moral rights to animals because, just like humans, animals are "subjects-of-a-life" who possess inherent value. 4. The pivotal moment that officially introduced the animal rights discourse into mainstream academia was Tom Regan's The Case for Animal Rights in 1983. 5. Therefore, we must regard animal lives as having the same inherent worth as human lives, which gives us a duty to respect their basic rights rather than treat them merely as tools for others’ benefit.
Q17. Identify the odd sentence and key in its number.
Answer and solution
Correct answer: 1
Solution
Answer: 1
1. Sentence 4 introduces Tom Regan and his book. 2. Sentence 2 names his rights-based, deontological position. Sentence 3 explains subjects-of-a-life and inherent value. 3. Sentence 5 draws the paragraph's conclusion about moral worth and duty. 4. Sentence 1 offers a general pain/pleasure and compassion argument, rather than developing the particular rights-theory chain. 5. Answer: 1; retained sequence 4–2–3–5.
Detailed reasoning and elimination check: Use the theory’s stated foundation. The retained chain develops rights and inherent value, beginning with Regan’s introduction. Sentence 1 instead begins from pain and pleasure and reaches compassion. It is related to animals but does not advance that particular rights-based sequence.
G Strategy shortcut
Spot: Resolve references and sentence roles. Apply: Title = Regan rights theory. Anchor 4 → theory 2 → basis 3 → conclusion 5. Sentience sentence 1 uses a different foundation. Check: Use the theory’s stated foundation. The retained chain develops rights and inherent value, beginning with Regan’s introduction. Sentence 1 instead begins from pain and pleasure and reaches compassion. It is related to animals but does not advance that particular rights-based sequence.
G Strategy: Spot: Resolve references and sentence roles.
Apply: Title = Regan rights theory. Anchor 4 → theory 2 → basis 3 → conclusion 5. Sentience sentence 1 uses a different foundation.
Check: Use the theory’s stated foundation. The retained chain develops rights and inherent value, beginning with Regan’s introduction. Sentence 1 instead begins from pain and pleasure and reaches compassion. It is related to animals but does not advance that particular rights-based sequence.
Q22. There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option 1, 2, 3, or 4) the following sentence would best fit.
Sentence: Comprehending Central Asia's significance makes historical shifts comprehensible not just throughout Asia, but also in Europe, the Americas, and Africa.
Paragraph: The territories of the Silk Roads are occasionally labeled as 'third-world nations', yet they are in fact among the globe's most historically advanced regions, the absolute intersection of civilizations, currently in advanced states of decay. (1) These regions sit at the heart of world events: they have since the dawn of time. Stretching across the backbone of Asia, they create a network of links branching out in all directions, pathways along which monks and conquerors, nomads and traders have journeyed, commodities and goods have been traded, and philosophies exchanged, modified and perfected. (2) They have transported not just wealth, but also plague and warfare, famine and catastrophe. (3) The Silk Roads are the world's central nervous system, connecting otherwise distant populations and locations…. (4) It enables us to observe connections and causality, triggers and consequences that stay hidden if one examines only Europe, or North America.
Answer and solution
Correct answer: D
Solution
Answer: D — Option 4
1. The missing sentence explains why understanding Central Asia helps explain historical changes across continents. 2. The sentence before position 4 describes the Silk Roads as a connecting nervous system. The missing sentence develops the significance of that connection. 3. The following It enables us naturally refers to comprehending that significance. 4. Earlier positions interrupt the description of routes, exchanges and their effects before the passage reaches the interpretative conclusion. 5. Read the three-sentence chain at position 4: connected network → broader understanding → hidden connections become visible. 6. Answer: D, the choice labelled Option 4, meaning position (4).
Detailed reasoning and elimination check: For insertion use ROLE → PREDICT → READ → FIT → TEST. The missing sentence performs interpretation after a description of connected routes. At 4 it also gives the following It a clear antecedent: comprehending Central Asia’s significance.
G Strategy shortcut
Spot: Identify the exact question task and the relevant passage claim. Apply: ROLE → PREDICT → READ → FIT → TEST: missing sentence explains global significance; following It explains that understanding. Position 4. Check: For insertion use ROLE → PREDICT → READ → FIT → TEST. The missing sentence performs interpretation after a description of connected routes. At 4 it also gives the following It a clear antecedent: comprehending Central Asia’s significance.
G Strategy: Spot: Identify the exact question task and the relevant passage claim.
Apply: ROLE → PREDICT → READ → FIT → TEST: missing sentence explains global significance; following It explains that understanding. Position 4.
Check: For insertion use ROLE → PREDICT → READ → FIT → TEST. The missing sentence performs interpretation after a description of connected routes. At 4 it also gives the following It a clear antecedent: comprehending Central Asia’s significance.
Q23. There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option 1, 2, 3, or 4) the following sentence would best fit.
Sentence: While capturing a fleeting array of light and shadow, Impressionist painters nonetheless rendered these effects in a unified and harmonious manner.
Paragraph: Interest in new approaches to painting grew in late nineteenth-century France. Artists exhibited work that departed from established academic conventions and explored a wider range of everyday subjects. (1) The resulting artistic activity included landscapes, portraits and scenes of modern life. (2) Among these painters, the Impressionists gave particular attention to outdoor light and colour. (3) This harmonious rendering of transient light avoids harsh contrasts in line, perspective and rigid form. (4) The brushstrokes in Impressionist art tend to have a loose, rapid flow instead of a tight, well-defined precision.
Answer and solution
Correct answer: B
Solution
Answer: B — Option 3
1. The missing sentence explains how fleeting light and shadow can be rendered harmoniously. 2. Position 3 follows the sentence naming outdoor light and colour, so the subject and imagery connect directly. 3. The next sentence about the absence of harsh contrasts develops the harmony idea. 4. Positions 1 and 2 interrupt the introductory account of artistic activity. Position 4 comes after the stylistic claim it is best used to introduce. 5. Read the local sequence at position 3 to confirm both backward and forward connections. 6. Answer: B, the second answer choice, which says Option 3. This is insertion position (3), not answer choice C.
Detailed reasoning and elimination check: The missing sentence links light and shadow with harmonious rendering. Position 3 follows the introduction of outdoor light and colour and precedes This harmonious rendering of transient light. The explicit forward echo rules out inserting the sentence after that reference.
G Strategy shortcut
Spot: Identify the exact question task and the relevant passage claim. Apply: Anchor outdoor light and colour → missing light/shadow sentence → no harsh contrasts. Position 3, choice B. Check: The missing sentence links light and shadow with harmonious rendering. Position 3 follows the introduction of outdoor light and colour and precedes This harmonious rendering of transient light. The explicit forward echo rules out inserting the sentence after that reference.
G Strategy: Spot: Identify the exact question task and the relevant passage claim.
Apply: Anchor outdoor light and colour → missing light/shadow sentence → no harsh contrasts. Position 3, choice B.
Check: The missing sentence links light and shadow with harmonious rendering. Position 3 follows the introduction of outdoor light and colour and precedes This harmonious rendering of transient light. The explicit forward echo rules out inserting the sentence after that reference.
Sentences: 1. Because this mineral form is inaccessible, it must first be physically broken down before plants can use the phosphorus it contains. 2. This required physical breakdown begins with rock weathering, the gradual wearing-down of the bedrock. 3. Within that bedrock, much of the phosphorus is held in insoluble minerals and is therefore unavailable to plants. 4. Through that weathering, phosphorus-bearing material is released for further processes that can make the nutrient available in soil. 5. Phosphorus is an essential plant nutrient, and large reserves of it are locked in the bedrock beneath our feet.
Q24. Arrange all five sentences into a coherent paragraph and enter the sequence.
Answer and solution
Correct answer: 53124
Solution
Answer: 53124
1. Sentence 5 introduces phosphorus and bedrock.
2. Sentence 3’s “that bedrock” points to 5 and specifies an insoluble mineral form.
3. Sentence 1’s “this mineral form” requires 3 and states the need for physical breakdown.
5. The reference chain fixes 5–3–1–2–4. Answer 53124.
Detailed reasoning and elimination check: Write the reference chain before trying permutations: bedrock → that bedrock → this mineral form → this required physical breakdown → that weathering. Each reference receives its antecedent immediately earlier. The answer is a five-digit sequence, not five independent choices.
G Strategy shortcut
Spot: Resolve references and sentence roles. Apply: Follow the noun chain: bedrock → mineral form → required breakdown → weathering → release. Check: Write the reference chain before trying permutations: bedrock → that bedrock → this mineral form → this required physical breakdown → that weathering. Each reference receives its antecedent immediately earlier. The answer is a five-digit sequence, not five independent choices.
G Strategy: Spot: Resolve references and sentence roles.
Apply: Follow the noun chain: bedrock → mineral form → required breakdown → weathering → release.
Check: Write the reference chain before trying permutations: bedrock → that bedrock → this mineral form → this required physical breakdown → that weathering. Each reference receives its antecedent immediately earlier. The answer is a five-digit sequence, not five independent choices.
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