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- Direction for Individual Question Each of the following questions in this section consists of a sentence the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labeled and you are required to rearrange the jumbled parts of the sentence so as to form a meaningful sentence. Select the apt option which does so.
Ordering of Words: Test-14
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Question 1 |
I walked on
P: until I reached
Q: my house
R: as fast as I could
S: the road which led to
The correct sequence should be
P: until I reached
Q: my house
R: as fast as I could
S: the road which led to
The correct sequence should be
PQSR | |
RPSQ | |
RSPQ | |
SRPQ |
Question 1 Explanation:
The correct sequence is RPSQ.
Going through the phrases, we find that the sentence part pair RP is inseparable and has to come together. The only option that has this pair is option (b) which has the sequence of RPSQ.
Question 2 |
He had
P: finished his lunch
Q: hardly
R: at the door
S: when someone knocked
The correct sequence should be
P: finished his lunch
Q: hardly
R: at the door
S: when someone knocked
The correct sequence should be
QPRS | |
PQRS | |
QPSR | |
RPQS |
Question 2 Explanation:
The correct sequence is QPSR.
Going through all the phrases once and then deducing the answer the answer from the options given, we easily come across that fact that option (c) provides us the right sequence which is QPSR.
Question 3 |
When he was a child
P: passed his happiest hours
Q: the boy who was t become Britain’s Baron Haden
R: staring out of his apartment window
S: living in New York
The correct sequence should be
P: passed his happiest hours
Q: the boy who was t become Britain’s Baron Haden
R: staring out of his apartment window
S: living in New York
The correct sequence should be
QSPR | |
PRQS | |
SQPR | |
RSQP |
Question 3 Explanation:
The correct sequence is QSPR.
An extremely simple question, the answer to which is option (a). This is so because the other three options have those phrases as the first part, which do not agree with proper sentence formation rules.
Question 4 |
The time has come
P: for future generations to come
Q: that the ideal of peace is a distant ideal
R: or one which can be postponed
S: when man must no longer think
The correct sequence should be
P: for future generations to come
Q: that the ideal of peace is a distant ideal
R: or one which can be postponed
S: when man must no longer think
The correct sequence should be
PQRS | |
SQRP | |
QRSP | |
RSPQ |
Question 4 Explanation:
The correct sequence is SQRP.
When the start of the sentence is given something as ‘The time has come’, the next most suitable phrase with it would be phrase S. There is only one option with S as the first part of the sentence. Therefore, the correct order is SQRP, option (b).
Question 5 |
For thirty years
P: with slave-like docility
Q: of her tribe
R: his wife had submitted to his persecution
S: that is the badge
The correct sequence should be
P: with slave-like docility
Q: of her tribe
R: his wife had submitted to his persecution
S: that is the badge
The correct sequence should be
RQPS | |
PRQS | |
RPSQ | |
RPQS |
Question 5 Explanation:
The correct sequence is RPSQ.
The meaning of the sentence formed by any of the options other than option (c) which has order as RPSQ is vague and incomplete. Therefore, the only accurate option is option (c).
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