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2024
Para-Jumbled Questions
Q.1 Sentences of a paragraph are
given below. While the first (1) and the
last (6) sentences are in the correct
order, the sentences in between (A-D)
are jumbled up. Arrange the sentences
in the correct order to form a
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meaningful and coherent paragraph.
1.During the colonial rule in India,
Robert Bruce was the first who noticed
tea plants growing near Rangpur in
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1823.
A. The species was found to be similar
to that grown in Chinese tea gardens.
B. By 1862, the Assam tea industry
comprised around 160 gardens.
C. The leaves of the plants were
examined and the consequence was
something fruitful.
D. Mr. Maniram Dewan was the first
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Indian tea planter who established the
commercial plantation that we know
today as the Assam tea.
6. Today the region has grown to
become one of the world's largest tea-
producing belts.
1. DCBA
2. BDAC
3. CADB
4. ADCB
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Q.8 Given below are six sentences
of a paragraph.
Sentence A is the beginning whereas
sentence F is the last sentence of the
para. The middle four sentences are
jumbled up. Select the option that
gives their correct order forming a
meaningful and coherent paragraph.
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A. It was midday.
B. Voldyrev, a tall country gentleman
with a cropped head and prominent
eyes, took off his overcoat, mopped his
brow with his handkerchief, and went
into the government office.
C. "Where can I make an inquiry here?"
he said, addressing a porter who was
bringing a trayful of glasses from the
furthest recesses of the office.
D. Voldyrev coughed and went
towards the window.
E. "To that one sitting near the
window!" said the porter, indicating
with the tray the furthest window.
F. There, at a green table spotted like
typhus, was sitting a young man with
his hair standing up in four tufts on his
head, with a long pimply nose, and a
long faded uniform.
1. BCED
2. BDEC
3. ECDB
4. CBED
Q.11 Given below are four jumbled
sentences. Select the option that gives
their correct order forming a
meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. “Your cauldron gave birth,” replied
the Hodja.
B. “What’s this?” asked the neighbour,
pointing to the pot.
C. One day Nasreddin Hodja borrowed
a cauldron from his neighbour.
D. A few days later, when he had
finished with it, he sent it back with a
pot inside it.
1. ACBD
2. BDAC
3. CBAD
4. CDBA
Q.13 Given below are four jumbled
sentences. Select the option that gives
their correct order forming a
meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. A fine carriage with rubber tyres, a
fat coachman, and velvet on the seats,
rolled up to the house of a landowner
called Gryabov.
B. A drowsy footman met him in the
hall
C. "Are the family at home?" asked the
Marshal.
D. Fyodor Andreitch Otsov, the district
Marshal, jumped out of the carriage.
1. ADBC
2. DBAC
3. ACBD
4. CBAD
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Q.17 Given below are four jumbled
sentences. Select the option that gives
their correct order forming a
meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. I have seen a great many houses in
my time, little and big, new and old,
built of stone and of wood, but of one
house I have kept a very vivid
memory.
B. It was, properly speaking, rather a
cottage than a house -- a tiny cottage of
one story, with three windows, looking
extraordinarily like a little old
hunchback woman with a cap on.
C. The cottage was lost to sight among
the mulberry-trees, acacias, and
poplars planted by the grandfathers
and great-grandfathers of its present
occupants
D. It had white stucco walls, tiled roof,
and a dilapidated chimney.
1. BDAC
2. ACBD
3. ABDC
4. CDBA
Q.20 Sentences of a paragraph are
given below. While the first (1) and the
last(6) sentences are in the correct
order, the sentences in between (A-D)
are jumbled up. Arrange the sentences
in the correct order to form a
meaningful and coherent paragraph.
1. A vacation is looked forward to as a
time to relax.
A. But, destiny had other plans for me.
B. I was very excited to go on a
vacation to Goa.
C. My bags were packed and I decided
to retire early for the night.
D. It is a welcome break from the daily
routine which is often monotonous.
6. I fell off the bed and fractured my
foot!
1. DBCA
2. ABDC
3. BCDA
4. CBAD
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Cloze Test Questions
In the following passage some words
have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with
the help of the alternatives given. Select
the most appropriate option for each
number.
Days after Prime Minister Narendra
Modi inaugurated the Ghaziabad
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priority 1. ______of the Delhi-Meerut
Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS), the
2.______of high-rise societies in the
National Capital Region called for
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direct 3. ______to the public transport
service points. The residents in 4.
______areas of Noida and Ghaziabad said
they would be forced to continue 5.
______on private vehicles without
proper connectivity to the RRTS and 6.
______public transport modes. "The
RRTS is a great development; we want
7. ______connectivity to key points like
Metro stations, railway stations, Delhi,
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and the RRTS. 8. ______any proper public
transport, many residents are forced to
opt 9. ______a personal car," the
president of the New Era Flat Owners
Welfare Association, Abhishek
Kumar,10. ______.The 17-km priority
section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut
RRTS corridor was inaugurated by PM
Modi on October 7, and it started
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commercial operations on the next day.
Q.151 Select the most appropriate
option to fill in the blank No. 1.
1. piece 2. fragment
3. system 4. section
Q.152 Select the most appropriate
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option to fill in the blank No. 2.
1. tenants 2. people
3. residents 4. landlords
Q.153 Select the most appropriate
option to fill in the blank No. 3.
1. connecting 2. connected
3. connect 4. connectivity
Q.154 Select the most appropriate
option to fill in the blank No. 4.
1. lot 2. very
3. much 4. many
Q.155 Select the most appropriate
option to fill in the blank No. 5.
1. depended 2. depend
3. depending 4. depends
Q.156 Select the most appropriate
option to fill in the blank No. 6.
1. further 2. other
3. extra 4. another
Q.157 Select the most appropriate
option to fill in the blank No. 7.
1. successive 2. upright
3. consecutive 4. direct
Q.158 Select the most appropriate
option to fill in the blank No. 8.
1. In spite of
3. With
2. Without
4. Despite
Q.159 Select the most appropriate
option to fill in the blank No. 9.
1. for 2. of
3. to 4. on
Q.160 Select the most appropriate
option to fill in the blank No. 10.
1. said 2. professed
3. assumed 4. replied
Comprehension Questions
Read the passage and answer the
questions that follow.
My path to the house was by no means
an easy one. After confused
wanderings through tangled hedges,
struggling with obstacles that looked
strange to me in the surrounding
gloom, I arrived in front of a long, low
building. There, to my astonishment, I
found doors and windows open to the
pervading mist, except for one square
window through which a light shone
from a row of candles on a long
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mahogany table. The quiet and
apparent emptiness of this odd and
picturesque building made me pause. I
am not much affected by the
appearance of things, but this silent
place, with its sinister atmosphere,
made me feel uneasy. I was about to
reconsider and go back to the road,
when a second look at the comfortable
interior I was leaving, convinced me
that I was being foolish and sent me
straight back to the door which stood
open so invitingly. But half-way up the
path, my progress was halted by the
sight of a man coming out of the house
that I had wrongly assumed to be
empty. He seemed to be in a hurry and,
at the moment when I first saw him,
was busy putting his watch back in his
pocket. He did not shut the door
behind him, which I thought odd,
especially as he had been looking
behind him. He seemed to take in all
the details of the place he was so
hurriedly leaving. As we met, he raised
his hat. This also struck me as unusual,
for he displayed more respect than
that usually shown to strangers. I was
further puzzled that he showed little
surprise at bumping into another
person in these remote, misty
surroundings. Indeed, he was so little
impressed by my being there that he
nearly passed me without a word or
any other hint of greeting, except the
raising of his hat. But this did not
satisfy me. I was hungry, cold, and
eager for creature comforts, and the
house before me offered not only
warmth, but gave out an inviting smell
of food being cooked which was
difficult to ignore.
Q.171 Which of these can be inferred
about the narrator?
1. He was thankful.
2. He was foolish.
3. He was a coward.
4. He was observant.
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Q.172 Why was the narrator
shocked when he reached the
building?
1. The house was gloomy and seemed
haunted.
2. The narrator was welcomed by a
stranger.
3. The doors and windows were open
Detailed Solutions:
Para-Jumble
Q.1: Ordering Sentences 1-A-D-C-B-6
The logical order starts with C (The
leaves of the plants were examined and
the consequence was something
neighbour's reaction to finding the pot.
A (“Your cauldron gave birth,” replied
the Hodja) concludes the story with
Hodja's humorous explanation. The
correct sequence is CDBA.
Q.13: Ordering Sentences A-D-B-C
The sequence begins with A (A fine

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in the misty weather.
4. The interiors were inviting despite
the ominous atmosphere.
Q.173 The given extract is
fruitful) as it directly follows the
discovery of tea plants. Then, A (The
species was found to be similar to that
grown in Chinese tea gardens)
elaborates on the examination results.
carriage with rubber tyres, a fat
coachman, and velvet on the seats,
rolled up to the house of a landowner
called Gryabov), setting the scene. D
(Fyodor Andreitch Otsov, the district

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1. a travelogue D (Mr. Maniram Dewan was the first
2. a report Indian tea planter who established the
3. a narrative commercial plantation that we know
4. a biography today as the Assam tea) introduces a
key figure in the development of Assam
Q.174 Select the most appropriate tea. B (By 1862, the Assam tea industry
meaning of the word ‘pervading’ as comprised around 160 gardens)
used in the passage. discusses the growth of the tea
1. spreading industry. The correct order is CADB.
2. receding
3. eerie
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4. immortal After A, B (Voldyrev, a tall country
gentleman with a cropped head and
Q.175 Which of these statements is prominent eyes, took off his overcoat,
NOT true? mopped his brow with his
1. The narrator first contemplated handkerchief, and went into the
going back to the road. government office) naturally follows as
2. The stranger was in a hurry to leave it introduces the main character. C
the building. (Where can I make an inquiry here?")
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Marshal, jumped out of the carriage)
introduces the character who arrived
in the carriage. B (A drowsy footman
met him in the hall) describes the
interaction upon arrival. C ("Are the
family at home?" asked the Marshal)
follows with the Marshal's inquiry. The
correct order is ADBC.
Q.17: Ordering Sentences A-B-D-C
The paragraph starts with A (I have
seen a great many houses in my time,
little and big, new and old, built of stone
and of wood, but of one house I have
kept a very vivid memory), introducing
the subject. B (It was, properly
speaking, rather a cottage than a
house...) describes the house in detail. D
(It had white stucco walls, tiled roof,

3. The narrator was seeking food and continues the narrative with Voldyrev
shelter. asking a question. E ("To that one
4. The stranger leaving the house was sitting near the window!") is the
its owner. porter's response to Voldyrev's
inquiry. D (Voldyrev coughed and went
towards the window) describes
Voldyrev's action following the
direction. Hence, the order is BDEC.
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and a dilapidated chimney) continues
the description. C (The cottage was lost
to sight among the mulberry-trees,
acacias, and poplars...) provides further
details about its location. The correct
sequence is ABDC.
Q.20: Ordering Sentences 1-D-B-C-A-
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Q.11: Ordering Sentences A-B-C-D Following 1, D (It is a welcome break

The story begins with C (One day
Nasreddin Hodja borrowed a cauldron
from his neighbour), introducing the
main action. D (A few days later, when
he had finished with it, he sent it back
with a pot inside it) follows, describing
what happened after the cauldron was
borrowed. B ("What’s this?” asked the
neighbour, pointing to the pot) is the
from the daily routine which is often
monotonous) offers a general
statement about vacations. B (I was
very excited to go on a vacation to Goa)
introduces the narrator's specific
vacation plan. C (My bags were packed
and I decided to retire early for the
night) follows as the next step in the
narrator's preparation. A (But, destiny

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had other plans for me) foreshadows
an unexpected turn of events. The
order is DBCA.
Cloze Test
151. Blank No. 1: "section"
"Piece" and "fragment" imply a part
which is appropriate here for different
modes of transport.
157. Blank No. 7: "direct"
"Successive" and "consecutive" imply a
sequence, while "upright" is unrelated.
"Direct" fits well as it means straight,
without intermediary stops or detours.
the house being gloomy or haunted,
being welcomed by a stranger, or the
interiors being inviting despite an
ominous atmosphere as reasons for
his shock.
Q.173: Type of the Extract - "a
narrative"
The extract is a narrative, as it tells a

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that is broken or separated, which
doesn't fit in the context of a transit
system. "System" is too broad as it
refers to the entire transit network.
"Section" is the most suitable as it
158. Blank No. 8: "Without" story from the narrator's perspective,
detailing his experiences and
"In spite of" and "Despite" imply a
observations. It is not a travelogue,
contrast to an existing condition, and
report, or biography, as those would
"With" indicates the presence of

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something. "Without" denotes the have different focuses and purposes.
refers to a distinct part of a larger
absence of something, which is the Q.174: Meaning of ‘pervading’ -
entity, like a transit system.
lack of proper public transport here. "spreading"
152. Blank No. 2: "residents"
159. Blank No. 9: "for" "Pervading" means existing in or
"Tenants" and "landlords" are specific spreading through every part of
"For" is the correct preposition to
to rental situations. "People" is too something. In the context of the
indicate the purpose or reason for
general. "Residents" is the most passage, it refers to the mist spreading
something, in this case, opting for a
appropriate as it refers to people living through the open doors and windows.
personal car. The other options don't
in a particular area, fitting the context The other options (receding, eerie,
fit grammatically.
of high-rise societies.

153. Blank No. 3: "connectivity"

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"Connecting" and "connected" are verb
forms. "Connect" is an imperative verb
form. "Connectivity" is a noun that
refers to the state of being connected,
especially to a network or system,
which is what the residents are
seeking.
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160. Blank No. 10: "said"
"Professed," "assumed," and "replied"
imply different contexts of speaking.
"Said" is the most straightforward and
neutral verb for stating something,
which fits this context.
Reading Comprehension
immortal) do not fit the meaning of
'pervading'.
Q.175: Statement NOT True - "The
stranger
leaving the house was its owner."
The passage does not provide any
information to suggest that the
stranger leaving the house is its
owner. This is an assumption not

154. Blank No. 4: "many"
"Lot," "very," and "much" don't fit
grammatically. "Many" is used before
plural nouns and is correct here to
describe a large number of areas.
155. Blank No. 5: "depending"
"Depended" and "depends" are in the
past and present tense, respectively,
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Q.171: Inference about the Narrator
- "He was observant."
The narrator describes his
surroundings in detail, including the
condition of the building, the open
doors and windows, and the man he
encounters. This attention to detail in
his descriptions demonstrates his
observant nature. The other options
supported by the text. The other
statements are true based on the
narrator's account: he initially thought
about returning to the road, the
stranger was in a hurry, and the
narrator was seeking food and shelter.

(thankful, foolish, coward) are not

and "depend" is in the base form.
"Depending" (present participle) fits
perfectly in the context of a continuous
action influenced by another action.
156. Blank No. 6: "other"
"Further," "extra," and "another" don't
fit contextually. "Other" is used to refer
to additional things of the same type,
supported by the text.
Q.172: Reason for the Narrator's
Shock - "The doors and windows
were open in the misty weather."
The narrator expresses surprise at
finding the doors and windows of the
building open, especially in misty
weather, which is unusual and
unexpected. The text does not mention

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