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Directions: Each of the following R. coal was the main source during summers and heavy
items in this section consists of a S. of energy in the initial stages, woollen clothes during the
sentence, parts of which have been (a) SPRQ (b) RSPQ winter in north India ?
jumbled. These parts have been (c) P Q R S (d) QRSP (a) SRPQ (b) RSQP
labelled as P, Q, R and S. Given below (CDS-I, 2021) (c) PQRS (d) QPRS
each sentence are four sequences 8 P. from the scientists ? (CDS-I, 2021)
namely (a), (b), (c) and (d). You are Q. is the information 13. S1: Policy, like many other terms, is
required to re-arrange the jumbled R. that comes a complex concept.
parts of the sentence and mark your S. how important S6: Public policy is the outcome of
response accordingly. (a) QSPR (b) QRSP the struggle between
1. P. consideration for others (c) SQRP (d) SPQR government and powerful
Q. for self-gratification (CDS-I, 2021) groups.
R. freedom does not mean the 9 P. brought on by destructive pests P: It is form of government control
opportunity Q. humans have suffered usually expressed in a law, a
P. or the setting aside of R. frustration and food losses legislation, a regulation or an
(a) SPQR (b) QSPR S. since earliest times, order.
(c) RPQS (d) RQSP (a) SPQR (b) QRSP Q: Public policy is what a govern-
(CDS-I, 2021) (c) SQRP (d) RSQP ment chooses as guidance for
2 P. of any kind (CDS-I, 2021) action.
Q. to freedom and intelligence 10 P. most spectacular gold coins R: A policy may be general or
R. domination or compulsion Q. some of the specific, broad or narrow,
S. is a direct hindrance R. the Gupta rulers in India simple or complex, public or
(a) RPSQ (b) RQPS S. were issued by private, written or unwritten.
(c) S P QR (d) QRSP (a) RSPQ (b) QPSR S: It takes different forms.
(CDS-I, 2021) (c) P Q R S (d) SPQR (a) SRQP (b) SQPR
3 P. enough potassium, (CDS-I, 2021) (c) RSPQ (d) PQRS
Q. banana provides 11. S1: Man has progressed with (CDS-I, 2021)
R. from various sugars science and technology. 14. S1: The dhoti kurta is a traditional
S. and sustained energy S6: W h a t w a s d i f f i c u l t a n d lungi-type garment worn by
(a) PQRS (b) RSQP impossible is now easy and men in India.
(c) SQRP (d) QPSR possible. S6: Gandhi ji usually wore a simple
(CDS-I, 2021) P: He is on the road to conquer shawl with his dhoti.
4 P. of great trouble other planets. P: It is commonly worn with a
Q. this is a time Q:. Now with scientific knowledge loose long tunic.
R. the world to the maximum and technical know-how he has Q: This he started wearing after he
S. as one virus threatens done what was impossible. abandoned his western attire of
(a) PQSR (b) RSPQ R: Hitherto he had been backward. pants and shirt.
(c) S R Q P (d) QPSR S: He has reached the moon. R: A dhoti, made of homespun
(CDS-I, 2021) The correct sequence should be khadi cotton cloth, was the
5 P. are of the opinion (a) SRQP (b) RPQS garment favoured by Gandhi ji.
Q. some archaeologists (c) R Q S P (d) Q R S P S: The dhoti is rectangular piece of
R. and that everybody enjoyed (CDS-I, 2021) unstitched cloth, around five
equal status 12 S1: We drink more water during yards long, wrapped around the
S. that Harappan society had no summers. midriff and tucked between the
rulers. S6: There are variations in weather legs.
(a) SPQR (b) QSRP conditions during different (a) PSRQ (b) RSPQ
(c) QPSR (d) RPSQ seasons. (c) SPRQ (d) QRSP
(CDS-I, 2021) P: On the other hand in north- (CDS-I, 2021)
6 P. in the same locality eastern states, winters are mild 15 S1: Languages in contact with each
Q. marriage within a unit except in the hills. other cause change.
R. endogamy refers to Q: Because in North India, both the S6: Changes often occur first in
S. or a group living sessions have extreme weather informal and casual language.
(a) QRSP (b) RSPQ conditions. P: The increasing use of English in
(c) QPSR (d) R Q S P R: School clothes during the many parts of the world affect
(CDS-I, 2021) summer is different from the both local languages and
7 P. when steam engines winter. English.
Q. dominated industrialization S: Why do you wear lighter clothes Q: Language contact has long been

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 recognised as a major engine of
change.
R: This gives rise to new, hybrid
language varieties.
S: A historical example is that of
Danish and English which led to
a major shift in the vocabulary
and grammar of English.
(a) RSQP (b) QSPR
(c) QRSP (d) SQRP
(CDS-I, 2021)
16 S1: Urbanisation in India has
become an important and
irreversible process.
S6: As per the Census of India 2011,
the urban population is
increasing rapidly.
P: The 2030 development agenda
of the United Nations has
emphasised the role of
sustainable cities for making
cities inclusive, safe, resilient
and sustainable.
Q: This shows that India is in the
midst of transition from a
predominantly rural to a quasi-
urban society.
R: The process of urbanisation has
b e e n c h a ra c te r i z e d by a
dramatic increase in the
number of large cities.
S: It is an important determinant
of national economic growth
and poverty reduction.
(a) QRSP (b) PSRQ
(c) SRQP (d) RQSP
(CDS-I, 2021)
17 S1: Ethics is a branch of philosophy
concerned with the distinction
between right and wrong
(morals) and the ultimate
worth of actions or things
(values).
S6: But values can be either
inherent or conferred.
P: For many philosophers, only
humans are moral agents, being
capable of acting morally or
immorally.
Q: Environmental ethics asks
about the moral relationships
between humans and the world
around us.
R: E t h i c s e v a l u a t e d t h e
relationship, rules, principles or
codes that require or forbid
certain conduct.
S: Value is a measure of the worth
of something.
(a) RQPS (b) P Q S R
(c) QSRP (d) RSPQ
(CDS-I, 2021)
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18. S1: The Constitution of India, intro- P: Some historical biogeographers
duced on 26 January 1950, laid are interested in finding centre-
down certain basic principles of-origins.
and values. Q: Most species distributions
S6: The Constitution guaranteed all result from a combination of all
citizens equality before the law these factors.
and equality of opportunity in R: But biogeographers tend to
government employment. specialise in ecological aspects
P: It was also to be a federation (ecological biography or
with demarcation of spheres of historical aspects).
action between the Union S: Ecological biogeographers are
Government and the State interested in the effects of
Governments. environmental factors.
Q: India was to be a secular and The correct sequence should be
democratic republic with a (a) Q R S P (b) RQPS
parliamentary system based on (c) P Q R S (d) S P R Q
adult franchise. (CDS-I, 2021)
R: These include : freedom of
speech and expression, Answer Key
freedom to assemble peacefully 1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (d)
etc. 5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (c)
S: It guaranteed all Indian citizens 9. (c) 10. (b) 11. (c) 12. (b)
certain fundamental rights. 13. (a) 14. (c) 15. (b) 16. (c)
(a) QPSR (b) R S P Q 17. (a) 18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (a)
(c) PSQR (d) SQRP
(CDS-I, 2021)
19 S1: The National Health Policy
2017 envisages creation of a
digital health technology eco-
system.
S6: Secondly, offering financial pro-
tection up to 5 lakhs per year
per family for the deprived 10
crores plus households.
P: Ayushman Bharat comprising
twin missions is set to
transform the nation's health
system.
Q: This will also foster a linkage
across public and private
health-care.
R: The policy aims at developing
an integrated health
information system that serves
the need of all stakeholder and
i m p r o v e s e f f i c i e n c y,
transparency.
S: This will be carried out by
operationalising firstly 1.5 lakh
health and wellness centres
offering preventive and primary
care.
(a) Q S R P (b) Q R S P
(c) R Q P S (d) S P R Q
(CDS-I, 2021)
20 S1: Ecology, history and geography
determine the distribution of
organisms.
S6: Others prefer to interpret bio-
geographical history through
vicariance (range-splitting)
events.
 SSC CDS 2020 R. and vegetable crops representation of external
Direction: Each of the following items
S. hybrid varieties of reality," writes Alvin Toffler in
in this section consists of a sentence, (a) QRSP (b) SPQR Future Shock.
parts of which have been jumbled. (c) QPRS (d) SPRQ S6: When we begin to think we can
These parts have been labelled as P, Q, (CDS-II, 2020) do so only because our mind is
8 P. against the officer already filled with all sorts of
R and S. Given below each sentence Q. reason for the accusation ideas with which to think.
are four sequences, namely (a), (b),(c) R. there should have been P: It organizes our knowledge and
and (d). You are required to re- S. who was in-charge at that time gives us a place from which to
(a) RPSQ (b) RQPS argue.
arrange the jumbled parts of the (c) PQRS (d) SPRQ Q: This mental model is, he says,
sentence and mark your response (CDS-II, 2020) like a giant filing cabinet.
accordingly. 9 P. poetry is R: It contains a slot for every item
1 P. for long and Q. and ideas of information coming to us.
Q. the backbone of India R. powerful feelings S: As E.F. Schumacher says, "When
R. will continue to be the same S. the spontaneous overflow of we think, we do not just think;
S. agriculture has been (a) SRQP (b) PQRS we think ideas."
(a) SPQR (b) SQPR (c) RSQP (d) PSRQ The correct sequence should be
(c) QRSP (d) QSRP (CDS-II, 2020) (a) PSRQ (b) SPRQ
(CDS-II, 2020) 10 P. historical identity and a (c) QRPS (d) RQPS
2 P. the cry of general public common descent (CDS-II, 2020)
Q. agenda in any country Q. a group of people 13 S1: Biology is the study of life in its
R. public policy making R. is called an, ethnic group entirety.
S. is generally driven by S. who share a common culture, S6: Classical descriptive and
(a) RQSP (b) RPSQ (a) QSPR (b) QRPS clueless biology found a
(c) PSRQ (d) QRSP (c) PSQR (d) RQPS theoretical framework in the
(CDS-II, 2020) (CDS-II, 2020) evolutionary theory of Darwin.
3 P. before it starts 11 S1: Chinua Achebe was born in P: In later years, the focus was
Q. of the government is 1930 and educated at the physiology and internal
R. the essential power Government College in morphology or anatomy.
S. the power to manage conflict Umuahia , Nigeria. Q: Darwinian ideas of evolution by
(a) RSPQ (b) SQRP S6: Chinua Achebe has written over natural selection changed the
(c) RQSP (d) QRSP twenty books, including novels, perception completely.
(CDS-II, 2020) stories, essays and collections R: The growth of biology as a
4 P. a majority of the vote of poetry, and won the Nobel natural science during the last
Q. the party that received Prize for literature. 1000 years is interesting from
R. of the government P: During the Civil War in Nigeria, many points of view.
S. must take control he worked for the Biafran S: One feature of this growth is
(a) QPSR (b) PSRQ government service. changing emphasis from mere
(c) RSPQ (d) SQPR Q: After the War, he was appointed description of life forms to
(CDS-II, 2020) Senior Research Fellow at the identification and classification
5 P. can express a view on University of Nigeria, Nsukka. of all recorded living forms.
Q. in which the electorate R: H e j o i n e d t h e N i g e r i a n The correct sequence should be
R. a particular issue of public Broadcasting Company in Lagos (a) RSPQ (b) SPRQ
policy in 1954, later becoming its (c) QRPS (d) PQRS
S. a referendum is a vote Director of External (CDS-II, 2020)
(a) SQPR (b) RPQS Broadcasting. 14. S1: Biology is the youngest of the
(c) QRSP (d) PQRS S: He received a BA from London formalized disciplines of
(CDS-II, 2020) University in 1953 and in 1956 natural science.
6 P. in modern societies he studied broadcasting in S6: Life expectancy of human
Q. or merely suppressed London at the BBC. b e i n g s h a s d r a m a t i c a l ly
R. has class conflict The correct sequence should be changed over the years.
S. been resolved (a) SRPQ (b) RPQS P: However, the twentieth century
(a) RPSQ (b) RSPQ (c) PQRS (d) QRSP and certainly the twenty-first
(c) PRSQ (d) QRSP (CDS-II, 2020) century has demonstrated the
(CDS-II, 2020) 12. S1: "Every person carries in his utility of biological knowledge
7 P. several of our food head a mental model of the in furthering human welfare, be
Q. are being extensively cultivated world a subjective it in health sector or agriculture.

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 Q: The discovery of antibiotics,
and synthetic plant-derived
drugs, anaesthetics have
changed medical practice on
one hand and human health on
the other hand.
R: Applications of physics and
chemistry in our daily life also
have a higher visibility than
those of biology.
S: P ro g re s s i n p hys i c s a n d
chemistry proceeded much
faster than in biology.
The correct sequence should be
(a) QPRS (b) PRQS
(c) RPQS (d) SRPQ
(CDS-II, 2020)
15. S1: People in society need many
goods and services in their
everyday life including food,
clothing, shelter, transport, etc.
S6: The teacher in the local school
has the skills required to impart
education to the students.
P: A weaver may have some yarn,
some cotton and other
instruments required for
weaving cloth.
Q: A family farm may own a plot of
land, some grains, farming
implements, maybe a pair of
bullocks and also the labour
services of the family members.
R: Every individual has some
amount of the goods and
services that one would like to
use.
S: In fact, the list of goods and
services that any individual
needs is so large that no
individual in society, to begin
with, has all the things one
needs.
The correct sequence should be
(a) PQRS (b) RSPQ
(c) QPSR (d) SRQP
(CDS-II, 2020)
16. S1: Farming is the main production
activity in the village.
S6: The new ways of farming need
less land, but much more
capital.
P: These have allowed the farmers
to produce more crops from the
same amount of land.
Q: Over the years there have been
many important changes in the
way farming is practised.
R: But in raising production, a
great deal of pressure has been
put on land and other natural
resources.
4
S: This is an important
achievement, since land is fixed
and scarce.
The correct sequence should be
(a) QPSR (b) RSPQ
(c) SRPQ (d) PRSQ
(CDS-II, 2020)
17. S1: Britain was the first country to
experience modern
industrialization.
S6: This gave people a wider choice
for ways to spend their earnings
and expanded the market for
the sale of goods.
P: This meant that the kingdom
had common laws, a single
currency and a market that was
n o t f ra g m e n te d by l o c a l
authorities and uneven
taxation.
Q: It had been politically stable
since the seventeenth century,
with England, Wales and
Scotland unified under a
monarchy.
R: By then a large section of the
people received their income in
the form of wages and salaries
than in goods.
S: By the end of the seventeenth
century, money was widely
used as the medium of
exchange.
The correct sequence should be
(a) QPSR (b) PSQR
(c) RSQP (d) SRQP
(CDS-II, 2020)
18. S1: For several million years,
humans lived by hunting wild
animals and gathering wild
plants.
S6: As a result, conditions were
favourable for the growth of
grasses such as wild barley and
wheat.
P: This led to the development of
farming and pastoralism as a
way of life.
Q: This change took place because
the last ice age came to an end
about 13,000 years ago and
with that warmer, wetter
conditions prevailed.
R: Then, between 10,000 and
4,500 years ago, people in
different parts of the world
learnt to domesticate certain
plants and animals.
S: The shift from foraging to
farming was a major turning
point in the human history.
The correct sequence should be
(a) QSPR (b) SPQR
(c) PSQR (d) RPSQ
(CDS-II, 2020)
19. S1: All governments claim eternal
consistency and success.
S6: Diplomacy offers choices, and
those choices must be
negotiated with other sovereign
actors.
P: Choices involved uncertainty,
risk and immediacy; those who
must take the choices operate in
the contemporary political
milieu.
Q: A n d y e t t h e e s s e n c e o f
governance is choice.
R: Nowhere is this more true than
in foreign policy decision-
making.
S: Some even claim omniscience.
The correct sequence should be
(a) SQPR (b) QSRP
(c) SRPQ (d) RSPQ
(CDS-II, 2020)
20. S1: Buddhism continued to spread
into many lands of Asia during
the period of 5th and 6th
century.
S6: He translated several scriptural
commentaries into Pali and
wrote a work called the
Visuddhimagga, which soon
attained the status of a classic
work on Theravada doctrine
and meditation.
P: While this can be understood as
a part of larger processes of
cultural interaction, especially
trade, a key role was played by
monks.
Q: We know a little bit about some
of them, but there must have
been countless men whose
commitment to the Buddhist
path gave them the courage and
determination to persevere in
the face of the long, hard
journey to India and back.
R: Buddhism had made its way to
Sri Lanka many centuries
earlier, during the time of
Ashoka, and a thriving Buddhist
community soon took root.
S: In the 5th century, the monk
Buddhaghosha travelled to Sri
Lanka.
The correct sequence should be
(a) RQPS (b) QRPS
(c) PQRS (d) PSRQ
(CDS-II, 2020)
21 P. history of life
Q. evolutionary Biology is
 R. forms on earth (c) RSQP (d) SPQR government is obliged to repay
S. t h e s t u dy o f T h e c o r re c t (CDS-II, 2020) in the future.
sequence should be 29 P. during the last century Q: The non-debt receipts comprise
(a) SPQR (b) QSPR Q. Indian social, political and of tax revenue, non-tax revenue,
(c) RPQS (d) PSQR cultural life recovery of loans and disinvest-
(CDS-II, 2020) R. as a testimony of ment receipts.
22 P. life is considered S. Indian cinema stands The R: The outcomes as reflected in the
Q. the origin of correct sequence should be Provisional Actual figures is
R. the history of universe (a) SPQR (b) QRSP lower than the budget estimate
S. a unique event in The correct (c) PQRS (d) SRQP owing to reduction in the net tax
sequence should be (CDS-II, 2020) revenue.
(a) QPSR (b) PSQR 30 P. of all searches for knowledge S: The Budget 2018-19 targeted
(c) SQPR (d) RSPQ Q. should be the beginning significantly high growth in
(CDS-II, 2020) R. an exploration into truth non-debt receipts of the Central
23 P. productive resources is S. and experiments of life Government, which was driven
Q. how we manage The correct sequence should be by robust growth.
R. and competitiveness (a) RQPS (b) SPQR The correct sequence should be
S. critical to strategic growth (c) RSPQ (d) QRSP (a) SRPQ (b) RSQP
The correct sequence should be (CDS-II, 2020) (c) PQRS (d) QPRS
(a) PQRS (b) RSPQ 31. S1: The country's economy is (CDS-II, 2020)
(c) SRPQ (d) QPSR growing and would continue to 33. S1: Palaeontology is the study of
(CDS-II, 2020) grow at a rapid pace in the the remains of dead organisms
24 P. in service firms coming years. over enormous spans of time.
Q. operations strategy S6: The market share of electrical S6: F a u n a l a n a l y s i s g i v e s
R. from the corporate strategy vehicles increases with information about the animal
S. is generally inseparableS increasing availability of people hunted and
The correct sequence should be infrastructure. domesticated, the age of animal
(a) SRQP (b) QPSR P: I t a l s o p r o v i d e s u s a n at death, and the diseases that
(c) RSPQ (d) P S Q R opportunity to grow as afflicted them.
(CDS-II, 2020) manufacturer of elec-tric P: B o n e s p r o v i d e a g r e a t
25 P. are travelling, vehicles. information.
Q. a recent survey has revealed Q: According to MITI Aayog Q: The distribution of faunal
R. that they are worried about (2019), if India reaches an remains (animal bones) at a site
their safety electric vehi-cles sales can indicate which areas were
S. eve n a s m o re a n d m o re penetration, emission and oil used for butchering, cooking,
IndiansS The correct sequence savings can be achieved. eating, bone tool making and
should be R: Given the commitments that refuse dumping.
(a) SPQR, (b) QSRP India has made on the climate R: W i t h i n t h i s d i s c i p l i n e ,
(c) PRSQ (d) RPSQ front as a nation and on molecular biology and DNA
(CDS-II, 2020) environmental aspects, it is studies have been used to
26 P. the imagination of children likely that larger and larger understand hominid evolution.
Q. stories can exercise share of automobile sector S: Hominid evolution answers the
R. more than the stories would be in the form of electric questions about what ancient
S. because they tell vehicles. people looked like, and to plot
The correct sequence should be S: T h i s p r e s e n t s a g r e a t patterns of migration.
(a) QRSP (b) SPQR opportunity for the automobile The correct sequence should be
(c) QPSR (d) RSQP industry as the demand for (a) QPRS (b) SPQR
(CDS-II, 2020) a u t o m o b i l e s w o u l d o n ly (c) RSPQ (d) PQRS
27 P. as a record of increase. (CDS-II, 2020)
Q. and suffering of humans The correct sequence should be 34. S1: H o r m o n e s h a v e s e v e r a l
R. the achievements, experiments (a) SRQP (b) RQSP functions in the body.
S. history is considered (c) QPSR (d) QSRP S6: The two hormones together
The correct sequence should be (CDS-II, 2020) regu-late the glucose level in the
(a) SPRQ (b) R Q S P 32. S1: Central government receipts blood.
(c) PQRS (d) QRSP can broadly be divided into non- P: They help to maintain the
(CDS-II, 2020) debt and debt receipts. balance of biological activities
28 P. can be invented S6: This is also evident from the in the body.
Q. it appears com-position of non-debt Q: Insulin is released in response
R. has been invented receipts. to the rapid rise in blood
S. that all that The correct P: Debt receipts mostly consist of glucose level.
sequence should be market borrowing and other R: On the other hand hormone
(a) QSPR (b) QRSP liabilities which the glucagon tends to increase the

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 glucose level in the blood.
S: The role of insulin in keeping
the blood glucose level within
the narrow limit is an example
of this function.
The correct sequence should be
(a) PSRQ (b) RSPQ
(c) SRQP (d) QRSP
(CDS-II, 2020)
35. S1: All living things affect the living
and non-living things around
them.
S6: This interdependability needs
to be understood when we,
humans consume much more
than required and abuse nature.
P: T h i s c a n a l s o a f fe c t t h e
population of fox, if foxes
depend on rabbits for food.
Q: For example, earthworms make
burrows and worm casts.
R: This act of earthworms affects
the soil, and therefore the
plants growing in it.
S: Rabbit's fleas carry the virus
which causes myxomatosis, so
they can affect the size of the
rabbit population. The correct
sequence should be
(a) RSQP (b) PSRQ
(c) QRSP (d) SQRP
(CDS-II, 2020)
36. S1: The ecosystem of water is
complex and many
environmental factors are
intricately linked.
S6: The trees slowly transfer
rainwater into the sub-soil and
this is critical for sustaining
water for months after the
rains.
P: Thick forests make for excellent
catchments.
Q: The problems we see are
because we have undermined
these links over decades.
R: First, rain and snowfall are the
only sources of water about
99%.
S: In the four months of monsoon,
there are about 30-35
downpours and the challenge is
to hold this water in systems
that can last us over 365 days.
The correct sequence should be
(a) QRSP (b) PSRQ
(c) SRQP (d) RQSP
(CDS-II, 2020)
37. S1: Politics is exciting because
people disagree.
S6: It is not solitary people who
make politics and a good
6
society; it is the people together particles.
which make good politics and The correct sequence should be
society. (a) QSRP (b) QRSP
P: For Aristotle politics is an (c) PRSQ (d) SPRQ
attempt to create a good society (CDS-II, 2020)
because politics is, above all, a 40. S1: Things are often not what they
social activity. seem.
Q: They also disagree about how S6: This happened without you
such matters should be even knowing it. So imagine the
re s o lve d , h o w c o l l e c t ive changes that occur to this earth
decision should be made and and humanity.
who should have a say. P: But you are really not, because
R: They disagree about how they the Milky Way galaxy, of which
should live. you are a part, is moving
S: Who should get what? How through space at 2.1 million
shou ld p ower a n d ot her kilometre an hour.
resource be distributed? Should Q: So in roughly twenty second
society be based on cooperation that it would have taken you to
or conflict? And so on. read this paragraph, you have
The correct sequence should be already moved thousands of
(a) R S Q P (b) PQSR kilometre.
(c) QSRP (d) RSPQ R: And that is without taking into
(CDS-II, 2020) account the effects of earth's
38. S1: Regular exercise makes many of rotation on its own axis, its
the organ systems become orbiting around the sun and
more efficient. sun's journey around the Milky
S6: Different activities require Way.
different levels of fitness. S: As you read this sentence,
P: It can improve your strength; perhaps sitting in a comfortable
make your body more flexible chair in your study, you would
and less likely to suffer from probably consider yourself at
sprain. rest.
Q: It can also improve your The correct sequence should be
endurance. (a) QRPS (b) RQPS
R: It also uses up energy and helps (c) PQRS (d) SPRQ
to prevent large amounts of fat (CDS-II, 2020)
building up in the body.
S: Exercise can increase your Answer Key
fitness in three ways. 1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (a)
The correct sequence should be 5. (a) 6. (a) 7. (d) 8. (b)
(a) QRSP (b) RSPQ 9. (d) 10. (a) 11. (a) 12. (c)
(c) PSQR (d) SQRP 13. (a) 14. (d) 15. (d) 16. (a)
(CDS-II, 2020) 17. (a) 18. (d) 19. (a) 20. (c)
39. S1: On increasing the temperature 21.(b) 22. (a) 23. (d) 24. (b)
of solids, the kinetic energy of 25. (a) 26. (c) 27. (a) 28. (a)
the particles increases. 29. (d) 30. (a) 31. (a) 32. (d)
S6: The temperature at which a 33. (c) 34. (a) 35. (c) 36. (a)
solid melts to become a liquid at 37. (a) 38. (b) 39. (a) 40. (d)
the atmospheric pressure is
called its melting point.
P: A stage is reached when the
solid melts and is converted to a
liquid.
Q: Due to the increase in kinetic
energy, the particles start
vibrating with greater speed.
R: The particles leave their fixed
positions and start moving
more freely.
S: The energy supplied by heat
ove rc o m e s t h e fo rc e s o f
attraction between the
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In this Section each item consists of six sentences
of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are
given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle
four sentences in each have been jumbled up and
labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find
the proper sequence of the four sentences and
mark your response accordingly on the Answer
Sheet.
1. S1 He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women,
nor of great occurrences, nor of great fish, nor
fights, nor contests of strength, nor of his wife.
S6 He urinated outside the shack and then went up
the road to wake the boy.
P. He never dreamed about the boy.
Q. He only dreamed of places and of the lions on
the beach now.
R. He simply woke, looked out through the open
door at the moon and unrolled his trousers and
put them on.
S. They played like young cats in the dusk and he
loved them as he loved the boy.
(a) R Q P S (b) S R Q P (c) Q S P R (d) P R S Q
2. S1 We do not know, after 60 years of equation, how
to protect ourselves against epidemics like
cholera and plague.
S6 This is the disastrous result of the system under
which we are educated.
P. If our doctors could have started learning
medicine at an earlier age, they would not make
such a poor show as they do.
Q. I have seen hundreds of homes. I cannot say that
I have found any evidence in them of knowledge
of hygiene.
R. I consider it a very serious blot on the state of
our education that our doctors have not found it
possible to eradicate these diseases.
S. I have the greatest doubt whether our
graduates know what one should do in the case
one is bitten by a snake.
(a) R Q S P (b) P R Q S (c) Q S P R (d) P Q S R
3. S1 The weak have no place here, in this life or in
any other life. Weakness leads to slavery.
S6 This is the great fact : strength is life, weakness
is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal,
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immortal; weakness is constant strain and
misery : weakness is death.
P. They dare not approach us, they have no power
to get a hold on us, until the mind is weakened.
Q. Weakness leads to all kinds of misery, physical
and mental. Weakness is death.
R. But they cannot harm us unless we become
weak, until the body is ready and predisposed
to receive them.
S. There are hundreds of thousands of microbes
surrounding us.
(a) P Q R S (b) P R Q S (c) Q R S P (d) Q S R P
4. S1 The Nobel Prize for Economics in 2018 was
awarded to Paul Romer and William Nordhaus
for their work in two separate areas : economic
growth and environmental economics
respectively.
S6 Among recent winners of Nobel Prize in
Economics, it's hard to think of one issue which
is more topical and relevant to India.
P. But there is a common thread in their work.
Q. In economic jargon it's termed as externality.
R. Productive activity often has spillovers,
meaning that it can impact an unrelated party.
S. Romer and Nordhaus both studied the impact
of externalities and came up with profound
insights and economic models.
(a) P Q R S (b) P R Q S (c) Q S P R (d) Q S R P
5. S1 India's museums tend to be dreary experiences.
S6 Because it's better to attract crowds than dust.
P. Even the Louvre that attracted an eye-popping
8.1 million visitors last year compared to
India's 10.18 million foreign tourists, has
hooked up with Beyonce and Jay-Z for
promotion, where they take a selfie with Mona
Lisa.
Q. Our museums need to get cool too.
R. A change of approach is clearly called for.
S. Troops of restless schoolchildren are often the
most frequent visitors, endlessly being told to
lower their voices and not touch the art.
(a) P Q R S (b) P R S Q (c) S R P Q (d) Q S R P
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constitute a war crime and a constitutive act of
genocide.
S6 The fact that these two peace laureates come
from two different nations underlines that this
problem has been widespread, from Rwanda to
Myanmar.
P. This year's Nobel peace prize has been awarded
to two exceptional individuals for their fight to
end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of
war.
Q. Denis Mukwege is a doctor who has spent
decades treating rape survivors in the
Democratic Republic of Congo, where a long
civil war has repeatedly witnessed the horror of
mass rapes.
R. Nadia Murad is herself a survivor of sexual war
crimes, perpetuated by IS against the Yazidis.
S. Today she campaigns tirelessly to put those IS
leaders in the dock in international courts.
(a) P Q R S (b) P R Q S (c) S R Q P (d) Q R S P
7. S1 The climate question presents a leapfrog era for
India's development paradigm.
S6 This presents a good template for India,
building on its existing plans to introduce
electric mobility through buses first,
and cars by 2030.
P. It is aimed at achieving a shift to sustainable
fuels, getting cities to commit to eco-friendly
mobility and delivering more walkable
communities, all of which will improve the
quality of urban life.
Q. At the Bonn conference, a new Transport
Decarbonisation Alliance has been declared.
R. This has to be resolutely pursued, breaking
down the barriers to wider adoption of rooftop
solar energy at every level and implementing
net metering systems for all categories of
consumers.
S. Already, the country has chalked out an
ambitious policy on renewable energy, hoping
to generate 175 gigawatts of power form green
sources by 2022.
(a) S R Q P (b) S P R Q (c) P R S Q (d) Q R S P
Answer Key
1. c 2. a 3. d 4. b 5. d 6. a 7. a
8
8. S1 The dawn of the information age opened up
great opportunities for the beneficial use of data.
S6 To some, in this era of Big Data analytics and
automated, algorithm-based processing of
zetta bytes of information, the fear that their
personal data may be unprotected may conjure
up visions of a dystopian world in which
individual liberties are compromised.
P. But it is the conflict between the massive scope
for progress provided by digital era and the fear
of loss of individual autonomy that is foregrounded
in any debates about data protection laws.
Q. It also enhanced the perils of unregulated and
arbitrary use of personal data.
R. It is against this backdrop that the White Paper
made public to elicit views from the public on
the shape and substance of a comprehensive
data protection law assumes significances.
S. Unauthorised leaks, hacking and other cyber
crimes have rendered data bases vulnerable.
(a) S Q R P (b) Q P R S (c) S R P Q (d) Q S P R
9. S1 In a globalized world, no country can hope to
impose tariffs without affecting its own
economic interests.
S6 The ongoing trade war also threatens the rules-
based global trade order which has managed to
amicably handle trade disputes between
countries for decades.
P. So both the U.S. and China, which have blamed
each other for the ongoing trade war, are doing
no good to their own economic fortunes by
engaging in this tit for tat tariff battle.
Q. Apart from disadvantaging its consumers, who
will have to pay higher prices for certain goods,
tariffs will also disrupt the supply chain of
producers who rely on foreign imports.
R. China, which is fighting an economic slowdown,
will be equally affected.
S. The minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve June
policy meeting show that economic uncertainty
due to the trade war is already affecting private
investment in the U.S., with many investors
deciding to scale back or delay their investment
plans.
(a) S Q P R (b) Q P S R (c) Q R P S (d) P S R Q
8. d 9. b
 CDS 2018
Each of the following items in this section Q. a free press is
consists of a sentence the parts of which have R. as essential a limb of democracy as a parliament
been jumbled. These parts have been labeled S. freely elected by the people
P, Q, R and S and are given below each sentence (a) R Q S P (b) Q R P S (c) S P Q R (d) Q R S P
in four sequences namely (a) , (b) , (c) and (d).
You are required to rearrange the jumbled 9. P. the opinion that a human life
parts of the sentence and mark your response Q. and that he would quite like to live that long
accordingly. R. could span 125 years
S. there was a time when Gandhi expressed
1. P. have become integral to most people's lives (a) S P R Q (b) R Q P S (c) S P Q R (d) Q R S P
Q. debate for years as the devices
R. have drawn intense interest and 10. P. I must say what I feel
S. safety questions about cell phones Q. I am a votary of truth and
(a) P Q R S (b) R S P Q (c) S P Q R (d) S R Q P R. to what I may have said before
S. and think at a given moment without regards
2. P. by means of education (a) R Q S P (b) Q R P S (c) P S R Q (d) Q P S R
Q. civilization to bring about
R. it is difficult in modern 11. The man
S. an integrated individual P. in the competition
(a) R Q S P (b) R S P Q (c) S P Q R (d) P R Q S Q. has been elected
R. as the chairperson of the sports committee
3. P. is that it is not professional enough S. in red who stood first
Q. have not done their home work (a) P S Q R (b) S R P Q (c) P S R Q (d) Q R S P
R. a valid criticism of the profession of politics in
India 12. One of the difficulties
S. as the majority of its practitioners P. the whole of mankind
(a) R S P Q (b) R P S Q (c) S P Q R (d) P Q R S Q. or affect the masses
R. the day after tomorrow
4. P. that suit partisan political objectives S. is that we want to transform
Q. when great historical figures are appropriated, (a) S P Q R (b) P R S Q (c) S P R Q (d) Q R S P
R. we are living at a time
S. and reduced into stereotypes 13. The speaker
(a) R Q P S (b) R Q S P (c) S Q R P (d) P R Q S P. of their inaction
Q. has identified
5. P. it is in this context that R. charging the opponents
Q. and prosperity must be viewed S. many issues besides
R. the role of agriculture (a) P S Q R (b) Q S R P (c) S P R Q (d) Q S P R
S. as a provider of jobs
(a) P Q R S (b) R S P Q (c) P R S Q (d) R S Q P 14. The government
P. and job markets
6. P. and they largely relied on agriculture, fishing and Q. must offer convincing solutions
Q. hunting the people had a subsistence economy R. to the crises in the rural economy
R. from excavation sites indicate that S. that are causing social ferment
S. rich materials found (a) Q R P S (b) Q S R P (c) S P R Q (d) P R S Q
(a) R Q P S (b) Q S P R (c) S P Q R (d) S R Q P
15. The best part of
7. P. and that is 'To learn to say I am sorry' P. literary flourishes
Q. something important enough that Q. and locates the story with the larger framework
R. but surely there must of our world
S. be everyone should learn it R. long-formed journalism is that
(a) R Q S P (b) R Q P S (c) S P Q R (d) P R Q S S. it brings back the importance of writing skills,
8. P. or an independent judiciary (a) Q R P S (b) R S P Q (c) S P R Q (d) P R S Q

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P. that grow into beautiful trees
Q. of a warm home and supportive surroundings
R. are like the tender samplings
S. with the sunshine and rain
(a) Q R P S (b) R P Q S (c) R P S Q (d) P R S Q
17. We
P. with real life experiences
Q. tend to learn with interest
R. when we see beauty in our work
S. and connect learning
(a) Q R S P (b) R P Q S (c) S P R Q (d) P R S Q
18. Elementary education
P. ensuring the growth of a nation
Q. is inevitable
R. in developing the children
S. to further education, thereby
(a) Q R P S (b) R P Q S (c) S P R Q (d) Q R S P
19. National Building Organisation
P. besides conducting surveys on housing
Q. and disseminates the statistical information
R. collects, tabulates
S. on housing and building construction activities
(a) Q R P S (b) R P Q S (c) S P R Q (d) R Q S P
20. The Himalayan range
P. sacred to the Gaddi people
Q. is home
R. to a chain of high altitude lakes
S. that towers over the Kangra valley
(a) Q R P S (b) S P Q R (c) Q R S P (d) R Q S P
21. S1 : The giant wall of the Dhauladhar range in
Himachal Pradesh is one of the most stunning
sights in the Himalayas.
P. As the life line of the region it acts as a
watershed ridge between Chamba's Ravi river
system and Kangra's Beas river system.
Q. Although of modest altitude compared to other
Himalayan ranges the highest Dhauladhar peak
is less than 5,000 m.
R. Thus, the Dhauladhar could be stated as the life
line of the region.
S. Despite of that, the range sweeps up an
astounding 12,000 ft. from the valley floor,
creating a barrier wall in that is striking to look at.
S6. Looming over the hill stations of Dharmsala and
Mc Leodganj, the Dhauladhar is a popular
trekking destination.
(a) Q R P S (b) S P Q R (c) Q S R P (d) R Q S P
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22. S1. Truth is far more important than the teacher.
P. Without self-knowledge, the air-plane becomes
the most destructive instrument in life; but with
self knowledge, it is a means of human help.
Q. Wisdom begins with self-knowledge;and
without self-knowledge, me re information
leads to destruction.
R. In other words, you have to be the perfect
teacher to create a new society; and to bring the
perfect teacher into being, you have to
understand yourself
S. Therefore you, who are the seeker of truth, have
to be both the pupil and the teacher.
S6. So a teacher must obviously be one who is not
within the clutches of society, who does not play
power politics or seeks position or authority.
(a) Q R S P (b) S R Q P (c) Q S R P (d) R Q S P
23. S1. Though most of us talk of discipline, what do we
mean by that word?
P. The teacher would understand each child and
help him in the way required.
Q. But if you have five or six in a class, and an
intelligent understanding teacher with a warm
heart, I am sure there would be no need for
discipline.
R. When you have a hundred boys in a class, you
will have to have discipline; otherwise there will
be complete chaos.
S. Discipline in schools becomes necessary when
there is one teacher to a hundred boys and girls.
S6. And most of us are interested in mass
movements, large schools with a great many
boys and girls; we are not interested in creative
intelligence, therefore we put up huge
schools with enormous attendances.
(a) Q R S P (b) S R Q P (c) Q S R P (d) R Q P S
24. S1. Tolstoy Farm was founded in 1910 by which
time Gandhi had already conceptualized ideas
that he would develop in India.
P. He was rich and used his money to buy the land
and help set up the farm.
Q. A Jewish architect, Kallenbach was by his side
through this period.
R. Tolstoy Farm became the subject of research for
different kinds of cooperative communities
across the world.
S. He first put in the social, moral, religious
components of his doctrine.
S6. Both he and Gandhi often referred to the time
that they spent in Tolstoy Farm as among the
happiest in their lives.
(a) Q R S P (b) S Q P R (c) S Q R P (d) R Q P S
25. S1. Decentralized planning is a process of planning
that begins from the grassroots level taking
into confidence all the beneficiaries.
P. Under decentralized planning, the operation is
from bottom to top.
Q. It can be said that it is more connected with the
capitalistic economies.
R. It empowers the individuals and small groups to
carry out their plans for their achievement of a
common goal.
S. The decentralized planning is implemented
through market mechanism.
S6. But it cannot be described as undemocratic for
most national states adopt such a planning now.
(a) Q R S P (b) S R Q P (c) S Q R P (d) S R P Q
26. S1. It is doubtful if mankind, through out his long
history, has ever lived at all 'sustainably'.
P. But in general mankind has regarded the
environment as an endless 'resource' to be
exploited and plundered.
Q. May be a few isolated tribal groups found the
necessary balance with nature lived without the
desire for endless 'more'.
R. Now we have reached a point where we are on
the verge of destroying ourselves and most of
the life on earth.
S. This process has accelerated greatly since the
industrial revolution.
S6. The concept of 'sustainable' is so far from
reality that it is almost laughable.
(a) P Q R S (b) Q P S R (c) P Q S R (d) S R Q P
27. S1. Measurement is an important concept in
performance management.
P. It also indicates where things are not going so
well, so that corrective action can be taken.
Q. It identifies where things are going well to
provide the foundations for building further success.
R. It is the basis for providing and generating
feedback.
S. Measuring performance is relatively easy for
those who are responsible for achieving
quantified targets for example sales.
S6. It is more difficult in the case of knowledge
workers for example scientists and teachers.
(a) R Q P S B. Q P S R (c) P S Q R D. S P Q R
28. S1. Equity theory is concerned with the perception
people have about how they are being treated
compared with others.
P. To be dealt with equitably is to be treated fairly
in comparison with another group of people or a
relevant to the person.
Q. Equity involves feelings and perceptions and
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is always a comparative process.
R. Equity theory states, in effect, that people will be
better motivated if they are treated equitably
and demotivated if they are treated inequitably.
S. It is not synonymous with equality, which means
treating everyone the same, since this would be
inequitable if they deserve to be treated
differently.
S6. This explains only one aspect of the process of
motivation and job satisfaction, although it may
be significant in terms of morale.
(a) P Q R S (b) P Q S R (c) R S Q P (d) Q P R S
29. S1. We cannot understand the power of rumours
and prophecies in history by checking whether
they are factually correct or not.
P. The rumours in 1857 began to make sense when
seen in the context of the policies the British
pursued from the late 1820s.
Q. Rumours circulate only when they resonate with
the deeper fears and suspicions of people.
R. Under the leadership of Governor General Lord
William Bentinck, the British adopted policies
aimed at“reforming” Indian society by
introducing Western education, Western ideas
and Western Institutions.
S. We need to see that they reflect about the minds
of people who believed them their fears and
apprehensions, their faiths and convictions.
S6. With the cooperation of sections of Indian
society they set up English medium schools,
colleges and universities which taught Western
sciences and liberal arts.
(a) S Q P R (b) Q S P R (c) P R S Q (d) R S P Q
30. S1. The Constitution of India thus emerged through
a process of intense debate and discussion.
P. This was an unprecedented act of faith, for in
other democracies the vote had been granted
slowly, and in stages.
Q. However, on one central feature of the
Constitution there was substantial agreement.
R. Many of the provisions were arrived at through a
process of give-and take, by forging a middle
ground between two opposed positions.
S. This was on the granting of the vote to every
adult Indian.
S6. In countries such as the United States and the
United Kingdom, only men with education were
allowed into the charmed circle.
(a) P R S Q (b) R Q S P (c) Q S R P (d) Q S R P
31. P. the British manufacturers
Q. popularity of Indian textiles
R. were jealous of the
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(a) P Q R S (b) S P Q R (c) S P R Q (d) Q R S P
32. P. dress fashions changed and light cotton
Q. of the English
R. textiles began to replace
S. the coarse woolens
(a) P R S Q (b) R S P Q (c) Q P R S (d) S P R Q
33. P. put pressure on their government
Q. Indian goods in England
R. the British manufacturers
S. to restrict and prohibit
(a) P Q R S (b) S P R Q (c) R P S Q (d) Q R S P
34. P. however
Q. still held their own in foreign markets
R. in spite of these laws
S. Indian silk and cotton textiles
(a) Q P R S (b) S P R Q (c) S R P Q (d) R P S Q
35. P. and it led to rapid economic development
Q. the Industrial Revolution
R. transformed the British
S. society in a fundamental manner
(a) S P R Q (b) Q P R S (c) Q R S P (d) S R P Q
36. P. Muhammad Iqbal
Q. the philosophical and religious outlook of
people through his poetry
R. profoundly influenced
S. one of the greatest poets of modern India
(a) Q R S P (b) S R Q P (c) S R P Q (d) S P R Q
37. P. to accept any of the important
Q. disillusionment
R. demands of the nationalists produced
S. the failure of the British government
(a) S P R Q (b) P Q R S (c) S R Q P (d) Q R P S
38. P. showed that a backward
Q. the rise of
R. modem Japan after 1868
S. Asian country could develop itself without
Western control
(a) P Q R S (b) S R Q P (c) P R Q S (d) Q R P S
39. P. and the current Hindu emphasis
Q. and urged the people to imbibe the spirit of free-
thinking
R. on rituals, ceremonies and superstitions
S. Vivekananda condemned the caste system
(a) P Q R S (b) S P R Q (c) S P Q R (d) R P S Q
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40. Mr. John
P. who was hardly six months old
Q. Charles R: as his son S: adopted
(a) S Q R P (b) P S Q R (c) R S P Q (d) P R S Q
41. S1. First and foremost, there are order and safety in our
civilization.
S6. Nobody may come and break into my house and steal
my goods.
P. Thus in disputes between man and man, right has
taken the place of might.
Q. If today I have a quarrel with another man, I do not
get beaten merely because I am physically weaker.
R. I go to law, and the law will decide fairly between the
two of us.
S. Moreover, the law protects me from robbery and
violence.
(a) R Q P S (b) S R Q P (c) Q R P S (d) P R S Q
42. S1. In democratic countries, men are equal before the
law.
S6. And they live like this not for fun, but because they
are too poor to afford another room.
P. While some few people live in luxury, many have not
enough to eat, drink and wear.
Q. There are many families of five or six persons who
live in a single room.
R. But the sharing-out of money which means the
sharing-out of food and clothing and houses - is still
very unfair.
S. In this room they sleep and dress and wash and eat,
and in this same room they die.
(a) R P Q S (b) P R S Q (c) Q S P R (d) S P R Q
43. S1. Tomorrow it will be a year since we lost our great
leader.
S6. Though he is no more with us, the qualities he
possessed and the ideals he cherished remain with
us.
P. To these he added a feminine sensitiveness to
atmosphere.
Q. He was involved in the major events of his time.
R. He participated in them all while maintaining the
highest standards of public conduct.
S. He was incomparably the greatest figure in our
history - a man of dynamic force, intellectual power
and profound vision.
(a) P S R Q (b) R Q P S (c) R P Q S (d) S P Q R
44. S1. It would be possible to adduce many examples
showing what could be done with the limited means'
at our ancestor's disposal in the way of making
life comfortable.
S6. I hope, in this essay, to make that connection
manifest.
P. What have comfort and cleanliness to do with
politics, morals, and religion?
Q. But look more closely and you will discover that
there exists the closest connection between the
recent growth of comfort and the recent history of
 ideas.
R. They show that if they lived in filth and discomfort, it
was because filth and discomfort fitted in with their
principles, political, moral and religious.
S. At a first glance one would say that there could be no
causal connection between arm chairs and
democracies, sofas and the family system, hot
baths and religious orthodoxy.
(a) P R Q S (b) R P S Q (c) Q S R P (d) Q S P R
45. S1. To most people, the term technology conjures up
images of mills or machines.
S6. It includes ways to make chemical reactions occur,
ways to breed fish, plant forests or teach history.
P. The classic symbol of technology is still the assembly
line created by Henry Ford half a century ago.
Q. The invention of the horse collar in the Middle Ages
led to changes in agricultural methods and was as
such a technological advance.
R. Moreover, technology includes techniques, as well as
the machines that may or may not be necessary to
apply them.
S. This symbol, however, has always been inadequate,
for technology has always been more than factories
and machines.
(a) S P R Q (b) P S Q R (c) R S P Q (d) Q S R P
46. S1. I was the secretary of the Philosophical Society of the
Patna College.
S6. I have been to Kolkata many times since, but never
has it been more pleasant than that first visit.
P. It was my first visit to the city and its impression on
my mind was indelible.
Q. In that capacity, I once led a trip to Kolkata.
R. I felt I had landed in the midst of beautiful dream
world of a fairy land.
S. I saw the roads, the trams, the sky scrapers and
the magnificent shops at the Chowranghee lane.
(a) Q P S R (b) P S Q R (c) S R P Q (d) S Q R P
47. S1. Union finance ministry announced a series of
concessions to trade and industry last month.
S6. Manufacturers "feel that prices of certain
components may not be brought down because of
the imposition of a 30per cent duty where there was
none earlier.
P. Together, these will result in a loss of revenue of Rs.
100 crore to the exchequer.
Q. Earlier, these were attracting customs duty varying
from zero to 100 per cent.
R. The chunk of the relief of Rs. 60 crore has gone to the
electronics industry.
S. Raw materials and piece parts now carry customs
duty of 30 per cent and 40per cent ad valorem
respectively.
(a) R S Q P (b) P R S Q (c) S Q P R (d) Q P R S
48. S1. At four O'clock this morning, Hitler attacked and
invaded Russia.
S6. Under its cloak of false confidence, the German
armies drew up in immense strength along a line
which stretches from the White Sea to the Black Sea.
P. No complaint had been made by Germany of its non-
fulfilment.
Q. All his usual formalities of perfidy were observed
with scrupulous technique.
R. No one could have expected that Hitler would do it.
S. A non-aggression treaty had been solemnly signed
and was in force between the two countries.
(a) R Q S P (b) R S Q P (c) P S Q R (d) Q P S R
49. S1. Roderick Usher has always been a quiet person who
talked little of himself
S6. In the part of the country where he lived, the “House
of Usher” had come to mean both the family and its
ancestral mansion.
P. Many of his ancestors had been famous for their
artistic and musical abilities.
Q. Others were known for their exceptional generosity
and charity. R: Yet I did know that his family was
an old one.
S. So I did not know too much about him.
(a) P Q R S (b) S R Q P (c) S P R Q (d) S R P Q
50. S1. Mass production has increased the tendency to view
things as useful rather than delightful.
S6. Indeed a lowering of quality usually results when
mass production is substituted for more primitive
methods.
P. These various things share nothing with the buttons
except money value.
Q. All the rest you wish to exchange for food, shelter, and
many other things.
R. Suppose you are a manufacturer of buttons: however
excellent your buttons may be, you do not want more
than a few for your own use.
S. And it is not even the money value of the buttons that
is important to you : what is important is profit which
may be increased by lowering their quality.
(a) P Q R S (b) R Q P S (c) S P Q R (d) Q R P S

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1. d 2.a 3.b 4.b 5.c 6.d 7.a 8.d 9.a 10.d 11.a 12.a 13. b 14.a
15.b 16.c 17.a 18.d 19.d 20.c 21.c 22.b 23.d 24.d 25.d 26.b 27.a 28.b
29.b 30.b 31.c 32.a 33.c 34.d 35.c 36.d 37.a 38.d 39.b 40.a 41.c 42.a
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Directions: In each of the items in this section, there R. a life of
is a sentence of which some parts have been S. unaccustomed to
jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these (a) P Q R S (b) Q R P S (c) S R P Q (d) Q S R P
parts which are labeled P, Q, R and S to produce the
correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and 9. The man
mark in your Answer Sheet accordingly. P. for a moment,
1. P. he Q. looked at me
Q. almost R. and thus emptied my pockets turned
R. planned the entire strategy of S. me upside down
S. operation single handed (a) P Q R S (b) Q P R S (c) Q P S R (d) P Q S R
(a) R S P Q (b)P R Q S (c) S Q R P (d)Q P S R
10. The lady
2. P. it is a fact that rice is one of the most P. today
Q. prolific than almost any other crop yielding Q. is visiting
R. a greater return per acre R. us
S. of food crops S. who composed this poem
(a) S R Q P (b)R P S Q (c) Q R S P (d)P S R Q (a) R Q P S (b) P R Q S (c) Q R P S (d) S Q R P
3. P. up to the end of the eighteenth century, not only 11. Animals
because it was often fatal, P. are able to measure the passing
Q. smallpox was a particularly dreaded Q. of the seasons
R. disease, but also because those who R. changes in day-length
S. recovered were permanently disfigured S. by recognizing
(a) P Q R S (b) Q R S P (c) P R S Q (d) Q P R S (a) P Q S R (b) S Q P R (c) P R S Q (d) S R P Q
4. P. a person bitten by a rabid dog would be 12. Many people
Q. seized by violent symptoms after an P. inaudible to others
R. incubation period of a month or two and Q. in the ears
S. die an agonizing death R. or head suffer persistent noises with
(a) P R S Q (b) S R Q P (c) P R Q S (d) P Q R S S. hearing problems
(a) R Q S P (b) P S Q R (c) S R Q P (d) R S Q P
5. The traveller,
P. sat down 13. Researchers
Q. to rest P. found that allergic reactions
R. by the roadside Q. are brought about in the bloodstream
S. being weary, R. in the 1940s by the liberation of small
(a) P Q R S (b) R S P Q (c) S P Q R (d) R P Q S S. quantities of a substance called histamine
(a) R P S Q (b) Q R P S (c) R Q S P (d) P S Q R
6. P. the house was
Q. away 14. Attempts at transplanting other organs,
R. with its liveliest P. but that which most caught the public fancy
S. member gloomy Q. was the heart transplant
(a) P Q R S (b)P S R Q (c) R S P Q (d)Q R P S R. such as the lungs
S. or the liver, have been made
7. P. he was a tiny man with (a) S R Q P (b) R S P Q (c) R P S Q (d) Q R P S
Q. a sprightly walk
R. tall 15. P. sports cars
S. barely five feet Q. appeal
(a) R S Q P (b)S R Q P (c) Q S P R (d) P S R Q R. to some motorists only
S. with noisy exhausts
8. P. rules and regulations (a) R Q S P (b) P S Q R (c) R S P Q (d) P Q S R
Q. he cheerfully ignored its demands

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P. in
Q. truth and justice
R. but it cannot override
S. life,
(a) P Q R S (b) R S P Q (c) P S R Q (d) R Q P S
17. P. the workaholic often
Q. becomes a prisoner of success
R. inadvertently
S. reaping greater and greater rewards
(a) S P R Q (b) S P Q R (c) R P Q S (d) P Q R S
18. P. the school masters and the professors tend to believe
Q. that innate intelligence is a quality
R. but that you can't do much about it except
measure it
S. which varies very greatly from one individual to
another
(a) P S Q R (b) P R S Q (c) P Q S R (d) Q S R P
19. People
P. do not realize
Q. that modern society
R. who object to driver education
S. is built around the automobile
(a) R P Q S (b) Q R S P (c) R S P Q (d) S P Q R
20. P. with an idea to reach the deprived child
Q. by the United Nations Organization
R. the year 1979 has been declared as
S. the International Year of the Child
(a) P Q R S (b) P S Q R (c) P R S Q (d) R S P Q
21. S1. Egypt lies in the north-east corner of Africa.
S6. The whole country depends on the water of Nile.
P. Most of it is desert or semi-desert.
Q. It has very little rainfall.
R. It is four times as big as Great Britain in size.
S. Only a twenty-fifth of the total area is cultivable.
(a) P Q R S (b) S R P Q (c) R P S Q (d) Q P R S
22. S1. In mechanical efforts, you improve by
Perpetual practice.
S6. There is neither excuse nor temptation for the
latter.
P. He cannot go on shooting wide or falling short,
and still fancy that he is making progress.
Q. This is so because the object to be attained is a
matter of actual experiment in which you
either succeed or fail.
R. He must either correct his aim, or persevere in
his error with his eyes open.
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S. If a man aims at a mark with bow and arrow, he
must either hit it or a limit.
(a) P S Q R (b) R P S Q (c) S Q R P (d) Q S P R
23. S1. Isaac's mother married again.
S6. He had a set of little tools and saw of various
sizes made by himself.
P. But he was known to be very clever at making
things.
Q. She sent him to school.
R. Isaac was left to the care of his good old
grandmother.
S. In his early years Isaac did not appear to be a
very bright student.
(a) R Q S P (b) Q R S P (c) S Q R P (d) R P Q S
24. S1. The examination system must be regarded as
the chief wrecker of young nerves.
S6. If I become a Vice-Chancellor, my first act
would be to abolish all Examinations in my
university.
P. It makes me jump out of the bed, all in a sweat.
Q. It does this by building up a tension, for a part of
the year, all through one's youth.
R. And after four decades, the same nervousness
sometimes recurs to mein nightmares.
S. I remember the desperate nervousness that
used to grip me from January to April every
year.
(a) R P Q S (b) R S P Q (c) R Q P S (d) Q S R P
25. S1. History is a subject that is so little valued today
that it is almost impossible to win world fame
as a historian; yet that is exactly what Toynbee
was able to.
S6. Among the civilizations that he studied was
that of India.
P. We usually think of history as a chronological
account of the development of various states
and empires under ruler.
Q. Toynbee's view of history was different.
R. He tries to find the pattern behind the birth,
growth and decay of civilization.
S. Though he used the recorded history of
mankind, but he was interested not merely in
the chronology of single states or group but in
the rise and fall of whole civilizations.
(a) P S Q R (b) Q S P R (c) S Q R P (d) P Q S R
26. S1. Science first began to become important after
A.D.1500.
S6. Men read them, became inquisitive again, and
began to want to find things out.
P. As a result of this, books came to be circulated.
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was hindered by the Church.
R. In the middle of the fifteenth century, however,
the Turks captured the city of Constantinople
and the Greek books were scattered far and wide.
S. It considered free inquiry into the nature of
things to be wicked
(a) P Q S R (b) Q S R P (c) S R P Q (d) R P Q S
27. S1. Phatik was a mischievous boy of fourteen.
S6. Ultimately he distinguished himself as a scholar.
P. It was then that Phatik's uncle offered to take
the boy to Kolkata.
Q. She was much worried about his education.
R. His mother found it difficult to bring him up.
S. Away from his home Phatik became sober and
industrious.
(a) P Q R S (b) S R Q P (c) R S P Q (d) R Q P S
28. S1. Whenever I met Baba Amte I was reminded of
an anecdote my grandmother used to tell me.
S6. He forgot that he had made it.
P. He once made an idol of God.
Q. As the idol was nearing completion, the
sculptor was becoming more and more
withdrawn into himself.
R. And the moment it was complete, he threw
away his chisel and hammer and bowed to the
idol of God he had just created.
S. There was a great sculptor.
(a) P Q R S (b) S R P Q (c) S P Q R (d) Q P R S
29. S1. Ross sent an account of his work, together with
slide and specimens to Manson.
S6. Ross was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in
1901.
P. They produced a profound sensation.
Q. In July 1898, Manson described Ross's results
to the British Medical Association.
R. The President of the Royal Society came to
Manson's house and inspected Ross's
materials and said that 'it was of remarkable
interest an dvalue'.
S. When Manson had finished, the whole
audience rose and cheered.
(a) R S P Q (b) P S R Q (c) Q P S R (d) S P Q R
30. S1. Civilization dawned when early man learnt
how to produce heat and energy by burning wood.
S6. When they have been used, they cannot be
replaced.
P. Then steam was used to produce electricity.
Q. In this century great use has been made of oil
and natural gas and the use of atomic reactors
also has provided another source of energy.
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R. Much later, the first industrial revolution was
based on the production of steam by burning coal.
S. But none of these fuels is renewable.
(a) P R Q S (b) R Q S P (c) R P Q S (d) R P S Q
31. S1. Ghost is a subject which baffles everyone
everywhere throughout the world.
S6. Yet it is a subject which has held people
spellbound and the belief in them continues to
flourish.
P. But human beings have always been curious to
know more about them.
Q. Needless to say, such attempts have proved to
be useless.
R. There have been attempts even to photograph
these creatures of darkness.
S. Even after the advancement of science, the
reality of ghosts remains a mystery till this day.
(a) Q R P S (b) S Q P R (c) S P R Q (d) S Q R P
32. S1. There have been two schools of thought which
deal with the errors of learners.
S6. Both views are popular today but the second is
gaining ground fast.
P. The philosophy of the second school is that
errors are natural and they will occur in any
learning.
Q. So errors, they say, is a sign of faulty teaching
methods.
R. The first school maintains that if teaching
methods are perfect, errors will never occur.
S. They argue that we should concentrate on how
to deal withe errors, instead of on method of
teaching.
(a) Q S R P (b) P S Q R (c) Q P S R (d) R Q P S
33. S1. Down the stairway of the Holiday Inn hotel, I
enter the conference hall.
S6. Some are learning against the sidewall.
P. I take a seat in the back row as more chairs are
quietly slipped in for late comers.
Q. The hall is already packed with delegates.
R. Still quite a few people are left standing.
S. Most of the delegates are executives of Indian
or Indo-US companies.
(a) S Q R P (b) P R Q S (c) S R Q P (d) Q S P R
34. S1. A sportsman is noted for his sense of discipline.
S6. Once discipline is accrued in the play field, it
can be applied and practised in other spheres of life.
P. The first lesson in discipline is to win without
pride and to lose without bitterness.
Q. One is no longer swayed by the sudden gusts of
passion.
R. Then, one must learn that error or selfishness
 will disgrace and endanger the rest.
S. A sense of equanimity brings order and
method into the life of the people.
(a) Q P R S (b) R Q S P (c) P Q S R (d) P R S Q
35. S1. Mr. and Mrs. Robert went home late last night.
S6. Mr. Robert rushed to the police station
immediately.
P. Somebody had broken open the lock.
Q. To their dismay they found all their things missing.
R. They got into the house with a lot of fear.
S. When they reached home they found the front
door open.
(a) R S P Q (b) S P R Q (c) Q S R P (d) R Q P S
36. S1. The miseries of the world can not be cured by
physical help only.
S6. Then alone will misery ease in the world.
P. Let men have light, let them be strong and educated.
Q. No amount of physical help will remove them
completely.
R. Until man's nature changes, his physical needs
will always rise, and miseries will always be felt.
S. The only solution is to make mankind enlightened.
(a) Q P R S (b) R Q S P (c) S P Q R (d) P Q R S
37. S1. Aristotle worked under limitations.
S6. The age was not a period of experiment.
P. Physical events were mostly attributed to the
intervention of God.
Q. There had been little industrial invention in
Greece, perhaps because slave labour was
cheap and plentiful.
R. The only equipment he had for his study was a
ruler and compass and some crude instruments.
S. The facts on which modern theories of science
have been based had not been discovered.
(a) R P Q S (b) R S P Q (c) Q S R P (d) S Q R P
38. S1. The bus sped along the road.
S6. The dog wailed for a long time.
P. But the bus could stop only after covering a few
yards.
Q. It injured the dog in the leg.
R. The driver applied the brake.
S. Suddenly a stray dog ran on to the middle of the
road.
(a) S P R Q (b) S R P Q (c) R P Q S (d) P R S Q
39. S1. The status of women in our country is, on the
whole, far from high.
S6. Education can lift women out of the depths of
misery and ignorance into which they have
sunk.
P. But the plight of women in villages is still
miserable.
Q. The educated women in cities enjoy equality
with the men folk.
R. The movement for the freedom and right
of women has certainly been steadily
gaining momentum.
S. Their education has been thoroughly
neglected.
(a) R P Q S (b) R Q P S (c) S Q P R (d) S P Q R
40. S1. Hiuen-tsang became a Buddhist monk at the
age of twelve and soon discovered that the
Buddhist texts available in China were
insufficient.
S6. But he was on a quest and returned after a
while to his motherland with a rich collection
of texts, documents and relics.
P. Wherever he went, he was asked by the local
rulers and monks to stay in the place.
Q. He entered India through Kashmir, where he
spent some time in Srinagar.
R. He therefore decided to go on a pilgrimage to
India to collect further material.
S. From India, he attempted to go to Ceylon, but
gave up the attempt.
(a) P Q S R (b) R S P Q (c) Q S R P (d) R Q S P

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1. b 2.d 3.d 4.d 5.c 6.b 7.d 8.c 9.c 10.d 11.a 12.c 13.a 14.b
15.b 16.c 17.d 18.c 19.a 20.c 21. c 22.d 23.a 24.d 25.d 26.a 27.d 28.c
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Directions : In the following items, each passage
consists of six sentences. The first and the six sentence
are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle
four sentences in each have been removed and
jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are
required to find out the proper response accordingly
on the Answer Sheet.
1. S1. History shows that the growth of civilization
depends upon the gifts of nature, particularly
the wealth yielded by the soil.
S6. In fact, most of the wars in the beginning of
humanity's history were fought for the gain of
territory.
P. The more land they had, the more they were
satisfied.
Q. The nature and the quality of the land they
possessed were of great importance to them.
R. All ancient communities worked hard to
produce food.
S. There was also a great desire among them to
possess as much land as possible.
(a) R Q S P (b) Q R S P (c) S Q R P (d) P R Q S
2. S1. There were shots as I ran.
S6. Staying submerged was only too easy with so
much clothing and my army boots.
P. The water was icy, but I stayed until I thought
my lungs would burst.
Q. I tripped at the edge and went in with a splash.
R. The minute I came up I took a breath and
plunged down again.
S. I ducked down, pushed between two men and
ran for the river.
(a) S Q P R (b) P R Q S (c) S Q R P (d) Q S P R
3. S1. Why do the English travel?
S6. For here, in cosmopolitan England, one is
always exposed to the danger of meeting all
sorts of peculiar aliens.
P. Besides, they are taught that travel broadens
the mind.
Q. They do so mainly because their neighbor does
this and they have caught the bug from him.
R. Although they have now discovered the sad
truth that whatever travel may do to the mind, it
certainly broadens other parts of the body.
S. But, and perhaps mainly, they travel to avoid
foreigners.
(a) R S Q P (b) P R S Q (c) S Q P R (d) Q P R S
4. S1. Jumbo, the famous 3.3 metre elephant was born
in Africa over a hundred years ago.
S6. Before his death in September 1882,he had
been seen by over 20 million Americans.
P. After disembarkation in New York, he was
taken in a procession to the place where he was
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to be kept.
Q. Another admirer was the famous American
showman Barnum who bought it for a huge sum
in February1882.
R. Transported from his native land to London
Zoo, he became a favourite of Queen Victoria.
S. He made his transatlantic voyage aboard SS
Assyrian Monarch.
(a) P Q R S (b) S R Q P (c) P S R Q (d) R Q S P
5. S1. The bureaucrat and the social worker are men
of totally different orientations and styles of
functioning.
S6. The world will be a better place to live in if they
learn a little from each other.
P. The other is considered to be a man ever on the
move.
Q. He is portrayed as a man fond of rules above all
other things.
R. The one is regarded as given to sedentary
habits, doing a lot of paperwork.
S. Driven by an urge to help others he is impatient
with red tape and unnecessary delays.
(a) P Q R S (b) R Q P S (c) S R Q P (d) Q P S R
6. S1. Universities are peculiar institutions.
S6. It is the most important institution in the
complex process of knowledge creation and
distribution.
P. Traditionally elite institutions, the modern
university has provided social mobility to
previously disfranchised groups.
Q. The contemporary university stands at the
centre of its society.
R. They have common historical roots yet are
deeply embedded in their societies.
S. Established in the medieval period to transmit
established knowledge and provide training for
a few key professions, universities have become
a primary creator of new knowledge through
basic research.
(a) P S Q R (b) S Q R P (c) S P R Q (d) R P S Q
7. S1. At the age of eighteen Gandhi went to college,
but remained for only part of the year.
S6. This was against his religion, and most of his
relatives were against his going.
P. Soon after this, he was advised to goto England
to study to be a lawyer.
Q. Studies did not interest him and he did not
do well.
R. It was difficult for him to leave India and go to a
foreign land where he would have to eat and
drink with foreigners.
S. This would not be easy.
(a) P S R Q (b) S Q P R (c) P R Q S (d) Q P S R
8. S1. Helen graduated in 1904 with special honours
in English.
S6. Here dress was torn and roses were snatched
from her hat.
P. She was twenty-four years old.
Q. She was invited to the St. Louis Exposition in
1904 to awaken worldwide interest in the
education of the deaf-blind.
R. But on Helen Keller Day the crowds got out of hand.
S. Requests were already flowing in for appearances
and for magazine articles.
(a) Q P S R (b) S P R Q (c) P S Q R (d) S Q R P
9. S1. One of the many young scientists who chose to
throw in their lot with Rutherford was an
Oxford physical chemist, Frederick Soddy.
S6. We now know that Gamma rays are a particularly
fierce form of X-rays.
P. His association with Rutherford lasted only two
years, but that was long enough to change the
whole face of physics.
Q. He was just 23.
R. They found that thorium changed into a new
element, thorium X, and in the process gave off
what was apparently a gas and at the same time
a third type of ray, which they named after the
Greek letter' Gamma'.
S. When he teamed up with Rutherford, they
investigated thorium which, as Marie Curie had
shown, was radioactive.
(a) P Q S R (b) Q P S R (c) Q P R S (d) Q S R P
10. S1. The boy felt his way up the creaking stairs
through thick darkness.
S6. He was just telling himself he was safe when the
door was flung open and the gaunt old man
grabbed his shoulder.
P. All he had to do was just get past the central
door on the landing.
Q. He stopped as the great clock below whined for
a few seconds and gave out a single, solemn stroke.
R. His eyes were raised to the faint moonlight that
shone above the landing.
S. He hesitated as the sound died down and then
crept on, thinking that if they could sleep
through that, they would sleep through any
noise he could make.
(a) P Q S R (b) R Q S P (c) P R Q S (d) R Q P S
11. S1. Don't you think that the housefly is a nuisance?
S6. When you see a fly rubbing its legs together, it is
just cleaning itself, and scraping off some of the
material that has gathered there.
P. For ages that's what man considered the fly to
be just a nuisance.
Q. It was discovered that these flies carried
disease germs that cause the death of millions
of people every year.
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R. But now we know that the innocent looking
housefly is one of man's worst enemies.
S. It makes an irritating buzzing sound; it annoys
you when it crawls on your skin; and so on.
(a) R Q P S (b) P Q S R (c) Q P R S (d) S P R Q
12. S1. Iguanodon was one of the first dinosaurs to be
scientifically described.
S6. This quadrupedal dinosaur lived about 70
million years ago and its fossils are found in
many parts of England, Europe, Asia and
North Afrcia.
P. These teeth formed a dental battery in which
replacing teeth were constantly growing.
Q. The fore limbs were slightly larger than other
members of its group known as Ornithischia.
R. It had numerous teeth in the sides of the jaws,
arranged in rows.
S. It was about 40 feet in length.
(a) Q S R P (b) S R P Q (c) R Q P S (d) P Q S R
13. S1. A single device can heat fluids without
requiring an electrical element.
S6. Because there is no electrical element, there is
no risk of fire, so the system is suitable for
dangerous environments.
P. A heat exchanger transfers heat from the
central cavity to an air heater, a water heater or
an industrial processor.
Q. It has a container like the crank case of a car's
engine, which contains the fluid to be heated.
R. Compression and friction at the nozzles heat
the fluid so that the temperature in the central
cavity rises steadily.
S. A motor and pulley inside the container turn a
rotor wheel, which in turn forces the fluid again
and again through narrow nozzles into a
central cavity.
(a) R P S Q (b) S P Q R (c) Q S R P (d) S R P Q
14. S1. There is no doubt that the rules governing
imports, manufacture and the use of pesticides
need to be further tightened up.
S6. At the same time, better pollution control
measures are needed to check the discharge of
poisonous gases and chemicals by a host
of other industries which are equally responsible
for poisoning our world.
P. But a more practical and feasible approach is
required to tackle this problem.
Q. No one can deny the importance of pesticides in
our agriculture.
R. The proposed amendment is an attempt at
doing this, but in the process it seems to have
gone over board in most cases.
S. Even today, nearly a fourth of our crop is lost due
to pests and weeds.
(a) R P S Q (b) R Q S P (c) Q S P R (d) P R S Q
8.c 9.a 10.d 11. d 12.b 13. c 14. c
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 Bank Clerk/PO 2019
Direction : Rearrange the following six sentences,
(A), (B), (C), (D),(E) and (F), in a proper sequence to
forma meaningful paragraph, then answer the
questions that follow.
Set-1
A. During the construction of both type of
buildings, a lot of fuel is burnt due to which a large
amount of carbon dioxide is emitted in the
atmosphere.
B. The major source of carbon dioxide is power
plants.
C. Another twenty percent of carbon dioxide
emitted in the atmosphere comes from burning
of gasoline in the engines of vehicles.
D. Buildings, both commercial and residential
represent a larger source of global warming
pollution than the said cars and trucks.
E. The major cause of global warming is the
emission of greenhouse gases like carbon
dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, etc, into the
atmosphere.
F. These power plants emit large amounts of
carbon dioxide produced from burning of fossil
fuels for the purpose of electricity generation.
(SBI Clerk Pre. Exam. 22.06.2019)
1. Which of the following would be the SECOND
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) E (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) A
2. Which of the following would be the THIRD sentence
after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) F
3. Which of the following would be the FIRST sentence
after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
4. Which of the following would be the SIXTH sentence
after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
5. Which of the following would be the FOURTH
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
Set-2
A. Page turning calamities can be funny. There are
YouTube compilations dedicated to these
moments of slapstick, cringe-making comedy.
But incidents can also reflect the more vicious,
darker dynamics of the classical music
business: the nonchalance with which artists w i l l
humiliate their less-experienced peers.
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B. For Charles Owen, the most capable page
turners are “like a butler or a valet in 'Downton
Abbey.'” They are part of the semi-invisible
superstructure of the performance business,
along with the répétiteur in the opera house,
prompter in the box under the stage, or piano
tuner working their magic in an empty auditorium.
C. Lately I've started to notice page turners. A few
months ago I saw Pierre-Laurent Aimard
perform the first 11 of Stockhausen's fearsome
“Klavierstücke” at London's Southbank Centre.
Lasting 90 minutes, these works are pinnacles of
the 20th-century piano repertoire, dizzying in
their virtuosity and cosmic in their inventiveness.
D. If the way diners behave with waiting staff
reveals much, so too might cherished performers'
treatment of page turners. Early on in David
Leavitt's musical Bildungsroman The Page Turner,
the ambitious protagonist is warned, minutes
before making his debut with a famous soloist, “not
to turn two pages at once…Richard slapped a page
turner for that.”
E. My eye was caught not just by Aimard, in
fingerless gloves protecting his hands in the
work's more violent moments, but by the person
next to him. The Stockhausen pieces demanded
enormous concentration from the audience, and
the remarkable stillness and absorption of
Aimard's page turner refocused my own
fluctuating attention. The page turner that night,
Mike Oldham, was a crucial part of the piece's impact.
F. Oldham is something of a legend in piano circles,
having turned pages alongside his day job since
the 1970s. Oldham turned pages first for Alfred
Brendel, whom he met in London decades ago. In
1972, after the page turner for a recording
session couldn't return after lunch, Oldham
stepped in. He studied piano, though is keen to
stress that he is “not a pianist.”
(IBPS Clerk Pre. Exam. 07.12.2019)
6. Which of the following will be FOURTH sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) C (b) A (c) F (d) E (e) None of these
7. Which of the following pairs form two consecutive
statements after rearrangement?
(a) C-D (b) E-C (c) A-E (d) C-E (e) None of these
8. Which of the following will be FIRST sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) D (b) C (c) B (d) A (e) None of these
9. Which of the following will be SECOND sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) D (b) C (c) B (d) A (e) None of these
10. Which of the following will be FIFTH sentence after Set-04
rearrangement? A. The El Paso shooting reverberated on the
(a) D (b) E (c) F (d) A (e) None of these campaign trail for next year's U.S. presidential
Set-3 election, with several Democratic candidates
A. The report focused mainly on the activities of t w o denouncing the rise of gun violence and
main military-dominated conglomerates repeating calls for tighter gun control measures.
Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (MEHL) B. The first massacre occurred on Saturday
and Myanmar Economic Corporation. It said morning in the heavily Hispanic border city of El
nearly 60 foreign companies have dealings with Paso, where a gunman killed 20 people at a
at least 120 businesses controlled by the two Walmart store before surrendering to police.
companies in industries ranging from jade and C. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the rampage
ruby mining to tourism and pharmaceuticals. appeared to be a hate crime, and police cited a
B. A United Nations fact-finding mission called on “manifesto” they attributed to the suspect, a 21-
Monday for an embargo on arms sales to year-old white man, as evidence that the
Myanmar and targeted sanctions against bloodshed was racially motivated.
businesses with connections to the military after D. Across the country, a gunman opened fire in a
finding they are helping fund human rights abuses. downtown district of Dayton, Ohio, early on
C. The fact-finding mission, empowered by the UN's Sunday, killing nine people and wounding at least
Human Rights Council, was established in the wake 26 others, police and the city mayor said. The
of a brutal counterinsurgency campaign begun in assailant was shot dead by police.
2017 that drove more than 700,000 members E. Thirty people died and dozens were wounded in
of the Rohingya minority into neighbouring two mass shootings within just 13 hours of each
Bangladesh. other in the U.S., shocking the country and
D. “The revenue that these military businesses prompting calls from some politicians for tighter
generate strengthens the Tatmadaw's autonomy gun control.
from elected civilian oversight and provides (LIC HFL Exam. 09.10.2019)
financial support for the Tatmadaw's operations
with their wide array of international human 16. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence
r i g h t s a n d h u m a n i t a r i a n l a w a b u s e s ,” after the arrangement?
Marzuki Darusman, the Indonesian human (a) B (b) A (c) E (d) C (e) D
rights lawyer who chairs the fact-finding
mission, said in a statement. 17. Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence
E. The mission released a report detailing how after the arrangement?
businesses run by Myanmar's army, also known (a) E (b) C (c) B (d) A (e) D
as the Tatmadaw, are engaged in such violations 18. Which of the following will be the LAST sentence after
and provide financial support for military the arrangement?
operations such as efforts to force Muslim (a) B (b) C (c) D (d) E (e) A
Rohingya out of Rakhine state.
(IBPS SO Pre. Exam. 28.12.2019) 19. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence
11. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence after the arrangement?
after the arrangement? (a) C (b) E (c) A (d) B (e) D
(a) B (b) A (c) E (d) C (e) D
20. Which of the following will be the FOURTH sentence
12. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence after the arrangement?
after the rearrangement? (a) B (b) D (c) A (d) E (e) C
(a) C (b) E (c) A (d) B (e) D

13. Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence

after the arrangement? Answer Key
(a) B (b) C (c) D (d) E (e) A
Set-01
14. Which of the following will be the FOURTH sentence 1. b 2. e 3. e 4. a 5. c
after the arrangement? Set-02
(a) C (b) E (c) A (d) B (e) D 6. a 7. d 8. d 9. a 10. b
Set-03
15. Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence 11. c 12. d 13. b 14. e 15. c
after the arrangement? Set-04
(a) B (b) D (c) A (d) E (e) C 16. a 17. b 18. e 19. b 20. b

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year and in particular to preserve it for hungry
periods, for example when hunting was poor.
C. Nowadays non-traditional crops are grown all
over the world. This together with consumer
1. A. however, the UPSC decided to demand influenced by radio, advertising and
B. cheating, the normal television has led to a demand for non-
C. consequence is his disqualification, traditional foods that are not appropriate to the
D. if an able-bodied student engages in local environment.
E. get the guidelines changed
D. While food processing still has the main
(IBPS PO Exam. 13.10.2018)
objective of providing a safe nutritious diet in
(a) DBCEA (b) DBCAE (c) CABDE
order to maintain health other aspects,
(d) ABCDE (e) ABECD particularly the generation of wealth for the
producer and seller, have become increasingly
2. A. Harry and Meghan's little one important.
B. will be seventh in line to the throne E. Traditional processors worked with foods that
C. when he/she arrives, and will be grew locally and the methods they developed
D. about a year younger than were in harmony with the climate in which they
E. the reigning baby of the family lived.
(IBPS PO Exam. 13.10.2018) F. Only simple packaging using leaves, animal
(a) ACBDE (b) ABCDE (c) ACEDB skins and pottery was possible and necessary to
(d) BDECA (e) CEBAD protect the food for its planned storage life.
(IBPS PO Mains, 18.11.2018)
3. A. a brief career in music, where they performed
B. in concerts and as standalone artists to 6. Considering statement (D) “While food
C. the couple moved to Mumbai to have processing still has the main objective of
D. after the wedding, providing a safe nutritious diet in order to
E. mesmerised the entire country. maintain health other aspects, particularly the
(IBPS PO Exam. 13.10.2018)
generation of wealth for the producer and seller,
(a) ABCDE (b) CDABE (c) None of these
have become increasingly important.” as the
(d) BDCEA (e) AEBCD
second sentence of there arranged paragraph,
4. A. the adjective “resilient” and the nouns then which of the following aptly expresses the
B. of disasters and emergencies who recover theme of the paragraph after rearrangement?
C. quickly and from adversities (a) Benefits of non-traditional food processing
D. “resilience” and “resiliency” are terms (b) Reforms in food processing
E. that are normally applied to the victims (c) Harmful effects of processed foods
(IBPS PO Exam. 13.10.2018) (d) Objective of processing foods
(a) ACEBD (b) EBCDA (c) CDEAB (e) None of these
(d) ADEBC (e) ADBCE
7. Considering statement (D) “While food
5. A. Front woman Lauren Mayberry processing still has the main objective of
B. complimented the blue neon providing a safe nutritious diet in order
C. lights illuminating the band to maintain health other aspects, particularly
D. mirrored dress that the generation of wealth for the producer and
E. took the stage in a pastel-colored seller, have become increasingly important.” as
(IBPS PO Exam. 13.10.2018) the second sentence of the rearranged
(a) ABCDE (b) BDACE (c) CBDAE paragraph, then which among the following
(d) ECADB (e) AEDBC should be the FOURTH sentence of the
rearranged paragraph?
Set-02 (a) A (b) B (c) E (d) F (e) C
A. With the change from traditional to industrial
food processing there has also been a change in 8. Considering statement (D) “While food
the types of product processed. processing still has the main objective of
B. In the early days of traditional food processing providing a safe nutritious diet in order to
the main aim was preservation to maintain a maintain health other aspects, particularly the
supply of wholesome, nutritious food during the generation of wealth for the producer and seller,

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 have become increasingly important.” as the
second sentence of there arranged paragraph,
then which among the following should
follow the last sentence after the rearrangement?
(a)They need special processing and packaging to
protect them for their required storage life.
(b)The increasing number of women who now
work away from home adds additional pressure
for such changes.
(c) Food has been processed and packaged since
the earliest days of man's history on earth.
(d) The small-scale food processing sector is a
major source of employment.
(e) None of these
9. Considering statement (D) “While food
processing still has the main objective of
providing a safe nutritious diet in order to
maintain health other aspects, particularly the
generation of wealth for the producer and seller,
have become increasingly important.” as the
second sentence of the rearranged paragraph,
then which among the following should
coherently link the first and the second sentence
of the paragraph, without altering the context of
the paragraph?
(a) The small-scale food processing sector adds
value to crops by processing.
(b) Food and crop processing is generally
considered to be the largest industry in most
countries.
(c) The powerful large-scale food sector is also
often able to influence government and
international policies.
(d) Food was seldom sold but traded and bartered.
(e) None of these
Set-03
10. 1. Worthless currency is not necessarily useless.
A. It can be a pointed way of shaming someone who
asks for a bribe.
B. The members of the 5th pillar, the group which
founded the anti-bribery campaign that
launched the notes, calls them a non-
violent weapon of non-co-operation.
C. They look roughly like 50 rupee notes
and people are encouraged to hand them
to corrupt officials, signalling resistance
to sleaze.
D. That is the thinking behind zero rupee notes, an
anti-corruption Indian gimmick now attracting
worldwide interest.
(SBI PO Pre. Exam. 08.07.2018)
(a) BDAC (b) ADCB (c) CDAB
(d) DABC (e) ACDB
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11. 1. Besides the loss of life, infrastructure
destruction is by far the most obvious type of
damage that comes to mind when we think
about natural disasters.
A. Reuters reported that after a series of
e a r t h q u a ke s h i t J a p a n , f a c t o r i e s f o r
manufacturers like Sony, Honda, and Toyota
were closed.
B. Thus, one of the biggest problems for areas
affected by natural disasters is business
disruption.
C. In today's increasingly interconnected economy,
the economic fallout from a natural disaster is
rarely relegated to the geographic area that it
hits; in fact, even natural disasters that take
place thousands of miles away can shake up your
portfolio here at home.
D. With road, communication infrastructure, and
building damage common after siz a ble
disasters, it's not uncommon for local
businesses to be shut down for some time after the
aftershocks settle.
(SBI PO Pre. Exam. 08.07.2018)
(a) ABDC (b) BDAC (c) ACDB
(d) DBAC (e) BACD
12. 1. One of the traditional arguments for a
free market economy is that it provides
businesses with a tangible incentive to offer
goods and services that people want.
A. Such a system, they say, necessarily creates clear
winners and loser
B. That is, firms that successfully respond to the
needs of the consumer get rewarded with higher
profits.
C. This is because the means of production are in
private hands and those who own them not only
accumulate a disproportionate share of wealth
but have the power to suppress the rights of
those they employ.
D. Nevertheless, some economists and political
philosophers have contended that the capitalist
model is inherently flawed.
(SBI PO Pre. Exam. 08.07.2018)
(a) BDAC (b) BCAD (c) DCAB
(d) DBCA (e) BCDA
13. 1. Science merely reflects the social forces by
which it is surrounded and hence it is war
and not science which is considered as the
enemy of mankind.
A. Our main problem, therefore, is not to
curb science, but to stop war, to substitute law
for force and international governments
for anarchy in the relations between nations.
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 B. It is found that there is peace, science Set-04
is constructive; when there is war science 16. Crashes in the early days (1)/ to be caused by
is perverted to destructive ends. technical faults,(A)/ of commercial jets tended
C. Until now, they have brought us to the doorstep (B)/ such as metal fatigue (C) /inthe airframe or
of doom. engines (D)
D. The weapon which science gives us do not (a) DCAB (b) ABCD (c) BACD
necessarily create war, these make war (d) CABD (e) No arrangement required
increasingly more terrible. (SBI Clerk Pre. Exam. 18.06.2018)
(SBI PO Pre. Exam. 08.07.2018)
(a) ADBC (b) BADC (c) CDAB 17. There have been a lot of (1)/ drivers not obeying
(d) DABC (e) BDCA (A)/ complaints recently about (B)/ in downtown
Boston (C)/ the speed limits (D)/
14. 1. In the long run, national recognition of same (a) BADC (b) ABCD (c) BCAD
-gender marriage is inevitable. (d) CABD (e) No arrangement required
A. It is only a matter of time before all state laws (SBI Clerk Pre. Exam. 18.06.2018)
reflect that view.
B. Prudence counsels that marriage equality 18. Chinese officials say (1)/ dropped to a three-year
should be allowed to continue gaining (A)/ low because of (B)/ economic growth has(C)/
support in the states and that a federal the world economy (D)
resolution should be left for another day. (a) BADC (b) CABD (c) BCAD
C. Same-gender marriage rights, at first imposed (d) CABD (e) No arrangement required
by courts, have now been recognized by state (SBI Clerk Pre. Exam. 18.06.2018)
legislatures and prevailed in all four states
where they were on the ballot in last year's 19. I think it's a shame that (1)/ some foreign language
election. teachers(A)/ studied with a native speaker(B)/
D. Young people overwhelmingly support it, and college without ever having (C)/ were able to
public opinion has shifted on this issue faster graduate from (D)
than on almost any other social issue in history. (a) BADC (b) CABD (c) BCAD
(SBI PO Pre. Exam. 08.07.2018) (d) ADCB (e) No arrangement required
(a) CDAB (b) ACBD (c) BACD (SBI Clerk Pre. Exam. 18.06.2018)
(d) DCBA (e) CDBA
20. The Gita is a spiritual philosophy (1)/ addressed to
15. 1. The Ganges is a trans-boundary river of Asia all and we know that (A)/ there are all kinds of
which flows through the actions of India and people, (B)/ each kind differing (C)/ quite
Bangladesh. significantly from the other (D)
A. It is the third largest river in the world by (a) BADC (b) CABD (c) BCAD
discharge, draining a large and a fertile (d) ADCB (e) No arrangement required
basin with an area of about one million (SBI Clerk Pre. Exam. 18.06.2018)
square kilometers.
B. The 2,525 km (1,569 mi) river rises in the Set-05
eastern Himalayas in the Indian state of 21. It was hard for the Afghans/ leading to the subtle
Uttarakhand and flows south and east through plummeting of the morale (P)/ to withstand the
the Gangetic Plain of North India into Bangladesh, wave after wave of enemy attacks (Q)/ their plight
where it empties into the Bay of Bengal. further worsened the situation (R)/ and the
C. The Ganges is the most sacred river to Hindus indifference of the allies towards (S)
Ganga along with being a symbol of divinity, (SBI Clerk Pre. Exam. 23.06.2018)
spirituality, purity, and moksha. (a) QSRP (b) PQRS (c) RQPS
D. It is also a lifeline to millions of Indians who live (d) SRPQ (e) RQSP
along its course and depend on it for their daily
needs. 22. The federation was keen on maintaining an/
(SBI PO Pre. Exam. 08.07.2018) exclusive membership profile and thus introduced
(a) BCAD (b) BACD (c) ABCD (P)/segregationally policies adopted by premier
(d) ABDC (e) CBAD organizations (Q)/ an invite-only policy for the new
entrants (R)/causing a sudden outcry against the (S)
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 (a) PRSQ (b) SRPQ (c) PQRS 29. Which of the following should be the SECOND
(d) QSRP (e) SQRP sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B (b) D (c) A (d) C (e) E
23. Introduction of the finance bill was delayed/
budget allocation for the cottage (P)/ debating 30. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
over the renewal of the last year's (Q)/ by a week as sentence after rearrangement?
the lawmakers were busy (R)/ industry which got (a) B (b) D (c) A (d) C (e) E
wasted (S)
(SBI Clerk Pre. Exam. 23.06.2018) Set-07
(a) PQRS (b) SPQR (c) RQPS 31. A. It is disconcerting to see that, in recent times,
(d) QRPS (e) RSQP serious questions are being raised about
India's secularism.
24. As the files were being arranged/been lost for B. It is for the first time since Independence that
several decades now (P)/which were believed to the Hindu Rashtra ideology is being talked about
have (Q)/ into a stack, the butler cam (R)/ across so openly, defiantly and persistently.
information about several of the family heirlooms (S) C. The Supreme Court itself has expressed
(SBI Clerk Pre. Exam. 23.06.2018) apprehensions in this regard
(a) RSQP (b) PQRS (c) SRQP 1. India's survival as a multireligious, multilingual,
(d) QSRP (e) SPQR multiracial, multicultural society will depend on
how successful it is in working its secularism.
25. The dissolution of the assembly/ in the state which 2. It opines that the country with the legacy of a
was (P)/ followed by a prolonged (Q)/ already successful secular fabric, faces the perils of
marred with political instability (R)/ tug of war for losing one of her much-cherished credentials.
seizing the power (S) (IBPS Clerk Tier-II, 20.06.2018)
(SBI Clerk Pre. Exam. 23.06.2018) (a) 21ABC (b) 12ABC (c) 2ABC1
(a) RSPQ (b) QSRP (c) PSRQ (d) ABC12 (e) 1ABC2
(d) PRQS (e) PQRS
32. A. This has led to a growth of regionalism in the
Set-06 country where every region thinks it in terms of
A. And people like the Indian President and Prime the number of regional political parties
Minister get 3 cents and 1 cent respectively. in different parts of the country.
B. Sachin Tendulkar, arguably India's best-ever B. These regional parties have a special appeal for
cricket player, earns some$30 a minute. the people of their areas.
C. India's highest-paid CEO, Mukesh Ambani of C. They are thus able to send a sizeable chunk of
Reliance Industries, gets $10, and celluloid their representatives to the Lok Sabha and the
superstar Amitabh Bachchan, $8. Rajya Sabha.
D. That makes it tempting to assume that the 1. India is a land full of diversities and the people in
business of cricket must be huge and thriving, too. different states of the country have their own
E. But even if you ignore the numbers, the ways of life, their languages and political views.
conclusion is that India's cricket stars are 2. Every state contributes a limited number of
handsomely paid. representatives to the Lok Sabha.
(IBPS Clerk Pre. Exam. 08.12.2018) (IBPS Clerk Tier-II, 20.06.2018)
(a) 21ABC (b) 12ABC (c) 2ABC1
26. Which of the following should be the FIRST (d) ABC12 (e). 1ABC2
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B (b) D (c) A (d) C (e) E 33. A. An area drained by a river and its tributaries is
called a drainage basin.
27. Which of the following should be the THIRD B. The drainage system is related to a number of
sentence after rearrangement? factors like slope of land, geological structure,
(a) B (b) D (c) A (d) C (e) E amount and velocity of water.
C. A river through its drainage system performs
28. Which of the following should be the FIFTH several tasks.
sentence after rearrangement? 1. The drainage system refers to the system of flow
(a) B (b) D (c) A (d) C (e) E of surface water mainly through rivers.

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 2. These are excess water removal from a
particular area, transportation of sediments
from one place to other, providing natural
source for irrigation and maintaining the water
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table of a region. Direction: (1 - 5) Rearrange the given six sentences/
(IBPS Clerk Tier-II, 20.06.2018) groups of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a
(a) ABC21 (b) 12ABC (c) 2ABC1 proper sequence so as to form a meaningful
(d) ABC12 (e) 1ABC2 paragraph and then answer the given questions.

34. A. The Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel A. A shopkeeper went to the governor with the request
prize for literature, is meant to be a source of to exempt him from these.
stability: Members are appointed for life. B. The governor refused and ordered him to go to one of
B. But it's been melting down rather spectacularly the two neighboring districts.
and publicly over the last year. C. 'I can't even go to the king since the Prime Minister is
C. Accusations of sexual harassment by more than your brother!' 'Then go to the other world!' shouted
a dozen women against photographer Jean- the governor.
Claude Arnault, the husband of academy D. But the shopkeeper refused saying that these two
member Katarina Frostenson, have toppled the were governed by the governor's strict relatives and
institution and revealed it to be riddled with were unlikely to relax taxes.
cronyism and abuses of power. E. 'I would but your father died last year,' said the
1. It's a fact so embarrassing that the Nobel prize in shopkeeper trembling with fear. The governor
literature will not even be given out this year as laughed and ruled more kindly from then on.
the Academy attempts to salvage its prestige. F. The governor of the district was a hard man who
2. Of the 18 chairs in the academy, there are only 10 continued to collect taxes from citizens despite times
remaining with active members in large being tough.
part because of departures in the wake of the (NIACL Assis. Pre. Exam. 23.04.2017)
scandal.
(IBPS Clerk Tier-II, 20.06.2018)
1. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence
(a) 21ABC (b) 1ABC2 (c) 2ABC1
after the rearrangement?
(d) ABC12 (e) ABC21
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
2. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence
Answer Key after the rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) F
Set-01
1. b 2. b 3. c 4. d 5. e 3. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence
Set-02 after the rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) D (d) E (e) F
6. b 7. c 8. a 9. d
Set-03
4. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence
10. b 11. d 12. a 13. e 14. a 15. b after the rearrangement?
Set-04 (a) B (b) C (c)D (d) E (e) F
16. c 17.a 18. b 19. d 20. e
Set-05 5. Which of the following should be the SIXTH sentence
21. a 22. a 23. c 24. a 25. d after the rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
Set-06
26. a 27. c 28. b 29. d 30. e
Set-07
31. e 32. b 33. e 34. e
Answer Key
1. (a) 2. (e) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (e)

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 Bank 2016
Direction: Rearrange the given six sentences/ groups
of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a proper
sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and
then answer the given questions.
SET-01
A. It is the only country in the world that is carbon
negative, which means it produces more oxygen
than it consumes.
B. Bhutan, sandwiched between the two most 6.
populous nations on Earth, suffers for their sins.
C. So far, so good. But then, two things happened.
D. Carbon sinks, 70% forest cover, powered almost
entirely by mountain streams Bhutan is a poster 7.
child for green living.
E. Glaciers are beginning to melt, flash floods and
heavy rains and even droughts are common, and
temperatures are climbing. 8.
F. One, India and China got richer
(IBPS PO Exam. 16.10.2016)
D. The study further states that 80 percent of the total
loss related to time wasted waiting, 10 percent to
gas and 10 percent to environmental damage.
E. In 2011, it introduced a lottery system to rein in
the number of vehicles people buy.
F. As a result, owing to these losses, the city started
tacking the problem years ago.
(IBPS PO Exam. 22.10.2016)
Which of the following should be the SECOND
sentence after the rearrangement ?
(a) A (b) B (c) F (d) D (e) E
Which of the following should be the FOURTH
sentence after the rearrangement ?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) F (e) E
Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST)
sentence after the rearrangement ?
(a) C (b) D (c) A (d) B (e) F

1. Which of the following should be the FIRST 9. Which of the following should be the FIRST
sentence of the given paragraph ? sentence after the rearrangement?
(a) E (b) D (c) C (d) B (e) A (a) A (b) C (c) B (d) D (e) F

2. Which of the following should be the THIRD 10. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
sentence of the given paragraph ? sentence after the rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E (a) E (b) D (c) A (d) F (e) C

3. Which of the following should be the LAST SET-03

sentence of the given paragraph ? A. Moreover, the number of license holders has
(a) A (b) D (c) C (d) B (e) E risen even faster, one in five Chinese now has a
license.
4. Which of the following should be the FOURTH B. Apart from the fact that the country's population
sentence of the given paragraph ? is so large, most of these accidents have to do
(a) F (b) C (c) B (d) E (e) D with the fact that China is so new to the business
of driving cars.
5. Which of the following should be the SECOND C. Accidents are a common sight on the roads of
sentence of the given paragraph ? China for many reasons.
(a) B (b) D (c) A (d) C (e) E D. In 2015, it added more cars to its roads than
were driving in the whole country in 1999.
SET-02 E. Economic rise has played a large part in all these
A. It also launched a policy to ban private cars one developments.
workday a week based on the last digit of the F. In the rich world, where this economic rise has
number plate and has put restrictions on the already taken place, the number of licence
number of vehicles from outside the city and holder is flat or falling.
raised parking fees in urban areas. (IBPS PO Exam. 23.10.2016)
B. Beijing's annual bill for traffic congestion
amounts to 70 billion Yuan ($11.3 billion), a 11. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
recent study has found. sentence after the rearrangement ?
C. However, such measures have done little in (a) E (b) D (c) A (d) F (e) C
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 12. Which of the following should be the SIXTH SET-05
sentence after the rearrangement ? A. Anansi was just about to eat them when he
(a) E (b) D (c) A (d) B (e) F noticed smoke in the distance. He learnt from
the cassava that the smoke was from the town of rice.
13. Which of the following should be the FIRST B. “Rice is much better than cassava!” Saying this
sentence after the rearrangement ? Anansi promptly journeyed to the town of rice.
(a) A (b) C (c) B (d) F (e) E When he reached there he noticed smoke in the
distance. So he left the rice village and headed
14. Which of the following should be the SECOND for the smoke, greedily thinking that he'd get
sentence after the rearrangement ? something better.
(a) A (b) B (c) F (d) D (e) E C. Alas, when he reached there he found it was his
own village and he had no food for the villagers
15. Which of the following should be the FOURTH or himself. Greed had got him nowhere.
sentence after the rearrangement ? D. He left his village to find food for his people and
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) F (e) D himself. After walking miles and miles he saw
smoke from a distant village.
SET-04 E. Anansi, the spider was very unhappy. There was
A. We have a firm belief that it will rise in the future, a drought and all his people were starving.
because it has risen in the past. F. When he reached, the only food he found was
B. The interesting doubt is as to whether the laws cassava. The cassava asked Anansi, “Would you
of motion will remain in operation until tomorrow. like us roasted, fried or boiled?” Anansi told
C. Of course it might be doubted whether we are them that he did not have a particular choice and
quite certain that there is nothing outside to so they roasted themselves.
interfere, but this is not the interesting doubt. (SBI Clerk Exam. 05.06.2016)
D. If this doubt is raised, we find ourselves in the
same position as when the doubt about the 21. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST)
sunrise was first raised. sentence after the rearrangement ?
E. It is obvious that if we are asked why we believe (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) E (e) F
that the sun will rise to-morrow, we shall naturally
answer 'Because it always has risen every day'. 22. Which of the following should be the FIRST
F. If we are challenged as to why we believe that it sentence after the rearrangement ?
will continue to rise as heretofore, we may (a) A (b) B (c) D (d) E (e) F
appeal to the laws of motion: the earth, we shall
say, is a freely rotating body, and such bodies do 23. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
not cease to rotate unless something interferes sentence after the rearrangement ?
from outside, and there is nothing outside to (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) E (e) F
interfere with the earth between now and
tomorrow. 24. Which of the following should be the SECOND
(RBI Assist. Exam. 16.10.2016) sentence after the rearrangement ?
(a) A (b) C (c) D (d) E (e) F
16. What is the fourth sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E 25. Which of the following should be the THIRD
sentence after the rearrangement ?
(a) A (b) C (c) D (d) E (e) F
17. What is the sixth sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E SET-06
A. Anything that you touch will turn into gold. The
18. What is the first sentence after rearrangement? king was delighted with his good fortune.
(a) A (b) E (c) C (d) F (e) B B. Even though he was very rich, he always craved
for more and more.
19. What is the third sentence after rearrangement? C. Everything he touched turned into gold. He
(a) A (b) C (c) F (d) D (e) B turned trees, grass, tables, chairs, flowers, and
vases into gold.
20. What is the second sentence after rearrangement? D. One day, he called his court magician and
(a) A (b) F (c) B (d) D (e) C commanded, find me a spell that can get me

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 more treasures than I already have. 33. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST)
E. King Midas was a very greedy king. sentence after the rearrangement?
F. The magician said, Your Majesty, I can give you a (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) E (e) F
power that no one else in this world has.
(SBI Clerk Exam. 27.05.2016)
34. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
26. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement?
sentence after rearrangement ? (a) A (b) C (c) D (d) E (e) F
(a) F (b) E (c) B (d) A (e) C
35. Which of the following should be the SECOND
27. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after the rearrangement?
sentence after rearrangement ? (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) E (e) F
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) E (e) D
SET-08
28. Which of the following should be the THIRD A. The next day, Shiva appeared at Raghu's house
sentence after rearrangement ? and spotted a metal chest on the rooftop which
(a) E (b) F (c) D (d) C (e) B had all the money and ornaments that Raghu owned.
B. When Raghu arrived at Shiva's house, Shiva
29. Which of the following should be the FOURTH asked him to guess what fruit it was, saying that
sentence after rearrangement ? if Raghu failed, he (Shiva) would carry one thing
(a) A (b) B (c) F (d) E (e) C out of Raghu's house and if Raghu guessed
correctly then Raghu could carry one thing out of
30. Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH) Shiva's house.
sentence after rearrangement ? C. Seeing him Raghu thanked him saying, 'Thank
(a) C (b) A (c) B (d) D (e) F you for sparing my wealth and carrying out only
the ladder!'
SET-07 D. One day, Shiva hatched a plan to outwit Raghu.
A. 'Oh what a fool I was! It was an extraordinary He plucked a mango and wrapped it well in a
animal and I never knew it!' the man thought to piece of cloth.
himself, when he suddenly realised that the E. 'Oh ho!' You thought that you'd hide all your
bidding was about to close. wealth from me said Shiva going into Raghu's
B. Hearing this, a man came forward and offered house and bringing out a ladder began to climb
forty dinars for the donkey while another up onto the roof.
offered fifty dinars and soon a crowd gathered. F. But Raghu's guesses were incorrect.
C. The man was standing nearby and was amazed (SBI Clerk Exam. 29.05.2016)
at the interest shown in the donkey he had sold
by the crowd. 36. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
D. One day a man took' his donkey to the market sentence after the rearrangement?
and sold it for thirty dinars to the first bidder. (a) A (b) B (c) D (d) E (e) F
E. 'Eighty dinars!' shouted the man in desperation
and bought back his donkey. 37. Which of the following should be the SECOND
F. The man who bought it immediately put it up for sentence after the rearrangement?
auction. He started the bidding and shouted to (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) E (e) D
the passerby about the donkey's qualities,
calling it a rare specimen. 38. Which of the following should be the THIRD
(SBI Clerk Exam. 28.05.2016) sentence after the rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) F
31. Which of the following should be the FIRST
sentence after the rearrangement? 39. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST)
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) F sentence after the rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
32. Which of the following should be the THIRD
sentence 'after the rearrangement? 40. Which of the following should be the FIRST
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) E (e) F sentence after the rearrangement?
(a) A (b) C (c) D (d) E (e) F

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 SET-09 SET-10
A. Apart from these, the care provided in these A. Others were shown advertisements of more
facilities is also not up to the mark. affordable stuff, such as smart phones.
B. For instance, in 2015, there was one government B. This experience shows the complexities of
hospital bed for every 1,833 people compared advertising today, when it is so easy for
with 2,336 persons in decade earlier which is a dissatisfied customers to make their voices
good sign. heard.
C. India has made strides in the expansion of public C. Moreover, some of those not shown the
services. advertisement complained, referring to
D. For example, six out of every ten hospitals in the themselves as , or (putting it politely)losers.
less developed States did not provide intensive D. But its advertisement was shown only to those
care and a quarter of them struggled with issues whose profiles suggested they were potential
like sanitation and drainage. buyers of expensive cars.
E. For instance, there is one government hospital E. Eventually, this bruised a few egos.
bed for every 614 people in Goa compared with F. Earlier this year a car maker advertised on We
one every 8,789 people in Bihar. Chat, a popular messaging app in China with
F. However, as Lancet points out, this availability of around 550m monthly users.
beds has been inequitably distributed within the (SBI PO Exam. 09.07.2016)
country.
(SBI PO Exam. 03.07.2016) 46. Which of the following should be the FIRST
sentence after the rearrangement?
41. Which of the following should be the FIRST (a) A (b) C (c) B (d) F (e) E
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) C (c) B (d) F (e) E 47. Which of the following should be the SECOND
sentence after the rearrangement?
42. Which of the following should be the FIFTH (a) A (b) B (c) F (d) D (e) C
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) D (c) E (d) F (e) C 48. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
sentence after the rearrangement?
43. Which of the following should be the SECOND (a) A (b) E (c) C (d) F (e) D
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) F (d) D (e) E 49. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (last)
sentence after the rearrangement?
44. Which of the following should be the FOURTH (a) B (b) D (c) A (d) C (e) E
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) E (b) B (c) C (d) F (e) D 50. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
sentence after the rearrangement?
45. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) (a) E (b) D (c) A (d) F (e) C
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) C (b) B (c) A (d) D (e) F

Answer Key
SET-01 SET-06
1. b 2. c 3. e 4. a 5. c 26. b 27. b 28. c 29. c 30. a
SET-02 SET-07
6. d 7. e 8. a 9. c 10. c 31. d 32. b 33. d 34. a 35. e
SET-03 SET-08
11. a 12. e 13. b 14. b 15. a 36. d 37. b 38. e 39. c 40. c
SET-04 SET-9
16. c 17. d 18. b 19. c 20. a 41. b 42. b 43. b 44. a 45. c
SET-05 SET-10
21. c 22. d 23. b 24. c 25. e 46. d 47. d 48. b 49. a 50. e

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 Bank 2015
Direction: Rearrange the given six sentences/ groups SET-02
of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a proper A. Global investors are quaking over the prospect
sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and of a devastating stump in the world's second
then answer the given questions.
biggest economy.
B. A possible answer could be that the country's
SET-01
troubles raise doubts about whether its policy-
A. Beena grew day by day and was charming and
makers have the tools to keep their economy
polite but as the goddess predicted she had to
growing at a healthy place something that has
have a new outfit every day and for a while the
been a constant reassurance for more than two
king and queen were happy to let their heir way
decades
but soon realized that this had to stop.
C. And they are fast losing confidence that the
B. They longed for the child and prayed and prayed
country's policy-makers, seemingly so sure-
till finally one day their prayers were heard but
footed in the past know how to solve the
the goddess warned, you will soon have a little
problem.
girl and though she will be a loving child, she will
D. However, such a domino effect is significant but
love new clothes too much and will be cursed if
hardly catastrophic so why the hysteria?
she coverts, another's clothes.
E. China is exporting something new to the world
C. They tried to get her mend her ways but in vain
economy Fear?
and one day when Beena saw a beautifull girl
F. Apart from the shrinking confidence, the biggest
simply dressed in a cotton sari and noticed how
fear is that a collapsing Chinese economy would
people were admiring the simply dressed girl
derail others around the world from emerging
she demanded the dress.
markets in Chile and Indonesia to industrial
D. The kingdom was at peace. subjects were happy
powers such as the United States.
and there was a bumper crop but the King and
(IBPS PO Exam. 03.10.2015)
Queen were very sad.
E. As foretold, Beena turned into an onion. A plant
6. Which of the following should be the SECOND
with many layers to symbolize the many dresses
sentence after the rearrangement?
she had.
(a) A (b) B (c) F (d) D (e) E
F. The King and Queen were ready to accept this
flow and when the Queen gave birth to a baby
7. Which of the following should be the FIRST
girl the entire kingdom rejoiced.
sentence after the rearrangement?
(SBI Clerk Exam. 15.02.2015)
(a) A (b) C (c) B (d) F (e) E
1. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
8. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (last)
sentence after the rearrangement ?
sentence after the rearrangement?
(a) A (b) C (c) D (d) E (e) F
(a) E (b) D (c) A (d) B (e) F
2. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (last)
9. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
sentence after therearrangement ?
sentence after the rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
(a) A (b) D (c) E (d) F (e) C
3. Which of the following should be the FIRST
10. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
sentence after the rearrangement ?
sentence after the rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) F
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) F (e) D
4. Which of the following should be the SECOND
sentence after the rearrangement? SET-03
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) F A. For years, it relied upon export-led growth and
massive investments in housing, infrastructure
5. Which of the following should be the THIRD (roads, rails, ports) and heavy industry (steel,
sentence after the rearrangement ? glass and aluminium).
(a) A (b) B (c) D (d) E (e) F B. China is engineering, a major economic
transformation-or, at least, trying.

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 C. Whether this conversion succeeds or fails is a 16. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
momentous story but a China that succeeds is sentence after rearrangement?
more likely to be stable. (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) F (e) D
D. However, this economic model now seems spent.
E. So, the country is switching its engine of growth 17. Which of the following should be the SECOND
to consumer spending on services and light sentence after rearrangement?
manufacturing. (a) A (b) B (c) F (d) D (e) E
F. A possible reason behind this model becoming 18. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST)
outdated could be that world trade is weak at sentence after rearrangement?
present and over investment in housing, (a) E (b) D (c) A (d) B (e) F
infrastructure and industry has caused a glut.
(IBPS PO Exam. 04.10.2015) 19. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
sentence after rearrangement?
11. Which of the following should be the FIRST (a) A (b) D (c) E (d) F (e) C
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) C (c) B (d) F (e) E 20. Which of the following should be the FIRST
sentence after rearrangement?
12. Which of the following should be the FIFTH (a) A (b) F (c) B (d) C (e) E
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) D (c) E (d) F (e) C SET-05
A. Basic human needs also include a sense of
13. Which of the following should be the FOURTH belongingness, a feeling of control over one's
sentence after rearrangement? life.
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) F (e) E B. Motivation and inspiration energize people into
action.
14. Which of the-following should be the SECOND C. Ability to live up to one's ideals besides all these
sentence after rearrangement? is also a fundamental need.
(a) A (b) B (c) F (d) D (e) E D. This is done not by pushing them in the right
direction as control mechanisms.
15. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) E. Such feelings touch us deeply and elicit powerful
sentence after rearrangement? response.
(a) C (b) F (c) A (d) B (e) D F. But it is done by satisfying basic human needs
for achievement.
SET-04 (SBI Clerk Exam. 08.02.2015)
A. These nuggets contain words of caution because
many young middle-class Chinese who gear up 21. Which of the following should be the fifth sentence
during the nation's glittering boom years, are after rearrangement ?
suddenly confronting the shadow of an (a) A (b) C (c) D (d) E (e) B
economic slowdown and even hints of austerity.
B. Titled “Guide on Safe Passage Through the 22. Which of the following should be the second
Economic Crisis”, it is aimed at young Chinese sentence after rearrangement ?
urban professionals. (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) F
C. Recently, an advice column has been circulating
widely on China's most popular social media 23. Which of the following should be the sixth (last)
phone app. sentence after rearrangement
D. Its nuggets of wisdom include “Work hard at (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
your job so you are the last to be laid off and “In an
economic crisis, liquidity is the number one priority”. 24. Which of the following should be the first sentence
E. By austerity they mean cancelling vacations and after rearrangement ?
delaying weddings and even selling recently (a) A (b) B (c) D (d) E (e) C
purchased apartments to have cash on hand.
F. These frantic measures are prompting the 25. Which of the following should be the fourth
leaders to take appropriate actions to bring the sentence after rearrangement ?
situation under control. (a) A (b) B (c) D (d) E (e) C
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 SET-06 SET-07
A. Now when the wise sage returned he saw a large A. Colony losses last year weren't as dramatic as
crowd gathered on the road and his well-fed the declines associated with Colony Collapse
disciple in its midst, accepting offerings for the rock. Disorder (CCD), which was first identified in
B. ”Look!”, they' exclaimed in excitement, “There is October 2006.
something written on the rock! What can it B. Beekeepers tapped for the survey manage a total
mean'?” of 400,000 colonies, representing about 14.5
C. The sage was away and his disciple, who loved to percent of the United States' honeybee colonies.
put on an air of learning, examined the drawings C. Overall, colony losses during the 12-month
on the rock and proclaimed, “Each person using period that ended in April reached 42.1 percent
the road must worship the rock and make an the second-highest annual loss to date.
offering. The one who ignores this will turn into D. Summer colony losses reached 27.4 percent,
a donkey!” exceeding winter losses that came in at 23.7
D. He examined the rock, moved it aside, titled out a percent.
pot-of gold hidden beneath it which he said had E. For the first time, beekeepers watched more of
to be used to keep the road in good repair and their colonies disappear during the summer
kept his disciple cleaning cow sheds for the than in winter.
remainder of the year to alone for his geed: F. A new survey outlining honeybee colony losses
E. A large crowd gathered and they all had the same in the U.S. has scientists scratching their heads.
question so they decided to go to the ashram of a (SBI PO Exam. 20.06.2015)
wise sage:
F. The road was a very busy one which connected a 31. Which of the following should be the FIRST
large number of villages and one day a group of sentence after rearrangement ?
students discovered a rock. (a) A (b) B (c) F (d) E (e) D
(SBI Clerk Exam. 25.01.2015)
32. Which of the following should be the SECOND
26. Which of the following should be the fifth sentence sentence after rearrangement ?
after the rearrangement? (a) E (b) F (c) A (d) B (e) C
(a) A (b) C (c) D (d) E (e) F
33. Which of the following should be the SIXTH
27. Which of the following should be the second sentence after rearrangement.
sentence after the rearrangement? (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) F
34. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
28. Which of the following should be the sixth (last) sentence after rearrangement ?
sentence after the rearrangement'? (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) F
35. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
29. Which of the following should be the first sentence sentence after rearrangement ?
after the rearrangement? (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
(a) A (b) B (c) D (d) E (e) F

30. Which of the following should be the third sentence

after the rearrangement'?
(a) A (b) B (c) D (d) E (e) F
Answer Key
SET-01 SET-05
1. b 2. e 3. d 4. b 5. e 21. d 22. d 23. c 24. b 25. A
SET-02 SET-06
6. a 7. e 8. d 9. b 10. d 26. a 27. b 28. d 29. e 30. d
SET-03 SET-07
11. c 12. c 13. d 14. a 15. a 31. c 32. a 33. a 34. c 35. b
SET-04
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 Bank 2014
Direction: Rearrange the given six sentences/ groups
of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in a proper
sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and
then answer the given questions.
SET-01
A. If you are transitioning from products to
services or vice-versa, you have to know and
understand these differences to effectively
promote and sell.
B. For example, a product is tangible, which means
the customer can touch and see the product
before deciding to make a purchase and a service
is intangible.
C. Understanding the different changes in product
and service marketing can help you establish the
right approach for this transition.
D. Unless you understand the basic difference of
tangibility, it will be a challenge to promote and
sell your product.
E. Companies that are marketing a product face
different challenges compared to those that
are promoting a service.
(IBPS Clerk Exam. 06.12.2014)
1. Which of the following should be the FIFTH (LAST)
sentence after the rearrangement?
(a) A (b) E (c) D (d) C (e) B
2. Which of the following should be the FIRST
sentence after the rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
3. Which of the following should be the SECOND
sentence after the rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
4. Which of the following should be the THIRD
sentence after the rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
5. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
sentence after the rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
SET-02
A. Speculations, on future events in the
epidemiology, evolution, and biological
expression of dengue are presented.
B. At the root of the emergence of dengue as a
major health problem are changes in human
demography and behavior, leading to unchecked
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populations of and increased exposure to the
principal domestic mosquito vector, Aedes
aegypti. Virus-specified factors also influence
the epidemiology of dengue.
C. The risk of sequential infections, and
consequently the incidence of DHF, has risen
dramatically, first in Asia and now in the Americas.
D. A severe form, dengue hemorrhagic fever (DI-
IF), is an immuno pathologic disease occurring
in persons who experience sequential dengue
infections.
E. In the last 20 years the incidence of dengue fever
epidemics has increased and hyper-endemic
transmission has been established over a
geographically expanding area.
F. Dengue viruses are members of the Flaviviridae,
transmitted principally in a cycle involving
humans and mosquito vectors.
(IBPS PO Exam. 18.10.2014)
6. Which of the following should be the First sentence
after rearrangement ?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) E (e) F
7. Which of the following should be the Third
sentence after rearrangement ?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
8. Which of the following should be the Last sentence
after rearrangement ?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
9. Which of the following should be the Fourth
sentence after rearrangement ?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
10. Which of the following should be the Second
sentence after rearrangement ?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
SET-03
A. Arctic sea ice has been melting at break-neck
speeds in the past few decades, driven by
warming air temperature, warming ocean water
temperature, all of which are caused by or
accelerated by man-made climate change.
B. But there are other factors at play in the decline
of ice in the Arctic Ocean.
C. Sea ice is generally moderated by sunlight.
D. Warm ocean currents travel north from the
equator and usher in warmer and warmer water,
making sea ice growth difficult.
 E. It grows in the winter and melts in the summer. (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
F. Weather patterns over the high mid-latitudes
and the Arctic can also affect sea ice growth. 19. Which of the following sentences should be the
(RBI Grade - B Exam. 03.08.2014) THIRD sentence after rearrangement ?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
11. Which of the following should be the fourth
sentence after rearrangement ? 20. Which of the following sentences should be the
(a) E (b) D (c) C (d) B (e) A LAST sentence after rearrangement ?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
12. Which of the following should be the sixth sentence
after rearrangement? SET-05
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E A. Arthur's wife was very beautiful who brought
romance in his life while his equally beautiful
13. Which of the following should be the SECOND half-sister added a dark side.
sentence after rearrangement? B. This sword was called 'Excalibur” and with this
(a) E (b) D (c) C (d) B (e) A weapon he vanquished many foes. Under the
guidance of Merlin, Arthur had obtained a
14. Which of the following should be the first sentence magical sword from The Lady Of The Lake.
after rearrangement ? C. They also searched for a lost treasure, which
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E they believed would cure all ills this was the
'Quest for the Holy Grail'. Under the guidance of
15. Which of the following should be the third sentence Merlin, Arthur had obtained a magical sword
after rearrangement ? from The Lady Of The Lake.
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) F D. They carried out acts of chivalry such as rescuing
damsels in distress and fought against strange
SET-04 beasts.
A. All the labourers and the soldiers turned around E. Arthur's base was at a place called Camelot. Here he
and saw a but just a few steps away from the built a strong castle. His knights met at a Round Table.
palace gate. F. Arthur was the first born son of King Uther
B. Then suddenly his eyes fell on something and he Pendragon and heir to the throne. However
shouted, “What is that ? I did not see that before.” these were very troubled times and Merlin, a
C. Before inviting the King to see the palace, the wise magician, advised that the baby Arthur
minister decided to take a final look. “Splendid!” should be raised in a secret place and that none
the minister exclaimed, looking at the palace. should know his true identity.
D. Many labourers were put to work and in a few (SBI Clerk Exam. 23.08.2014)
days the palace was ready.
E. Once, Veer decided to build a palace on a river 21. Which of the following should be the FIRST
bank and ordered his ministers to survey the site sentence after rearrangement ?
and start the construction. (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) F
F. King Veer was known for his justice and
kindness in whose kingdom, everyone was 22. Which of the following should be the SECOND
leading a happy and content life and his people sentence after rearrangement ?
loved him and were proud of him. (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
(SBI Clerk Exam. 20.07.2014)
23. Which of the following should be the THIRD
16. Which of the following sentences should be the sentence after rearrangement ?
FIRST sentence after rearrangement ? (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) F
24. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
17. Which of the following sentences should be the sentence after rearrangement ?
SECOND sentence after rearrangement ? (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
25. Which of the following should be the LAST
18. Which of the following sentences should be the sentence after rearrangement ?
FOURTH sentence after rearrangement? (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E

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 SET-06
A. He did whatever work was assigned to him and
soon the lion became so fond of him that he
promised to give him a cart full of almonds as
pension when he (the squirrel) retired.
B. Once a squirrel joined the service of the king of
the forest, the lion.
C. The squirrel had waited so long for this day but
when he saw the almonds, he was seized with
sadness as he realised that they were of no use to
him now when he had lost all his teeth.
D. However, he envied other squirrels in the forest
because of their carefree life which he could not
enjoy as he had to be by the king's side all the time.
E. He consoled himself with the thought that at the
end of his career, he would receive a cart full of
almonds, a food that only a few squirrels got to
taste in their lifetime.
F. Finally, the day came when it was time for him to
retire and as promised the king gave a grand
banquet in his honour and presented him with a
cart full of almonds.
(SBI Clerk Exam. 27.07.2014)
26. Which of the following should be the SECOND
sentence after the rearrangement ?
(a) A (b) B (c) F (d) D (e) E
27. Which of the following should be the FIRST
sentence after the rearrangement ?
(a) A (b) C (c) B (d) D (e) E
28. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
sentence after the rearrangement ?
(a) E (b) D (c) B (d) F (e) A
29. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
sentence after the rearrangement ?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) F (e) E
30. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST)
sentence after the rearrangement ?
(a) C (b) D (c) A (d) B (e) E
SET-07
A. As a consequence, even if it is plausible that
ambient air pollution plays a role for the onset
and increasing frequency of respiratory allergy,
it is not easy to prove this conclusively.
B. Another factor clouding the issue is that
laboratory evaluations do not reflect what
happens during natural exposure when
atmospheric pollution mixtures are inhaled.
C. Interpretation of studies are confounded by the
effect of cigarette smoke, exposure to indoor
pollutants and to outdoors and indoors allergens.
D. However, despite evidence of a correlation
between the increasing frequency of respiratory
allergy and the increasing trend in air pollution,
the link and interaction is still speculative.
E. Allergic respiratory diseases such as hay fever
and bronchial asthma have indeed become more
common in the last decades in all industrialized
countries and the reasons for this increase are
still debated.
F. Several studies have shown the adverse effects
of ambient air pollution on respiratory health.
(SBI PO Exam. 21.06.2014)
31. Which of the following should be the LAST
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
32. Which of the following should be the FIRST
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) F
33. Which of the following should be the THIRD
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
34. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
35. Which of the following should be the SECOND
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E

Answer Key
SET-01 SET-05
1. (c) 2. (e) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (b) 21. (e) 22. (e) 23. (d) 24. (b) 25. (a)
SET-02 SET-06
6. (e) 7. (d) 8. (a) 9. (c) 10. (e) 26. (a) 27. (c) 28. (d) 29. (e) 30. (a)
SET-03 SET-07
11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (a) 14. (c) 15. (b) 31. (a) 32. (e) 33. (d) 34. (c) 35. (e)
SET-04
16. (e) 17. (e) 18. (c) 19. (d) 20. (a)

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Direction: Rearrange the given five sentences/ D. With more than 24 inches of snow falling in the
groups of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) in a city, a state of emergency was declared.
proper sequence so as to form a meaningful E. More than 4000 international and domestic
paragraph and then answer the given questions.
flights were also cancelled.
F. Indeed, storms are disastrous.
SET-01
(IBPS Clerk Exam. 14.12.2013)
A. With so many products and opportunities
6. Which of the following should be the FIRST
available in the market. It is very easy to get this
sentence after the rearrangement?
planning wrong.
(a) E (b) B (c) D (d) C (e) F
B. Planning, therefore, is imperative and should
begin as early as possible.
7. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
C. What amount will we need and when will we need it ?
sentence after the rearrangement?
D. Most of us would put our children's education
(a) D (b) F (c) B (d) E (e) C
above any other priority in life including; our
own retirement.
8. Which of the following should be the FIFTH
E. So, let's try to find the best solution by asking
sentence after the rearrangement?
two important questions.
(a) E (b) D (c) B (d) C (e) F
(IBPS Clerk Exam. 01.12.2013)

9. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST)

1. Which of the following should be the SECOND
sentence after the rearrangement?
sentence alter rearrangement?
(a) A (b) D (c) F (d) E (e) C
(a) D (b) B (c) C (d) E (e) A

10. Which of the following should be the SECOND

2. Which of the following should be the THIRD
sentence after the rearrangement?
sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) D (c) F (d) B (e) C
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E

3. Which of the following should be the LAST SET-03

sentence after rearrangement? A. The merchant greedily counted his gold and
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E said, “The purse I dropped had 200 pieces of
gold in it. You've already stolen more than the
reward! Go away or I will tell the police.”
4. Which of the following should be the FIRST
B. The judge, looking towards the merchant said,
sentence after rearrangement?
“you stated that the purse you lost contained
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
200 pieces of gold. Well, that's a considerable
cost. But, the purse this beggar found had only
5. Which of the following should be the FOURTH
100 pieces of gold”.
sentence after rearrangement?
C. Being an honest man, the beggar came forward
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
and handed the purse to the merchant saying,
“Here is your purse. May I have my reward now?”
SET-02 D. ” This purse therefore cannot be the one you
A. The storm-given the name Hercules-closed lost.” And, with that, the judge gave the purse
major roads with snowdrifts. and all the gold to the beggar.
B. A fierce winter storm brought dangerous glacial E. A beggar found a leather purse that someone
temperature in New York on Friday. had dropped in the marketplace. On opening it,
C. Weather experts said the wind chill temperature he discovered that it contained 100 pieces of
would plummet to -25° in New York. gold. Then he heard a merchant shout, “A

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 reward! A reward to the one who finds my in turn can download, the tests using the
leather purse”. company's cloud services.
F. “I am an honest man,” said the beggar defiantly. E. With this desire they created a solution that
“Let us take this matter to the court, the judge digitalises school text books and other learning
patiently listened to both sides of the story. material so that students no longer need to carry
(IBPS RRB Asstit. Exam. 29.09.2013) as many books to school and back as before, but
can access their study material on their touch-
11. Which of the following should be the FIRST screen tablets.
sentence after the rearrangement? F. A mechanic works on motors and an accountant
(a) E (b) B (c) D (d) C (e) F has his computer. Likewise, if a student has to work
on a machine of device, what should it be called?
12. Which of the following should be the FOURTH (SBI PO Exam. 23.02.2013)
sentence after the rearrangement?
(a) D (b) F (c) B (d) E (e) C 16. Which of the following sentences should be the
FIRST after rearrangement?
13. Which of the following should be the FIFTH (a) F (b) D (c) A (d) C (e) E
sentence after the rearrangement?
(a) E (b) D (c) B (d) C (e) F 17. Which of the following sentences should be the
THIRD after rearrangement?
14. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) (a) A (b) B (c) D (d) E (e) F
sentence after the rearrangement?
(a) A (b) D (c) F (d) E (e) C 18. Which of the following sentences should be the
SIXTH (LAST) after rearrangement?
15. Which of the following should be the SECOND (a) A (b) F (c) E (d) B (e) D
sentence after the rearrangement?
(a) A (b) D (c) F (d) B (e) C 19. Which of the following sentences should be the
FOURTH after rearrangement?
SET-04 (a) A (b) F (c) E (d) B (e) C
A. The group desired to enhance the learning
experience in schools with an interactive digital 20. Which of the following sentences should be the
medium that could be used within and outside FIFTH after rearrangement?
the class-room. (a) A (b) D (c) C (d) E (e) F
B. Then the teacher can act on the downloaded
data rather than collect it from each and every
student and thereby save his time and effort.
C. Edutor, decided the group of engineers, all
alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology,
when they founded Edutor Technologies in
August 2009.
D. They can even take tests and submit them
digitally using the same tablets and the teachers

Answer Key
SET-01 SET-03
1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (e) 11. (a) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (e)
SET-02 SET-04
6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (d) 9. (c) 10. (b) 16. (a) 17. (a) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (b)

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 Bank 2012
Direction: Rearrange the given five sentences/ groups SET-02
of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) in a proper sequence
so as to form a meaningful paragraph and then A. But Gandhiji stuck to his principles and did not
answer the given questions. copy, thus, having to face scolding and ridicule
after the inspector left.
SET-01 B. Gandhiji wrote four words correctly, but he
A. “My horns are my weapons,” said the deer. “I'm could not spell the fifth word 'Kettle'.
sharpening them.” C. The Inspector of Schools visited Gandhiji's
B. Frightened by the deer's sharpened horns, he school.
turned to the fox instead and shot him dead. D. Having noticed that except Gandhiji all the other
C. The fox wondered why tile deer was wasting students had spelt all the five words, the teacher
time sharpening his weapons when there was no prompted Gandhiji to copy the word from his
dangle in sight. neighbour's slate.
D. A wild deer was rubbing his horns against a tree. E. He read out five English words to the class and
A lux passing by asked him what he was doing. asked all the boys to write them down.
E. Just then a hunter appeared at the scene. (IBPS RRB Assit. Exam. 09.09.2012)
(IBPS Clerk Exam. 22.12.2012)
6. Which of the following should be the LAST (FIFTH)
1. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement?
sentence after the rearrangement '? (a) B (b) A (c) E (d) D (e) C
(a) E (b) D (c) C (d) B (e) A
7. Which of the following should be the FIRST
2. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after the rearrangement ?
sentence after the rearrangement ? (a) D (b) B (c) C (d) E (e) A
(a) E (b) D (c) C (d) B (e) A
8. Which of the following should be the THIRD
3. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence alter the rearrangement ?
sentence after the rearrangement ? (a) C (b) B (c) E (d) A (e) D
(a) E (b) D (c) C (d) B (e) A
9. Which of the following should he the FOURTH
4. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after the rearrangement ?
sentence after the rearrangement? (a) A (b) C (c) D (d) B (e) E
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
10. Which of the following should be the SECOND
5. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after the rearrangement ?.
sentence after the rearrangement ? (a) E (b) B (c) D (d) C (e) A
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E

Answer Key
SET-01 SET-02
1. b 2. a 3. d 4. a 5. c 6. b 7. c 8. b 9. c 10. a

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 SSC-CGL Tier-I 2017
The question below consists of a set of labelled Q. He has within him a spirit which is ever
sentences. Out of the four options given, select exhorting him to cut down his needs and learn
the most logical order of the sentences to form a to be happy with what he has.
coherent paragraph. R. Man is something much greater than an
intelligent being using his intellect to make
1. P. It had been umpteen years since we had seen newer inventions from time to time.
each other. S. It tells us to be up and doing, not to be passive in
Q. One dull dark day in autumn, I was travelling on our attitude to life.
horseback through a dreary stretch of SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.08.2017 Evening
countryside. (a) PRQS (b) QPSR (c) RQPS (d) SRPQ
R. This was the house of Roderick Usher, who had
been my childhood pal. 5. We have seen that, when
S. At night fall, I came in sight of the house of Usher. X. think of it as losing its parts and shrivelling to a
(SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.8.2017) point
(a) PQSR (b) PSQR (c) QSRP (d) QRSP Y. occupy any portion of space, we need not
Z. we deny that a mental image can
2. P. According to various estimates, between 1942 SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017
and 1944 there were approximately 400 victims (a) ZXY (b) YZX (c) YXZ (d) ZYX
of this practice daily in Warsaw alone, with
numbers on some days reaching several 6. Another major difference
thousands. X. seven planets around the star
Q. A common German practice in occupied Poland Y. system is the tight packing of the
was to round up random civilians on the streets Z. in comparison with the solar
of Polish cities. SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017
R. For example, on 19th September 1942 close to (a) ZYX (b) ZXY (c) YZX (d) YXZ
3000 men and women were transported by train
to Germany they had been caught in the massive 7. He does not mean
round ups all over Warsaw the previous two X. when he denies that it is causal
days. Y. to indicate that the relation
S. The term, "lapanka" carried a sardonic Z. is any the less uniform or dependable
connotation from the word's earlier use for the SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017 Evening
children's game known in English as "tag". (a) YXZ (b) YZX (c) XZY (d) XYZ
(SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.8.2017)
(a) SQRP (b) SRPQ (c) QSPR (d) QPRS 8. Not only people have buying
X. environment and health
3. P. In other countries which are populated by Y. capacity in the city, people here are
'haves', frustration is among them also because Z. also quite concerned about
they do "haves". SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017 Evening
Q. In some countries, frustration exists because (a) YXZ (b) YZX (c) XZY (d) XYZ
these countries are populated by "have-nots".
R. Frustration is a global cancer. 9. P. But he did not know to find one at that hour.
S. It has spared no country. Q. It was his first visit to the city and he didn't know
SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.08.2017 Evening where to go.
(a) RSQP (b) SQRP (c) PSRQ (d) QRPS R. Mohanlal's train was late and it reached Kolkata
a little after midnight.
4. P. The real purpose underlying this maxim lies in S. He thought he would go to a choultry where he
its utility in the worldly sense. would not have to pay rent.

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 The question below consists of a set of labelled R. Man is something much greater than an
sentences. Out of the four options given, select intelligent being using his intellect to make
the most logical order of the sentences to form a newer inventions from time to time.
coherent paragraph. S. It tells us to be up and doing, not to be passive in
our attitude to life.
1. P. It had been umpteen years since we had seen SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.08.2017 Evening
each other. (a) PRQS (b) QPSR (c) RQPS (d) SRPQ
Q. One dull dark day in autumn, I was travelling on
horseback through a dreary stretch of 5. We have seen that, when
countryside. X. think of it as losing its parts and shrivelling to a
R. This was the house of Roderick Usher, who had point
been my childhood pal. Y. occupy any portion of space, we need not
S. At night fall, I came in sight of the house of Usher. Z. we deny that a mental image can
(SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.8.2017) SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017
(a) PQSR (b) PSQR (c) QSRP (d) QRSP (a) ZXY (b) YZX (c) YXZ (d) ZYX

2. P. According to various estimates, between 1942 6. Another major difference

and 1944 there were approximately 400 victims X. seven planets around the star
of this practice daily in Warsaw alone, with Y. system is the tight packing of the
numbers on some days reaching several Z. in comparison with the solar
thousands. SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017
Q. A common German practice in occupied Poland (a) ZYX (b) ZXY (c) YZX (d) YXZ
was to round up random civilians on the streets
of Polish cities. 7. He does not mean
R. For example, on 19th September 1942 close to X. when he denies that it is causal
3000 men and women were transported by train Y. to indicate that the relation
to Germany they had been caught in the massive Z. is any the less uniform or dependable
round ups all over Warsaw the previous two SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017 Evening
days. (a) YXZ (b) YZX (c) XZY (d) XYZ
S. The term, "lapanka" carried a sardonic
connotation from the word's earlier use for the 8. Not only people have buying
children's game known in English as "tag". X. environment and health
(SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.8.2017) Y. capacity in the city, people here are
(a) SQRP (b) SRPQ (c) QSPR (d) QPRS Z. also quite concerned about
SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017 Evening
3. P. In other countries which are populated by (a) YXZ (b) YZX (c) XZY (d) XYZ
'haves', frustration is among them also because
they do "haves". 9. P. But he did not know to find one at that hour.
Q. In some countries, frustration exists because Q. It was his first visit to the city and he didn't know
these countries are populated by "have-nots". where to go.
R. Frustration is a global cancer. R. Mohanlal's train was late and it reached Kolkata
S. It has spared no country. a little after midnight.
SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.08.2017 Evening S. He thought he would go to a choultry where he
(a) RSQP (b) SQRP (c) PSRQ (d) QRPS would not have to pay rent.
SSC CGL TIER-I, 08.08.2017
4. P. The real purpose underlying this maxim lies in (a) PSQR (b) QRSP (c) RQSP (d) RSQP
its utility in the worldly sense.
Q. He has within him a spirit which is ever 10. P. And slowly, you reach the pinnacle of self
exhorting him to cut down his needs and learn awareness, experiencing a unity with all life.
to be happy with what he has. Q. If you transform your energy positively, it

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 The question below consists of a set of labelled R. Man is something much greater than an
sentences. Out of the four options given, select intelligent being using his intellect to make
the most logical order of the sentences to form a newer inventions from time to time.
coherent paragraph. S. It tells us to be up and doing, not to be passive in
our attitude to life.
1. P. It had been umpteen years since we had seen SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.08.2017 Evening
each other. (a) PRQS (b) QPSR (c) RQPS (d) SRPQ
Q. One dull dark day in autumn, I was travelling on
horseback through a dreary stretch of 5. We have seen that, when
countryside. X. think of it as losing its parts and shrivelling to a
R. This was the house of Roderick Usher, who had point
been my childhood pal. Y. occupy any portion of space, we need not
S. At night fall, I came in sight of the house of Usher. Z. we deny that a mental image can
(SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.8.2017) SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017
(a) PQSR (b) PSQR (c) QSRP (d) QRSP (a) ZXY (b) YZX (c) YXZ (d) ZYX

2. P. According to various estimates, between 1942 6. Another major difference

and 1944 there were approximately 400 victims X. seven planets around the star
of this practice daily in Warsaw alone, with Y. system is the tight packing of the
numbers on some days reaching several Z. in comparison with the solar
thousands. SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017
Q. A common German practice in occupied Poland (a) ZYX (b) ZXY (c) YZX (d) YXZ
was to round up random civilians on the streets
of Polish cities. 7. He does not mean
R. For example, on 19th September 1942 close to X. when he denies that it is causal
3000 men and women were transported by train Y. to indicate that the relation
to Germany they had been caught in the massive Z. is any the less uniform or dependable
round ups all over Warsaw the previous two SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017 Evening
days. (a) YXZ (b) YZX (c) XZY (d) XYZ
S. The term, "lapanka" carried a sardonic
connotation from the word's earlier use for the 8. Not only people have buying
children's game known in English as "tag". X. environment and health
(SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.8.2017) Y. capacity in the city, people here are
(a) SQRP (b) SRPQ (c) QSPR (d) QPRS Z. also quite concerned about
SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017 Evening
3. P. In other countries which are populated by (a) YXZ (b) YZX (c) XZY (d) XYZ
'haves', frustration is among them also because
they do "haves". 9. P. But he did not know to find one at that hour.
Q. In some countries, frustration exists because Q. It was his first visit to the city and he didn't know
these countries are populated by "have-nots". where to go.
R. Frustration is a global cancer. R. Mohanlal's train was late and it reached Kolkata
S. It has spared no country. a little after midnight.
SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.08.2017 Evening S. He thought he would go to a choultry where he
(a) RSQP (b) SQRP (c) PSRQ (d) QRPS would not have to pay rent.
SSC CGL TIER-I, 08.08.2017
4. P. The real purpose underlying this maxim lies in (a) PSQR (b) QRSP (c) RQSP (d) RSQP
its utility in the worldly sense.
Q. He has within him a spirit which is ever 10. P. And slowly, you reach the pinnacle of self
exhorting him to cut down his needs and learn awareness, experiencing a unity with all life.
to be happy with what he has. Q. If you transform your energy positively, it

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 The question below consists of a set of labelled R. Man is something much greater than an
sentences. Out of the four options given, select intelligent being using his intellect to make
the most logical order of the sentences to form a newer inventions from time to time.
coherent paragraph. S. It tells us to be up and doing, not to be passive in
our attitude to life.
1. P. It had been umpteen years since we had seen SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.08.2017 Evening
each other. (a) PRQS (b) QPSR (c) RQPS (d) SRPQ
Q. One dull dark day in autumn, I was travelling on
horseback through a dreary stretch of 5. We have seen that, when
countryside. X. think of it as losing its parts and shrivelling to a
R. This was the house of Roderick Usher, who had point
been my childhood pal. Y. occupy any portion of space, we need not
S. At night fall, I came in sight of the house of Usher. Z. we deny that a mental image can
(SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.8.2017) SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017
(a) PQSR (b) PSQR (c) QSRP (d) QRSP (a) ZXY (b) YZX (c) YXZ (d) ZYX

2. P. According to various estimates, between 1942 6. Another major difference

and 1944 there were approximately 400 victims X. seven planets around the star
of this practice daily in Warsaw alone, with Y. system is the tight packing of the
numbers on some days reaching several Z. in comparison with the solar
thousands. SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017
Q. A common German practice in occupied Poland (a) ZYX (b) ZXY (c) YZX (d) YXZ
was to round up random civilians on the streets
of Polish cities. 7. He does not mean
R. For example, on 19th September 1942 close to X. when he denies that it is causal
3000 men and women were transported by train Y. to indicate that the relation
to Germany they had been caught in the massive Z. is any the less uniform or dependable
round ups all over Warsaw the previous two SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017 Evening
days. (a) YXZ (b) YZX (c) XZY (d) XYZ
S. The term, "lapanka" carried a sardonic
connotation from the word's earlier use for the 8. Not only people have buying
children's game known in English as "tag". X. environment and health
(SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.8.2017) Y. capacity in the city, people here are
(a) SQRP (b) SRPQ (c) QSPR (d) QPRS Z. also quite concerned about
SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017 Evening
3. P. In other countries which are populated by (a) YXZ (b) YZX (c) XZY (d) XYZ
'haves', frustration is among them also because
they do "haves". 9. P. But he did not know to find one at that hour.
Q. In some countries, frustration exists because Q. It was his first visit to the city and he didn't know
these countries are populated by "have-nots". where to go.
R. Frustration is a global cancer. R. Mohanlal's train was late and it reached Kolkata
S. It has spared no country. a little after midnight.
SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.08.2017 Evening S. He thought he would go to a choultry where he
(a) RSQP (b) SQRP (c) PSRQ (d) QRPS would not have to pay rent.
SSC CGL TIER-I, 08.08.2017
4. P. The real purpose underlying this maxim lies in (a) PSQR (b) QRSP (c) RQSP (d) RSQP
its utility in the worldly sense.
Q. He has within him a spirit which is ever 10. P. And slowly, you reach the pinnacle of self
exhorting him to cut down his needs and learn awareness, experiencing a unity with all life.
to be happy with what he has. Q. If you transform your energy positively, it

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 The question below consists of a set of labelled R. Man is something much greater than an
sentences. Out of the four options given, select intelligent being using his intellect to make
the most logical order of the sentences to form a newer inventions from time to time.
coherent paragraph. S. It tells us to be up and doing, not to be passive in
our attitude to life.
1. P. It had been umpteen years since we had seen SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.08.2017 Evening
each other. (a) PRQS (b) QPSR (c) RQPS (d) SRPQ
Q. One dull dark day in autumn, I was travelling on
horseback through a dreary stretch of 5. We have seen that, when
countryside. X. think of it as losing its parts and shrivelling to a
R. This was the house of Roderick Usher, who had point
been my childhood pal. Y. occupy any portion of space, we need not
S. At night fall, I came in sight of the house of Usher. Z. we deny that a mental image can
(SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.8.2017) SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017
(a) PQSR (b) PSQR (c) QSRP (d) QRSP (a) ZXY (b) YZX (c) YXZ (d) ZYX

2. P. According to various estimates, between 1942 6. Another major difference

and 1944 there were approximately 400 victims X. seven planets around the star
of this practice daily in Warsaw alone, with Y. system is the tight packing of the
numbers on some days reaching several Z. in comparison with the solar
thousands. SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017
Q. A common German practice in occupied Poland (a) ZYX (b) ZXY (c) YZX (d) YXZ
was to round up random civilians on the streets
of Polish cities. 7. He does not mean
R. For example, on 19th September 1942 close to X. when he denies that it is causal
3000 men and women were transported by train Y. to indicate that the relation
to Germany they had been caught in the massive Z. is any the less uniform or dependable
round ups all over Warsaw the previous two SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017 Evening
days. (a) YXZ (b) YZX (c) XZY (d) XYZ
S. The term, "lapanka" carried a sardonic
connotation from the word's earlier use for the 8. Not only people have buying
children's game known in English as "tag". X. environment and health
(SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.8.2017) Y. capacity in the city, people here are
(a) SQRP (b) SRPQ (c) QSPR (d) QPRS Z. also quite concerned about
SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017 Evening
3. P. In other countries which are populated by (a) YXZ (b) YZX (c) XZY (d) XYZ
'haves', frustration is among them also because
they do "haves". 9. P. But he did not know to find one at that hour.
Q. In some countries, frustration exists because Q. It was his first visit to the city and he didn't know
these countries are populated by "have-nots". where to go.
R. Frustration is a global cancer. R. Mohanlal's train was late and it reached Kolkata
S. It has spared no country. a little after midnight.
SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.08.2017 Evening S. He thought he would go to a choultry where he
(a) RSQP (b) SQRP (c) PSRQ (d) QRPS would not have to pay rent.
SSC CGL TIER-I, 08.08.2017
4. P. The real purpose underlying this maxim lies in (a) PSQR (b) QRSP (c) RQSP (d) RSQP
its utility in the worldly sense.
Q. He has within him a spirit which is ever 10. P. And slowly, you reach the pinnacle of self
exhorting him to cut down his needs and learn awareness, experiencing a unity with all life.
to be happy with what he has. Q. If you transform your energy positively, it

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 The question below consists of a set of labelled R. Man is something much greater than an
sentences. Out of the four options given, select intelligent being using his intellect to make
the most logical order of the sentences to form a newer inventions from time to time.
coherent paragraph. S. It tells us to be up and doing, not to be passive in
our attitude to life.
1. P. It had been umpteen years since we had seen SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.08.2017 Evening
each other. (a) PRQS (b) QPSR (c) RQPS (d) SRPQ
Q. One dull dark day in autumn, I was travelling on
horseback through a dreary stretch of 5. We have seen that, when
countryside. X. think of it as losing its parts and shrivelling to a
R. This was the house of Roderick Usher, who had point
been my childhood pal. Y. occupy any portion of space, we need not
S. At night fall, I came in sight of the house of Usher. Z. we deny that a mental image can
(SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.8.2017) SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017
(a) PQSR (b) PSQR (c) QSRP (d) QRSP (a) ZXY (b) YZX (c) YXZ (d) ZYX

2. P. According to various estimates, between 1942 6. Another major difference

and 1944 there were approximately 400 victims X. seven planets around the star
of this practice daily in Warsaw alone, with Y. system is the tight packing of the
numbers on some days reaching several Z. in comparison with the solar
thousands. SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017
Q. A common German practice in occupied Poland (a) ZYX (b) ZXY (c) YZX (d) YXZ
was to round up random civilians on the streets
of Polish cities. 7. He does not mean
R. For example, on 19th September 1942 close to X. when he denies that it is causal
3000 men and women were transported by train Y. to indicate that the relation
to Germany they had been caught in the massive Z. is any the less uniform or dependable
round ups all over Warsaw the previous two SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017 Evening
days. (a) YXZ (b) YZX (c) XZY (d) XYZ
S. The term, "lapanka" carried a sardonic
connotation from the word's earlier use for the 8. Not only people have buying
children's game known in English as "tag". X. environment and health
(SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.8.2017) Y. capacity in the city, people here are
(a) SQRP (b) SRPQ (c) QSPR (d) QPRS Z. also quite concerned about
SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017 Evening
3. P. In other countries which are populated by (a) YXZ (b) YZX (c) XZY (d) XYZ
'haves', frustration is among them also because
they do "haves". 9. P. But he did not know to find one at that hour.
Q. In some countries, frustration exists because Q. It was his first visit to the city and he didn't know
these countries are populated by "have-nots". where to go.
R. Frustration is a global cancer. R. Mohanlal's train was late and it reached Kolkata
S. It has spared no country. a little after midnight.
SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.08.2017 Evening S. He thought he would go to a choultry where he
(a) RSQP (b) SQRP (c) PSRQ (d) QRPS would not have to pay rent.
SSC CGL TIER-I, 08.08.2017
4. P. The real purpose underlying this maxim lies in (a) PSQR (b) QRSP (c) RQSP (d) RSQP
its utility in the worldly sense.
Q. He has within him a spirit which is ever 10. P. And slowly, you reach the pinnacle of self
exhorting him to cut down his needs and learn awareness, experiencing a unity with all life.
to be happy with what he has. Q. If you transform your energy positively, it

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 The question below consists of a set of labelled R. Man is something much greater than an
sentences. Out of the four options given, select intelligent being using his intellect to make
the most logical order of the sentences to form a newer inventions from time to time.
coherent paragraph. S. It tells us to be up and doing, not to be passive in
our attitude to life.
1. P. It had been umpteen years since we had seen SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.08.2017 Evening
each other. (a) PRQS (b) QPSR (c) RQPS (d) SRPQ
Q. One dull dark day in autumn, I was travelling on
horseback through a dreary stretch of 5. We have seen that, when
countryside. X. think of it as losing its parts and shrivelling to a
R. This was the house of Roderick Usher, who had point
been my childhood pal. Y. occupy any portion of space, we need not
S. At night fall, I came in sight of the house of Usher. Z. we deny that a mental image can
(SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.8.2017) SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017
(a) PQSR (b) PSQR (c) QSRP (d) QRSP (a) ZXY (b) YZX (c) YXZ (d) ZYX

2. P. According to various estimates, between 1942 6. Another major difference

and 1944 there were approximately 400 victims X. seven planets around the star
of this practice daily in Warsaw alone, with Y. system is the tight packing of the
numbers on some days reaching several Z. in comparison with the solar
thousands. SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017
Q. A common German practice in occupied Poland (a) ZYX (b) ZXY (c) YZX (d) YXZ
was to round up random civilians on the streets
of Polish cities. 7. He does not mean
R. For example, on 19th September 1942 close to X. when he denies that it is causal
3000 men and women were transported by train Y. to indicate that the relation
to Germany they had been caught in the massive Z. is any the less uniform or dependable
round ups all over Warsaw the previous two SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017 Evening
days. (a) YXZ (b) YZX (c) XZY (d) XYZ
S. The term, "lapanka" carried a sardonic
connotation from the word's earlier use for the 8. Not only people have buying
children's game known in English as "tag". X. environment and health
(SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.8.2017) Y. capacity in the city, people here are
(a) SQRP (b) SRPQ (c) QSPR (d) QPRS Z. also quite concerned about
SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017 Evening
3. P. In other countries which are populated by (a) YXZ (b) YZX (c) XZY (d) XYZ
'haves', frustration is among them also because
they do "haves". 9. P. But he did not know to find one at that hour.
Q. In some countries, frustration exists because Q. It was his first visit to the city and he didn't know
these countries are populated by "have-nots". where to go.
R. Frustration is a global cancer. R. Mohanlal's train was late and it reached Kolkata
S. It has spared no country. a little after midnight.
SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.08.2017 Evening S. He thought he would go to a choultry where he
(a) RSQP (b) SQRP (c) PSRQ (d) QRPS would not have to pay rent.
SSC CGL TIER-I, 08.08.2017
4. P. The real purpose underlying this maxim lies in (a) PSQR (b) QRSP (c) RQSP (d) RSQP
its utility in the worldly sense.
Q. He has within him a spirit which is ever 10. P. And slowly, you reach the pinnacle of self
exhorting him to cut down his needs and learn awareness, experiencing a unity with all life.
to be happy with what he has. Q. If you transform your energy positively, it

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 The question below consists of a set of labelled R. Man is something much greater than an
sentences. Out of the four options given, select intelligent being using his intellect to make
the most logical order of the sentences to form a newer inventions from time to time.
coherent paragraph. S. It tells us to be up and doing, not to be passive in
our attitude to life.
1. P. It had been umpteen years since we had seen SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.08.2017 Evening
each other. (a) PRQS (b) QPSR (c) RQPS (d) SRPQ
Q. One dull dark day in autumn, I was travelling on
horseback through a dreary stretch of 5. We have seen that, when
countryside. X. think of it as losing its parts and shrivelling to a
R. This was the house of Roderick Usher, who had point
been my childhood pal. Y. occupy any portion of space, we need not
S. At night fall, I came in sight of the house of Usher. Z. we deny that a mental image can
(SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.8.2017) SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017
(a) PQSR (b) PSQR (c) QSRP (d) QRSP (a) ZXY (b) YZX (c) YXZ (d) ZYX

2. P. According to various estimates, between 1942 6. Another major difference

and 1944 there were approximately 400 victims X. seven planets around the star
of this practice daily in Warsaw alone, with Y. system is the tight packing of the
numbers on some days reaching several Z. in comparison with the solar
thousands. SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017
Q. A common German practice in occupied Poland (a) ZYX (b) ZXY (c) YZX (d) YXZ
was to round up random civilians on the streets
of Polish cities. 7. He does not mean
R. For example, on 19th September 1942 close to X. when he denies that it is causal
3000 men and women were transported by train Y. to indicate that the relation
to Germany they had been caught in the massive Z. is any the less uniform or dependable
round ups all over Warsaw the previous two SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017 Evening
days. (a) YXZ (b) YZX (c) XZY (d) XYZ
S. The term, "lapanka" carried a sardonic
connotation from the word's earlier use for the 8. Not only people have buying
children's game known in English as "tag". X. environment and health
(SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.8.2017) Y. capacity in the city, people here are
(a) SQRP (b) SRPQ (c) QSPR (d) QPRS Z. also quite concerned about
SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017 Evening
3. P. In other countries which are populated by (a) YXZ (b) YZX (c) XZY (d) XYZ
'haves', frustration is among them also because
they do "haves". 9. P. But he did not know to find one at that hour.
Q. In some countries, frustration exists because Q. It was his first visit to the city and he didn't know
these countries are populated by "have-nots". where to go.
R. Frustration is a global cancer. R. Mohanlal's train was late and it reached Kolkata
S. It has spared no country. a little after midnight.
SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.08.2017 Evening S. He thought he would go to a choultry where he
(a) RSQP (b) SQRP (c) PSRQ (d) QRPS would not have to pay rent.
SSC CGL TIER-I, 08.08.2017
4. P. The real purpose underlying this maxim lies in (a) PSQR (b) QRSP (c) RQSP (d) RSQP
its utility in the worldly sense.
Q. He has within him a spirit which is ever 10. P. And slowly, you reach the pinnacle of self
exhorting him to cut down his needs and learn awareness, experiencing a unity with all life.
to be happy with what he has. Q. If you transform your energy positively, it

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 The question below consists of a set of labelled these countries are populated by "have-nots".
sentences. Out of the four options given, select R. Frustration is a global cancer.
the most logical order of the sentences to form a S. It has spared no country.
coherent paragraph. SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.08.2017 Evening
(a) RSQP (b) SQRP (c) PSRQ (d) QRPS
1. P. It had been umpteen years since we had seen
each other. 4. P. The real purpose underlying this maxim lies in
Q. One dull dark day in autumn, I was travelling on its utility in the worldly sense.
horseback through a dreary stretch of Q. He has within him a spirit which is ever
countryside. exhorting him to cut down his needs and learn
R. This was the house of Roderick Usher, who had to be happy with what he has.
been my childhood pal. R. Man is something much greater than an
S. At night fall, I came in sight of the house of Usher. intelligent being using his intellect to make
(SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.8.2017) newer inventions from time to time.
(a) PQSR (b) PSQR (c) QSRP (d) QRSP S. It tells us to be up and doing, not to be passive in
our attitude to life.
2. P. According to various estimates, between 1942 SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.08.2017 Evening
and 1944 there were approximately 400 victims (a) PRQS (b) QPSR (c) RQPS (d) SRPQ
of this practice daily in Warsaw alone, with
numbers on some days reaching several 5. We have seen that, when
thousands. X. think of it as losing its parts and shrivelling to a
Q. A common German practice in occupied Poland point
was to round up random civilians on the streets Y. occupy any portion of space, we need not
of Polish cities. Z. we deny that a mental image can
R. For example, on 19th September 1942 close to SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017
3000 men and women were transported by train (a) ZXY (b) YZX (c) YXZ (d) ZYX
to Germany they had been caught in the massive
round ups all over Warsaw the previous two 6. Another major difference
days. X. seven planets around the star
S. The term, "lapanka" carried a sardonic Y. system is the tight packing of the
connotation from the word's earlier use for the Z. in comparison with the solar
children's game known in English as "tag". SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017
(SSC CGL TIER-I, 05.8.2017) (a) ZYX (b) ZXY (c) YZX (d) YXZ
(a) SQRP (b) SRPQ (c) QSPR (d) QPRS
7. He does not mean
3. P. In other countries which are populated by X. when he denies that it is causal
'haves', frustration is among them also because Y. to indicate that the relation
they do "haves". Z. is any the less uniform or dependable
Q. In some countries, frustration exists because SSC CGL TIER-I, 06.08.2017 Evening

Answer Key
1.c 2.c 3.a 4.c 5.d 6.a 7.b 8.b 9.c 10.b 11.d 12.d 13.a 14.d
15.b 16.d 17.c 18.b 19.d 20.a 21.a 22.b 23.a 24.d 25.c 26.a 27.c 28.c
29.d 30.a 31.d 32.c 33.c 34.d 35.b 36.c 37.a 38.d 39.b 40.d 41.a 42.d
43.a 44.b 45.d 46.c 47.b 48.b 49.b 50.b 51.d 52.b 53.a 54.d 55.a 56.a
57.c 58.d 59.a 60.c 61.c 62.d 63.a 64.d 65.c 66.c 67.b 68.d 69.c 70.d
71.d 72.b 73.c 74.b 75.b 76.a 77.d 78.a 79.b 80.d 81.d 82. b 83.a 84.b
85.b 86.c

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