Home / Verbal Ability / Ordering of Sentences :: Section 1

Verbal Ability :: Ordering of Sentences

Directions To Solve

In questions below, each passage consist of six sentences. The first and sixth sentence are given in the begining. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

  1. The Proper sequence should be:

    S1: In the middle of one side of the square sits the Chairman of the committee, the most important person in the room.
    P : For a committee is not just a mere collection of individuals.
    Q : On him rests much of the responsibility for the success or failure of the committee.
    R : While this is happening we have an opportunity to get the 'feel' of this committe.
    S : As the meeting opens, he runs briskly through a number of formalities.
    S6: From the moment its members meet, it begins to have a sort nebulous life of its own.
  2. A.

    RSQP

    B.

    PQRS

    C.

    SQPR

    D.

    QSRP


  3. The Proper sequence should be:

    S1: A force of exists between everybody in the universe.
    P : Normally it is very small but when the one of the bodies is a planet, like earth, the force is considerable.
    Q : It has been investigated by many scientists including Galileo and Newton.
    R : Everything on or near the surface of the earth is attracted by the mass of earth.
    S : This gravitational force depends on the mass of the bodies involved.
    S6: The greater the mass, the greater is the earth's force of attraction on it. We can call this force of attraction gravity.
  4. A.

    PRQS

    B.

    PRSQ

    C.

    QSRP

    D.

    QSPR


  5.  

    S1: Calcutta unlike other cities kepts its trams.
    P : As a result there horrendous congestion.
    Q : It was going to be the first in South Asia.
    R : They run down the centre of the road
    S : To ease in the city decided to build an underground railway line.
    S6: The foundation stone was laid in 1972.
    The Proper sequence should be:
  6. A.

    PRSQ

    B.

    PSQR

    C.

    SQRP

    D.

    RPSQ


  7. S1: For some time in his youth Abraham Lincoln was manager for a shop.
    P : Then a chance Customer would come.
    Q : Young Lincoln way of keeping shop was entirely unlike anyone else's
    R : Lincoln would jump up and attend to his needs and then revert to his reading.
    S : He used to lie full length on the counter of the shop eagerly reading a book.
    S6: Never before had Lincoln had so much time for reading as had then.
    The Proper sequence should be:
  8. A.

    SRQP

    B.

    QSPR

    C.

    SQRP

    D.

    QPSR


  9. The Proper sequence should be:

    S1: All the land was covered by the ocean.
    P : The leading god fought the monster, killed it and chopped its body in to two halves.
    Q : A terrible monster prevented the gods from separating the land from the water.
    R : The god made the sky out of the upper part of the body and ornamented it with stars.
    S : The god created the earth from the lower part, grew plants on it and populated it with animals.
    S6:

    The god moulded the first people out of clay according to his own image and mind.

  10. A.

    454

    B.

    545

    C.

    3

    D.

    6