Ordering of Sentences MCQs

51. S1: The domestic cat is a contradiction in itself. P: But the adult pet dog also sees its human family as the dominant members of the pack. Q: Nursed in kittenhood it develops extraordinary intimacy with mankind. R: The dog, like the pet cat, sees its owners as pseudo-parents. S: At the same time, however, the cat continues to retain its independence. S6: Hence it has won such a reputation for obedience and loyalty. The Proper sequence should be:

by
A. QSPR
B. QSRP
C. SQPR
D. SQRP
✅ The correct answer is option B.

52. S1: Much of our adult behaviour and our attitudes are determined by our upbringing. P: But the process does not stop here. Q: In particular by the effects of that small part of society which is our family. R: As we grow we are constantly and increasingly affected by new forces such as the social pressure of our friends and the larger world of society. S: The family and our early life have profound effect on our later life. S6: Psychologists have studied these forces in depth. The Proper sequence should be:

by
A. PRSQ
B. QSPR
C. QPSR
D. SRPQ
✅ The correct answer is option B.

53. S1: Silence is unnatural to man. P: Even his conversation is in great measure a desperate attempt to prevent a dreadful silence. Q: In the interval he does all he can to make a noise in the world. R: There are few things of which he stand in more fear than of the absence of noise. S: He begins with a cry and ends it in stillness. S6: He knows that ninety nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he longs to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a wax-work figure. The Proper sequence should be:

by
A. PQRS
B. PRQS
C. QPRS
D. SQRP
✅ The correct answer is option D.

54. S1: We don’t see many banyan trees in our cities now-a-days. P: But in our overcrowded cities, where there is barely enough living space for people, banyan trees don’t have much of a chance. Q: These trees like to have plenty of space in which to spread themselves out. R: Of course, many parks have banyan trees. S: After all, a full grown banyan takes up as large an area as a three-storey apartment building. S6: And every village has at least one. The Proper sequence should be:

by
A. PQRS
B. QPSR
C. RSQP
D. SRPQ
✅ The correct answer is option B.

55. S1: There is a touching story of Professor Hardy visiting Ramanujan as he lay desperately ill in hospital at Putney. P: “No Hardy, that is not a dull number in the very least. Q: Hardy, who was a very shy man, could not find the words for his distress. R: It was 1729. S: The best he could do, as he got to the bedside was : “I say, Ramanujan, I thought the number of the taxi I came down in was a very dull number.” S6: It is the lowest number that can be expressed in two different ways as the sum of two cubes.” The Proper sequence should be:

by
A. PRSQ
B. QSPR
C. QSRP
D. SQRP
✅ The correct answer is option C.

56. S1: We don’t know whether the machines are the masters or we are. P: They must be given or rather ‘fed’ with coal and given petrol to drink from time to time. Q: Already man spends most of his time looking after and waiting upon them. R: Yet he has grown so dependent on them that they have almost become the masters now. S: It is very true that they were made for the sole purpose of being man’s servants. S6: And if they don’t get their meals when they expect them, they will just refuse to work. The Proper sequence should be:

by
A. RSPQ
B. RSQP
C. SPQR
D. SRQP
✅ The correct answer is option D.

57. S1: When a body grows into a young man, he finds himself in a new and strange world. P: The relationship remains but its nature changes. Q: The emotional ties that he had with them are now loosened. R: The old pattern of his life in which his parents were the nucleus around which his life revolved now undergoes a change. S: He finds in himself an emotional void which he must somehow fill. S6: At this stage of his life he is like a body without a soul, an eye without light or a flower without fragrance. The Proper sequence should be:

by
A. PRQS
B. RQPS
C. RSQP
D. SRPQ
✅ The correct answer is option B.

58. S1: Useful human beings are divided into two classes : those whose work is work and pleasure; and those whose work and pleasure are one. P: The long hours in the office or factory give them keen appetite for pleasure even in its most modest forms. Q: Their life is a natural harmony. R: Of these the former are in majority. S: But fortune’s favoured children belong to the second class. S6: For them the working hours are never long enough. The Proper sequence should be:

by
A. PSQR
B. QPRS
C. RPSQ
D. SQPR
✅ The correct answer is option C.

59. S1: I was awakened in the night by a noise in the house. P: I quickly put on my dressing gown and crept downstairs. Q: In the living room I discovered two burglars breaking into my desk. R: As I switched on the light I saw that it was 2 o’clock. S: They were both tall, dark men. S6: As soon as they saw me standing there, they rushed to the window and jumped out. The Proper sequence should be:

by
A. PQRS
B. PQSR
C. PSRQ
D. RPQS
✅ The correct answer is option D.