Ordering of Sentences MCQs

81. S1: If you want to do well in your examinations you need to be able to think for yourself which means not just following the guide-books but write what you think yourself. P: That will not help much. Q: Few if any students do this. R: By discussing things with other students, with your teachers, and with any intelligent people you meet you will find you can pick up a lot of new ideas but it is not good first accepting these ideas, swallowing them undigested and then repeating them in the examination. S: At first you will find it difficult but if you go on trying you will find clear independent thought becomes easier. S6: If however you turn these ideas over in our mind accepting those which you agree with and fitting them into your stock of knowledge and rejecting the others you may get somewhere. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PSQR
B. QSRP
C. RSQP
D. SRQP
✅ The correct answer is option B.

82. S1: A father, having offered to take the baby out in a perambulator, was tempted by the sunny morning to slip into a pub for a glass of beer. P: Indignant at her husband’s behaviour, she decided to teach him a lesson. Q: She wheeled away the pram. R: A little later, his wife came by, where to her horror, she discovered her sleeping baby. S: Leaving the pram outside, he disappeared inside the bar. S6: She waited for him, anticipating the white face and quivering lips which would soon appear with the news that the baby had been stolen. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQSR
B. RQPS
C. SPQR
D. SRPQ
✅ The correct answer is option D.

83. S1: But Mr. Ford was by no means the inventor of mass production. P: It is difficult, indeed, to say who was. Q: Brilliant men perfected cotton gins and looms. R: The invention of the steam-engine gave manufacturers the cheap power they needed. S: When the first large mills for the manufacture of cloth were built, mass production began. S6: When one huge machine began to perform rapidly due operations previously done slowly by hand, the age of mass production was born. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQRS
B. PSQR
C. PSRQ
D. SPQR
✅ The correct answer is option C.

84. S1: Instantly the full load yanked Gordy towards the side of the bridge. P: But the pull of the cable was too much. Q: He could hardly feel the cable, slipping through his fingers, ripping off his gloves, and streaking over the railing like an escaping snake. R: It smashed his hands hard against the top of the railing, causing a split – second feeling of fierce pain followed by numbness. S: He held on to the cable; it had been hard work lifting it, and he did not want to have to start over again. S6: Feeling a sharp burning sensation where the cable was speeding between his things, Gordy rose on tiptoe and as he did, the slithering coil of cable tightened around his left foot and yanked him over the railing. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PRQS
B. QSRP
C. RPQS
D. SPRQ
✅ The correct answer is option C.

85. S1: Over the centuries the face of the earth has become crowded with monuments and memorials. P: Films, pictures and even miniature models can be made of the relics for prosperity interested in knowing about them. Q: Some people however would contend that antiquity should be preserved for future generations. R: If they were all to be preserved we will have very little space for other, more useful, things. S: Personally, I do not agree with their contention. S6: We must have more space for building new things and developing open countryside. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQRS
B. QRSP
C. RQSP
D. SQRP
✅ The correct answer is option C.

86. S1: Forecasting the weather has always been a difficult business. P: During a period of drought, streams and rivers dried up, the cattle died from thirst and the crops were ruined. Q: Many different things affect the weather and we have to study them carefully to make an accurate forecast. R: Ancient Egyptians had no need of this weather in the Nile valley hardly ever changes. S: In early times, when there were no instruments, such as thermometer or the barometer, man looked for tell-tale signs in the sky. S6: He made his forecasts by watching flights of the birds or the way smoke rose from fire. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PRQS
B. QPRS
C. QRPS
D. SPQR
✅ The correct answer is option B.

87. S1: Most of the perishable foods are shipped by refrigerator ships. P: They are placed in the refrigerated hold of the ship. Q: Some foods, such as bananas, are shipped before they get ripe. R: As the green bananas are loaded, a man watches closely the signs of yellow on them. S: The cool temperature keep the bananas from getting ripe during the trip. S6: Ripe bananas are poor travellers and even one ripe banana at the start of the trip can spoil a whole ship load of fruit. The Proper sequence should be:

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

88. S1: I put the phone down and shook my head in bewilderment. P: Then I am taken in tow by some moonlighting hare-brain with a passion for veteran aircraft, flying his own Mosquito through the night who happens to spot me. Q: What a night, what an incredible night! R: Then I get lost and short of fuel. S: First I lose my radio and all my instruments. S6: And finally a half-drunk ground-duty officer has the sense to put his runaway lights on in time to save me. The Proper sequence should be:

A. QPSR
B. QSRP
C. SPRQ
D. SRPQ
✅ The correct answer is option B.

89. S1: We must also understand that the fruits of labour are sweeter than the gifts of fortune. P: Moreover, too much of thinking is also a disease. Q: Indeed, thought and action can be separately analysed but can never be separated from each other. R: Hence, thought to be complete demands action and action without thought also has no value. S: It keeps us depressed and gloomy. S6: The best life, therefore, is lived both in thought and deed. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PSRQ
B. QRSP
C. RQPS
D. SPQR
✅ The correct answer is option B.

90. S1: Rammohan Roy was associated with several newspapers. P: Many educationists protested vigorously against these measures. Q: But this came to grief soon after the enactment in 1823, of new measures for the control of the press. R: He brought out a bilingual, Bengali-English magazine. S: Later, desiring an all-India circulation, he published a weekly in Persian, which was recognised then as the language of the cultured classes all over India. S6: Rammohan Roy even addressed a petition to the King-in-Council in England. The Proper sequence should be:

A. QPRS
B. RQPS
C. RSPQ
D. RSQP
✅ The correct answer is option D.
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