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5201. S1: There was once a Persian king called Shahryar who had a beautiful wife. P: When the King discovered this he killed her. Q: He gave orders that he was to be provided with a new wife every day. R: He loved her very much, but she was a wicked woman. S: He decided that all women were wicked and that he would punish them. S6: After one day’s marriage he would cut off her head and marry again. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQRS
B. QSPR
C. RPSQ
D. SPRQ
✅ The correct answer is option C.

5202. S1: There are divergent theories of education. P: There is still another which holds that education has to be considered rather in relation to community than to the other. Q: Yet again, some believe that a right proportion of all the theories should go into every system. R: The other holds that the purpose of education is to impart culture. S: The first considers that the sole purpose of education is to provide opportunities for growth. S6: No actual education proceeds wholly and completely on any one of the theories. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQRS
B. PQSR
C. SRPQ
D. SRQP
✅ The correct answer is option C.

5203. S1: Nobody likes staying at home on a public holiday – especially if the weather is fine. P: We had brought plenty of food with us and we got it out of the car. Q: The only difficulty was that millions of other people had the same idea. R: Now everything was ready so we sat down near a path at the foot of a hill. S: We moved out of the city slowly behind a long line of cars, but at last we came to a quiet country road and, after sometime, stopped at a lonely farm. S6: It was very peaceful in the cool grass-until we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. The Proper sequence should be:

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

5204. S1: It is regrettable that there is widespread corruption in the country at all levels. P: So there is hardly anything that the government can do about it. Q: And there are graft and other malpractices too. R: The impression that corruption is a universal phenomenon persists and the people do not cooperate in checking this evil. S: Recently several offenders were brought to book, but they were not given deterrent punishment. S6: This is indeed a tragedy of great magnitude. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQSR
B. QSRP
C. RSQP
D. SQRP
✅ The correct answer is option B.

5205. S1: During the middle ages the manufacture of cloth was divided amongst a number of associations of skilled workers who performed different operations required in its production. P: But the association of skilled workers lacked capital to buy it. Q: Consequently, he began to assume the role of the employer. R: With the mechanisation of these operations, complicated apparatus became necessary for economic production. S: The banker, therefore, stepped in to finance the industrialisation of these operations. S6: This was one of the reasons why the industry flourished in such rich countries as Flanders, Italy and Britain. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PRQS
B. PRSQ
C. RPQS
D. RPSQ
✅ The correct answer is option D.

5206. S1: Those are fortunate people who have good, true and faithful friends. P: It is a scared attachment or a bond of intimacy between two persons of a congenial mind. Q: True friendship increases our happiness in prosperity and diminishes our misery in adversity. R: Friendship often springs from similarity of taste, feelings and sentiments. S: However, true friendship should be based on truth and such vices as selfishness, greed and falsehood should be kept out of it. S6: It must be borne in mind that prosperity breeds and multiplies friends and adversity tests them. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQRS
B. QRPS
C. RPQS
D. SPRQ
✅ The correct answer is option C.

5207. S1: Exercising daily is a must for good health. P: Luckily, there is no link between the amount of money spent and beneficent exercise, else the poor would have creaking bodies for ever. Q: While some cost you nothing, others may require the investment of some amount of money. R: However, it is important to remember that exercises should not be overdone. S: It can take any form from sedentary ones like walking to vigorous work – outs like a game of squash. S6: The key word, always, is moderation. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQSR
B. QPRS
C. RSQP
D. SQPR
✅ The correct answer is option A.

5208. S1: There is no transportation system in any city that can compare in efficiency with the circulatory system of the body. P: The larger one goes from the heart to the various other parts of the body. Q: If you imagine two systems of pipes, one large and one small, both meeting at a central pumping station, you’ll have an idea of the circulatory system. R: These pipes are called arteries, veins and capillaries. S: The smaller system of pipes goes from the heart to the lungs and back. S6: Arteries are blood vessels in which blood is going away from the heart. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQSR
B. QSPR
C. RSQP
D. SPRQ
✅ The correct answer is option B.

5209. S1: Urban problem differ from State to State and city to city. P: Most of the cities have neither water nor the required pipelines. Q: The population in these cities has grown beyond the planners imagination. R: However, certain basic problems are common to all cities. S: Only broad macro – planning done for such cities, without envisaging the future growth, and this has failed to meet the requirements. S6: There is no underground drainage system in most cities, and the narrow historical roads are already congested. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQSR
B. QPSR
C. RQPS
D. RSQP
✅ The correct answer is option D.