S1: India’s non-alignment has not been an attitude of negative neutrality. P: In other words, it is not an aloofness from or indifference to other nations. Q: Instead, it has been an attitude of constructive neutrality. R: On the contrary, India has been taking a keen interest in all international developments. S: India wants the goodwill of all nations and is hostile towards none. S6: This policy has been accepted, if not actually appreciated by the leading powers of the world. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PSRQ
B. QPRS
C. QRPS
D. SQRP
✅ The correct answer is option B.

S1: The path of Venus lies inside the path of the Earth. P: When at its farthest from the Earth, Venus is 160 million miles away. Q: With such a wide range between its greatest and least distances it is natural that at sometimes Venus appears much brighter than others. R: No other body ever comes so near the Earth, with the exception of the Moon and an occasional comet or asteroid. S: When Venus is at its nearest to the Earth, it is only 26 million miles away. S6: When at its brightest, it is easily seen with the naked aye in broad daylight. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PSQR
B. QPRS
C. SQRP
D. SRPQ
✅ The correct answer is option D.

S1: There are examinations at school which a pupil can pass by cramming the texts. P: But for spiritual knowledge mere memory of holy texts will be of no use in passing the texts. Q: One can score in them by the power of memory. R: A competent guru alone can provide the necessary guidance to an earnest disciple. S: What the text says has to be reflected upon and experienced by the speaker. S6: Thus, reading, reflection and experience are the three stages in gaining spiritual knowledge. The Proper sequence should be:

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

S1: The time has come for us to consider seriously the question of a Bharat brand of English. P: I am not suggesting here a mongrelisation of the language. Q: English must adopt the complexion of our life and assimilate its idiom. R: Now the time is ripe for it to come to the dusty street, market place and under the banyan tree. S: So far English has had a comparatively confined existence in our country, chiefly in the halls of learning, justice or administration. S6: Bharat English will respect the rule of law and maintain the dignity of grammar, but still have a swadeshi stamp about it. The Proper sequence should be:

A. QPSR
B. RQSP
C. SRPQ
D. SRQP
✅ The correct answer is option C.

S1: Frozen foods are so popular today that many people wonder how they ever lived without them. P: Near the North Pole, where the ground stays frozen all the year around, there is no problem of preserving foods. Q: Actually, people who live in cool climates have had frozen foods for a long time. R: Ice helped them when they could get it, but they couldn’t get it very often. S: But people who live in warm climates have not always been able to keep food fresh. S6: Now refrigerators and deep freezers preserve many foods that could not be kept any other way. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQRS
B. QPRS
C. QPSR
D. SRQP
✅ The correct answer is option C.

S1: The houses in the Indus Valley were built of baked bricks. P: This staircase sometimes continued upwards on to the roof. Q: Access to the upstairs rooms was by a narrow stone staircase at the back of the house. R: The drains were incorporated in the walls. S: The houses had bathrooms and water closets, rubbish chutes and excellent drainage systems. S6: They led outside into covered sewers which ran down the side of the streets. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PSQR
B. QPSR
C. QRPS
D. SPQR
✅ The correct answer is option B.

S1: This year many States have been badly affected by the drought situation prevailing in the country. P: No better is the situation elsewhere, where floods have ravaged the standing crop. Q: Though some have been less affected, even these are facing an uphill task in managing the situation. R: Especially pitiable is the plight of the poor farmer who cannot afford a tubewell to irrigate his land. S: Here the predicament is more equitable, for everybody’s land is similarly submerged under ten feet of water. S6: Either way, it seems the lot of the Indian farmer to be at the mercy of the elements. The Proper sequence should be:

A. RSPQ
B. QRPS
C. PSRQ
D. PRQS
✅ The correct answer is option B.

S1: Jawaharlal Nehru was born in Allahabad on 14 Nov., 1889. P: Nehru met Mahatma Gandhi in February, 1920. Q: In 1905 he was sent to London to study at a school called Harrow. R: He became the first Prime Minister of Independent India on 15 August, 1947. S: He married Kamla Kaul in 1915. S6: He died on 27 May, 1964. The Proper sequence should be:

A. QRPS
B. QSPR
C. RPQS
D. SQRP
✅ The correct answer is option B.

S1: Anything you do that gives you some form of regular exercise will benefit your heart. P: In fact, never choose an activity just because it is good for you. Q: By all means work up a good sweat, and even a thirst perhaps. R: If you can combine this with enjoyment, then so much the better. S: You will soon get bored of it. S6: But do not push too hard; tune into the warning signals from your body. The Proper sequence should be:

A. PRSQ
B. PSRQ
C. QRPS
D. RPSQ
✅ The correct answer is option D.

S1: In the eighteenth century people expected most of their children to die before they were grown up. P: Improvement began at the beginning of the nineteenth century, chiefly owing to vaccination. Q: The general death rate in 1948(10.8) was the lowest ever recorded up to that date. R: In 1920 the infant mortality in England and Wales was 80 per thousand, in 1948 it was 34 per thousand. S: It has continued ever since and is still continuing. S6: There is no obvious limit to the improvement of health that can be brought about by medicine. The Proper sequence should be:

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