Ordering of Sentences Difficult Questions and Answers

Ordering of Sentences

Direction: In the following questions, the 1st and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage/sentences is (are) split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the passage/ sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.

1. Sappho was one of the greatest and earliest of women poets.
P. Whatever we know about her poetry today is from the quotations found in the works of others.
Q. She lived on the island of Lesbos in the late 600’s BC.
R. Most of Sappho’s works – about 10 books of verse have been destroyed.
S. Only one of her poems has survived in its complete form.
6. Without doubt, she was one of the best lyric poets of Ancient Greece.

Correct Option: D

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Direction: In the following questions, the 1st and the last sentence of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage/sentences is (are) split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the passage/ sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.

1. Lata was caught in a traffic jam.
P. Would she really have to miss the interview ?
Q. But the vehicles on either side looked as though they would be there forever.
R. The reason was that she was due to appear for an interview in less than halfan-hour.
S. She was fretting : she could not afford to be late.
6. Or, worse — would she arrive late and create a bad first impression ?

Correct Option: C

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Direction: In the following questions, the 1st and the last sentence are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentences/passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four sentences/parts are not given in their proper order. Read the
sentences/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.

1. Most of the diamonds found
P. are high enough to allow
Q.where the pressure and temperature
R. on Earth were formed below
S. the Earth’s crust in the upper mantle
6. diamonds to crystallize.

Correct Option: C

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Direction: In the following questions, the first and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.

1. The highway bypass would have disastrous effects on the area’s home owners.
P. Finally the new road would cause residential properties to depreciate.
Q. What is more, home owners would have to deal with the increased noise and pollution.
R. This would increase vehicles in the neighbourhood.
S. The new road would cut directly through the middle of the subdivision.
6. This means that families who chose to move away would have to sell their homes for far less than their current value.

Correct Option: A

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1. A devastating earthquake struck Maharashtra and parts of Karnataka.
P. The communication network cut off the quake hit villages from the rest of the world.
Q. The quake measured 6.6 on the Richter scale.
R. Ten thousand people were killed and an equal number of people were injured.
S. 40 villages of Maharashtra were destroyed completely.
6. 10 medical teams of the Army were sent from Mumbai to the devastated zone.

Correct Option: C

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