Para Jumbles Quiz for IBPS PO / SBI PO 2017

Directions (1-5): Rearrange the following sentences in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, and then answer the given questions. 

(A) At the same time, allowing restaurant drivers to take leftovers home in a ‘doggy bag’ is a common phenomenon in the US, but the practice is frowned upon in some EU countries. 

(B) An approach to train waste-minimising habits is through cooking classes, for example, the local authority of Brussels trained 1900 people in 2009 on how to minimise waste. 

(C) Caterers can minimise waste by anticipating demand, informed by reservations and customer feedback surveys.

(D) There are similar education opportunities in the hospitality industry as well.

(E) Societal efforts are needed to banish this embarrassment.

(F) The European Parliament has recommended that this practical training be incorporated in school curricula. 

Q1. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after the rearrangement? 

(a) A

(b) B

(c) F

(d) D

(E) E 

Q2. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after the rearrangement? 

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) E

(e) D

Q3. Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after the rearrangement? 

(a) A

(b) E

(c) D

(d) C

(e) B

Q4. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement? 

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) E

Q5. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after the rearrangement?   

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) D

(e) F 

Directions (6-10): Rearrange the following sentences in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, and then answer the given questions.  

(A) “Anything that you touch will turn into gold” - The king was delighted with his good future.

(B) Even though he was very rich he always craved for more and more.

(C) Everything he touched turned into gold. He turned trees, grass, tables, chairs, flowers, and vases into gold. 

(D) One day, he called his court magician and commanded, “Find me a spell that can get me more treasures than I already have”. 

(E) King Midas was a very greedy king.

(F) The magician said. “Your majesty, I can give you a power that no one else in this world has”. 

Q6. Which of the following should the FIRST sentence after rearrangement? 

(a) F

(b) A

(c) E

(d) B 

(e) C 

Q7. Which of the following should the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?   

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) E

(e) D 

Q8. Which of the following should the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?  

(a) E

(b) F

(c) D

(d) C

(e) B 

Q9. Which of the following should the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?   

(a) B

(b) G

(c) F

(d) E

(e) C 

Q10. Which of the following should the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement? 

(a) C

(b) A

(c) B

(d) D

(e) F 

Directions (11-15): Rearrange the following sentences in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

A. He did whatever work was assigned to him and soon the lion became so fond of him that he promised to give him a cart full of almonds as pension when he (the squirrel) retired.

B. Once a squirrel joined the service of the king of the forest, the lion.

C. The squirrel had waited so long for this day but when he saw the almonds, he was seized with sadness as he realised that they were of no use to him now when he had lost all his teeth.

D. However, he envied other squirrels in the forest because of their carefree life which he could not enjoy as he had to be by the king’s side all the time.

E. He consoled himself with the thought that at the end of this career, he would receive a cart full of almonds, a food that only a few squirrels got to taste in their lifetime.

F. Finally, the day came when it was time for him to retire and so promised the king gave a grand banquet in his honour and presented him with a cart full of almonds.   

Q11. Which of the following should be SECOND sentence after the rearrangement? 

(a) A

(b) B

(c) F

(d) D

(e) E

 

Q12. Which of the following should be FIRST sentence after the rearrangement? 

(a) A

(b) C

(c) B

(d) D

(e) E

Q13. Which of the following should be FIFTH sentence after the rearrangement? 

(a) E

(b) D

(c) B

(d) F

(e) A 

Q14. Which of the following should be FOURTH sentence after the rearrangement?   

(a) A

(b) B

(c) C

(d) F

(e) E

Q15. Which of the following should the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?  

(a) E

(b) F

(c) D

(d) C

(e) B 

Solutions

Sol(1-5): The correct order of re-arrangement of sentences is: BFDCAE

S1. Ans.(d)

S2. Ans.(c)

S3. Ans.(b)

S4. Ans.(b)

S5. Ans.(a)

Sol(6-10): The correct order of re-arrangement of sentences is: EBDFAC

S6. Ans.(c)

S7. Ans.(b)

S8. Ans.(c)

S9. Ans.(c)

S10. Ans.(a)

Sol(11-15): The correct order of re-arrangement of sentences is: BADEFC

S11. Ans.(a)

S12. Ans.(c)

S13. Ans.(d)

S14. Ans.(e)

S15. Ans.(c)

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Para Jumbles Quiz for IBPS PO / SBI PO 2017

Directions(1-5): Rearrange the following sentences in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the given questions. 

(A) Then, fulfill that dream, with the help we offer.
(B) Are you willing to set goals that will move you towards making that dream a reality?
(C) But, for those who are willing to dream big.
(D) This book seeks to challenge people who are willing to dream.
(E) I want to ask you two questions.
(F) I offer this, not for those who have already achieved or those who think of themselves as hopeless.
(G) Are you willing to dream of doing great things?

Q1. Which of the following will be the LAST sentence? 
(a) D
(b) C
(c) B
(d) A
(e) G

Q2. Which of the following will be the FOURTH sentence? 
(a) D
(b) A
(c) C
(d) G
(e) B

Q3. Which of the following will be the SIXTH sentence? 
(a) C
(b) D
(c) E
(d) F
(e) G

Q4. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence?
(a) B
(b) G
(c) E
(d) D
(e) C

Q5. Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence?
(a) C
(b) E
(c) G
(d) D
(e) B


Directions(6-10): Rearrange the following sentences in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the given questions. 

(A) They collected plants, counted birds and photographed the terrain and the fauna and made their recommendations.
(B) In spring of 1963, an alarmed King Hussain invited a group of British scholars, scientists and naturalists.
(C) He also wanted them to cover the deserts to the east of the mountains.
(D) He wanted them to conduct an extensive survey of the mountains on the eastern side of the Dead Sea.
(E) The problem of conservation of forests, and forest birds and nature, in general, was thus set rolling.
(F) Accordingly, an expedition of internationally, renowned experts in conservation, botany, ornithology etc. went to Jordan.

Q6. Which of the following should be the FIFTH in the paragraph?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q7. Which of the following should be the FIRST in the paragraph?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q8. Which of the following should be the LAST in the paragraph? 
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q9. Which of the following should be the SECOND in the paragraph? 
(a) F
(b) E
(c) D
(d) C
(e) B

Q10. Which of the following should be the FOURTH in the paragraph? 
(a) F
(b) E
(c) D
(d) C
(e) B


Directions(11-15): Rearrange the following sentences in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the given questions. 

(A) People thoroughly dedicated to social service but not fulfilling eligibility requirements would not be able to contest elections.
(B) Those who fulfil the stipulated criteria of age and formal education may not necessarily be devoted to social service.
(C) This system has both advantages and disadvantages.
(D) Therefore, imposing such eligibility requirements is likely to be counterproductive.
(E) In certain democratic countries, elections cannot be contested by anybody.
(F) People would be deprived of the probable benefit accrued from the services of such people.
(G) There are eligibility requirements of formal education and upper age limit stipulated in their Constitution.

Q11. Which sentence should be the FOURTH in the paragraph?  
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q12. Which sentence should be the LAST in the paragraph? 
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q13. Which sentence should be the FIRST in the paragraph? 
(a) G
(b) F
(c) E
(d) D
(e) C

Q14. Which sentence should be the SECOND in the paragraph?   
(a) G
(b) F
(c) E
(d) D
(e) C

Q15. Which sentence should be the THIRD in the paragraph?  
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Solutions

Sol.1-5: The correct order of rearrangement of sentences is: EGBAFCD

S1. Ans.(a)

S2. Ans.(b)

S3. Ans.(a)

S4. Ans.(c)

S5. Ans.(e)

Sol.6-10: The correct order of rearrangement of sentences is: BDCFAE

S6. Ans.(a)

S7. Ans.(b)

S8. Ans.(e)

S9. Ans.(c)

S10. Ans.(a)

Sol. 11-15: The correct order of rearrangement of sentences is: EGCAFBD

S11. Ans.(a)

S12. Ans.(d)

S13. Ans.(c)

S14. Ans.(a)

S15. Ans.(c)

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Para Jumbles Quiz for IBPS PO / SBI PO 2017

Directions (1–5): Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below. 
(A) Aristotle begins his treatise on metaphysics with the assertion that all human beings have the desire to acquire knowledge.
(B) As evidence, Aristotle cites the delight that we take in sense perception, and in particular, in vision.
(C) By this, he means that we value knowledge for its own sake, entirely apart from its utility.
(D) His teacher, Plato, expressed the delight in vision in a still more radical way in the Symposium by attributing it to a demonic force, Eros. 
(E) The sense that discriminates the largest number of intelligible forms.

Q1. Which of the following should be the first sentence of the given paragraph? 
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q2.  Which of the following should be the Second sentence of the given paragraph?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q3. Which of the following should be the Third sentence of the given paragraph?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q4. Which of the following should be the Fourth sentence of the given paragraph?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q5. Which of the following should be the Fifth sentence of the given paragraph? 
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Directions(6-10): Rearrange the following six sentences in proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

A) Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal accuses the Narendra Modi government of having a political motive in advising the President against granting assent. 
B) Further, laws in these States expressly protect them from disqualification — a protection that he says Delhi is being denied by the Centre.
C) Legal issues become needless controversies when politics casts a dark shadow on them. 
D) He cites the prevailing practice of appointing parliamentary secretaries in several other States. 
E) The issue of the President withholding assent to a Delhi government Bill seeking to protect its 21 parliamentary secretaries from incurring disqualification on the grounds of holding an office of profit, is a flagrant example. 
F) We need to focus on the issue to resolve the problem, rather than creating hype around it.

Q6. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A  
(b) B  
(c) C  
(d) D  
(e) E

Q7. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A  
(b) B  
(c) C  
(d) D  
(e) E

Q8. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) F
(b) B  
(c) C  
(d) D  
(e) E

Q9. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A  
(b) B  
(c) C  
(d) F 
(e) E

Q10. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A   
(b) B  
(c) C  
(d) D  
(e) F


ANSWERS :

S1. Ans.(a) 
Sol. The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be - ACBED

S2. Ans.(c) 
Sol. The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be - ACBED

S3. Ans.(b) 
Sol. The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be - ACBED

S4. Ans.(e) 
Sol. The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be - ACBED

S5. Ans.(d) 
Sol. The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be – ACBED

Explanation (6-10): The rearrangement for the given set of sentences is-  CEADBF
C- It is the starting sentence of the paragraph, as it suggests that the topic is of some legal issues becoming controversies.
E- C and E are mandatory pairs. ‘The example’ given in sentence E is with reference to the legal issues of sentence C.
A- This sentence gives another example of a controversy.
D- A and D are mandatory pairs. ‘He’ in sentence D refers to the Chief Minister.
B- D and B are again mandatory pairs.
F- This is the conclusive sentence of the paragraph.

S6. Ans.(c)

S7. Ans.(e)

S8. Ans.(d)

S9. Ans.(b)

S10. Ans.(e)

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Para Jumbles Quiz for IBPS PO / SBI PO 2017

Directions (1-5): Rearrange the following FIVE sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

A. An unusually complex magnetic eruption on the Sun has flung a large cloud of electrically charged particles towards our planet, scientists have warned.
B. The explosion was aimed directly towards racing 93 million miles across space.
C. Several satellites, including NASAs new Solar Dynamics Observatory, recorded a small solar flare erupting above sunspot 1092, the size of the Earth.
D. The Earth could be hit by a “solar tsunami” anytime now.
E. The satellites also recorded a large filament of cool gas stretching across the Sun’s northern hemisphere also exploded into space.

Q1. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

Q2. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q3. Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

Q4. Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q5. Which of the following will be the Fourth sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

Directions (6-10): In the given paragraph the first and last sentence is given, Rearrange the following Six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

1. Take the belief that there are currently at least one thousands kangaroos alive in Australia. That belief is true, although it need not have been.
A. the claim that any contingent truth could instead have been false is not the fallibilist claim, because fallibilism is not a thesis about truths in themselves.
B. So, the belief is only contingently true.
C. But even if we were to accept that all truths are only contingently true, we would not be committed to fallibilism.
D. By definition, any contingent truth could have failed to be true.
E. It could have been false – in that the world need not have been such as to make it true.
F. The recognition that contingent truths exist is not what underlies fallibilism.
8. Instead, it is about our attempts in themselves to accept or believe truths. It concerns a kind of fundamental limitation first and foremost upon our powers of rational thought and representation.

Q6. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

Q7. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q8. Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

Q9. Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) F
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q10. Which of the following will be the fourth sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

Directions (11-15): In the given paragraph the first and last sentence is given, Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)  in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

1. Most of us are certain that we have free will, though what exactly this amounts to is much less certain.
A. Minimally, to say that an agent has free will is to say that the agent has the capacity to choose his or her course of action.
B. According to David Hume, the question of the nature of free will is “the most contentious question of metaphysics.”
C. Let us then understand free will as the capacity unique to persons that allows them to control their actions.
D. If this is correct, then figuring out what free will is will be no small task indeed.
E. But animals seem to satisfy this criterion, and we typically think that only persons, and not animals, have free will.
7. It is controversial whether this minimal understanding of what is means to have a free will actually requires an agent to have a specific faculty of will.

Q11. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) F

Q12. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q13. Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

Q14. Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) F

Q15. Which of the following will be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

ANSWERS :

S1. Ans.(c) 
Sol. The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be DACEB.

S2. Ans.(a) 
Sol. The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be DACEB.

S3. Ans.(b) 
Sol. The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be DACEB.

S4. Ans.(b) 
Sol. The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be DACEB.

S5. Ans.(d) 
Sol. The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be DACEB.

S6. Ans.(d) 
Sol. The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be 1EBDCFA8

S7. Ans.(b) 
Sol. The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be 1EBDCFA8

S8. Ans.(c) 
Sol. The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be 1EBDCFA8

S9. Ans.(a) 
Sol. The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be 1EBDCFA8

S10. Ans.(b) 
Sol.  The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be 1EBDCFA8

S11. Ans.(a) 
Sol.  The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be BDAEC

S12. Ans.(d) 
Sol.  The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be BDAEC

S13. Ans.(e) 
Sol.  The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be BDAEC

S14. Ans.(c) 
Sol.  The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be BDAEC

S15. Ans.(d) 
Sol.  The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be BDAEC

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Para Jumbles Quiz for IBPS PO / SBI PO 2017

Directions (1-5): In the given paragraph, the first and last sentence is given, Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

1. The need to identify a suitable mate is such a strong biological urge that the animal kingdom has spawned a bewildering array of courtship rituals.
A. Humans also use dance as part of courtship but is has been difficult for scientists to pin down exactly what it is about a dance that appeals to members of the opposite sex.
B. Such competitive displays depend on the speed, strength and size of an animal, which is why they convey a measure of reproductive fitness.
C. Scorpions and sandhill cranes, for instance, dance to impress.
D. Hippo males fling their faeces, and humpback whales sing and leap above the ocean surface.
E. Dancing is popular among animals for similar reasons.
6. This is because factors such as facial attractiveness, height and even social status tend to confound any attempt to judge the relative merits of a person’s gyrations.

Q1. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

Q2. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q3. Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

Q4. Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q5. Which of the following will be the Fourth sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

Directions (6-10): Rearrange the following FIVE sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

A. Carbon fibre is an expensive alternative to making things in steel or aluminium, but besides being extremely strong it is also very light.
B. When his Formula 1 can be cartwheeled in a spectacular 306 kph crash at the recent Valencia Grand Prix, what helped him to escape unscathed was the immensely strong carbon-fibre “tub” that racing drivers now sit in.
C. But if work by Germany’s BMW proves successful, it could also become the material of choice to mass-produce electric cars.
D. It is found in high-performance parts, like aircraft wings, bits of supercars and the frames of pricey mountain bikes.
E. Mark Webber has a lot to thank tiny strands of carbon for.

Q6. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

Q7. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q8. Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

Q9. Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q10. Which of the following will be the fourth sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

Directions (11-15): In the given paragraph, the first and last sentence is given, Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

1. Arguments for legalising prostitution depend on the strength of two arguments: that prostitution is a choice for those in it and that the harms of prostitution are decreased if it is legalised. There is little evidence that either of these arguments is true.
A. They usually have options for escape.
B. For most, prostitution is not a freely-made choice because the conditions that would permit genuine choice are not present: physical safety, equal power with buyers, and real alternatives.
C. But zombie theories about prostitution never seem to die no matter how many facts we beat them down with.
D. The few who do choose prostitution are privileged by class or race or education.
E. Only a tiny percentage all women in prostitution are there because they choose it.
6. Most women in prostitution do not have viable alternatives. They are coerced into prostitution by sex inequality, race/ethnic inequality, and economic inequality.

Q11. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

Q12. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q13. Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

Q14. Which of the following will be the Fifth sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q15. Which of the following will be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A


ANSWERS :

S1. Ans.(c) 
Sol. The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be DBECA.

S2. Ans.(b) 
Sol. The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be DBECA.

S3. Ans.(d) 
Sol. The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be DBECA.

S4. Ans.(a) 
Sol. The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be DBECA.

S5. Ans.(b) 
Sol. The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be DBECA.

S6. Ans.(d) 
Sol. The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be EBADC.

S7. Ans.(b) 
Sol. The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be EBADC.

S8. Ans.(e) 
Sol. The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be EBADC.

S9. Ans.(c) 
Sol. The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be EBADC.

S10. Ans.(c) 
Sol.  The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be EBADC.

S11. Ans.(b) 
Sol.  The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be CEBDA.

S12. Ans.(e) 
Sol.  The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be CEBDA.

S13. Ans.(a) 
Sol.  The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be CEBDA.

S14. Ans.(a) 
Sol.  The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be CEBDA.

S15. Ans.(c) 
Sol.  The logical and correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph will be CEBDA.

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Para Jumbles Quiz for IPPB Scale-I Mains 2016-17

Directions (1-5): Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) However, each stage of God must give scope to the whole range of human abilities; even in the worst situations, a person aspires to do more than cope.
(B) In stage one, the limit is set by physical circumstances.
(C) If you are surrounded by threats, to survive is a high aspiration. This would be true in a shipwreck, a war, a famine, or an abusive family.
(D) Every stage of God implies a life challenge, which can be expressed in terms of a higher aspiration.
(E) God exists to inspire us, and we express this through the aspirations we set for ourselves. An aspiration is the limit of the possible.


Q1. Which of the following should be the First sentence of the given paragraph?
(a)E
(b)D
(c)C
(d)B
(e)A

Q2. Which of the following should be the Third sentence of the given paragraph?
(a)A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E

Q3. Which of the following should be the Fifth sentence of the given paragraph?
(a)A
(b)C
(c)B
(d)D
(e)E

Q4. Which of the following should be the Fourth sentence of the given paragraph?
(a)A
(b)C
(c)B
(d)E
(e)D

Q5. Which of the following should be the Second sentence of the given paragraph?
(a)B
(b)D
(c)A
(d)C
(e)E


Directions (6-10): Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.                                                                                                                                                                         
(A) Absolute advantage, in economics, is a concept of trade in which one country can produce a quantity of a product in a more efficient manner a quantity of a product in a more efficient manner (that is, with fewer resources of labour, land and/or capital) than another country.
(B) However, this statistics does not carry the implication that Japan should specialize in steel and the UK should not because Japan might be even better relative to the UK at other things.
(C) For example, in 1981, Japan produced a ton of steel with only 9.4 man-hours at a cost of only $502, compared with 16.5 man hours and $622 in the U.K.
(D) Not only that, but neither absolute nor comparative advantage are necessarily static for all time: Once, UK steel producers were more efficient that the Japanese.
(E) The real guide to specialization and to maximizing the gains from trade is comparative advantage.

Q6. Which of the following should be the First sentence of the given paragraph?
(a)E
(b)D
(c)C
(d)B
(e)A

Q7. Which of the following should be the Third sentence of the given paragraph?
(a)A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E

Q8. Which of the following should be the Fifth sentence of the given paragraph?
(a)A
(b)C
(c)B
(d)D
(e)E

Q9. Which of the following should be the Fourth sentence of the given paragraph?
(a)A
(b)C
(c)B
(d)E
(e)D

Q10. Which of the following should be the Second sentence of the given paragraph?
(a)B
(b)D
(c)A
(d)C
(e)E

Directions (11-15): Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

(A) Their aim was to write about everyday phenomena, and to use words and images for their primary, stripped-down meanings, without metaphor, clogged syntax or other forms of ‘poeticizing’.
(B) The acmeists were particularly opposed to the mysticism and erotic suggestiveness of symbolist writing, and to the experiments of Mayakovsky and the surrealists.
(C) The idea of cleansing language, of using words for words’ sake alone, has been a recurring feature of poetry, not least in the 20th century (for example in the work of T.S. Eliot and William Carlos Williams) but the acmeists, in a way characteristic of artists in the 1910s, were the only ones to give it a name and a specific agenda.
(D) Acmeism (from Greek ame, ‘point’) was a movement in Russian poetry of the 1920s led by the writers Niloai Gumilev and Sergei Gorodetsky, and followed by Anna Akmatova and Osip Mandelstam.
(E) They published a magazine, Apollo, from, 1909-17, and were denounced by the authorities as decadent and  ‘individualist’: socialism demanded realism of a rather different kind.

Q11. Which of the following should be the First sentence of the given paragraph?
(a)E
(b)D
(c)C
(d)B
(e)A

Q12. Which of the following should be the Third sentence of the given paragraph?
(a)A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)D
(e)E

Q13. Which of the following should be the Fifth sentence of the given paragraph?
(a)A
(b)C
(c)B
(d)D
(e)E

Q14. Which of the following should be the Fourth sentence of the given paragraph?
(a)A
(b)C
(c)B
(d)E
(e)D

Q15. Which of the following should be the Second sentence of the given paragraph?
(a)B
(b)D
(c)A
(d)C
(e)E

ANSWERS :

S1. Ans.(b) 
Sol. The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph would be: DEBCA

S2. Ans.(b) 
Sol. The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph would be: DEBCA

S3. Ans.(a) 
Sol. The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph would be: DEBCA

S4. Ans.(b) 
Sol. The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph would be: DEBCA

S5. Ans.(e) 
Sol. The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph would be: DEBCA

S6. Ans.(e) 
Sol. The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph would be: ACBED

S7. Ans.(b) 
Sol. The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph would be: ACBED

S8. Ans.(d) 
Sol. The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph would be: ACBED

S9. Ans.(d) 
Sol. The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph would be: ACBED

S10. Ans.(d) 
Sol.  The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph would be: ACBED

S11. Ans.(b) 
Sol.  The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph would be: DABCE

S12. Ans.(b) 
Sol.  The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph would be: DABCE

S13. Ans.(e) 
Sol.  The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph would be: DABCE

S14. Ans.(b) 
Sol.  The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph would be: DABCE

S15. Ans.(c) 
Sol.  The correct order of the sentences of the given paragraph would be: DABCE

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