Ordering Of Sentences - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

S₁: Gandhi's first political fast was made soon after his return from Africa.
P: He had also received help from this man's sister.
Q: This was when the poor labourers of the cotton mills of Ahmedabad were on strike.
R: He was a friend of the largest mill-owner.
S: Gandhi had made the strikers promise to remain on strike until the owners agreed to accept the decision of an arbitrator.
S₆: He did not fast against the mill owners, but in order to strengthen the determination of the strikers.

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S₁: Kabir knew that Ramananda got up very Early in the morning and went down on the steps of the 'ghat' to the bathe in the waters of the sacred Ganges.
P: As Ramananda came down the steps before daybreak for his usual bath, he trod on the sleeping man.
Q: Kabir at once jumped up and threw himself at the feet of the preacher.
R: "Ram, Ram" he exclaimed in astonishment.
S: One dark night, Kabir went to the 'ghat' and lay down on one of the river steps.
S₆: He said, "You have given me the mantra, 'Ram, Ram,' I have become our disciple".

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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.

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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.

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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.

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S₁: A transformation of consciousness is now beginning to express itself in the field of theoretical architecture.
P: In the still theoretical structure an attempt is being made to create a house that is "a domestication of an ecosystem."
Q: What is happening in the architecture is a shift from the international style of the post industrial era to a symbolic structure.
R: Since architecture is the collective unconscious made visible, the architect does not himself always understand the full cultural implications of his own work.
S: The new form is not a celebration of power over new materials, but a celebration of cooperation with ecosystem.
S₆: The relationship between culture and nature is changed, for the architect grows a house like a garden.

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S₁: While on a fishing trip, last summer, I watched an elderly man fishing off the edge of a dock.
P: "Why didn't you keep the other big ones?" I asked.
Q: He caught an enormous trout, but apparently not satisfied with its size, he threw it back into the war.
R: He finally caught a small pike, threw it into his pail, and, smiling happily, prepared to live.
S: Amazed, I watched him repeat this performance.
S₆: Cheerfully, the old man replied, "Small frying pan."

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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.

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S₁: We must never allow ourselves to lapse into the evil habit of borrowing money from others.
P: We must work hard and earn money, enough for our wants.
Q: Even if we are fortunate enough to possess surplus wealth, we should take care not to lend out money indiscriminately.
R: If borrowing is bad , lending is worse.
S: Borrowing of a habitual nature prevents us from being industrious.
S₆: We must not confuse money lending with generosity.

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S₁: There was a time Egypt faced economic crisis.
P: Cotton is the chief export commodity of Egypt.
Q: Foreign trades depend on cultivation of cotton on large scale.
R: It became necessary for Egypt to boost cotton crops.
S: Only by means of increasing foreign trade Egypt could survive.
S₆: Egypt was able to sustain itself by its cotton produce.

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