Ordering Of Sentences - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

S₁: We are living in an age in which technology has suddenly 'annihilated distance'.
P: Are we going to let this consciousness of our variety make us fear and hate each other?
Q: Physically we are now all neighbours, psychologically we are still strangers to each other.
R: How are we going to react?
S: We have never been so conscious of our variety as we are now that we have come to such close quarters.
S₆: In that event, we should be dooming ourselves to wipe each other out.

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S₁: As a dramatist Rabindranath was not what might be called a success.
P: His dramas were moulded more on the lines of the traditional Indian village dramas than the dramas of the modern world.
Q: His plays were more a catalogue of ideas than a vehicle of the expression of action.
R: Actually drama has always been the life of the Indian people, as it deals with legends of gods and goddesses.
S: Although in his short stories and novels he was able to create living and well-defined characters, he did not seem to be able to do so in his dramas.
S₆: Therefore, drama forms the essential part of the traditional Indian culture.

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S₁: One of the most dangerous insect pests is the locust.
P: At first they look just like ordinary grasshoppers, which are harmless and unable to fly very far.
Q: Until about thirty years ago, no one knew where locusts came from or why they appeared in the different countries they attacked.
R: Then they change in appearance and develop wings which enable them to fly long distance.
S: Then it was discovered that there are two stages in the life of locusts.
S₆: At this stage, they gather in huge numbers and rise from the ground on theri powerful wings in cloud.

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S₁: In 1857, fighting broke out all over the country.
P: Everywhere the people rose in rebellion.
Q: In March 1858 British troops attacked the fort of Jhansi.
R: Thousands of people were killed on both sides.
S: The British fought back.
S₆: The Rani's troops fought back bravely.

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S₁: Savita was lonely in the house.
P: She was very good at that.
Q: She sat all day in a little room off the main drawing room.
R: She would sit on the rug and do needle work.
S: It was a little room with nothing in it but a few chairs and a rug.
S₆: It was the only thing she had learnt from the Convent school.

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S₁: We talk about democracy, but when it comes to any particular thing, we prefer a man belonging to our caste and community.
P: We must be in a position to respect a man as a man.
Q: It means our democracy is a phoney kind of democracy.
R: We must extend opportunities of development to those who deserve them.
S: Our weakness for our own caste and community should not influence our decision.
S₆: Favouritism and nepotism have been responsible for much discontent in our country.

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S₁: A man handed a pair of trousers to the departmental store-clerk and said,"I'd like these altered, please".
P: He said that free alteration is not possible without a receipt.
Q: The man said,"Okay, I'd like to return the trousers". The clerk took them back and returned his money.
R: The man pushed the money and said,"Now I want to buy them". The clerk put the trousers in a bag, issued receipt and handed him both.
S: The clerk asked for the sales receipt but after searching his pockets the man replied that he had lost it.
S₆: Triumphantly he put the trousers and the receipt on the counter and said,'I'd like to have these altered, please."

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S₁: Forecasting the weather has always been a difficult business.
P: During a period of drought, streams and rivers dried up, the cattle died from thirst and the crops were ruined.
Q: Many different things affect the weather and we have to study them carefully to make an accurate forecast.
R: Ancient Egyptians had no need of this weather in the Nile valley hardly ever changes.
S: In early times, when there were no instruments, such as thermometer or the barometer, man looked for tell-tale signs in the sky.
S₆: He made his forecasts by watching flights of the birds or the way smoke rose from fire.

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S₁: The motor car is one of the useful gifts of modern science.
P: One of these is the smoke and pollution that it creates.
Q: It has made short and medium distance journeys fast and comfortable.
R: The other is that it has made journey by road hazardous.
S: Yet we can't say that a motor car is a blessing without disadvantages.
S₆: Finally in this age of energy crisis a personal car is an expensive thing.

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S₁: The earliest reference to the playing card has been found in China, as long ago as the tenth century.
P: They appeared in Italy around 1320.
Q: Long before that the Chinese use paper money which was similar in design to the playing cards.
R: It is believed that perhaps travelling gypsies introduced them to Europe.
S: In olden days cards were used both for telling fortune and playing games.
S₆: The current pack of 52 cards was only regulated in the seventeenth century.

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