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S1: The mother tongue is the true vehicle of mother wit.
P: Another medium of speech may bring with it a current of new ideas.
Q: It is through the vernacular (refined, though not weakened,by scholarship and taste) that the new conceptions of the mind should press their way to birth in speech.
R: But the mother tongue is one with the air in which a man is born.
S: This is almost universally true, except in cases so rare (like that of Joseph Conrad) as to emphasise the general rule.
S6: A man's native speech is almost like his shadow, inseparable from his personality.

The Proper sequence should be:
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Another medium of speech may bring with it a current of new ideas. But the mother tongue is one with the air in which a man is born. It is through the vernacular (refined, though not weakened,by scholarship and taste) that the new conceptions of the mind should press their way to birth in speech. This is almost universally true, except in cases so rare (like that of Joseph Conrad) as to emphasise the general rule.
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S1: We may consider the political privileges of citizenship.
P: This gives the citizen the pleasant feeling that he has a share in the administration of his country.
Q: In addition, he may himself stand as a candidate for election to any office of the republic to which he belongs.
R: A citizen usually enjoys the right of voting of election to public bodies, and of holding public offices.
S: These advantages are of course only enjoyed by citizens under a democratic system of government.
S6: Under a dictatorship, people cannot choose their own representatives to run the government and the rights of voting and contesting are denied to them.

The Proper sequence should be:
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
A citizen usually enjoys the right of voting of election to public bodies, and of holding public offices. This gives the citizen the pleasant feeling that he has a share in the administration of his country. In addition, he may himself stand as a candidate for election to any office of the republic to which he belongs. These advantages are of course only enjoyed by citizens under a democratic system of government.
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S1: The study of speech disorders due to brain injury suggests that patients can think without having adequate control over their language.
P: But they succeed in playing games of chess.
Q: Some patients, for example, fail to find the names of objects presented to them.
R: They can even use the concepts needed for chess playing, though they are unable to express many of the concepts in ordinary language.
S: They even find it difficult to interpret long written notices.
S6: How they manage to do this we do not know.

The Proper sequence should be:
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Some patients, for example, fail to find the names of objects presented to them. They even find it difficult to interpret long written notices. But they succeed in playing games of chess. They can even use the concepts needed for chess playing, though they are unable to express many of the concepts in ordinary language.
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S1: Let me elaborate a little on what I mean by a properly channeled scientific approach.
P: There are planners deciding the strategy.
Q: In a major war, there are several different operations involved.
R: There are complex issues involving communications between different nerve centres.
S: There are factories producing the required armaments.
S6: And of course, there are soldiers, commandos, to say nothing of intelligence men, besides many others who do their bit to make a successful attack.

The Proper sequence should be:
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
In a major war, there are several different operations involved. There are planners deciding the strategy. There are factories producing the required armaments. There are complex issues involving communications between different nerve centres.