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Ordering Of Sentences - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

Ordering Of Sentences MCQ Questions and answers with easy and logical explanations.English Aptitude MCQ provides all type of competitive english mcq questions on Ordering Of Sentences which is important for exams like Banking exams,IBPS,SCC,CAT,XAT,MAT etc. Page-6 section-1

Each section contains 100 MCQs on Ordering of Sentences .
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S1: An elderly lady suddenly became blind.
P : The doctor called daily and every time he took away some of her furniture he liked.
Q : At last she was cured and the doctor demanded his fee.
R : She agreed to pay a large fee to the doctor who would cure her.
S : On being refused, the doctor wanted to know the reason.
S6: The lady said that she had not been properly cured because she could not see all his furniture.

The Proper sequence should be:
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
She agreed to pay a large fee to the doctor who would cure her. The doctor called daily and every time he took away some of her furniture he liked. At last she was cured and the doctor demanded his fee. On being refused, the doctor wanted to know the reason.
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S1: What are the causes of our chronic food shortage ?
P : To find for these growing new millions is desperate task.
Q : every year, we add more than a crore of persons to our population.
R : Despite stupendous efforts by our government, the population is growing unabated.
S : The chief cause is the population explosion.
S6: This unprecedented growth can drag us to the doors of starvation very soon.

The Proper sequence should be:
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
The chief cause is the population explosion. Every year, we add more than a crore of persons to our population. To find for these growing new millions is desperate task. Despite stupendous efforts by our government, the population is growing unabated.
53
S1: Our ancestors thought that anything which moved itself was alive.
P : The philosopher Descartes thought that both men and animals were machines.
Q : But a machine such as a motorcar or a steamship moves itself, as soon as machines which moved themselves had been made, people asked "Is man a machine?"
R : And before the days of machinery that was a good definition.
S : He also thought that the human machine was partly controlled by the soul action on a certain part of the brain, while animals had no souls.
S6: Therefore some scientists think that life is just a very complicated mechanism.

The Proper sequence should be:
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The philosopher Descartes thought that both men and animals were machines. He also thought that the human machine was partly controlled by the soul action on a certain part of the brain, while animals had no souls. But a machine as a motorcar or a steamship moves itself, as soon as machines which moved themselves had been made, people asked “Is man a machine?” And before the days of machinery that was a good definition.
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S1: Payment for imports and exports is made through a system called foreign exchange.
P : The value of the money of one country in relation to the money of other countries is agreed upon.
Q : These rates of exchange vary from time to time.
R : For instance, an American dollar or a British pound sterling is worth certain amounts in the money of other countries.
S : Sometimes a United States dollar is worth 12 pesos in Mexico.
S6: Another time it may be worth eight pesos.

The Proper sequence should be:
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The value of the money of one country in relation to the money of other countries is agreed upon. For instance, an American dollar or a British pound sterling is worth certain amounts in the money of other countries. These rates of exchange vary from time to time. Sometimes a united states dollar is worth 12 pesos in Mexico.
55
S1: Moncure Conway devoted his life to two great objects freedom of thought, and freedom of the individual.
P : They threaten both kinds of freedom.
Q : But something also has been lost.
R : There are now dangers, somewhat different in form from those of the past ages.
S : In regard to both these objects, something has been gained since his time.
S6: Unless a vigorous and vigilant public opinion can be aroused in defence of them, there will be much less of both a hundred years hence then there is now.

The Proper sequence should be:
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
In regard to both these objects, something has been gained since his time. But something also has been lost. There are now dangers, somewhat different in form from those of the past ages. They threaten both kinds of freedom.
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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 C
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.
57
S1: A black haired, young woman came tripping along.
P : She was leading a young woman wearing a hat.
Q : The woman swept it off and tossed it in the air.
R : The child jumped up to catch the hat.
S : The young man tossed his head to shake the hat back.
S6: Both disappeared from view.

The Proper sequence should be:
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
No explanation is given for this question. Let's Discuss on Board
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S1: We now know that the oceans are very deep.
P : For example, the Indian ocean has a range called the Indian Ridge.
Q : Much of it is fairly flat.
R : However, there are great mountain ranges as well.
S : On average the bottom is 2.5 miles to 3.5 miles down.
S6: This reaches from the India to the Antarctic.

The Proper sequence should be:
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
On average the bottom is 2.5 miles to 3.5 miles down. Much of it is fairly flat. For example, the Indian ocean has a range called the Indian Ridge. However, there are great mountain ranges as well.
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S1: Minnie went shopping one morning.
P : Disappointed She turned around and returned to the parking lot.
Q : She got out and walked to the nearest shop.
R : She drove her car into the parking lot and stopped.
S : It was there that she realised that she'd forgotten her purse at home.
S6: She drove home with an empty basket.

The Proper sequence should be:
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
She drove her car into the parking lot and stopped. She got out and walked to the nearest shop. It was there that she realized that she’d forgotten her purse at home. Disappointed she turned around and returned to the parking lot.
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S1: Far away in a little street there is a poor house.
P : Her face is thin and worn and her hands are coarse, pricked by a needle, for she is a seam stress.
Q : One of the windows is open and through it I can see a poor woman.
R : He has a fever and asking for oranges.
S : In a bed in a corner of the room her little boy is lying ill.
S6: His mother has nothing to give but water, so he is crying.

The Proper sequence should be:
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
One of the windows is open and through it I can see a poor woman. Her face is thin and worn and her hands are coarse, pricked by a needle, for she is a steam stress. In a bed in a corner of the room her little boy is lying ill. He has fever and asking for oranges.