Ordering Of Sentences - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

S₁: A noise started above their heads.
P : But people did not take it seriously.
Q : That was to show everyone that there was something wrong.
R : It was a dangerous thing to do.
S : For, within minutes the ship began to sink.
S₆: Nearly 200 lives were lost on the fateful day.

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S₁: American private lies may seem shallow.
P : Students would walk away with books they had not paid for.
Q : A Chinese journalist commented on a curious institution: the library.
R : Their public morality, however, impressed visitors.
S : But in general they returned them.
S₆: This would not happen in china, he said.

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S₁: The path of Venus lies inside the path of the Earth.
P : When at its farthest from the Earth, Venus is 160 million away
Q : With such a wide range between its greatest and leat distances it is natural that at sometimes Venus appears much brighter than at others.
R : No other body ever comes so near the Earth, with the exception of the Moon and occasional comet or asteroid.
S : When Venus is at its nearest to the earth it is only 26 million miles away.
S₆: When at its brightest, it is easily seen with the naked eye in broad daylight.

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S₁: In India marriages are usually arranged by parents.
P : Sometimes boys and girls do not like th idea of arranged marriages.
Q : Most young people accepts the state of affairs.
R : Shanta was like that.
S : They assume their parents can make good choices.
S₆: She felt she was a modern girl and not subject for bargaining.

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S₁: She said on the phone that she would report for duty next day.
P : We waited for few days then we decided to go to her place.
Q : But she did not.
R : we found it locked.
S : Even after that we waited for her quite a few days.
S₆: Eventually we reported to the police.

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S₁: Several sub-cities have been planned around capital.
P : Dwarga is the first among them.
Q : They are expected to alleviate the problem of housing.
R : It is coming up in the south west of capital.
S : It will cater to over one million people when completed.
S₆: Hopefully the housing problem will not be as acute at present after these sub-cities are built.

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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 were ruined.
Q : Many different things affect the weather and we have to study them carefully to make accurate forecast.
R : Ancient Egyptians had no need of 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: As he passed beneath her he heard the swish of her wings.
P : He was not falling head long now.
Q : The monstrous terror seized him.
R : But it only lasted a minute.
S : He could hear nothing.
S₆: The next moment he felt his wings spread outwards.

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S₁: Ms. Parasuram started a Petrol Pump in Madras.
P : A total to 12 girls now work at the pump.
Q : She advertised in newspapers for women staff.
R : They operate in 2 shifts.
S : The response was good.
S₆: Thus she has shown the way for many others.

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S₁: Sun birds are among the smallest of Indian birds.
P : Though they are functionally similar to the humming birds of the New World, they are totally unrelated.
Q : They do eat insects too.
R : They are also some of the most brilliantly coloured birds.
S : sun birds feed on nectar mostly and helped in pollination.
S₆: Our common sun birds are the purple sun bird, the glossy black species and purple rumped sun bird, the yellow and maroon species.

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