1. S1: A father, having offered to take the baby out in a perambulator, was tempted by the sunny morning to slip into a pub for a glass of beer.
P: Indignant at her husband's behaviour, she decided to teach him a lesson.
Q: She wheeled away the pram.
R: A little later, his wife came by, where to her horror, she discovered her sleeping baby.
S: Leaving the pram outside, he disappeared inside the bar.
S6: She waited for him, anticipating the white face and quivering lips which would soon appear with the news that the baby had been stolen.
The Proper sequence should be:
P: Indignant at her husband's behaviour, she decided to teach him a lesson.
Q: She wheeled away the pram.
R: A little later, his wife came by, where to her horror, she discovered her sleeping baby.
S: Leaving the pram outside, he disappeared inside the bar.
S6: She waited for him, anticipating the white face and quivering lips which would soon appear with the news that the baby had been stolen.
The Proper sequence should be:
2. S1: In the present day it is not necessary that generals or great officers should fight with their own hands, because it is their duty to direct he movements of their followers.
P: But in the ancient times, kings and great lords were obliged to put themselves into the very front.
Q: Therefore, it was of great consequence that they should be strong men and dexterous in the use of their arms.
R: The artillery and the soldiers shoot at the enemy, and men seldom mingle and fight hand to hand.
S: They fought like ordinary men with the lance and other weapons.
S6: Robert Bruce was so remarkably active and powerful that he came through many personal dangers.
The Proper sequence should be:
P: But in the ancient times, kings and great lords were obliged to put themselves into the very front.
Q: Therefore, it was of great consequence that they should be strong men and dexterous in the use of their arms.
R: The artillery and the soldiers shoot at the enemy, and men seldom mingle and fight hand to hand.
S: They fought like ordinary men with the lance and other weapons.
S6: Robert Bruce was so remarkably active and powerful that he came through many personal dangers.
The Proper sequence should be:
3. S1: And then Gandhi came.
P: Get off the backs of these peasants and workers, he told us, all you who live by their exploitation.
Q: He was like a powerful current of fresh air, like a beam of light, like a whirlwind that upset many things.
R: He spoke their language and constantly drew their attention to their appalling conditions.
S: He didn't descend from the top, he seemed to emerge from the masses of India.
S6: Political freedom took new shape then and acquired a new content then.
The Proper sequence should be:
P: Get off the backs of these peasants and workers, he told us, all you who live by their exploitation.
Q: He was like a powerful current of fresh air, like a beam of light, like a whirlwind that upset many things.
R: He spoke their language and constantly drew their attention to their appalling conditions.
S: He didn't descend from the top, he seemed to emerge from the masses of India.
S6: Political freedom took new shape then and acquired a new content then.
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4. S1: Love for the country is a necessity.
P: But it should in no way exceed the limits and take the shape of jingoism.
Q: Similarly nationalism has to be sacrificed at the altar of internationalism.
R: There is no reason why the nations of the world cannot treat one another as belonging to one family of nations.
S: Provincialism has to be sacrificed in the interest of the nation as a whole.
S6: God created the globe, but man drew lines on it to demarcate countries and sow the seeds of hatred and enmity on it.
The Proper sequence should be:
P: But it should in no way exceed the limits and take the shape of jingoism.
Q: Similarly nationalism has to be sacrificed at the altar of internationalism.
R: There is no reason why the nations of the world cannot treat one another as belonging to one family of nations.
S: Provincialism has to be sacrificed in the interest of the nation as a whole.
S6: God created the globe, but man drew lines on it to demarcate countries and sow the seeds of hatred and enmity on it.
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5. S1: There has been an alarming increase in the number of vehicles on Delhi roads.
P: The pedestrians has, however, been the worst sufferer.
Q: There is no place where the pedestrian can move freely without the fear of traffic.
R: Zebra crossings like the pavements are no longer safe.
S: This has further aggravated the problem of pollution in the city.
S6: Should the pedestrians case be allowed to go by default?
The Proper sequence should be:
P: The pedestrians has, however, been the worst sufferer.
Q: There is no place where the pedestrian can move freely without the fear of traffic.
R: Zebra crossings like the pavements are no longer safe.
S: This has further aggravated the problem of pollution in the city.
S6: Should the pedestrians case be allowed to go by default?
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6. S1: Our own country is a little world in itself with an infinite variety and places for us to discover.
P: I wish I had more time, so that I could visit the odd nooks and corners of India.
Q: I have travelled a great deal in this country and I have grown in years.
R: And yet I have not seen many parts of the country we love so much and seek to serve.
S: I would like to go there in the company of bright children whose minds are opening out with wonder and curiosity as they make new discoveries.
S6: I should like to go with them, not so much to the great cities of India as to the mountains and the forests and the great rivers and the old monuments, all of which tell us something of India's story.
The Proper sequence should be:
P: I wish I had more time, so that I could visit the odd nooks and corners of India.
Q: I have travelled a great deal in this country and I have grown in years.
R: And yet I have not seen many parts of the country we love so much and seek to serve.
S: I would like to go there in the company of bright children whose minds are opening out with wonder and curiosity as they make new discoveries.
S6: I should like to go with them, not so much to the great cities of India as to the mountains and the forests and the great rivers and the old monuments, all of which tell us something of India's story.
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7. S1: The mail is first collected from different letter boxes.
P: From there it is sent to the head post office.
Q: It is then sorted out at the sorting office.
R: The mail is again sorted out at the head office by the concerned beat postman.
S: The sorted mail is sent to the zonal post office.
S6: Finally it is delivered to us.
The Proper sequence should be:
P: From there it is sent to the head post office.
Q: It is then sorted out at the sorting office.
R: The mail is again sorted out at the head office by the concerned beat postman.
S: The sorted mail is sent to the zonal post office.
S6: Finally it is delivered to us.
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8. S1: Mr. Ford, it is commonly reported, once declared that history was "bunk".
P: Yet the American, generally speaking, is by no means ignorant of history or uninfluenced by his knowledge of it.
Q: This remarkable utterance of his, if indeed he made it, was in itself an outcome of history.
R: The Americans know more about our history than we know about theirs, though I hope that will soon be remedied.
S: Such contempt for all things past, and such engaging frankness in expressing it were themselves the outcome of the social history of the United States in the 19th century.
S6: And the American's conception of his own country as the representative of freedom and of democracy is the product of history as popularly taught and conceived over there.
The Proper sequence should be:
P: Yet the American, generally speaking, is by no means ignorant of history or uninfluenced by his knowledge of it.
Q: This remarkable utterance of his, if indeed he made it, was in itself an outcome of history.
R: The Americans know more about our history than we know about theirs, though I hope that will soon be remedied.
S: Such contempt for all things past, and such engaging frankness in expressing it were themselves the outcome of the social history of the United States in the 19th century.
S6: And the American's conception of his own country as the representative of freedom and of democracy is the product of history as popularly taught and conceived over there.
The Proper sequence should be:
9. S1: She used to work at the desk next to mine in the office several years ago.
P: But it must have been exasperating that a male sitting beside her was doing the same work as she was and being paid more.
Q: She is certain to be still there , in the same old brown suit and fur lined boots.
R: She was as kind as she was efficient.
S: Now she and all her friends have won their long campaign for the justice of equal pay to be recognised.
S6: I am glad that their demands have been accepted.
The Proper sequence should be:
P: But it must have been exasperating that a male sitting beside her was doing the same work as she was and being paid more.
Q: She is certain to be still there , in the same old brown suit and fur lined boots.
R: She was as kind as she was efficient.
S: Now she and all her friends have won their long campaign for the justice of equal pay to be recognised.
S6: I am glad that their demands have been accepted.
The Proper sequence should be:
10. S1: Of the various kinds of insect defences that of the North American fungus - eating beetle is quite unusual.
P: Both ants as well as mammals such as deer mice feed on this beetle.
Q: This little beetle is able to recognise the kind of predator coming towards it and accordingly adopts a suitable defence.
R: When facing a deer mouse, the beetle secretes an irritant from certain glands in its abdomen.
S: While the beetle simply rolls itself into a compact ball in the face of an ant attack, it copes with the deer mouse differently.
S6: The beetle's chemical secretion keeps the deer mouse at bay.
The Proper sequence should be:
P: Both ants as well as mammals such as deer mice feed on this beetle.
Q: This little beetle is able to recognise the kind of predator coming towards it and accordingly adopts a suitable defence.
R: When facing a deer mouse, the beetle secretes an irritant from certain glands in its abdomen.
S: While the beetle simply rolls itself into a compact ball in the face of an ant attack, it copes with the deer mouse differently.
S6: The beetle's chemical secretion keeps the deer mouse at bay.
The Proper sequence should be:
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