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CDS II English II Ordering of Sentences II 16-04-2019
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Question 1
Direction: In the given question six sentences of a passage are a given. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.
S1 : Mr. and Mrs. Robert went home late last night.
S6 : Mr. Robert rushed to the police station immediately.
P : Somebody had broken open the lock.
Q : To their dismay they found all their things missing.
R : They got into the house with a lot of fear.
S : When they reached home they found the front door open.
S6 : Mr. Robert rushed to the police station immediately.
P : Somebody had broken open the lock.
Q : To their dismay they found all their things missing.
R : They got into the house with a lot of fear.
S : When they reached home they found the front door open.
Question 2
Direction: In the given question six sentences of a passage are a given. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.
S1 : The miseries of the world cannot be cured by physical help only.
S6 : Then alone will misery ease in the world.
P : Let men have light, let them be strong and educated.
Q : No amount of physical help will
remove them completely.
R : Until man’s nature changes, his
physical needs will always rise, and miseries will always be felt.
S : The only solution is to make mankind enlightened.
S6 : Then alone will misery ease in the world.
P : Let men have light, let them be strong and educated.
Q : No amount of physical help will
remove them completely.
R : Until man’s nature changes, his
physical needs will always rise, and miseries will always be felt.
S : The only solution is to make mankind enlightened.
Question 3
Direction: In the given question six sentences of a passage are a given. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.
S1 : Aristotle worked under limitations.
S6 : The age was not a period of experiment.
P : Physical events were mostly attributed to the intervention of God.
Q : There had been little industrial invention in Greece, perhaps because slave labour was cheap and plentiful.
R : The only equipment he had for his study was a ruler and compass and
some crude instruments.
S : The facts on which modern theories of science have been based had not
been discovered.
S6 : The age was not a period of experiment.
P : Physical events were mostly attributed to the intervention of God.
Q : There had been little industrial invention in Greece, perhaps because slave labour was cheap and plentiful.
R : The only equipment he had for his study was a ruler and compass and
some crude instruments.
S : The facts on which modern theories of science have been based had not
been discovered.
Question 4
Direction: In the given question six sentences of a passage are a given. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.
S1 : The bus sped along the road.
S6 : The dog wailed for a long time.
P : But the bus could stop only after covering a few yards.
Q : It injured the dog in the leg.
R : The driver applied the brake.
S : Suddenly a stray dog ran on to the middle of the road.
S6 : The dog wailed for a long time.
P : But the bus could stop only after covering a few yards.
Q : It injured the dog in the leg.
R : The driver applied the brake.
S : Suddenly a stray dog ran on to the middle of the road.
Question 5
Direction: In the given question six sentences of a passage are a given. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.
S1 : The status of women in our country is, on the whole, far from high.
S6 : Education can lift women out of the depths of misery and ignorance into which they have sunk.
P : But the plight of women in villages is still miserable.
Q : The educated women in cities enjoy equality with the men folk.
R : The movement for the freedom and right of women has certainly been steadily gaining momentum.
S : Their education has been thoroughly neglected.
S6 : Education can lift women out of the depths of misery and ignorance into which they have sunk.
P : But the plight of women in villages is still miserable.
Q : The educated women in cities enjoy equality with the men folk.
R : The movement for the freedom and right of women has certainly been steadily gaining momentum.
S : Their education has been thoroughly neglected.
Question 6
Direction: In the given question six sentences of a passage are a given. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.
S1 : Hiuen-tsang became a Buddhist monk at the age of twelve and soon discovered that the Buddhist texts available in China were insufficient.
S6 : But he was on a quest and returned after a while to his motherland with a rich collection of texts, documents and relics.
P : Wherever he went, he was asked by the local rulers and monks to stay in the place.
Q : He entered India through Kashmir, where he spent some time in Srinagar.
R : He therefore decided to go on a pilgrimage to India to collect further material.
S : From India, he attempted to go to Ceylon, but gave up the attempt.
S6 : But he was on a quest and returned after a while to his motherland with a rich collection of texts, documents and relics.
P : Wherever he went, he was asked by the local rulers and monks to stay in the place.
Q : He entered India through Kashmir, where he spent some time in Srinagar.
R : He therefore decided to go on a pilgrimage to India to collect further material.
S : From India, he attempted to go to Ceylon, but gave up the attempt.
Question 7
Direction: In the given question six sentences of a passage are a given. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.
SI: First and foremost, there are order and safety in our civilization.
S6: Nobody may come and break into my house and steal my goods.
P: Thus in disputes between man and man, right has taken the place of might.
Q: If today I have a quarrel with another man, I do not get beaten merely because I am physically weaker.
R: I go to law, and the law will decide fairly between the two of us.
S: Moreover, the law protects me from robbery and violence.
The correct sequence should be
S6: Nobody may come and break into my house and steal my goods.
P: Thus in disputes between man and man, right has taken the place of might.
Q: If today I have a quarrel with another man, I do not get beaten merely because I am physically weaker.
R: I go to law, and the law will decide fairly between the two of us.
S: Moreover, the law protects me from robbery and violence.
The correct sequence should be
Question 8
Direction: In the given question six sentences of a passage are a given. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.
SI: In democratic countries, men are equal before the law.
S6: And they live like this not for fun, but because they are too poor to afford another room.
P: While some few people live in luxury, many have not enough to eat, drink and wear.
Q: There are many families of five or six persons who live in a single room.
R: But the sharing-out of money - which means the sharing-out of food and clothing and houses - is still very unfair.
S: In this room they sleep and dress and wash and eat, and in this same room they die.
The correct sequence should be
S6: And they live like this not for fun, but because they are too poor to afford another room.
P: While some few people live in luxury, many have not enough to eat, drink and wear.
Q: There are many families of five or six persons who live in a single room.
R: But the sharing-out of money - which means the sharing-out of food and clothing and houses - is still very unfair.
S: In this room they sleep and dress and wash and eat, and in this same room they die.
The correct sequence should be
Question 9
Direction: In this section, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.
SI: Tomorrow it will be a year since we lost our great leader.
S6: Though he is no more with us, the qualities he possessed and the ideals he cherished remain with us.
P: To these, he added a feminine sensitiveness to atmosphere.
Q: He was involved in the major events of his time.
R: He participated in them all while maintaining the highest standards of public conduct.
S: He was incomparably the greatest figure in our history - a man of dynamic force, intellectual power and profound vision.
S6: Though he is no more with us, the qualities he possessed and the ideals he cherished remain with us.
P: To these, he added a feminine sensitiveness to atmosphere.
Q: He was involved in the major events of his time.
R: He participated in them all while maintaining the highest standards of public conduct.
S: He was incomparably the greatest figure in our history - a man of dynamic force, intellectual power and profound vision.
Question 10
Directions: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given in the beginning. The Middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
SI: It would be possible to adduce many examples showing what could be done with the limited means' at our ancestor’s disposal in the way of making life comfortable.
S6: I hope, in this essay, to make that connection manifest.
P: What have comfort and cleanliness to do with politics, morals, and religion?
Q: But look more closely and you will discover that there exists the closest connection between the recent growth of comfort and the recent history of ideas.
R: They show that if they lived in filth and discomfort, it was because filth and discomfort fitted in with their principles, political, moral and religious.
S: At a first glance one would say that there could be no causal connection between armchairs and democracies, sofas and the family system, hot baths and religious orthodoxy.
S6: I hope, in this essay, to make that connection manifest.
P: What have comfort and cleanliness to do with politics, morals, and religion?
Q: But look more closely and you will discover that there exists the closest connection between the recent growth of comfort and the recent history of ideas.
R: They show that if they lived in filth and discomfort, it was because filth and discomfort fitted in with their principles, political, moral and religious.
S: At a first glance one would say that there could be no causal connection between armchairs and democracies, sofas and the family system, hot baths and religious orthodoxy.
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