Para Jumble part-3

Total Questions: 50

11. P. Amongst all the cities of Japan, Hiroshima is the one that experiences earliest mornings. [SSC CHSL 16/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

Q. It experiences the earliest sun rise amongst all the countries.

R. According to the words of the Japanese envoy himself, that name was chosen because the country was so close to where the sun rises.

S. Japan is also known as the land of the rising sun.

Correct Answer: (d) SQRP
Solution:Sentence S will be the starting line as it introduces the main idea of the parajumble i.e. Japan, the land of the rising sun. However, Sentence Q states that it experiences the earliest sun rise amongst all the countries. So, Q will follow S. Further, Sentence R states that the name was chosen because the country was so close to where the sun rises and Sentence P states that Hiroshima in Japan is the one that experiences earliest mornings. So, P will follow R. Going through the options, option d has the correct sequence.

12. Their approach sensitized [SSC CHSL 20/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

A. of it. Similarly, behind them, in the halls,

B. flicked on when they came within ten feet

C. a switch somewhere and the nursery light

D. lights went on and off as they left them behind, with a soft automaticity.

Correct Answer: (b) CBAD
Solution:Sentence C will be the starting line as it introduces the main idea of the parajumble i.e. Their approach sensitized a switch somewhere. However, Sentence B states that the nursery light flicked on. So, B will follow C. Further, Sentence A states that they came within ten feet of it and Sentence D states that behind them, in the halls lights went on and off as they left them behind. So, D will follow A. Going through the options, option b has the correct sequence.

13. Approaching her [SSC CHSL 20/03/2023 (2nd Shift)]

P. upon the impacts of county lines drug - running networks

Q. 80th birthday in February next year, Hill's

R. relevance and urgency this time focusing

S. writing has lost none of its immediate

Correct Answer: (a) QSRP
Solution:Sentence Q will be the starting line as it introduces the main idea of the parajumble i.e. Her 80th birthday. However, Sentence S talks about Hill's writing. So, S will follow Q. Further, Sentence R states that it has not lost its relevance and urgency and Sentence P states that it focuses upon the impacts of county lines drug-running networks. So, P will follow R. Going through the options, option a has the correct sequence.

14. Some algal blooms [SSC CHSL 21/03/2023 (2nd Shift)]

P. beneficial to aquatic life, since these tiny

Q. nutrient conditions are optimal, and they can be

R. occur naturally when temperature, water, and

S. organisms form the base of the food chain

Correct Answer: (a) RQPS
Solution:Sentence R will be the starting line as it introduces the main idea of the parajumble i.e. some algal blooms occur naturally. However, Sentence Q states that it occurs when temperature, water, and nutrient conditions are optimal. So, Q will follow R. Further, Sentence P states that they can be beneficial to aquatic life and Sentence S states that they form the base of the food chain. So, S will follow P. Going through the options, option a has the correct sequence.

15. P. application, which can also be used to log complaints about [SSC CHSL 21/03/2023 (3rd Shift)]

Q. littering or caused by the animals, according to officials

R. registered with the local authority through a mobile phone

S. the residents of Noida can now get their pets like dogs or cats

Correct Answer: (b) SRPQ
Solution:Sentence S will be the starting line as it introduces the main idea of the parajumble i.e. residents of Noida can now get their pets like dogs or cats. However, Sentence R states that they can be registered with the local authority. So, R will follow S. Further, Sentence P states that this can be done with a mobile phone app and Sentence Q states that it can also be used to log complaints about littering or caused by the animals. So, Q will follow P. Going through the options, option b has the correct sequence.

16. For the four-sentence (S1 to S4) paragraph below, sentences S1 and S4 are given. [SSC CGL Tier II 902/03/2023)]

From the options P, Q, R and S select the appropriate sentences for S2 and S3, respectively.

(S1) The men and women took their places after the initial mingling, and immediately a surge of conversation filled the room.

(S2)

(S3)

(S4) One or two of the women were actually bouncing up and down on the sofa cushions.

(P) So, the two parties had to lean forward, their elbows on their knees.

(Q) At the beginning they mingled awkwardly, clutching their drinks, and walking here and there.

(R) Several people made a last-minute dash to the bathroom before the conversation could start.

(S) The men's chairs were far enough away from the women's couches.

Correct Answer: (d) S, P
Solution:Sentence S1 will be the starting line as it introduces the main idea of the parajumble i.e. a conversation started between the men & women. Next, Sentence S states that the men's chairs were far enough away from the women's couches. So, S will follow S₁. Further, Sentence P states that the two parties therefore had to lean forward their elbows on their knees. So, P will follow S. Going through the options, option d has the correct sequence.

17. (A) Healthy, strong trees act as carbon sinks, offsetting carbon and reducing the effects of climate change. [SSC CGL Tier II (02/03/2023)]

(B) Trees help to clean the air we breathe. Through their leaves and bark, they absorb harmful pollutants and release clean oxygen for us to breathe.

(C) Increasing levels of carbon dioxide caused by deforestation and fossil fuel combustion trap heat in the atmosphere.

(D) In urban environments, trees absorb pollutant gases like nitrogen oxides, ozone, and carbon monoxide, and sweep up particles like dust and smoke.

Correct Answer: (a) BDCA
Solution:Sentence B will be the starting line as it introduces the main idea of the parajumble i.e. Trees help to clean the air we breathe. Further, Sentence D states that trees absorb pollutant gases in urban environments. So, D will follow B. Further, Sentence C states that increasing levels of carbon dioxide caused by deforestation trap heat in the atmosphere and Sentence A states that healthy strong trees offset carbon and reduce the effects of climate change. So, A will follow C. Going through the options, option a has the correct sequence.

18. A. The principles that emerged from those trials, known as the Nuremberg Code, are broadly applicable to many types of health-related research involving human participants, including clinical trials. [SSC CGL Tier II (02/03/2023)]

B. The growing breadth and complexity of contemporary health challenges have produced a range of difficult questions that cannot always be adequately addressed by relying exclusively on existing policies, guidelines or codes of conduct.

C. Recent formal efforts to articulate international standards of ethics applicable to health and health care can be traced to the Nuremberg trials of 1947, during which the horrors of Nazi medical experiments came to light.

D. Ethical questions related to health, health care and public health cover topics as diverse as moral issues around reproduction, state obligations in the provision of health care services and appropriate measures to control infectious disease.

Correct Answer: (a) DCAB
Solution:Sentence D will be the starting line as it introduces the main idea of the parajumble i.e. Ethical questions related to health, health care and public health. However, Sentence C states that recent formal efforts to articulate international standards of ethics applicable to health and health care can be traced to the Nuremberg trials of 1947. So, C will follow D. Further, Sentence A states that the principles that emerged from those trials are broadly applicable to many types of health-related research and Sentence B states that the growing breadth and complexity of contemporary health challenges have produced a range of difficult questions. So, B will follow A. Going through the options, option a has the correct sequence.

19. A. On the afternoon of that eventful day, I stood on the porch, dumb, expectant and guessed vaguely from my mother's signs and from the hurrying to and fro in the house that something unusual was about to happen, so I went to the door and waited on the steps. [SSC CGL Tier II (03/03/2023)]

B. I did not know what the future held of marvel or surprise for me and anger and bitterness had preyed upon me continually for weeks and a deep languor had succeeded this passionate struggle.

C. The most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me and i am filled with wonder when I consider the immeasurable contrasts between the two lives which it connects and it was the third of March, 1887, three months before I was seven years old.

D. The afternoon sun penetrated the mass of honeysuckle that covered the porch, and fell on my upturned face and my fingers lingered almost unconsciously on the familiar leaves and blossoms which had just come forth to greet the sweet southern spring.

Correct Answer: (c) CADB
Solution:Sentence C will be the starting line as it introduces the main idea of the parajumble i.e. the most important day of the narrator's life. However, Sentence A talks about the activities of the narrator on the afternoon of that eventful day. So, A will follow C. Further, Sentence D further describes that day and Sentence B states that the narrator was in surprise about the future & he was in anger for a few weeks. So, B will follow D. Going through the options, option c has the correct sequence.

20. A. Fort Hare was more than that: it was a beacon for African scholars from all over Southern Central and Eastern Africa. [SSC CGL Tier II (06/03/2023)]

B. Until 1960, the University College of Fort Hare, in the municipality of Alice, about twenty miles due east from Healdtown, was the only residential center of higher education for blacks in South Africa.

C. For young black South Africans like myself, it was Oxford and Cambridge, Harvard and Yale, all rolled into one,

D. The regent was anxious for me to attend Fort Hare and I was gratified to be accepted there. I felt that I was being groomed for success in the world.

Correct Answer: (a) BACD
Solution:Sentence B will be the starting line as it introduces the main idea of the parajumble i.e. University College of Fort Hare. However, Sentence A states that it was a beacon for African scholars from all over Southern Central and Eastern Africa. So, A will follow B. Further, Sentence C states that it was Oxford and Cambridge for young black South Africans and Sentence D states that the narrator was gratified to be accepted there. So, D will follow C. Going through the options, option (a) has the correct sequence.