PARA JUMBLES (GENERAL ENGLISH)

Total Questions: 33

1. In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R, and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark accordingly.

Many
P : way to fuel growth
Q : economists argue that
R : and alleviate poverty
S : free trade is a magic bullet - the quickest

Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?

Correct Answer: (c) Q - S - P - R
Solution:Many economists argue that free trade is a magic bullet – the quickest way to full growth and alleviate poverty.

2. As a

P : maestro appeared to be enjoying every bit of it
Q : and followed every composition the
R : thunderous applause from
S : an appreciative audience preceded

Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?

Correct Answer: (b) R - S - Q - P
Solution:As a thunderous applause from an appreciative audience preceded and followed every composition the maestro appeared to be enjoying every bit of it.

3. Keeping

P : farmers to smoke their fields during
Q : in view the prevailing weather conditions
R : agricultural experts have advised
S : the night to protect vegetables from cold

Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?

Correct Answer: (d) Q - R - P - S
Solution:Keeping in view the prevailing weather conditions agricultural experts have advised farmers to smoke their fields during the night to protect vegetables from cold.

4. It is

P : stressful or joyful
Q : with the belief in the evanescence of life itself
R : necessary to rise above the situations
S : and in the philosophical of the purpose of life

Which one of the following is the correct sequence?

Correct Answer: (a) R - P - Q - S  
Solution:It is necessary to rise above the situations stressful or joyful with the belief in the evanescence of life itself and in the philosophical purpose of life.

5. The difference

P : and development on the other affects
Q : in the relationship between death and birth rates on the one hand
R : but the age structure of the population
S : not just the rate of population growth

Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?

Correct Answer: (b) Q - P - S - R
Solution:

The difference in the relationship between death and birth rates on the one hand and development on the other affects not just the rate of population growth but the age structure of the population.

6. Here

P : another supposed discovery of 29-inch footprints
Q : claim to have found in Kerala
R : we go again with yet
S : which a group of amateur anthropologists

Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?

Correct Answer: (c) R - P - S - Q
Solution:Here we go again with yet another supposed discovery of 29-inch footprints which a group of amateur anthropologists claim to have found in Kerala.

7. Creative

P : world of reality
Q : writers and artists, through their imagination
R : transform the details of the
S : into the world of art

Which one of the following is the correct sequence?

Correct Answer: (b) Q - R - P - S
Solution:Creative writers and artists, through their imagination transform the details of the world of reality into the world of art.

8. Thus

P : against the state through the courts
Q : of one’s privacy against arbitrary intrusion by the police
R : the court emphasized that the security
S : is basic to a free society and enforceable

Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?

Correct Answer: (d) R - Q - S - P
Solution:

Thus the court emphasized that the security of one’s privacy against arbitrary intrusion by the police is basic to a free society and enforceable against the state through the courts.

9. The preference

P : responsibilities of looking after parents in their old age
Q : despite the fact that in a growing number of families
R : at least in urban India, daughters are taking on the
S : for the male child continues

Which one of the following is the correct sequence?

Correct Answer: (a) S - Q - R - P  
Solution:

The preference for the male child continues despite the fact that in a growing number of families at least in urban India, daughters are taking on the responsibilities of looking after parents in their old age.

10. The producer must

P : give enough information so that the consumer
Q : will understand how the product differs the competition
R : about the product but to buy it, the producer must
S : inform the consumer of his product and if he wants the consumer not only know

Which one of the following is the correct sequence?

Correct Answer: (d) S - R - P - Q
Solution:

The producer must inform the consumer of his product and if he wants the consumer not only know about the product but to buy it, the producer must give enough information so that the consumer will understand how the product differs the competition.