PARA JUMBLES (GENERAL ENGLISH)

Total Questions: 33

31. In the following questions, the 1st and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.

1. It is the responsibility of parents to teach the young moral values in life.
P. Many children take advantage of their parents busy schedule.
Q. This result in children’s ignorance of social values.
R. The reason behind it is that parents are quite busy nowadays.
S. Nowadays parents spend very meagre time with children.
6. As such, the society is going away from the value system.

Correct Answer: (a) SRPQ
Solution:

Sentence 1 talks about the responsibility of parents towards their children. S will come next as it talks about the present scenario wherein parents spend very less time with their wards. R will fall next as it gives the reason why parents spend less time with their children. Only option (a) starts with SR; so, it is the answer.

32. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

1. The man who does his duty without any selfish desire for fruit may be called a sanyasi as well as yogi.
P. The man who has achieved much evenness of temper will be serene, because his mere thoughts are changed with the strength of action.
Q. He would practise yoga i.e., evenness of temper, and cannot but perform action.
R. The root of the matter is that one should not allow his mind to fit from object to desire to another and from that to a third.
S. But he who abstains from action altogether is only an idler.
6. A yogi is one who is not attached to his objects of sense or to action and whose mind has ceased to roam restlessly.

Correct Answer: (a) SRQP
Solution:S will follow sentence 1 as the conjunction ‘but’ in it makes a correct comparative link with the thing said in sentence. Only option (a) starts with S; so, it will be the answer.

33. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

1. This was an important day for Alattook.
P. It was a cold day, but Alatook would be warm.
Q. For the first time he was going to hunt seals alone.
R. First he put on his fur-lined jacket.
S. Then he put on mittens and boots of deerskin to protect his hands and feet from the cold.
6. Finally he picked up the gun he had cleaned so carefully the day before.

Correct Answer: (b) QPRS
Solution:

Q will be the first sentence as it gives the reason why it was as important day for Alattook (mentioned in sentence 1). P will come next as it starts with the detail of the day (important day). Only option (b) starts with QP; so, it is the answer.