PARA-JUMBLES

Directions (1-5): For the questions given below, 5 (five) sentences are given
which may or may not be jumbled. These sentences form a coherent paragraph
(not every sentence). Read each question carefully and then answer
accordingly.
(A) And, while urban India usually has little patience for agrarian problems, many
Mumbaikars not only backed the stir but also pitched in to help with food, water, medical
aid, and even footwear.
(B) The farmers were persuaded to complete the final leg of the march early on Monday
to avoid inconveniencing commuters, and halt peacefully 2 km from the Assembly so that
government emissaries could negotiate with their representatives.
(C) The manner in which they conducted themselves — without disrupting the lives of
other citizens and refraining from aggressive sloganeering — is not how India’s myriad
protesters typically behave.
(D) The gruelling six-day march of nearly 200 km from Nashik to Mumbai by thousands
of farmers, with the aim to gherao the Maharashtra Assembly and sensitise the
government to their problems, was remarkable.
(E) While Opposition parties as well as BJP ally Shiv Sena backed the farmers and tribals
in an attempt to isolate Devendra Fadnavis’s administration, he managed to emerge
unflustered and deal with the issue effectively.
(F) Indian farmers also grow pulses, potatoes, sugarcane, oilseeds, and such non-food
items as cotton, tea, coffee, rubber, and jute.
1.Which one of the following statements is incoherent to the paragraph after
rearrangement?
(a) D (b) B (c) A (d) F (e) C
2.Which one of the following is the SECOND sentence of the paragraph after the
rearrangement? (Excluding the incoherent sentence)
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
3.Which one of the following is the FOURTH sentence of the paragraph after
rearrangement? (Excluding the incoherent sentence)
(a) A (b) E (c) C (d) B (e) D
4.Which one of the following sentences is the THIRD sentence of the paragraph
after rearrangement? (Excluding the incoherent sentence)
(a) B (b) C (c) D (d) E (e) A
5.Which one of the following should follow the last sentence of the paragraph
after rearrangement excluding the incoherent sentence?
(a) A large number of the marchers were tribals with no land titles; therefore, the
promise that the 2006 Forest Rights Act will be implemented in letter and spirit is
welcome
(b) The BJP-led government at the Centre, which has been promising doubling of farm
incomes and higher prices, and is to seek re-election a year from now, would do well to
take note too.
(c) The Gujarat election, which was marked by sharply different voting patterns in urban
and rural areas, was a rude reminder of how agrarian distress can impact the election
result.
(d) By evening, ‘deeply humbled’ by the farmers’ reasonable approach, Mr. Fadnavis said
he respected them and had no problem in accepting most of their demands, leading the
farmers to end the stir and board special trains to go back home.
(e) A six-month deadline has been set for changes that will take some doing, with a
written assurance that some of the demands will be pushed through immediately.
Directions (6-10): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)
and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then
answer the questions given below.
(A) The Joint Vision Statement on the Indian Ocean Region is clearly aimed at countering
China’s growing presence in the region.
(B) Notably, Mr. Modi and Mr. Macron declared they would ensure cheaper solar energy
and increase avenues for financing, something that has created heat at the WTO.
(C) The “reciprocal logistics support” agreement, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi
called a “golden step” in defence cooperation, is a signal to Russia and to the U.S.-led
alliance that partnered in the “Quadrilateral”, that both New Delhi and Paris feel the need
to diversify strategic postures beyond their current choices.
(D) Much like the pioneering India-France strategic partnership of 1998, the agreements
signed during President Emmanuel Macron’s visit are set to strengthen bilateral
cooperation at a time of global flux.
(E) Finally, by bringing 61 countries into the ISA, India and France are proposing an
alternative leadership model for the less developed world, challenging the geopolitical
power structure configured around fossil-fuel energy resources.
(F) And the International Solar Alliance, recommitment to starting the Jaitapur nuclear
power plant, and joint ventures on climate change cooperation are reactions to the U.S.
abdicating its role by announcing its pullout from the Paris accord.
6.Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) F (c) E (d) D (e) B
7.Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) F
8.Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B (b) D (c) A (d) E (e) C
9.Which of the following should be the LAST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) B (b) E (c) D (d) F (e) A
10.Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) D (b) E (c) F (d) B (e) C

Directions (11-15): Rearrange the following six sentences A, B, C, D, E and F in a

proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph. Then answer the questions
given below:-
(A) The demand, for petroleum, during 1996-97 and 2006-07 is anticipated to be 81
million tonnes and 125 million tonnes respectively.
(B) Electricity is going to play a major role in the development of infrastructure facilities.
(C) According to the projections of the 14th power survey committee Report, the
electricity generation requirements from utilities will be about 416 billion units by 1996-
97 and 824 billion units by 2006-07.
(D) The production of coal should reach 303 million tonnes by 1996-97 to achieve plan
targets and 460 million tonnes by 2006-07.
(E) Commercial energy consumption shows an increasing trend and poses a major
challenge for the future.
(F) The demand for petroleum products has already outstripped indigenous production.
Q11. Which sentence should be the FOURTH in the paragraph?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
Q12. Which sentence should be the LAST in the paragraph?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
Q13. Which sentence should be the FIRST in the paragraph?
(a) A (b) B (c) E (d) D (e) C
Q 14. Which sentence should be the SECOND in the paragraph?
(a) F (b) B (c) E (d) D (e) C
Q 15.Which sentence should be the THIRD in the paragraph?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
Directions (16-20): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E),
(F) and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then
answer the questions given below.
1.It takes its recourse to progressive march towards perfection.
2.But one may conclude, while science is inclined towards reason; spiritualism is the
essence of religion.
3.In religion deviation from the set course is not permissible, though some more
rationalistic religious leaders also allow questioning and their satisfactory answers.
4.Many people believe that science and religion are contrary to each other.
5.The tools of religion, one the other hand, are faith, intuition, and the spoken words of
the enlightened.
6.The method of science is observation, experiment and experience.
7.There is no doubt that the methods of science and religion are different.
Q16. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) F (b) E (c) D (d) B (e) G
Q17. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) B (b) A (c) D (d) F (e) C
Q18. Which of the following should be the LAST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) C (b) A (c) D (d) B (e) E
Q19. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) C (b) B (c) D (d) F (e) A
Q20. Which of the following should be the SIXTH sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) C (b) F (c) A (d)G (e) D
Direction (21 – 25): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)
and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer
the questions given below them.
(A) We at Infoquicktech thus make sure that our clients receive the best and the quickest
services in the field of IT.
(B) Information Technology has transformed a lot in this decade and this metamorphosis
is exceedingly quick.
(C) The user can now get the desired information in a fraction of a second.
(D)Our newer packages now perform in a far better way than our clients used to get in
the past.
(E) Our search engines have been astoundingly powerful to process and fetch the
required information to the user.
(F) These improvements perform a real magic, in the true sense of the term, to facilitate
quicker access.
Q21. Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
Q22. Which of the following will be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after
rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
Q23. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
Q24. Which of the following will be the-SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
Q25. Which of the following will be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) F
Directions (26-30): The sentences given in each of the following questions,
when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled
with a letter. From among the five choices given below each question, choose
the most logical order of sentences that construct a coherent paragraph.
Q26. A. It is beyond our powers to predict the future.
1.Your own life, or your band’s, or even your species’ might be owed to a restless few.
2.Long summers, mild winters, rich harvests, plentiful game — none of them lasts
forever.
3.Catastrophic events have a way of sneaking up on us, of catching us unaware.
(a) ADCB (b) BCDA (c) ACDB (d) BDCA (e) CADB
Q27. A. The remaining chapters were written by various authors to Jung’s
direction.
1.The chapter that bears his name is his work and nobody else’s.
2.The final editing of the complete work after Jung’s death has been done by Dr. Von
Franz.
3.It was written, incidentally, in English.
(a) CBDA (b) ADBC (c) ACDB (d) DCBA
Q28. A. This is not surprising as many developing economies try to peg their
exchange rates to the US dollar or to a basket of currencies.
1.Many developing economies manage to keep exchange rate volatility lower than that in
the industrial economies.
2.India has also gone in for the full float on the current account and abolished the
managed exchange rate.
3.Dramatic exceptions are Argentina, Brazil, and Nigeria.
4.Currency movements can have a dramatic impact on equity returns for foreign investor.
5.Another emerging-market-specific risk is liquidity risk.
(a) AEFDBC (b) ECDABF (c) BEDFAC (d) ECABFD (e) AFBCED
Q29. A. They should also update their competence to guide their subordinates;
this would be possible only if they keep in regular touch with new processes,
machines, instruments, gauges, systems and gadgets.
1.Work must be allocated to different groups and team members in clear, specific, terms.
2.Too much of wall-building is detrimental to the exercise of the ‘personal charisma’ of
the leader whose presence should not be felt only through notices, circulars or memos,
but by being seen physically.
3.Simple, clean living among one’s people should be insisted upon.
4.Managers must lead by example; they should not be averse to giving a hand in manual
work, if required.
5.This would mean the maintaining of an updated organisation chart; laying down job
descriptions; identifying key result areas, setting personal targets: and above all,
monitoring of performance, to meet organisational goals.
(a) EBDACF (b) BECDAF (c) EADCBF (d) AECDFB (e) EABCDF
Q30. A. At times, managers are called upon to take ruthless decisions in the
lone-term interests of the organisation.
1.People hurt others, at times knowingly, to teach them a lesson and, at other times
unknowingly, because they lack correct understanding of the other person’s stand.
2.The delegation of any power, to any person, is never absolute.
3.Every ruthless decision will be easier to accept if the situation at the moment of
committing the act is objectively analysed, shared openly and discussed rationally
4.If power is misused, its effects can last only for a while, since employees are bound to
confront it someday, more so, the talented ones.
5.Despite the passage of time, a large number of conflicts continue to remain alive,
because the wronged parties, in reality or in imagination, wish to take revenge upon each
other, thus creating a vicious circle.
(a) BEFCAD (b) AEDBCF (c) FDEABC (d) FBADCE (e) AEBCFD
1.Ans. d
Exp. All the sentences except sentence (F) connects coherently to form a paragraph. The
theme of the paragraph is about the protest march held by farmers in
Maharashtra. Therefore, the correct sequence of the paragraph is DCAEB. However,
sentence (F) is about various products produced by Indian farmers. Thus, option (d) is
the most suitable answer choice.
2. Ans. c

Exp. The correct sequence of the paragraph after rearrangement is DCAEB. Therefore,
the second statement is option (c) i.e., sentence (C).
3. Ans. b
Exp. The correct sequence of the paragraph after rearrangement is DCAEB. Therefore,
the fourth statement is option (b) i.e., sentence (E).
4. Ans. e

Exp. The correct sequence of the paragraph after rearrangement is DCAEB. Therefore,
the third statement is option (e) i.e., sentence (A).
5. Ans. d

Exp. The sequence of the paragraph after rearrangement is DCAEB. The paragraph is
describing about the protest done by farmers with the aim to gherao the Maharashtra
Assembly. The last sentence of the paragraph states about the progress of six days
protest march. Therefore, the next statement that should follow sentence (B) should be
option (d) i.e., “By evening, ‘deeply humbled’ by the farmers’ reasonable
approach, Mr. Fadnavis said he respected them and had no problem in accepting
most of their demands, leading the farmers to end the stir and board special
trains to go back home.” As this statement further illustrates the proceedings of the
protest. It perfectly connects with the previous statement. All the other options are either
grammatically incorrect or do not connect contextually with the previous statement.
Thus, option (d) becomes the most suitable answer choice.
6. Ans. a

Exp. The correct sequence of sentences after the rearrangement is DAFCE

7. Exp. The correct sequence of sentences after the rearrangement
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8. Ans. e

Exp. The correct sequence of sentences after the rearrangement is DAFCEB.

9. Ans. a

Exp. The correct sequence of sentences after the rearrangement is DAFCEB.

10. Ans. a
Exp. The correct sequence of sentences after the rearrangement is DAFCEB.
11.Answer & Explanation
Ans.. (d)
Exp.The required sequence is EFADCB.
12. Ans.(b)

Exp.The required sequence is EFADCB.

13. Ans.(c)

Exp.The required sequence is EFADCB.

14.
Answer & Explanation
Ans. (a)
Exp.The required sequence is EFADCB.
15. Answer & Explanation
Ans.(a)
Exp.The required sequence is EFADCB
16. Answer & Explanation
Ans.(e)
Exp.The correct sequence is DGFAECB.
17. Answer & Explanation
Ans.(b)
Exp.The correct sequence is DGFAECB.
18. Answer & Explanation
Ans.(d)
Exp.The correct sequence is DGFAECB.
19.
Answer & Explanation
Ans.(c)
Exp.The correct sequence is DGFAECB.
20. Answer & Explanation
Ans.(a)
Exp.The correct sequence is DGFAECB.
21. Answer & Explanation
Ans. 1.(c)
Exp.The correct sequence is BDEFCA.
22.
Answer & Explanation
Ans. 2.(a)
Exp.The correct sequence is BDEFCA.
23.
Answer & Explanation
Ans. 3.(b)
Exp.The correct sequence is BDEFCA.
24. Answer & Explanation
Ans. 4.(d)
Exp.The correct sequence is BDEFCA.
25. Answer & Explanation
Ans. 5.(e)
Exp.The correct sequence is BDEFCA.
26.
Answer & Explanation
Ans. 6.(e),
Exp.C must be the first sentence. A -D makes a combination. Hence CADB is the correct
sequence.
27.
Answer & Explanation
Ans.7.(a)
Exp.D-A makes a combination. C must be the first sentence. Hence CBDA is the correct
sequence.
28. Answer & Explanation
Ans.8.(b)
Exp.D-A makes a combination. E must be the first sentence. Hence ECDABF is the
correct sequence.
29. Answer & Explanation
Ans. 9.(c)
Exp.E must be the first sentence. A-D makes a combination while F must be the last
sentence. Hence EADCBF is the correct sequence.
30.
Answer & Explanation
Ans.10. (d)
Exp.F must be the first sentence. A-D makes a combination. Hence FBADCE is the
correct sequence.