RECONSTRUCTING PARAGRAPHS - Examples

 Practice set for JUMBLED SENTENCES

In each of the following questions, five parts of a sentence are given. You are provided with the beginning (S1) and the ending (S5) of this sentence and other parts are jumbled up. Choose the correct order of the JUMBLED parts of sentence (P, Q, R) that can complete it logically.

1.      S1: Kolkata unlike other cities kept its trams.

S2:  _________________________

S3:  _________________________

S4:  _________________________

S5: The foundation stone was laid in 1972.

P: As a result, there was terrible congestion.

Q: They run down the centre of the road.

R: So they decided to build underground railway line to ease the city

Choose the correct answer.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

2.      S1: Satyajit Ray made several movies for children.

S2: _________________________

S3: _________________________

S4: _________________________

S5: But today a very few people think Satyajit Ray as a maker of children movies.

P: Later, other film makers also followed suit.

Q: He was thus a pioneer in this field.

R: He did this when no other director thought children as potential audience.

Choose the correct answer.

(1)    PQR                                                                    

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

3.      S1:  Air is one of the most important elements of our environment required for our survival.

S2:  _________________________

S3:  _________________________

S4:  _________________________

S5: People have to breathe and inhale polluted air.

P: It is a natural gift and a free asset for us.

Q: The smoke gets mixed with air and thus pollutes it.

R: It is polluted by the smoke-produced automobiles.

Choose the correct answer.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

4.      S1: The aim of education is not only to gain bookish knowledge.

S2:  _________________________

S3:  _________________________

S4:  _________________________

S5: On realization, we can judge the importance of the system of education.

P: It should also be considered as a means.

Q: Its purpose should be to make children good citizens of the country.

R: This fact must be realized.

Choose the correct answer.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

5.      S1:  A man living in a desert is free. But he is not absolutely free.

S2:  _________________________

S3:  _________________________

S4:  _________________________

S5:  So, death comes to him sooner.

P: Moreover, he cannot protect himself from animals.

Q: He is the slave of his needs like sleep, water, food and shelter.

R: His freedom is limited in several ways.

Choose the correct answer.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

6.      S1:  We have many problems to face.

S2:  _________________________

S3:  _________________________

S4:  _________________________

S5:  These will improve our standard of living.

P: We have our Five Year Plans.

Q: However the most important is the economic development.

R: We will achieve greater production.

Choose the correct answer.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

7.      S1:  The INC started demanding for complete independence from 1929.
S2:  ______________________
S3:  ______________________
S4:  ______________________
S5:  India got freedom in 1947.

P: Constitutional development started.                                

Q: Quit India Movement took place in 1942.
R: Second World War ended in 1945.

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

8.      S1:  Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected the first president of Republic India.
S2:  _________________________
S3:  _________________________
S4:  _________________________
S5: He died on 13^th May 1962.

P: He was a lawyer by profession.

Q: He was also elected the president of the constituent assembly.

R: But he quit his law practice and joined Indian Freedom Movement.

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

9.      S1: Strategy was erroneous from the beginning, which was destined to fail.
S2:  _________________________
S3:  _________________________
S4:  _________________________
S5: He had to stand and watch hopelessly.

P: It is indeed unexpected to make such a large project successful without planning.

Q: However, by that time it was too late to rectify the functionality.

R: Mahesh started realizing the loophole at the end.

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

10.  S1: The Government did not accept the demand of ‘Poorn Swaraj.
S2: ______________________
S3: ______________________
S4: ______________________
S5: Congress was declared an illegal party.

P: Civil Disobedience Movement was started.                    

Q: Thousands of people started breaking laws.
R: Gandhiji started from his Sabarmati Ashram towards the village Dandi to break the salt law.

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

11.  S1: Maharaja Ranjit Singh was appointed governor of Lahore by the Afghan ruler.
S2: ______________________
S3: ______________________
S4: ______________________
S5: He believed in the policy of religious tolerance.

P: He was a great warrior.

Q: He conquered Multan, Kangra, Kashmir and Peshawar.

R: but became an independent ruler afterwards.

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

12.  S1: The whole scheme was destined to fail from the beginning.
S2: ______________________
S3: ______________________
S4: ______________________
S5: He had to stand and watch hopelessly.

P: It is unfeasible to succeed such a large project without planning.

Q: But by then it was too late to correct things.

R: Rohit started realizing this only towards the end.

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

13.  S1: Mayank was transferred to New Delhi recently

S2: ______________________

S3: ______________________

S4: ______________________

S5: now, Mayank is very proud of his colleagues.

P: initially he had some problem in getting adjusted to the city life

Q: before that he was working in Raj Nagar (a rural area) branch of our office
R: but, we all assisted him in the first few days

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

14.  S1: Think of sleep as medicine.

S2: ______________________

S3: ______________________

S4: ______________________

S5: than anything you could have done otherwise.

P: It’s the time the body produces hormones that heal the body, mind and skin.

Q: sleep is more important for you

R: so while it seems like sleep is a waste of time

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

15.  S1: Gandhiji gave the greatest importance to truth

S2: ______________________

S3: ______________________

S4: ______________________

S5: He feels that when a person realizes truth he becomes humble.

P: “God is truth and truth is God”.

Q: He used to say

R: Which to him is inseparable from life

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

16.  S1: Laws are made to secure personal safety.
S2: ______________________
S3: ______________________
S4: ______________________
S5: But the bad citizens break them.

P: These are also meant to safeguard property

Q: They also serve because law breakers are law makers

R: Now the good citizens obey them on their own

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

17.  S1: We in India have special problems. Some of them are of serious nature.
S2:  ______________________
S3:  ______________________
S4:  ______________________
S5: Thus we aim at a democratic society.

P: They should have complete freedom

Q: One of them is that every citizen should have basic amenities

R: Our national objectives are well defined

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

18.  S1: Do not underestimate the importance of clearness.
S2: ______________________
S3: ______________________
S4: ______________________
S5: Many speakers are like that.

P: Not ten percent of the audience understood him

Q: I once heard an Irish poet reciting his own poem

R: Many talkers dislike that

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

19.  S1:  When a chemical substance

S2: ______________________

S3: ______________________

S4:  ______________________

S5: the food poisoning occurs.
P: preparations

Q: and used in the food

R: is mistaken for salt

Choose the correct option.
(1)  PQR
(2)  RQP
(3)  QPR
(4)  PRQ

20.  S1: There is a fashion these days

S2:  ______________________

S3:  ______________________

S4:  ______________________

S5: who is born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
P: as an evil

Q: to bewail poverty

R: and to envy the young man

Choose the correct option.
(1)  PQR
(2)  RQP
(3)  QPR
(4)  PRQ

21.  S1: On reaching the station

S2:  ______________________

S3:  ______________________

S4:  ______________________

S5: and walked down to the platform.
P: he first looked around for a coolie

Q: he just lifted his luggage

R: and when he could find none

Choose the correct option.
(1)  PQR
(2)  RQP
(3)  QPR
(4)  PRQ

22.  S1: My father gets up at 6 O’ clock in the morning daily.
S2: ______________________
S3: ______________________
S4: ______________________
S5: He leaves for his office at 10 O’ clock.

P: Then he takes his breakfast after taking a bath.

Q: After getting up, he goes for jogging.               

R: Thereafter, he gets ready for the office.

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

23.  S1: This crisis is none of our making.
S2: _________________________
S3: _________________________
S4: _________________________
S5: Anything they grab becomes their frontier.

P: It is China that has sought to enforce its territorial claims

Q: Their frontier is a mobile one

R: She has even advanced beyond the line of her claims

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

24.  S1: Democracy means the supreme power of the people.
S2: _________________________
S3: _________________________
S4: _________________________
S5: In essence it remains the same.

P: In ancient times it meant communities of free people

Q: In the modern times it is founded of the principle of popular control.

R: Though it is an old word in the sense in which we use it is now

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

25.  S1:  When he
S2:  _________________________
S3:  _________________________
S4:  _________________________
S5:  What to do.

P: he was nervous and

Q: heard the hue and cry at midnight

R: did not know what to do

Choose the correct option.
(1)  PQR
(2)  RQP
(3)  QPR
(4)  PRQ

26.  S1:  I read an advertisement that said
S2:  _________________________
S3:  _________________________
S4:  _________________________
S5:  gentleman of taste.

P: air-conditioned and

Q: are available for the

R: fully furnished rooms

Choose the correct option.
(1)  PQR
(2)  RQP
(3)  QPR
(4)  PRQ

27.  S1:  An American man
S2:  _________________________
S3:  _________________________
S4:  _________________________
S5:  where he had put up.
P: committed suicide

Q: who had come to Delhi

R: by hanging himself from the ceiling fan of the room of the hotel.

Choose the correct option.
(1)  PQR
(2)  RQP
(3)  QPR
(4)  PRQ

28.  S1: We may doubt the judgement of a critic.
S2: _________________________
S3: _________________________
S4: _________________________
S5: This is the test of a great book.

P: Similarly we may doubt our own judgement.

Q: But there is no doubt with regard to the judgement of a generation.

R: But we cannot doubt the judgement of professionals.

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

29.  S1: Albert Einstein was originally from Germany.
S2: _________________________
S3: _________________________
S4: _________________________
S5: His theory of relativity helped inventors develop atomic energy, including the atomic bomb.

P: He was a Jewish with independent thinking.

Q: He left Germany and came to America during 1930s to settle there.

R: Albert Einstein is known as the father of the nuclear age.

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

30.  S1: William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in England.
S2: _________________________
S3: _________________________
S4: _________________________
S5: However, these only provide brief sketches of specific events in his life.

P: One source is his works and the other – official documentation.

Q: There are two primary sources that provide basic outline of his life.

R: But his personal history is somewhat a mystery.

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

31.  S1: What needs to be set right in our approach to work?

S2: _________________________

S3: _________________________

S4: _________________________

S5: The problem is the standard which the leadership in administration sets for the staff.

P: It will be shocking to know that the time devoted to actual work is negligible.

Q: If an assessment is made for the time they spend in gossiping, drinking tea and

smoking cigarettes etc.

R: The common sight of employees in our country is reporting for duty on time but doing

little work.

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

32.  S1: Due to sudden sprain, Amit fell down.

S2: __________________________

S3: __________________________

S4: __________________________

S5: It was an odd night time so he cried for help.

P: He was shocked when he realized that the leg had lost sensation.

Q: When he tried to get up, he felt his leg was very heavy.

R: He had to lie down hopelessly till he saw a flash light.

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

33.  S1: He had to send some money to his parents.

S2: _________________________

S3: _________________________

S4: _________________________

S5: He reached office at 11 O’clock after sending the money.

P: However, he had no money with him.

Q: After that he spent around an hour at the post office.

R: Therefore, he went to bank to withdraw some money.

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

34.  S1:  I hope the artists

S2:  ______________________

S3:  ______________________

S4:  ______________________

S5: to the younger generation.

P: will be a source of

Q: whom we have honoured today

R: inspiration and courage

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

35.  S1:  There is no need of any 

S2:  ______________________

S3:  ______________________

S4:  ______________________

S5: result of the rapid growth of population.

P: illiteracy, as it is obviously the

Q: explain the cause of this

R: sophisticated technique to

Choose the correct option.

(1)    PQR

(2)    RQP

(3)    QPR

(4)    PRQ

36.  S1:  We are passing through a difficult period

S2: _____________________

S3: _____________________

S4: ______________________

S5:  to live for themselves.

P: we have forgotten the teachings of Gandhi

Q: of stress and strains mainly because

R: and everyone is trying

Choose the correct option.

(1)   PQR

(2)   RQP

(3)   QPR

(4)   PRQ

ANSWERS

11. (3)     2. (2)    3. (4)     4. (3)     5. (2)    6. (3)     7. (1)     8. (4)     9. (1)   10. (4)
11. (2)   12. (1)   13. (3)   14. (4)   15. (2)   16. (4)   17. (2)   18. (3)   19. (2)   20. (3)
21. (4)   22. (3)   23. (4)   24. (1)   25. (3)   26. (4)   27. (3)   28. (3)   29. (1)   30. (2)
31. (2)   32. (3)   33. (4)   34. (3)   35. (2)   36. (3)

REARRANGEMENT OF SENTENCES TO MAKE PARAGRAPH