Sentence Arrangement – Exercise – 1

36. S1: Jawaharlal Nehru was born in Allahabad on 14 Nov 1889.
P: Nehru meet Mahatma Gandhi in February 1920.
Q: In 1905 he was sent to London to study at a school called Haroow.
R: He became the first Prime Minister of Independent India on 15 August 1947.
S: He married Kamla Kaul in 1915.
S6: He died on 27 May 1964.

The Proper sequence should be:

(a) QRPS
(b) QSPR
(c) RPQS
(d) SQRP

37. S1: Forecasting the weather has always been a difficult business.
P: During a period of drought, streams and rivers dried up, the cattle died from thirst and were ruined.
Q: Many different things affect the weather and we have to study them carefully to make accurate forecast.
R: Ancient Egyptians had no need of weather in the Nile Valley hardly ever changes.
S: In early times, when there were no instruments, such as thermometer or the barometer, man looked for tell-tale signs in the sky.
S6: He made his forecasts by watching flights of the birds or the way smoke rose from fire.

The Proper sequence should be:

(a) PRQS
(b) QPRS
(c) QRPS
(d) SPQR

38. S1: Duryodhana was a wicked prince.
P: one day Bhima made Duryodhana fall from a tree from which Duryodhana was stealing fruits.
Q: He did not like that Pandavas should be loved and respected by the people of Hastinapur
R: Duryodhana specially hated Bhima.
S: Among the Pandavas, Bhima was extraordinary strong and powerful
S6: This enraged Duryodhana so much that he began to think of removing Bhima from his way.

The Proper sequence should be:

(a) PSQR
(b) QPRS
(c) QSPR
(d) PSRQ

39. S1: A father having offered to take the baby out in a perambulator, was tempted by the sunny morning to slip into a pub for a glass of beer.
P: Indignant at her husband’s behaviour, she decided to teach him a lesson.
Q: She wheeled away the pram.
R: A little later, his wife came by, where to her horror, she discovered her sleeping baby.
S: Leaving the pram outside, he disappeared inside the bar.
S6: She waited for him, anticipating the white face and quivering lips which would soon appear with the news that the baby had been stolen.

The Proper sequence should be:

(a) SRPQ
(b) RQPS
(c) SPQR
(d) PQSR

40. S1: I keep on flapping my big ears all day.
P: They also fear that I will flip them all away.
Q: But children wonder why I flap them so.
R: I flap them so to make sure they are safely there on either side of my head.
S: But I know what I am doing.
S6: Am I not a smart, intelligent elephant?

The Proper sequence should be:

(a) SRQP
(b) QPSR
(c) QPRS
(d) PSRQ

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