Sentence Arrangement – Exercise – 2

66. S1: We now know that the oceans are very deep.
P: For example, the Indian ocean has a range called the Indian Ridge.
Q: Much of it is fairly flat.
R: However, there are great mountain ranges as well.
S: On average the bottom is 2.5 miles to 3.5 miles down
S6: This reaches from the India to the Antarctic.

The Proper sequence should be:

(a) SQPR
(b) PQSR
(c) RSQP
(d) QPRS

67. S1: Metals are today being replaced by polymers in many applications.
P: Above all, they are cheaper and easier to process making them a viable alternative to metals.
Q: Polymers are essentially a long chains of hydrocarbon molecules.
R: Today polymers as strong as metals have been developed.
S: These have replaced the traditional chromium-plated metallic bumpers in cars.
S6: Many Indian Institutes of science and Technology run special programmes on polymer science.

The Proper sequence should be:

(a) QRSP
(b) RSQP
(c) RQSP
(d) QRPS

68. S1: Growing up means not only getting larger, but also using our sense and our brain is to become more aware of things around us.
P: Not only does he have a memory but he is able to think and reason.
Q: In this, man differs from all other animals.
R: Before we spray our roadside plants or turn sewage in to our rivers, we should pause to think what the results of our action are likely to do.
S: This is to say, he is able to plan what he is is going to do in the light of his experience before he does it.
S6: In other words, we must develop and use our ability to reason, because the destruction or the preservation of the places in which we live depend on us.

The Proper sequence should be:

(a) QRSP
(b) SPQR
(c) SPRQ
(d) QPSR

69. S1: Biological evolution has not fitted man to any specific environment.
P: It is by no means a biological evolution, but it is a cultural one.
Q: His imagination, his reason, his emotional subtlety and toughness, makes it possible for him not to accept the environment but to change.
R: And that series of inventions by which man from age by age has reshaped his environment is a different kind of evolution.
S: Among the multitude of animals which scamper, burrow swim around us he is in the only one who is not locked in to his environment.
S6: That brilliant sequence of cultural peaks can most appropriately be termed the ascent of man.

The Proper sequence should be:

(a) QPRS
(b) SRQP
(c) QRSP
(d) SQRP

70. S1: Since the sixties there has been an increasing interest in neurophysiology, which deals with the neural bases of mental activity and behaviour.
P: It has format which is very similar to that of Brain and Language, a sister journal.
Q: Since then, a number of journals devoted entirely to this area of research have appeared.
R: Before the 1960’s when this field was the concern of a small number of investigators, research articles were scattered in various neurological journals.
S: Brain and cognition is one such journal.
S6: So far the journal has published the mixture of articles including reports and investigations.

The Proper sequence should be:

(a) RQSP
(b) QRSP
(c) QSPR
(d) RSPQ

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