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Sentence Rearrangement
EXERCISE 1
Directions (Q. Nos. 1-25)
In the following questions, some parts have been Jumbled up. You are required to
rearrange these parts, which are labelled P, Q, R and S, to produce the
correct sentence.

1. The broker said that, a person/(P), should shop carefully/(Q) who buys a

house/(R), for the lowest interest rate/(S).

(a) PSRQ (b) SRQP (c) RQPS (d) SPRQ

2. The only time, when this dynamic cricketer/(P), was on the 1979 tour of England

/(Q), failed with the bat/(R), the tag of an all-rounder did not fit him/(S).

(a) SQPR (b) PRQS (c) SRPQ (d) PQSR

3. Kapil, left in an aeroplane/(P), after reading a sailing magazine/(Q), had decided

/(R), to build his own boat nine years earlier/(S).

(a) PRQS (b) RSQP (c) RQPS (d) PSRQ

4. When, it becomes an honour of a life time/(P), in recognition of their great

performance/(Q), illustrious personalities/(R) win an award/(S).

(a) RPQS (b) PQRS (c) QRSP (d) RSQP

5. The inspector argued that no force was used, beyond that was necessary to put an

end to the disturbances/(P), by the police/(Q), produced/(R), by the anti-social

elements/(S).

(a) QPRS (b) SPRQ (c) PSRQ (d) QRPS

6. Though my father, he is deeply concerned/(P), about their needs/(Q), makes his

children/(R), carry out their duties promptly/(S).

(a) RSPQ (b) PRQS (c) RSQP (d) PQRS

7. Making, had formed from the receding tide/(P), I noticed a man fishing in/(Q), on

my way to a favourite fishing spot/(R), a very small pool of water that/(S).

(a) SPQR (b) RQSP (c) SQRP (d) RPSQ

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8. Around the World, painful terminal diseases/(P), the question of humane

death/(Q), people are wrestling with/(R), especially in the face of/(S).

(a) RSQP (b) PQRS (c) RQSP (d) PSQR

9. Like most people, all of their behaviour/(P), entrepreneurs are complex/(Q), can

explain/(R), and no one theory/(S).

(a) QPRS (b) RSQP (c) QSRP (d) RPQS

10. The unfortunate reality, as a result of this decline England is/(P), peripheral

sport in England and/(Q), cricket is today a/(R), peripheral to world cricket/(S).

(a) SQPR (b) RPQS (c) SPQR (d) RQPS

11. The students know that, to control unruly students/(P), in the college

administration/(Q), their new principal/(R), has taken a number of strong

measures/(S).

(a) RSPQ (b) RSQP (c) PQRS (d) QRSP

12. The government has assured the people that, in the Kargil operation/(P), who have

sacrificed their lives/(Q) will be properly looked after/(R), the families of all those

soldiers/(S)

(a) PSRQ (b) SQRP (c) SRQP (d) SPRQ

13. The Portuguese, had a great talent/(P), as also for choosing the right place to

build/(Q), for building houses/(R), who arrived in Goa 400 years ago/(S).

(a) RPSQ (b) SQPR (c) RQSP (d) SPRQ

14. In life, some rules are /(P), as in business /(Q), they seem almost instinctive /(R),

learnt so early that/(S)

(a) RSPQ (b) QPSR (c) RPSQ (d) QSPR

15. For thousands of years, one of the most important fruits /(P), The strange fruit of

this bush/(Q), of the Mediterranean region/®, has been regarded as/(S).

(a) PQRS (b) QSPR (c) PSQR (d) QRPS

16. Everyone knows that, it is difficult/(P), to speak more politely /(Q), to go to the

manager/(R), and tell him that he ought/(S).

(a) QSRP (b) PRSQ (c) QRSP (d) PSRQ

17. The concept of death, that it has been reduced/(P), as an inevitability /(Q), is so

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ancient/(R), to a cliché/(S).

(a) SPRQ (b) QRPS (c) SRPQ (d) QPRS

18. The specific, ability requirements of the job/(P), depend on the/(Q), required for

adequate job performance/(R), intellectual or physical abilities/(S).

(a) PQRS (b) SRQP (c) PRQS (d) SQRP

19. If, no amount of experience could alter them/(P), they could be fixed at birth

and/(Q), completely dictated by heredity/(R), personality characteristics were/(S).

(a) QRSP (b) SPQR (C) QPSR (d) SRQP

20. The great powers engaged, in spite of common knowledge/(P), in arming

themselves to the teeth/(Q), total destruction of the human race/(R), that another

war will mean/(S).

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

21. Right from, used as a measure of time and have /(P). pre-historic times the phases

/(Q). formed the basis of the earlier calendars /®, of the moon have been /(S).

(a) QRPS (b) PSQR (c) QSPR (d) PRQS

22. Today, in the country /(P), offers the best connectivity, both /(Q), Kerala, among

all states /, in terms of telecom and Datacom /(S).

(a) RPQS (b) SQPR (c) RQPS (d) SPQR

23. Summer vacation, that their children learn something worthwhile/(P), who are

able to provide services for anxious parents/(Q), who want to make sure of /(R), it

has become a big business for those/(S).

(a) PRQS (b) SQRP (c) RQPS (d) SRQP

24. Each culture, flourishes when it comes/(P), own tradition and yet/(Q), draws

strength from its /(R), into contact with others/(S).

(a) RQPS (b) SPQR (c) RPQS (d) SQPR

25. According to the standard big-bang theory, in a moment of infinite

temperature/(P), the universe came into existence/(Q), some ten to fifteen billion

years ago/(R), and density/(S).

(a) PSRQ (b) QPSR (c) RPQS (d) QSPR

ANSWERS

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1. d

2. a

3. b

4. d

5. a

6. a

7. b

8. c

9. c

10. d

11. b

12. b

13. d

14. b

15. b

16. b

17. b

18. b

19. d

20. c

21. c

22. a

23. b

24. a

25. b

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