PARA JUMBLES

 

Directions (Q. 251–255): Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

 

(A) The most important step in consumer education is awareness of consumer rights.

(B) With the increasing changes in economic conditions, the children especially are becoming young consumers at an early age.

(C) They must also understand the alternatives of conserving and saving rather than buying and consuming.

(D) However, consumer education is incomplete without the responsibilities and duties of consumers, and this influences individual behavior to a great extent.

(E) Children must learn to obtain information about goods and services, understand the psychology of selling and advertising, learn to shop wisely and distinguish between wants and needs.

 

251. Which of the following would be the 'THIRD' sentence after rearrangement?

1) E                  2) B                   3) D                  4) A                       5) C

 

252. Which of the following would be the 'SECOND' sentence after rearrangement?

1) D                 2) C                    3) B                 4) E                         5) A

 

253. Which of the following would be the 'LAST (FIFTH)' sentence after rearrangement?

1) A                 2) B                   3) D                   4) E                         5) C

 

254. Which of the following would be the 'FOURTH' sentence after rearrangement?

1) C                 2) A                   3) E                  4) D                          5) B

 

255. Which of the following would be the 'FIRST' sentence after rearrangement?

1) B                 2) D                  3) E                   4) A                          5) C

 

Answer:

251. 2                  252. 1                253. 5                    254. 3                  255. 4

 

Direction (256-260). 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.But in the industrial era destroying the enemy’s productive capacity means bombing the factories

which are located in the cities.

B.So in the agrarian era, if you need to destroy the enemy’s productive capacity, what you want

to do is burn his fields, or if you’re really vicious,salt them.

C.Now in the information era, destroying the enemy’s productive capacity means destroying

the information infrastructure.

D.How do you do battle with your enemy?

E.The idea is to destroy the enemy’s productive capacity, and depending upon the economic

foundation, that productive capacity is different in each case.

F. With regard to defence, the purpose of the military is to defend the nation and be prepared

to do battle with its enemy.

 

256.Which of the following sentences should be the FIFTH after rearrangement?  

a.F                b.E                c.D                   d.A                    e.B

 

257.Which of the following sentences should be the FIRST after rearrangement?  

a.B                b.A                c.D                  d.F                     e.C

 

258.Which of the following sentences should be the SIXTH(LAST) after rearrangement? 

a.E                b.C                c.F                  d.A                     e.B

 

259.Which of the following sentences should be the FOURTH after rearrangement?

a.C               b.D                c.A                  d.F                      e.B

 

260.Which of the following sentences should be the SECOND after rearrangement?

a.A               b.B                c.C                   d.D                     e.E

 

Answer:

256.d                257.d               258.b              259.e            260.d

 

Direction (261-265). 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. Branded disposable diapers are available at many supermarkets and drug stores.

B. If one supermarket sets a higher price for a diaper, customers may buy that brand elsewhere.

C. By contrast, the demand for private-label products may be less price sensitive since it is available only at a corresponding supermarket chain.

D. So the demand for branded diapers at any particular store may be quite price sensitive.

E. For instance, only SavOn Drugs stores sell SavOn Drugs diapers.

F. Then stores should set a higher incremental

 

261.Which of the following sentences should be the FOURTH after rearrangement?

a.D                b.C                  c.E                   d.F                  e.A

 

262.Which of the following sentences should be the FIRST after rearrangement?  

a.C                b.E                   c.A                  d.D                  e.F

 

263.Which of the following sentences should be the SECOND after rearrangement? 

a.D                b.E                 c.A                  d.F                    e.B 

 

264.Which of the following sentences should be the SIXTH(LAST) after rearrangement? 

a.A                b.C                 c.F                  d.B                   e.E

 

265.Which of the following sentences should be the FIFTH after rearrangement?

a.C                b.A                c.D                  d.B                  e.E

 

Answer:

261.b                262.c               263.a              264.c            265.e

 

Direction (266-270). 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.In America, highly educated women, who are in stronger position in the labour market than less qualified ones, have higher rates of marriage than other groups.

B.Some work supports the Becker thesis, and some appears to contradict it.

C. And, as with crime, it is equally inconclusive.

D. But regardless of the conclusion of any particular piece of work, it is hard to establish convincing connections between family changes and economic factors using conventional approaches.

E. Indeed, just as with crime, an enormous academic literature exists on the validity of the pure economic approach to the evolution of family structures.

 

266.Which of the following sentences should be the FIFTH after rearrangement?  

a.C                 b.E                  c.D                  d.A                    e.B

 

267.Which of the following sentences should be the FIRST after rearrangement?  

a.B                 b.A                  c.D                  d.E                    e.C

 

268.Which of the following sentences should be the THIRD after rearrangement? 

a.E                 b.C                  c.D                  d.A                    e.B

 

269.Which of the following sentences should be the FOURTH after rearrangement?

a.C                 b.D                 c.A                  d.C                    e.B

 

270.Which of the following sentences should be the SECOND after rearrangement?

a.A                 b.B                 c.C                  d.D                   e.E

 

Answer:

266.c                267.b               268.b              269.e            270.e

 

Directions (Q. 271–275): 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 common view was that entrepreneurs can succeed only if they are corrupt and have a powerful ‘godfather’ to back them up.

(B)The youth is choosing to give up high paying jobs and follow their passion.

(C) The success stories scripted by some of these bright young entrepreneurs have become legends today: Narayana Murthy, Dhirubhai Ambani and Sabeer Bhatia being some of them.

(D) And hopefully, one will see a similar sort of revolution in politics.

(E) With the opening up of the Indian economy and rapid globalisation, these perceptions have changed.

(F) Until about two decades ago, perceptions about entrepreneurship were equally disparaging.

 

 

271. Which of the following would be the 'Second' sentence after rearrangement?

1) D                   2) A                   3) E                   4) B                   5) F

 

272. Which of the following would be the 'Last' sentence after rearrangement?

1) C                  2) E                   3) B                   4) D                  5) A

 

273. Which of the following would be the 'Third' sentence after rearrangement?

1) E                  2) B                  3) C                    4) A                 5) D

 

274. Which of the following would be the 'Fifth' sentence after rearrangement?

1) F                 2) D                  3) C                    4) A                 5) B

 

275. Which of the following would be the 'Fourth' sentence after rearrangement?

1) E                2) F                 3) A                      4) C                 5) B

 

Answer:

271.2                272.4               273.1             274.3            275.5