PARA JUMBLES

 

Directions (376-380). Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph then answer the questions given below them.

 

A. If caught in the act, they were punished, not for the crime, but for allowing themselves to be caught another lash of the whip.

B. The bellicose Spartans sacrificed all the finer things in life for military expertise.

C. Those fortunate enough to survive babyhood were taken away from their mothers at the age of seven to undergo rigorous military training.

D. This consisted mainly of beatings and deprivations of all kinds like going around barefoot in winter, and worse, starvation so that they would be forced to steal food to survive.

E. Male children were examined at birth by the city council and those deemed too weak to become soldiers were left to die of exposure.

 

376. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after the rearrangement?

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

 

377. Which of the following should be the FIFTH (LAST) sentence after the rearrangement?

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

 

378. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement?

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

 

379. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after the rearrangement?

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

 

380. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after the rearrangement?

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

 

Answer:

376. 4                377. 1                 378. 2                  379. 5                    380. 3

 

Directions (381-385). Rearrange the following five sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph then answer the questions given below them.

 

A. This very insatiability of the photographing eye changes the terms of confinement in the cave, our world.

B. Humankind lingers unregenerately in Plato’s cave, still revelling, its age-old habit, in mere images of truth.

C. But being educated by photographs is not like being educated by older images drawn by hand; for one thing, there are a great many more images around, claiming our attention.

D. The inventory started in 1839 and since then just about everything has been photographed, or so it seems.

E. In teaching us a new visual code, photographs alter and enlarge our notions of what is worth looking at and what we have a right to observe.

 

381. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after the rearrangement?

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

 

382. Which of the following should be the FIFTH (LAST) sentence after the rearrangement?

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

 

383. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement?

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

 

384. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after the rearrangement?

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

 

385. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after the rearrangement?

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

 

Answer:
381. 1               382. 5                383. 2               384.             385. 4

 

Directions (386-390): Rearrange the following seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) , (F) and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.

 

(A) When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead.

(B) He fell down and died.

(C) Finally, one of the frogs took heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up.

(D) A group of frogs were travelling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit.

(E) The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump out of the pit with all their might.

(F) The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could and finally made it out.

(G) The other frogs kept telling them to stop, that they were as goods as dead.

 

386.Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

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

 

387.Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

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

 

388.Which of the following should be THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

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

 

389.Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?

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

 

390.Which of the following should be the LAST (SEVENTH) sentence after rearrangement?

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

 

Answer:

386.4                387.2                388.3                389.5                390.1

 

Directions (Q. 391-395): 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) Besides, they get a lot of exposure to novel things through media.

(B) Therefore, their mental development did not show any extraordinary signs.

(C) Children of the present generation appear to be smarter than their earlier counterparts.

(D) Thus, the environment of present days has brought out these changes.

(E) This is probably because there are lots of opportunities for their indirect learning.

(F) Children of yester years did not have these facilities.

 

391. Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

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

 

392. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

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

 

393. Which of the following will be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?

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

 

394. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

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

 

395. Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?

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

 

Answer: (391-395): CEAFBD

391. 1             392. 3               393. 4               394. 5               395. 2

 

Direction (396-400): 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) However, many of these organisations may be oblivious to the absence of attitudinal change.

(B) Teams may be unwilling to unlearn old attitudes, which can make them unequal to the new challenge.

(C) In terms of technology and strategy, most organisations rise to this challenging situation and adapt to it.

(D) In the life of an organisation, an inflexion point arrives from time to time.

(E) They may be carrying over the same attitude to the new situation to the detriment of the organisation and their personal growth.

(F) Hardly pushed before, the employees may be in denial.

 

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

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

 

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

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

 

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

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

 

399. Which of the following would be the 'First' sentence after rearrangement?

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

 

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

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

 

Answer:

396. (1)       397. (3)         398. (2)         399. (5)         400. (4)