Practice Jumbled Sentences - General English Mcq Online Quiz (Set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Directions:
Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
- At first he got scared, but then he thought, "I have never worshipped her that is why I am not able to get anything from my land."
- One day unable to tolerate the summer heat, he went to rest under a big banyan tree.
- He rushed to his village and placed his humble offering of milk in a bowl before the snake.
- Vishnu Raman was a poor Brahmin and a farmer by profession.
- The next day when he returned, he was rewarded with a gold coin in the bowl he left behind.
- Just as he was preparing to lie down he saw a huge Cobra swaying with his hood open.
Q-1) Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after the rearrangement ?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Directions:
Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
- At first he got scared, but then he thought, "I have never worshipped her that is why I am not able to get anything from my land."
- One day unable to tolerate the summer heat, he went to rest under a big banyan tree.
- He rushed to his village and placed his humble offering of milk in a bowl before the snake.
- Vishnu Raman was a poor Brahmin and a farmer by profession.
- The next day when he returned, he was rewarded with a gold coin in the bowl he left behind.
- Just as he was preparing to lie down he saw a huge Cobra swaying with his hood open.
Q-2) Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after the rearrangement ?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Directions:
Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
- At first he got scared, but then he thought, "I have never worshipped her that is why I am not able to get anything from my land."
- One day unable to tolerate the summer heat, he went to rest under a big banyan tree.
- He rushed to his village and placed his humble offering of milk in a bowl before the snake.
- Vishnu Raman was a poor Brahmin and a farmer by profession.
- The next day when he returned, he was rewarded with a gold coin in the bowl he left behind.
- Just as he was preparing to lie down he saw a huge Cobra swaying with his hood open.
Q-3) Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after the rearrangement ?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Directions:
Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
- At first he got scared, but then he thought, "I have never worshipped her that is why I am not able to get anything from my land."
- One day unable to tolerate the summer heat, he went to rest under a big banyan tree.
- He rushed to his village and placed his humble offering of milk in a bowl before the snake.
- Vishnu Raman was a poor Brahmin and a farmer by profession.
- The next day when he returned, he was rewarded with a gold coin in the bowl he left behind.
- Just as he was preparing to lie down he saw a huge Cobra swaying with his hood open.
Q-4) Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement ?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Directions:
Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
- At first he got scared, but then he thought, "I have never worshipped her that is why I am not able to get anything from my land."
- One day unable to tolerate the summer heat, he went to rest under a big banyan tree.
- He rushed to his village and placed his humble offering of milk in a bowl before the snake.
- Vishnu Raman was a poor Brahmin and a farmer by profession.
- The next day when he returned, he was rewarded with a gold coin in the bowl he left behind.
- Just as he was preparing to lie down he saw a huge Cobra swaying with his hood open.
Q-5) Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after the rearrangement ?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Directions:
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) and in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.
- The upsurge of public activism against the setting up of Special Economic Zones, which eventually forced the State Government to announce the scrapping of all 15 such projects, is an impressive case in point.
- Early last year, a similar agitation coerced the government into calling for a revision of the Goa Regional Plan 2011, a controversial document that opened up large swathes of land, including green belts and coastal stretches, for construction.
- The broad–based agitation against SEZs has demonstrated the power of popular protest in the State.
- Those opposed to the projects had questioned the propriety of the government acquiring large tracts of land and then selling them to promoters at low prices.
- A coastal State with an area of 3,700 square kilometers and a population of about 1.4 million, Goa has always been extremely sensitive to the impact of unrestrained economic development.
Q-6) Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
The arrangement EABDC is correct. The paragraph is clearly taking about Goa state and hence E has to be opening sentence is the paragraph.
This is followed by A where the phrase, 'is an impressive case in point', which is an example of what is being said in E.
A is followed by E as 'a similar agitation' mentioned in B refers to the public activism mentioned in A. B is further followed by D and C.
Directions:
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) and in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.
- The upsurge of public activism against the setting up of Special Economic Zones, which eventually forced the State Government to announce the scrapping of all 15 such projects, is an impressive case in point.
- Early last year, a similar agitation coerced the government into calling for a revision of the Goa Regional Plan 2011, a controversial document that opened up large swathes of land, including green belts and coastal stretches, for construction.
- The broad–based agitation against SEZs has demonstrated the power of popular protest in the State.
- Those opposed to the projects had questioned the propriety of the government acquiring large tracts of land and then selling them to promoters at low prices.
- A coastal State with an area of 3,700 square kilometers and a population of about 1.4 million, Goa has always been extremely sensitive to the impact of unrestrained economic development.
Q-7) Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
The arrangement EABDC is correct. The paragraph is clearly taking about Goa state and hence E has to be opening sentence is the paragraph.
This is followed by A where the phrase, 'is an impressive case in point', which is an example of what is being said in E.
A is followed by E as 'a similar agitation' mentioned in B refers to the public activism mentioned in A. B is further followed by D and C.
Directions:
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) and in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.
- The upsurge of public activism against the setting up of Special Economic Zones, which eventually forced the State Government to announce the scrapping of all 15 such projects, is an impressive case in point.
- Early last year, a similar agitation coerced the government into calling for a revision of the Goa Regional Plan 2011, a controversial document that opened up large swathes of land, including green belts and coastal stretches, for construction.
- The broad–based agitation against SEZs has demonstrated the power of popular protest in the State.
- Those opposed to the projects had questioned the propriety of the government acquiring large tracts of land and then selling them to promoters at low prices.
- A coastal State with an area of 3,700 square kilometers and a population of about 1.4 million, Goa has always been extremely sensitive to the impact of unrestrained economic development.
Q-8) Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
The arrangement EABDC is correct. The paragraph is clearly taking about Goa state and hence E has to be opening sentence is the paragraph.
This is followed by A where the phrase, 'is an impressive case in point', which is an example of what is being said in E.
A is followed by E as 'a similar agitation' mentioned in B refers to the public activism mentioned in A. B is further followed by D and C.
Directions:
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) and in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.
- The upsurge of public activism against the setting up of Special Economic Zones, which eventually forced the State Government to announce the scrapping of all 15 such projects, is an impressive case in point.
- Early last year, a similar agitation coerced the government into calling for a revision of the Goa Regional Plan 2011, a controversial document that opened up large swathes of land, including green belts and coastal stretches, for construction.
- The broad–based agitation against SEZs has demonstrated the power of popular protest in the State.
- Those opposed to the projects had questioned the propriety of the government acquiring large tracts of land and then selling them to promoters at low prices.
- A coastal State with an area of 3,700 square kilometers and a population of about 1.4 million, Goa has always been extremely sensitive to the impact of unrestrained economic development.
Q-9) Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
The arrangement EABDC is correct. The paragraph is clearly taking about Goa state and hence E has to be opening sentence is the paragraph.
This is followed by A where the phrase, 'is an impressive case in point', which is an example of what is being said in E.
A is followed by E as 'a similar agitation' mentioned in B refers to the public activism mentioned in A. B is further followed by D and C.
Directions:
Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) and in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.
- The upsurge of public activism against the setting up of Special Economic Zones, which eventually forced the State Government to announce the scrapping of all 15 such projects, is an impressive case in point.
- Early last year, a similar agitation coerced the government into calling for a revision of the Goa Regional Plan 2011, a controversial document that opened up large swathes of land, including green belts and coastal stretches, for construction.
- The broad–based agitation against SEZs has demonstrated the power of popular protest in the State.
- Those opposed to the projects had questioned the propriety of the government acquiring large tracts of land and then selling them to promoters at low prices.
- A coastal State with an area of 3,700 square kilometers and a population of about 1.4 million, Goa has always been extremely sensitive to the impact of unrestrained economic development.
Q-10) Which of the following should be the FIFTH (LAST) sentence?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
The arrangement EABDC is correct. The paragraph is clearly taking about Goa state and hence E has to be opening sentence is the paragraph.
This is followed by A where the phrase, 'is an impressive case in point', which is an example of what is being said in E.
A is followed by E as 'a similar agitation' mentioned in B refers to the public activism mentioned in A. B is further followed by D and C.
Directions:
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. The first and last sentences are 1 and 6, and the four in between are labelled A, B, C and D. Choose the most logical order of these four sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph from sentences 1 to 6.
Q-11) 1. Commercially reared chicken can be unusually aggressive, and are often kept in darkened sheds to prevent them pecking at each other.
A. The birds spent far more of their time—up to a third—pecking at the inanimate objects in the pens, in contrast to birds in other pens which spent a lot of time attacking others.
B. In low light conditions, they behave less belligerently, but are more prone to ophthalmic disorders and respiratory problems.
C. In an experiment, aggressive head-pecking was all but eliminated among birds in the enriched environment.
D. Altering the birds' environment, by adding bales of wood-shavings to their pens, can work wonders.
6. Bales could diminish aggressiveness and reduce injuries; they might even improve productivity, since a happy chicken is a productive chicken.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Directions:
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. The first and last sentences are 1 and 6, and the four in between are labelled A, B, C and D. Choose the most logical order of these four sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph from sentences 1 to 6.
Q-12) 1. According to recent research, the critical period for developing language skills is between the ages of three and five and a half years.
A. The read-to child already has a large vocabulary and a sense of grammar and sentence structure.
B. Children who are read to in these years have a far better chance of reading well in school, indeed, of doing well in all their subjects.
C. And the reason is actually quite simple.
D. This correlation is far and away the highest yet found between home influences and school success.
6. Her comprehension of language is therefore very high.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Directions:
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. The first and last sentences are 1 and 6, and the four in between are labelled A, B, C and D. Choose the most logical order of these four sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph from sentences 1 to 6.
Q-13) 1. Making people laugh is tricky.
A. At times, the intended humour may simply not come off.
B. Making people laugh while trying to sell them something is a tougher challenge, since the commercial can fall flat on two grounds.
C. There are many advertisements which do amuse but do not even begin to set the cash tills ringing.
D. Again, it is rarely sufficient for an advertiser simply to amuse the target audience in order to reap the sales benefit.
6. There are indications that in substituting the hard sell for a more entertaining approach, some agencies have rather thrown out the baby with the bath water.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Directions:
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. The first and last sentences are 1 and 6, and the four in between are labelled A, B, C and D. Choose the most logical order of these four sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph from sentences 1 to 6.
Q-14) 1. The concept of a 'nation-state' assumes a complete correspondence between the boundaries of the nation and the boundaries of those who live in a specific state.
A. Then there are members of national collectivities who live in other countries, making a mockery of the concept.
B. There are always people living in particular states who are not considered to be (and often do not consider themselves to be) members of the hegemonic nation.
C. Even worse, there are nations which never had a state or which are divided across several states.
D. This, of course, has been subject to severe criticism and is virtually everywhere a fiction.
6. However, the fiction has been, and continues to be, at the basis of nationalist ideologies.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Directions:
Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. The first and last sentences are 1 and 6, and the four in between are labelled A, B, C and D. Choose the most logical order of these four sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph from sentences 1 to 6.
Q-15) 1. Picture a termite colony, occupying a tall mud hump on an African plain.
A. Hungry predators often invade the colony and unsettle the balance.
B. The colony flourishes only if the proportion of soldiers to workers remains roughly the same, so that the queen and workers can be protected by the soldiers, and the queen and soldiers can be serviced by the workers.
C. But its fortunes are presently restored, because the immobile queen, walled in well below ground level, lays eggs not only in large enough numbers, but also in the varying proportions required.
D. The hump is alive with worker termites and soldier termites going about their distinct kinds of business.
6. How can we account for her mysterious ability to respond like this to events on the distant surface?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Directions:
In these questions, the first and last sentence of the passage is numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R, S. These four parts are not given in proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct.
Q-16) 1. Today political freedom
P.and the right
Q.however money and all that money
R.assures people equality before law
S.to elect their Government 6. can buy is not fairly distributed.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Directions:
In these questions, the first and last sentence of the passage is numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R, S. These four parts are not given in proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct.
Q-17) (1) We have pleasure
(P)a double room with bath
(Q)for five days from September 4 to September 8,
(R)that we have reserved
(S)in informing you
(6) both days inclusive
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Directions:
In these questions, the first and last sentence of the passage is numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R, S. These four parts are not given in proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct.
Q-18) (1) Advocates of space programme argue for spending huge amounts of money on exploring Mars.
(P)But there Is no firm evidence of any valuable mineral that can be extracted from Mars and transported to Earth.
(Q)Worst, nobody has any idea what undesirable microbes or poisonous materials we will be importing from Mars.
(R)They are also unrealistic about the cost of transportation that will be involved in interplanetary movement of men and materials.
(S)These enthusiasts argue that Mars could be a perennial source of materials for us earthlings.
(6) Our race to Mars is likely to be a wild goose chase.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Directions:
In these questions, the first and last sentence of the passage is numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R, S. These four parts are not given in proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct.
Q-19) (1) As my Jogging enthusiast sister
(P)was often bothered by neighborhood dogs
(Q)with a stick in hand,
(R)her husband started to accompany her on a bicycle,
(S)on her daily run,
(6) to ward off any attackers.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Directions:
In these questions, the first and last sentence of the passage is numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R, S. These four parts are not given in proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct.
Q-20) 1.A dictionary
P. arranged words
Q. about which information
R. containing alphabetically
S. is a book 6. is given.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)