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1.

Q: 1. Surgeons are next only to god.P . As such they become demigods in the eyes of their patients and their families.Q.  And as the saying goes, cleanliness is next to godliness.R. They give a new lease of life to people who are in their deathbeds.S . Further a surgeon's work warrants cleanliness in  every aspect.6. Because of this purity which the surgeon sees everywhere he tends to be pure in his heart too.

A. PQRS
B. RSPQ
C. RPQS
D. QPRS
Answer» D. QPRS
2.

S1: In India marriages are usually arranged by parents.P : Sometimes boys and girls do not like th idea of arranged marriages.Q : Most young people accepts the state of affairs.R : Shanta was like that.S : They assume their parents can make good choices.S6: She felt she was a modern girl and not subject for bargaining.The Proper sequence should be:%!

A. SPRQ
B. PSRQ
C. QSPR
D. RQPS
Answer» D. RQPS
3.

S1: Ms. Parasuram started a Petrol Pump in Madras.P : A total to 12 girls now work at the pump.Q : She advertised in newspapers for women staff.R : They operate in 2 shifts.S : The response was good.S6: Thus she has shown the way for many others.The Proper sequence should be:%!

A. PQSR
B. SQPR
C. QSPR
D. PQRS
Answer» D. PQRS
4.

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
Answer» B. RSQP
5.

S1: Payment for imports and exports is made through a system called foreign exchange.P : The value of the money of one country in relation to the money of other countries is agreed upon.Q : These rates of exchange vary from time to time.R : For instance, an American dollar or a British pound sterling is worth certain amounts in the money of other countries.S : Sometimes a United States dollar is worth 12 pesos in Mexico.S6: Another time it may be worth eight pesos.The Proper sequence should be:%!

A. PQRS
B. QPRS
C. PRQS
D. RPQS
Answer» D. RPQS
6.

S1: Minnie went shopping one morning.P : Disappointed She turned around and returned to the parking lot.Q : She got out and walked to the nearest shop.R : She drove her car into the parking lot and stopped.S : It was there that she realised that she'd forgotten her purse at home.S6: She drove home with an empty basket.The Proper sequence should be:%!

A. RSQP
B. RQSP
C. PQRS
D. QPRS
Answer» C. PQRS
7.

*/*_S1: The future beckons to us.P : In fact we have hard work ahead.Q : Where do we go and what shall be our endeavour?R : We shall also have to fight and end poverty, ignorance and disease.S : It will be to bring freedom and oppurtunity to the common man.S6: There is no resting for any one of us till we redeem our pledge in full.The Proper sequence should be:?

A. PSRQ
B. QPSR
C. QSRP
D. SRPQ
Answer» D. SRPQ
8.

*/*_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
Answer» D. SQRP
9.

*/*_S1: Satyajit Ray made several films for children.P : Later film makers have followed his lead.Q : Today other nations are making the children's film in a big way.R : This was at a time when no director considered children as potential audience.S : Ray was, thus, a pioneer in the field.S6: But today few think of Ray as a maker of children's films.The Proper sequence should be:?

A. PSRQ
B. RSQP
C. RSPQ
D. SQRP
Answer» D. SQRP
10.

*/*_S1: Minnie went shopping one morning.P : Disappointed She turned around and returned to the parking lot.Q : She got out and walked to the nearest shop.R : She drove her car into the parking lot and stopped.S : It was there that she realised that she'd forgotten her purse at home.S6: She drove home with an empty basket.The Proper sequence should be:?

A. RSQP
B. RQSP
C. PQRS
D. QPRS
Answer» C. PQRS
11.

*/*_S1: Payment for imports and exports is made through a system called foreign exchange.P : The value of the money of one country in relation to the money of other countries is agreed upon.Q : These rates of exchange vary from time to time.R : For instance, an American dollar or a British pound sterling is worth certain amounts in the money of other countries.S : Sometimes a United States dollar is worth 12 pesos in Mexico.S6: Another time it may be worth eight pesos.The Proper sequence should be:?

A. PQRS
B. QPRS
C. PRQS
D. RPQS
Answer» D. RPQS
12.

*/*_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
Answer» B. RSQP
13.

*/*_S1: The city is almost a slum and stinks most of time.P : The slush on the road did not deter them.Q : The occasional slips and falls were considered a small price to pay for the trip.R : They were excited, fascinated by the sight of fresh snow on the roads.S : Even so, it looked beautiful to tourists of various categories.S6: But some visitors came away with the unforgettable sight of young labours scantily clad.The Proper sequence should be:?

A. RQPS
B. QPRS
C. RSQP
D. SPQR
Answer» E.
14.

*/*_S1: Ms. Parasuram started a Petrol Pump in Madras.P : A total to 12 girls now work at the pump.Q : She advertised in newspapers for women staff.R : They operate in 2 shifts.S : The response was good.S6: Thus she has shown the way for many others.The Proper sequence should be:?

A. PQSR
B. SQPR
C. QSPR
D. PQRS
Answer» D. PQRS
15.

*/*_S1: In India marriages are usually arranged by parents.P : Sometimes boys and girls do not like th idea of arranged marriages.Q : Most young people accepts the state of affairs.R : Shanta was like that.S : They assume their parents can make good choices.S6: She felt she was a modern girl and not subject for bargaining.The Proper sequence should be:?

A. SPRQ
B. PSRQ
C. QSPR
D. RQPS
Answer» D. RQPS
16.

*/*_S1: All the land was covered by the ocean.P : The leading god fought the monster, killed it and chopped its body in to two halves.Q : A terrible monster prevented the gods from separating the land from the water.R : The god made the sky out of the upper part of the body and ornamented it with stars.S : The god created the earth from the lower part, grew plants on it and populated it with animals.S6: The god moulded the first people out of clay according to his own image and mind.The Proper sequence should be:?

A. PQRS
B. PQSR
C. QPSR
D. QPRS
Answer» E.
17.

*/*_S1: It was a dark moonless night.P : He turned over the pages, reading passages here and there.Q : He heard them on the floor.R : The poet took down his books of poems from his shelves.S : Some of them contained his earliest writings which he had almost forgotten.S6: They all seemed to him to be poor and ordinary mere childish words.The Proper sequence should be:?

A. RPQS
B. RQSP
C. RSPQ
D. RPSQ
Answer» E.
18.

*/*_S1: But how does a new word get into the dictionary?P : When a new dictionary is being edited, a lexicographer collects all the alphabetically arranged citation slips for a particular word.Q : The dictionary makers notice it and make a note of it on a citation slip.R : The moment new word is coined, it usually enter the spoken language.S : The word then passes from the realm of hearing to the realm of writing.S6: He sorts them according to their grammatical function, and carefully writes a definition.The Proper sequence should be:?

A. PQRS
B. PRSQ
C. RQPS
D. RSQP
Answer» D. RSQP
19.

*/*_S1: The December dance and music season in Madras is like the annual tropical cyclone.P : A few among the new aspirants dazzle witht he colour of youth, like fresh saplings.Q : It rains an abundance of music for over a fortnight.R : Thick clouds expectation charge the atmosphere with voluminous advertisements.S : At the end of it one is left with the feeling that the music of only those artists seasoned by careful nurturing, stands tall like well-routed trees.S6: Many a hastily planed shrub gets washed away in the storm.The Proper sequence should be:?

A. RQPS
B. QRPS
C. RQSP
D. QRSP
Answer» C. RQSP
20.

*/*_S1: I keep on flapping my big ears all day.P : They also fear that I will flip them all away.Q : But children wonder why I flap them so.R : I flap them so to make sure they are safely there on either side of my head.S : But I know what I am doing.S6: Am I not a smart, intelligent elephant?The Proper sequence should be:?

A. SRQP
B. QPSR
C. QPRS
D. PSRQ
Answer» C. QPRS
21.

__S1: In 1934, William Golding published a small volume of poems.P : During the World War II(1939-45) he joined the Royal Navy and was present at the sinking of the Bismarck.Q : He returned to teaching in 1945 and gave it up in 1962, and is now a full time writer.R : In 1939, he married and started teaching at Vishop Wordsworth school in Salisbury.S : At first his novels were not accepted.S6: But the Lord of the files which came out in 1954 was welcomed as "a most absorbing and instructive tale".The Proper sequence should be:__

A. RPQS
B. RPSQ
C. SRPQ
D. SQPR
Answer» B. RPSQ
22.

__S1: And then Gandhi came.P : Get off the backs of these peasants and workers, he told us, all you who live by their exploitation.Q : He was like a powerful current of fresh air, like a beam of light, like a whirlwind that upset many things.R : He spoke their language and constantly dre their attention to their appalling conditions.S : He didn't descent from the top, he seemed to emerge from the masses of India.S6: Political freedom took new shape and then acquired a new content.The Proper sequence should be:__

A. QSRP
B. SRQP
C. RSQP
D. PRSQ
Answer» C. RSQP
23.

__S1: Ants eat worms, centipedes and spiders.P : They are usually much quicker than the ant itself.Q : Nevertheless, these animals do not make easy game for ants.R : Besides, they have an extraordinary number of ways of escaping.S : They also eat larvae and insect adults such as flies, moths and spring tails.S6: Some jump, and some give out a pungent repellent substance.The Proper sequence should be:__

A. SQPR
B. SPRQ
C. SQRP
D. SRQP
Answer» B. SPRQ
24.

__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
Answer» B. PQSR
25.

__S1: Our ancestors thought that anything which moved itself was alive.P : The philosopher Descartes thought that both men and animals were machines.Q : But a machine such as a motorcar or a steamship moves itself, as soon as machines which moved themselves had been made, people asked "Is man a machine?"R : And before the days of machinery that was a good definition.S : He also thought that the human machine was partly controlled by the soul action on a certain part of the brain, while animals had no souls.S6: Therefore some scientists think that life is just a very complicated mechanism.The Proper sequence should be:__

A. PRSQ
B. RPQS
C. PSQR
D. RQPS
Answer» D. RQPS
26.

__S1: Once upon atime there lived three young men in a certain town of Hindustan.P : All the people of the neighbourhood were mortally afraid of them.Q : They were so powerful that they could catch growing lions and tear them to pieces.R : Someone told them that they would become immortal if they killed Death.S : The young men believed themselves to be very good friends.S6: All of them set out in search of their foe called Death.The Proper sequence should be:__

A. QPRS
B. SQPR
C. RSQP
D. SRPQ
Answer» C. RSQP
27.

__S1: A father having offered to take the baby out in a perambulator, was tempted by the sunny morning to slip into a pub for a glass of beer.P : Indignant at her husband's behaviour, she decided to teach him a lesson.Q : She wheeled away the pram.R : A little later, his wife came by, where to her horror, she discovered her sleeping baby.S : Leaving the pram outside, he disappeared inside the bar.S6: She waited for him, anticipating the white face and quivering lips which would soon appear with the news that the baby had been stolen.The Proper sequence should be:__

A. SRPQ
B. RQPS
C. SPQR
D. PQSR
Answer» B. RQPS
28.

__S1: As he passed beneath her he heard the swish of her wings.P : He was not falling head long now.Q : The monstrous terror seized him.R : But it only lasted a minute.S : He could hear nothing.S6: The next moment he felt his wings spread outwards.The Proper sequence should be:__

A. PSQR
B. QSPR
C. QSRP
D. PRQS
Answer» D. PRQS
29.

__S1: The path of Venus lies inside the path of the Earth.P : When at its farthest from the Earth, Venus is 160 million awayQ : With such a wide range between its greatest and leat distances it is natural that at sometimes Venus appears much brighter than at others.R : No other body ever comes so near the Earth, with the exception of the Moon and occasional comet or asteroid.S : When Venus is at its nearest to the earth it is only 26 million miles away.S6: When at its brightest, it is easily seen with the naked eye in broad daylight.The Proper sequence should be:__

A. SRPQ
B. SQRP
C. PSQR
D. QPRS
Answer» B. SQRP
30.

__S1: For some time in his youth Abraham Lincoln was manager for a shop.P : Then a chance Customer would come.Q : Young Lincoln way of keeping shop was entirely unlike anyone else's.R : Lincoln would jump up and attend to his needs and then revert to his reading.S : He used to lie full length on the counter of the shop eagerly reading a book.S6: Never before had Lincoln had so much time for reading as had then.The Proper sequence should be:__

A. SRQP
B. QSPR
C. SQRP
D. QPSR
Answer» C. SQRP
31.

__S1: Jawaharlal Nehru was born in Allahabad on 14 Nov 1889.P : Nehru meet Mahatma Gandhi in February 1920.Q : In 1905 he was sent to London to study at a school called Haroow.R : He became the first Prime Minister of Independent India on 15 August 1947.S : He married Kamla Kaul in 1915.S6: He died on 27 May 1964.The Proper sequence should be:__

A. QRPS
B. QSPR
C. RPQS
D. SQRP
Answer» C. RPQS
32.

__S1: This weather-vane often tops a church spire, tower or high building.P : They are only wind-vanes.Q : Neither alone can tell us what the weather will be.R : They are designed to point to direction from which the wind is coming.S : Just as the barometer only tells us the pressure of air, the weather-vane tells us the direction of wind.S6: The weather-vane can, however give us some indication of other.The Proper sequence should be:__

A. PQRS
B. PSRQ
C. PRSQ
D. SPQR
Answer» E.
33.

__S1: Once upon a time an ant lived on the bank of river.P : The dove saw the ant struggling in water in a helpless condition.Q : All its efforts to come up is failed.R : One day it suddenly slipped in to water.S : A dove lived in the tree on the bank not far from the spot.S6: She was touched.The Proper sequence should be:__

A. RQSP
B. QRPS
C. SRPQ
D. PQRS
Answer» B. QRPS
34.

__S1: The art of growing old is one which the passage of time has forced upon my attention.P : One of these is undue absorption in the past.Q : One's thought must be directed to the future and to things about which there is something to be done.R : Psychologically, there are two dangers to be guarded against in old age.S : It does not do to live in memories, in regrets for the good old days, or in sadness about friend who are dead.S6: This is not always easy one's own past is gradually increasing weight.The Proper sequence should be:__

A. QSRP
B. RPQS
C. RPSQ
D. QPRS
Answer» D. QPRS
35.

S1: I usually sleep quite well in the train, but this time I slept only a little.P : Most people wanted it shut and I wanted it open.Q : As usual, I got angry about the window.R : The quarrel left me completely upset.S : There were too many people too much huge luggage all around.S6: It was shut all night, as usual.The Proper sequence should be:$?

A. RSQP
B. SQPR
C. SQRP
D. RSPQ
Answer» C. SQRP
36.

S1: On vacation in Tangier, Morocco, my friend and I sat down at a street cafe.P : At one point, he bent over with a big smile, showing me, a single gold tooth and a dingy fez.Q : soon I felt the presence of someone standing alongside me.R : But this one wouldn't budge.S : We had been cautioned about beggars and were told to ignore them.S6: Finally a man walked over to me and whispered, "Hey buddy this guy is your waiter and he wants your order".The Proper sequence should be:$?

A. SQRP
B. SQPR
C. QSRP
D. QSPR
Answer» D. QSPR
37.

S1: A gentleman who lived alone always had two plates placed on the table at dinner time.P : One day just as he sat down to dine, the cat rushed in to the room.Q : One plate was for himself and other was for his cat.R : she drooped a mouse into her own plate and another into her master plate.S : He used to give the cat a piece of meat from his own plate.S6: In this way the cat showed her gratitude to her master.The Proper sequence should be:$?

A. QSPR
B. PSRQ
C. QRSP
D. RPQS
Answer» B. PSRQ
38.

S1: A black haired, young woman came tripping along.P : She was leading a young woman wearing a hat.Q : The woman swept it off and tossed it in the air.R : The child jumped up to catch the hat.S : The young man tossed his head to shake the hat back.S6: Both disappeared from view.The Proper sequence should be:$?

A. PSQR
B. RPSQ
C. QRPS
D. SQRP
Answer» B. RPSQ
39.

S1: What are the causes of our chronic food shortage ?P : To find for these growing new millions is desperate task.Q : every year, we add more than a crore of persons to our population.R : Despite stupendous efforts by our government, the population is growing unabated.S : The chief cause is the population explosion.S6: This unprecedented growth can drag us to the doors of starvation very soon.The Proper sequence should be:$?

A. QRSP
B. SQPR
C. QPRS
D. PSQR
Answer» C. QPRS
40.

S1: A man can be physically confined within stone walls.P : But his mind and spirit will still be free.Q : Thus his freedom of action may be restricted.R : His hopes and aspiration still remain with him.S : Hence, he will be free spiritually if not physically.S6: No tyranny can intimidate a lover of liberty.The Proper sequence should be:$?

A. PQRS
B. SRQP
C. QPRS
D. QPSR
Answer» B. SRQP
41.

S1: When a satellite is launched, the rocket begins by going slowly upwards through the air.P : However, the higher it goes, the less air it meets.Q : As the rocket goes higher, it travels faster.R : For the atmosphere becomes thinner.S : As a result there is less friction.S6: Consequently, the rocket still does not become too hot.The Proper sequence should be:$?

A. QPRS
B. QSPR
C. PQRS
D. PQSR
Answer» B. QSPR
42.

S1: Forecasting the weather has always been a difficult business.P : During a period of drought, streams and rivers dried up, the cattle died from thirst and were ruined.Q : Many different things affect the weather and we have to study them carefully to make accurate forecast.R : Ancient Egyptians had no need of weather in the Nile Valley hardly ever changes.S : In early times, when there were no instruments, such as thermometer or the barometer, man looked for tell-tale signs in the sky.S6: He made his forecasts by watching flights of the birds or the way smoke rose from fire.The Proper sequence should be:$?

A. PRQS
B. QPRS
C. QRPS
D. SPQR
Answer» C. QRPS
43.

S1: American private lies may seem shallow.P : Students would walk away with books they had not paid for.Q : A Chinese journalist commented on a curious institution: the library.R : Their public morality, however, impressed visitors.S : But in general they returned them.S6: This would not happen in china, he said.The Proper sequence should be:$?

A. PSQR
B. QPSR
C. RQPS
D. RPSQ
Answer» C. RQPS
44.

S1: Calcutta unlike other cities kepts its trams.P : As a result there horrendous congestion.Q : It was going to be the first in South Asia.R : They run down the centre of the road.S : To ease in the city decided to build an underground railway line.S6: The foundation stone was laid in 1972.The Proper sequence should be:$?

A. PRSQ
B. PSQR
C. SQRP
D. RPSQ
Answer» E.
45.

S1: Duryodhana was a wicked prince.P : one day Bhima made Duryodhana fall from a tree from which Duryodhana was stealing fruits.Q : He did not like that Pandavas should be loved and respected by the people of HastinapurR : Duryodhana specially hated Bhima.S : Among the Pandavas, Bhima was extraordinary strong and powerful.S6: This enraged Duryodhana so much that he began to think of removing Bhima from his way.The Proper sequence should be:$?

A. PSQR
B. QPRS
C. QSPR
D. PSRQ
Answer» D. PSRQ
46.

S1: Throughout history man has used energy from the sun.P : Today, when we burn wood or use electric current we are drawing an energy.Q : However we now have a new supply of energy.R : All our ordinary life depends on sun.S : This has come from the sun.S6: This energy comes from inside atoms.The Proper sequence should be:$?

A. SQPR
B. RQPS
C. QSRP
D. PSRQ
Answer» E.
47.

S1: We speak today of self-determination in politics.P : So long as one is conscious of a restraint, it is possible to resist it or to near it as a necessary evil and to keep free in spirit.Q : Slavery begins when one ceases to feel that restraint and it depends on if the evil is accepted as good.R : There is, however, a subtler domination exercised in the sphere of ideas by one culture to another.S : Political subjection primarily means restraint on the outer life of people.S6: Cultural subjection is ordinarily of an unconscious character and it implies slavery from the very start.The Proper sequence should be:$?

A. SPRQ
B. RSQP
C. SPQR
D. RSPQ
Answer» D. RSPQ
48.

S1: A ceiling on urban property.P : No mill-owner could own factories or mills or plants.Q : And mass circulation papers.R : Would mean that.S : No press magnate could own printing presses.S6: since their value would exceed the ceiling fixed by the government.The Proper sequence should be:$?

A. QSRP
B. RPSQ
C. SRPQ
D. QPSR
Answer» C. SRPQ
49.

S1: The Bhagavadgita recognises the nature of man and the needs of man.P : All these three aspects constitute the nature of man.Q : It shows how the human being is rational one, an ethical one and a spiritual one.R : More than all, it must be a spiritual experience.S : Nothing can give him fulfilment unless it satisfies his reason, his ethical conscience.S6: A man whom does not harmonise them, is not truly human.The Proper sequence should be:

A. PSRQ
B. RSPQ
C. QPSR
D. PSQR
Answer» D. PSQR
50.

S1: Palaeobotany is the study of fossil plants preserved in rocks dating back in millions of years.P : Records of the history of the world are contained in fossils.Q : Through the ages, plants have evolved from simple to more complex forms.R : First there were water plants then land plants appeared during the Paleozoic era.S : But since the fossil remains appear locked in rock layers, they are closely related to the geologist area of investigation.S6: The fossil plants indicate the age of the rock, and also point to facts regarding climate, temperature and topography.The Proper sequence should be:

A. RQSP
B. SQRP
C. PSQR
D. QRPS
Answer» E.