

MCQOPTIONS
This section includes 75 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Competitive English knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
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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 | |
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*/*_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 | |
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*/*_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 | |
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*/*_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 | |
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*/*_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. | |
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*/*_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 | |
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*/*_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. | |
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*/*_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. | |
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*/*_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 | |
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*/*_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 | |
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__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 | |
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__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 | |
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__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 | |
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__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 | |
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__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 | |
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__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. | |