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This section includes 338 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your English Skills Ability knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 151. |
S1: A man handed a pair of trousers to the departmental store-clerk and said,"I'd like these altered, please".P: He said that free alteration is not possible without a receipt.Q: The man said,"Okay, I'd like to return the trousers". The clerk took them back and returned his money.R: The man pushed the money and said,"Now I want to buy them". The clerk put the trousers in a bag, issued receipt and handed him both.S: The clerk asked for the sales receipt but after searching his pockets the man replied that he had lost it.S6: Triumphantly he put the trousers and the receipt on the counter and said,'I'd like to have these altered, please."The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SQR |
| B. | SRQ |
| C. | RPS |
| D. | PQR |
| Answer» E. | |
| 152. |
S1: We talk about democracy, but when it comes to any particular thing, we prefer a man belonging to our caste and community.P: We must be in a position to respect a man as a man.Q: It means our democracy is a phoney kind of democracy.R: We must extend opportunities of development to those who deserve them.S: Our weakness for our own caste and community should not influence our decision.S6: Favouritism and nepotism have been responsible for much discontent in our country.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | PRS |
| C. | PQS |
| D. | RPQ |
| Answer» C. PQS | |
| 153. |
S1: Of the various kinds of insect defences that of the North American fungus - eating beetle is quite unusual.P: Both ants as well as mammals such as deer mice feed on this beetle.Q: This little beetle is able to recognise the kind of predator coming towards it and accordingly adopts a suitable defence.R: When facing a deer mouse, the beetle secretes an irritant from certain glands in its abdomen.S: While the beetle simply rolls itself into a compact ball in the face of an ant attack, it copes with the deer mouse differently.S6: The beetle's chemical secretion keeps the deer mouse at bay.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QSR |
| B. | RQS |
| C. | PSR |
| D. | RPS |
| Answer» D. RPS | |
| 154. |
S1: She used to work at the desk next to mine in the office several years ago.P: But it must have been exasperating that a male sitting beside her was doing the same work as she was and being paid more.Q: She is certain to be still there , in the same old brown suit and fur lined boots.R: She was as kind as she was efficient.S: Now she and all her friends have won their long campaign for the justice of equal pay to be recognised.S6: I am glad that their demands have been accepted.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | RPS |
| B. | QPS |
| C. | PQR |
| D. | PRQ |
| Answer» B. QPS | |
| 155. |
S1: Mr. Ford, it is commonly reported, once declared that history was "bunk".P: Yet the American, generally speaking, is by no means ignorant of history or uninfluenced by his knowledge of it.Q: This remarkable utterance of his, if indeed he made it, was in itself an outcome of history.R: The Americans know more about our history than we know about theirs, though I hope that will soon be remedied.S: Such contempt for all things past, and such engaging frankness in expressing it were themselves the outcome of the social history of the United States in the 19th century.S6: And the American's conception of his own country as the representative of freedom and of democracy is the product of history as popularly taught and conceived over there.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SPR |
| B. | PSQ |
| C. | PRQ |
| D. | QRP |
| Answer» B. PSQ | |
| 156. |
S1: The mail is first collected from different letter boxes.P: From there it is sent to the head post office.Q: It is then sorted out at the sorting office.R: The mail is again sorted out at the head office by the concerned beat postman.S: The sorted mail is sent to the zonal post office.S6: Finally it is delivered to us.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | PRS |
| B. | SPR |
| C. | PQS |
| D. | SQP |
| Answer» B. SPR | |
| 157. |
S1: Our own country is a little world in itself with an infinite variety and places for us to discover.P: I wish I had more time, so that I could visit the odd nooks and corners of India.Q: I have travelled a great deal in this country and I have grown in years.R: And yet I have not seen many parts of the country we love so much and seek to serve.S: I would like to go there in the company of bright children whose minds are opening out with wonder and curiosity as they make new discoveries.S6: I should like to go with them, not so much to the great cities of Indiaas to the mountains and the forests and the great rivers and the old monuments, all of which tell us something of India's story.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QSR |
| B. | RPS |
| C. | PQS |
| D. | PQR |
| Answer» C. PQS | |
| 158. |
S1: There has been an alarming increase in the number of vehicles on Delhi roads.P: The pedestrians has, however, been the worst sufferer.Q: There is no place where the pedestrian can move freely without the fear of traffic.R: Zebra crossings like the pavements are no longer safe.S: This has further aggravated the problem of pollution in the city.S6: Should the pedestrians case be allowed to go by default?The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | PRQ |
| C. | QRP |
| D. | RPQ |
| Answer» C. QRP | |
| 159. |
S1: Love for the country is a necessity.P: But it should in no way exceed the limits and take the shape of jingoism.Q: Similarly nationalism has to be sacrificed at the altar of internationalism.R: There is no reason why the nations of the world cannot treat one another as belonging to one family of nations.S: Provincialism has to be sacrificed in the interest of the nation as a whole.S6: God created the globe, but man drew lines on it to demarcate countries and sow the seeds of hatred and enmity on it.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SQR |
| B. | RSP |
| C. | QPS |
| D. | PRQ |
| Answer» B. RSP | |
| 160. |
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 drew their attention to their appalling conditions.S: He didn't descend from the top, he seemed to emerge from the masses of India.S6: Political freedom took new shape then and acquired a new content then.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | RSQ |
| B. | SRP |
| C. | SQP |
| D. | RQP |
| Answer» E. | |
| 161. |
S1: In the present day it is not necessary that generals or great officers should fight with their own hands, because it is their duty to direct he movements of their followers.P: But in the ancient times, kings and great lords were obliged to put themselves into the very front.Q: Therefore, it was of great consequence that they should be strong men and dexterous in the use of their arms.R: The artillery and the soldiers shoot at the enemy, and men seldom mingle and fight hand to hand.S: They fought like ordinary men with the lance and other weapons.S6: Robert Bruce was so remarkably active and powerful that he came through many personal dangers.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QSR |
| B. | RSP |
| C. | PSQ |
| D. | QRP |
| Answer» D. QRP | |
| 162. |
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. | QSR |
| B. | QPS |
| C. | PQR |
| D. | RPQ |
| Answer» E. | |
| 163. |
S1: Always remember that regular and frequent practice is essential if you are to learn to write well.P: Even with the most famous writers, inspiration is rare.Q: Writing is 99 percent hard work and one percent inspiration, so the sooner you get into the habit of writing, the better.R: It is no good waiting until you have an inspiration before you write.S: You learn to write by writing.S6: If you keep your eyes and ears open, you will find plenty of things to write about around you to be able to discipline yourself to write.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | PSR |
| B. | PSQ |
| C. | PRQ |
| D. | RPQ |
| Answer» E. | |
| 164. |
S1: A small pool in the rocks outside my cottage in the Mussoorie hills provides me endless delight.P: I stood very still, anxious that it should drink its fill.Q: And once I saw a barking deer, head lowered at the edge of the pool.R: Water beetles paddle the surface, while tiny fish lurk in the shallows.S: Sometimes a spotted fork tail bird comes to drink, hopping delicately from rock to rock.S6: It did and then, looking up, saw me and leapt across the ravine to disappear into the forest.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | RSQ |
| B. | SQR |
| C. | SQP |
| D. | QPR |
| Answer» D. QPR | |
| 165. |
S1: I also demand adventure for myself.P: As a physiologist I can try experiments on myself.Q: Life without danger would be like life without mustard.R: Love of adventure does not mean love of thrills.S: I can also participate in wars and revolutions of which I approve.S6: The satisfaction of adventure is something much more solid than a thrill.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | RQS |
| B. | PSR |
| C. | PSQ |
| D. | QRP |
| Answer» E. | |
| 166. |
S1: There is a touching story of Professor Hardy visiting Ramanujan as he lay desperately ill in hospital at Putney.P: "No Hardy, that is not a dull number in the very least.Q: Hardy, who was a very shy man, could not find the words for his distress.R: It was 1729.S: The best he could do, as he got to the bedside was : "I say, Ramanujan, I thought the number of the taxi I came down in was a very dull number."S6: It is the lowest number that can be expressed in two different ways as the sum of two cubes."The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | RSQ |
| B. | SPR |
| C. | SRP |
| D. | QRP |
| Answer» D. QRP | |
| 167. |
S1: This year many States have been badly affected by the drought situation prevailing in the country.P: No better is the situation elsewhere, where floods have ravaged the standing crop.Q: Though some have been less affected, even these are facing an uphill task in managing the situation.R: Especially pitiable is the plight of the poor farmer who cannot afford a tubewell to irrigate his land.S: Here the predicament is more equitable, for everybody's land is similarly submerged under ten feet of water.S6: Either way, it seems the lot of the Indian farmer to be at the mercy of the elements.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SPQ |
| B. | RPS |
| C. | SRQ |
| D. | RQS |
| Answer» C. SRQ | |
| 168. |
S1: Helen Keller has an ageless quality about her in keeping with her amazing life story.P: Although warmed by this human reaction, she has no wish to be set aside from the rest of mankind.Q: She is an inspiration to both blind and the seeing everywhere.R: When she visited Japan after World War II, boys and girls from remote villages ran to her, crying "Helen Keller".S: Blind, deaf and mute from early childhood, she rose above her triple handicap to become one of the best known characters in the modern world.S6: She believes the blind should live and work with their fellows, with full responsibility.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SPQ |
| B. | SQP |
| C. | RQP |
| D. | QRP |
| Answer» E. | |
| 169. |
S1: Over the centuries the face of the earth has become crowded with monuments and memorials.P: Films, pictures and even miniature models can be made of the relics for prosperity interested in knowing about them.Q: Some people however would contend that antiquity should be preserved for future generations.R: If they were all to be preserved we will have very little space for other, more useful, things.S: Personally, I do not agree with their contention.S6: We must have more space for building new things and developing open countryside.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | RSP |
| C. | QSP |
| D. | QRP |
| Answer» D. QRP | |
| 170. |
S1: In the middle of one side of the square sits the Chairman of the committee, the most important person in the room.P: For a committee is not just a mere collection of individuals.Q: On him rests much of the responsibility for the success or failure of the committee.R: While this is happening we have an opportunity to get the 'feel' of this committee.S: As the meeting opens, he runs briskly through a number of formalities.S6: From the moment its members meet, it begins to have a sort nebulous life of its own.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | SRP |
| C. | SQP |
| D. | QPR |
| Answer» C. SQP | |
| 171. |
S1: There were no finger prints anywhere.P: First of all it was impossible even for a child to enter through the hole in the roof.Q: When the investigators tried to reconstruct the crime, they came up against facts.R: Moreover, when the detectives tried to push a silver vase, it was found to be double the sizeof the hole.S: Again, the size of the hole was examined by the experts who said that nothing had been passed through it.S6: These conclusions made the detectives think that it was a fake theft.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | SRQ |
| C. | PRS |
| D. | QPR |
| Answer» D. QPR | |
| 172. |
S1: Go to the library and see the clerk.P: When you have chosen the books you wish to take home, you take them to the clerk with the tickets.Q: You will probably have to sign a form promising to take care of the books.R: Then you are usually given two or three ticket with your name and address on them.S: The clerk keeps the tickets until you return the books.S6: He stamps the books with a date.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | RPS |
| C. | QSP |
| D. | PRQ |
| Answer» C. QSP | |
| 173. |
S1: The coming of the computer sparked the need for remotely operated controls.P: It is silicon chip that is at the heart of the remote control.Q: This produces an infra-red beam, which is made up of electromagnetic waves.R: When you press the button on the remote control, the chip sets off an electronic vibration.S: The beam carries a coded signal such as switch on, raise volume, etc.S6: The code is based on binary digits.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | QSR |
| C. | RQS |
| D. | PQS |
| Answer» D. PQS | |
| 174. |
S1: The December dance and music season in Madras is like the annual tropical cyclone.P: A few among the new aspirants dazzle with the colour of youth, like fresh saplings.Q: It rains an abundance of music for over a fortnight.R: Thick clouds of 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 rooted trees.S6: Many a hastily planted shrub gets washed away in the storm.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | RPS |
| B. | RSP |
| C. | QPS |
| D. | QSP |
| Answer» B. RSP | |
| 175. |
S1: The role of the precious yellow metal is undergoing a dramatic change.P: In developing countries like India, where gold is used mainly for ornaments, a distinct change in attitude is in the offing.Q: Slowly, the use of gold in the form of ornaments will be on the decline and even if gold prices shoot up, women folk would not like to sell off their ornaments.R: The yellow metal will soon be treated as an investment instrument.S: The maxim, "Larger the gold reserves, richer the country" will not hold good for a long time.S6: Again, it would not be an economic proposition to buy and sell gold ornaments as an instrument of investment as buying would be costlier and selling will be at a discount.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SQR |
| B. | SRQ |
| C. | PQR |
| D. | PRQ |
| Answer» E. | |
| 176. |
S1: Ram Mohan Roy was a lover of his country.P: He said that it would be a good plan to build an English school or college.Q: One evening he was talking with David and a few friends on the wisest way of uplifting the mind and character of the people of India.R: But he thought of subjects beyond watches.S: David was a watchmaker.S6: Indians and Europeans met next year to put this idea into shape.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SQR |
| B. | SRP |
| C. | SPQ |
| D. | PRQ |
| Answer» C. SPQ | |
| 177. |
S1: Your letter was a big relief.P: How did your exams go?Q: After your result, you must come here for a week.R: You hadn't written for over a month.S: I am sure you will come out with flying colours.S6: But don't forget to bring chocolate for Geeta.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SRQ |
| B. | RPS |
| C. | PSQ |
| D. | SPQ |
| Answer» D. SPQ | |
| 178. |
S1: Savita was lonely in the house.P: She was very good at that.Q: She sat all day in a little room off the main drawing room.R: She would sit on the rug and do needle work.S: It was a little room with nothing in it but a few chairs and a rug.S6: It was the only thing she had learnt from the Convent school.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | SRP |
| C. | SPQ |
| D. | RPQ |
| Answer» C. SPQ | |
| 179. |
S1: In 1857, fighting broke out all over the country.P: Everywhere the people rose in rebellion.Q: In March 1858 British troops attacked the fort of Jhansi.R: Thousands of people were killed on both sides.S: The British fought back.S6: The Rani's troops fought back bravely.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SRQ |
| B. | SPR |
| C. | PSQ |
| D. | QPR |
| Answer» B. SPR | |
| 180. |
S1: One of the most dangerous insect pests is the locust.P: At first they look just like ordinary grasshoppers, which are harmless and unable to fly very far.Q: Until about thirty years ago, no one knew where locusts came from or why they appeared in the different countries they attacked.R: Then they change in appearance and develop wings which enable them to fly long distance.S: Then it was discovered that there are two stages in the life of locusts.S6: At this stage, they gather in huge numbers and rise from the ground on theri powerful wings in cloud.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SQR |
| B. | SRQ |
| C. | SPR |
| D. | SRP |
| Answer» D. SRP | |
| 181. |
S1: As a dramatist Rabindranath was not what might be called a success.P: His dramas were moulded more on the lines of the traditional Indian village dramas than the dramas of the modern world.Q: His plays were more a catalogue of ideas than a vehicle of the expression of action.R: Actually drama has always been the life of the Indian people, as it deals with legends of gods and goddesses.S: Although in his short stories and novels he was able to create living and well-defined characters, he did not seem to be able to do so in his dramas.S6: Therefore, drama forms the essential part of the traditional Indian culture.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | PSR |
| B. | SPR |
| C. | SQP |
| D. | RQP |
| Answer» C. SQP | |
| 182. |
S1: We are living in an age in which technology has suddenly 'annihilated distance'.P: Are we going to let this consciousness of our variety make us fear and hate each other?Q: Physically we are now all neighbours, psychologically we are still strangers to each other.R: How are we going to react?S: We have never been so conscious of our variety as we are now that we have come to such close quarters.S6: In that event, we should be dooming ourselves to wipe each other out.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QSR |
| B. | SQR |
| C. | SRP |
| D. | QSP |
| Answer» D. QSP | |
| 183. |
S1: I put the phone down and shook my head in bewilderment.P: Then I am taken in tow by some moonlighting hare-brain with a passion for veteran aircraft, flying his own Mosquito through the night who happens to spot me.Q: What a night, what an incredible night!R: Then I get lost and short of fuel.S: First I lose my radio and all my instruments.S6: And finally a half-drunk ground-duty officer has the sense to put his runaway lights on in time to save me.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | PSR |
| B. | SRP |
| C. | PRQ |
| D. | RPQ |
| Answer» C. PRQ | |
| 184. |
S1: During the middle ages the manufacture of cloth was divided amongst a number of associations of skilled workers who performed different operations required in its production.P: But the association of skilled workers lacked capital to buy it.Q: Consequently, he began to assume the role of the employer.R: With the mechanisation of these operations, complicated apparatus became necessary for economic production.S: The banker, therefore, stepped in to finance the industrialisation of these operations.S6: This was one of the reasons why the industry flourished in such rich countries as Flanders, Italy and Britain.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | RQS |
| B. | RSQ |
| C. | PQS |
| D. | PSQ |
| Answer» E. | |
| 185. |
S1: Silence is unnatural to man.P: Even his conversation is in great measure a desperate attempt to prevent a dreadful silence.Q: In the interval he does all he can to make a noise in the world.R: There are few things of which he stand in more fear than of the absence of noise.S: He begins with a cry and ends it in stillness.S6: He knows that ninety nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he longs to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a wax-work figure.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | RQS |
| C. | PRS |
| D. | QRP |
| Answer» E. | |
| 186. |
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 a 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 who does not harmonise them, is not truly human.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SQR |
| B. | SRQ |
| C. | PSR |
| D. | SPQ |
| Answer» E. | |
| 187. |
S1: In other words, grammar grows and changes, and there is no such thing as correct use of English for the past, the present and the future.P: "The door is broke."Q: Yet this would have been correct in Shakespeare's time.R: Today, only an uneducated person would say,"My arm is broke."S: For example, in Shakespeare's play Hamlet, there is the line.S6: All the words that man has invented are divided into eight classes, which are called parts of speech.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SQR |
| B. | PSR |
| C. | SPQ |
| D. | PRQ |
| Answer» E. | |
| 188. |
S1: Jawaharlal Nehru was born in Allahabad on 14 Nov., 1889.P: Nehru met Mahatma Gandhi in February, 1920.Q: In 1905 he was sent to London to study at a school called Harrow.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. | RPS |
| B. | SPR |
| C. | PQS |
| D. | QRP |
| Answer» C. PQS | |
| 189. |
S1: The similarity between the human body and a machine is rather superficial.P: Beyond that, comparison fails.Q: No machine grows in size; no machine sees, hears or feels.R: It can be summed up in the statement that both require fuel and oxygen and obtain energy.S: No machine thinks.S6: The points of difference far outweigh the points of resemblance.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SPR |
| B. | PQS |
| C. | PSQ |
| D. | QPR |
| Answer» C. PSQ | |
| 190. |
S1: There have been many myths about women in world literature.P: Odysseus found a way to save himself and his sailors from this evil fate.Q: The sirens were beautiful maidens whose songs enchanted sailors on the seas.R: Odysseus encounter with the sirens during his return home after the fall of Troy is typical of this.S: Their songs were so captivating that the sailors swam towards them and died miserable deaths.S6: He filled his rower's ears with wax and had himself bound to the mast so that he could hear the sweet singing without diving overboard to his death.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | QSR |
| C. | SPR |
| D. | QSP |
| Answer» E. | |
| 191. |
S1: Today the Earth has many satellites besides the moon.P: But the pull of the Earth keep them from doing so.Q: The artificial satellites do not fall because they are going too fast to do so.R: They are artificial satellites made by man and very much smaller than the man.S: As they speed along, they tend to go straight off into space.S6: As a result, they travel in an orbit round the Earth.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | RQS |
| B. | PSR |
| C. | QSP |
| D. | PRQ |
| Answer» D. PRQ | |
| 192. |
S1: Suddenly it began to climb swiftly, and I knew it was speeding eastward again till it became a speck in the blue morning.P: I didn't know what force they could command, but I was certain it would be sufficient.Q: My enemies had located me, and the next thing would be a cordon round me.R: That made me do some savage thinking.S: The aeroplane had seen my bicycle, and would conclude that I would try to escape by the road.S6: In that case there might be a chance on the moors to the right or left.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SRQ |
| B. | PSR |
| C. | QPS |
| D. | RQP |
| Answer» C. QPS | |
| 193. |
S1: Proverbs contain homely but universal truths.P: They point out the incongruities of situations in life.Q: Naturally, therefore, they are translatable from one language to another.R: Therefore, their appeal is direct.S: Many of them had their birth in folk literature.S6: They are everyman's philosophy.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | PRS |
| B. | SPR |
| C. | PSQ |
| D. | PQR |
| Answer» E. | |
| 194. |
S1: Anything you do that gives you some form of regular exercise will benefit your heart.P: In fact, never choose an activity just because it is good for you.Q: By all means work up a good sweat, and even a thirst perhaps.R: If you can combine this with enjoyment, then so much the better.S: You will soon get bored of it.S6: But do not push too hard; tune into the warning signals from your body.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | RSQ |
| B. | SRQ |
| C. | RPS |
| D. | PSQ |
| Answer» E. | |
| 195. |
S1: We must learn to depend on ourselves and not look to others for help every time we are in trouble.P: We should not forget that those who lean too much on others tend to become weak and helpless.Q: Certainly we want to make friends with the rest of the world.R: We welcome help and cooperation from every quarter, but we must depend primarily on our own resources.S: We also seek the goodwill and cooperation of all those who reside in this country, whatever their race or nationality.S6: A country's freedom can be preserved only by her own strength and self-reliance.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | PRS |
| C. | SRP |
| D. | RQP |
| Answer» B. PRS | |
| 196. |
S1: The commonest form of forgetfulness, I suppose, occurs in the matter of posting letters.P: So common is it that I am always reluctant to trust a departing visitor to post an important letter.Q: As for myself, anyone who asks me to post a letter is a poor judge of character.R: Even if I carry the letter in my hand I am always past the first pillar box before I remember that I ought to have posted it.S: So little I rely on his memory that I put him on his oath before handing the letter to him.S6: Weary of holding it in my hand, I then put it for safety into one of my pockets and forget all about it.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | RQS |
| B. | SQR |
| C. | SPR |
| D. | QSP |
| Answer» C. SPR | |
| 197. |
S1: While crossing a busy road we should obey the policeman on duty.P: We should always cross the road at the zebra crossing.Q: We must look to the signal lights and cross the road only when the road is clear.R: If there are no signal lights at the crossing, we should look to the right, then to the left and again to the right before crossing the road.S: If the road is not clear we should wait.S6: We should never run while crossing a road.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | SRQ |
| C. | RPS |
| D. | QSP |
| Answer» D. QSP | |
| 198. |
S1: There was a time Egypt faced economic crisis.P: Cotton is the chief export commodity of Egypt.Q: Foreign trades depend on cultivation of cotton on large scale.R: It became necessary for Egypt to boost cotton crops.S: Only by means of increasing foreign trade Egypt could survive.S6: Egypt was able to sustain itself by its cotton produce.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | RPS |
| C. | PSQ |
| D. | RQP |
| Answer» E. | |
| 199. |
S1: We must never allow ourselves to lapse into the evil habit of borrowing money from others.P: We must work hard and earn money, enough for our wants.Q: Even if we are fortunate enough to possess surplus wealth, we should take care not to lend out money indiscriminately.R: If borrowing is bad , lending is worse.S: Borrowing of a habitual nature prevents us from being industrious.S6: We must not confuse money lending with generosity.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SQR |
| B. | SRP |
| C. | SQP |
| D. | PRQ |
| Answer» E. | |
| 200. |
S1: There was once a Persian king called Shahryar who had a beautiful wife.P: When the King discovered this he killed her.Q: He gave orders that he was to be provided with a new wife every day.R: He loved her very much, but she was a wicked woman.S: He decided that all women were wicked and that he would punish them.S6: After one day's marriage he would cut off her head and marry again.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | SPR |
| C. | PSQ |
| D. | PRQ |
| Answer» D. PRQ | |