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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.
| 201. |
S1: While on a fishing trip, last summer, I watched an elderly man fishing off the edge of a dock.P: "Why didn't you keep the other big ones?" I asked.Q: He caught an enormous trout, but apparently not satisfied with its size, he threw it back into the war.R: He finally caught a small pike, threw it into his pail, and, smiling happily, prepared to live.S: Amazed, I watched him repeat this performance.S6: Cheerfully, the old man replied, "Small frying pan."The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SQR |
| B. | SRP |
| C. | PQS |
| D. | QRP |
| Answer» C. PQS | |
| 202. |
S1: A transformation of consciousness is now beginning to express itself in the field of theoretical architecture.P: In the still theoretical structure an attempt is being made to create a house that is "a domestication of an ecosystem."Q: What is happening in the architecture is a shift from the international style of the post industrial era to a symbolic structure.R: Since architecture is the collective unconscious made visible, the architect does not himself always understand the full cultural implications of his own work.S: The new form is not a celebration of power over new materials, but a celebration of cooperation with ecosystem.S6: The relationship between culture and nature is changed, for the architect grows a house like a garden.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | RSQ |
| B. | PSR |
| C. | QSP |
| D. | QRP |
| Answer» C. QSP | |
| 203. |
S1: Most of the perishable foods are shipped by refrigerator ships.P: They are placed in the refrigerated hold of the ship.Q: Some foods, such as bananas, are shipped before they get ripe.R: As the green bananas are loaded, a man watches closely the signs of yellow on them.S: The cool temperature keep the bananas from getting ripe during the trip.S6: Ripe bananas are poor travellers and even one ripe banana at the start of the trip can spoil a whole ship load of fruit.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | SQR |
| C. | PSR |
| D. | RPQ |
| Answer» B. SQR | |
| 204. |
S1: The houses in the Indus Valley were built of baked bricks.P: This staircase sometimes continued upwards on to the roof.Q: Access to the upstairs rooms was by a narrow stone staircase at the back of the house.R: The drains were incorporated in the walls.S: The houses had bathrooms and water closets, rubbish chutes and excellent drainage systems.S6: They led outside into covered sewers which ran down the side of the streets.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SQR |
| B. | PSR |
| C. | RPS |
| D. | PQR |
| Answer» C. RPS | |
| 205. |
S1: We must also understand that the fruits of labour are sweeter than the gifts of fortune.P: Moreover, too much of thinking is also a disease.Q: Indeed, thought and action can be separately analysed but can never be separated from each other.R: Hence, thought to be complete demands action and action without thought also has no value.S: It keeps us depressed and gloomy.S6: The best life, therefore, is lived both in thought and deed.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SRQ |
| B. | RSP |
| C. | QPS |
| D. | PQR |
| Answer» C. QPS | |
| 206. |
S1: Kabir knew that Ramananda got up very Early in the morning and went down on the steps of the 'ghat' to the bathe in the waters of the sacred Ganges.P: As Ramananda came down the steps before daybreak for his usual bath, he trod on the sleeping man.Q: Kabir at once jumped up and threw himself at the feet of the preacher.R: "Ram, Ram" he exclaimed in astonishment.S: One dark night, Kabir went to the 'ghat' and lay down on one of the river steps.S6: He said, "You have given me the mantra, 'Ram, Ram,' I have become our disciple".The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QSR |
| B. | RQS |
| C. | QPS |
| D. | PRQ |
| Answer» E. | |
| 207. |
S1: Gandhi's first political fast was made soon after his return from Africa.P: He had also received help from this man's sister.Q: This was when the poor labourers of the cotton mills of Ahmedabad were on strike.R: He was a friend of the largest mill-owner.S: Gandhi had made the strikers promise to remain on strike until the owners agreed to accept the decision of an arbitrator.S6: He did not fast against the mill owners, but in order to strengthen the determination of the strikers.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QSR |
| B. | SRP |
| C. | PQS |
| D. | RPQ |
| Answer» C. PQS | |
| 208. |
S1: For a conversation to be stimulating and sustained, the participants must be active talkers as well as active listeners.P: This is usually unnecessary, confusing and even boring to your partner.Q: Some people feel that they have to give long-winded explanations of their views.R: Make a point of throwing the conversational ball to the other person after you have presented your ideas in an abridged form.S: Be sure to do both in conversation.S6: It's better to paint the big picture first, and if your partner wants to know more, you can always fill in with details.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | PSR |
| B. | RQP |
| C. | SRQ |
| D. | SPQ |
| Answer» C. SRQ | |
| 209. |
S1: Jawaharlal Nehru was born on November 14.P: He loved children.Q: On this day, children take part in many activities.R: Sports, music, drama and debates are arranged in schools.S: That is why his birthday is celebrated as Children's Day.S6: Exhibitions of photographs of Pandit Nehru showing his life time are also arranged in some schools.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | SQR |
| C. | PSR |
| D. | PQR |
| Answer» C. PSR | |
| 210. |
S1: Frozen foods are so popular today that many people wonder how they ever lived without them.P: Near the North Pole, where the ground stays frozen all the year around, there is no problem of preserving foods.Q: Actually, people who live in cool climates have had frozen foods for a long time.R: Ice helped them when they could get it, but they couldn't get it very often.S: But people who live in warm climates have not always been able to keep food fresh.S6: Now refrigerators and deep freezers preserve many foods that could not be kept any other way.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | PRS |
| C. | PSR |
| D. | RQP |
| Answer» D. RQP | |
| 211. |
S1: He tried the door.P: The room was neat and clean.Q: Then he stepped into the room.R: He waited for a minute or two.S: It opened easily and he peeped in.S6: He was careful not to touch anything.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | SPR |
| C. | PQS |
| D. | PRQ |
| Answer» E. | |
| 212. |
S1: Work with retarded children, in particular, involves superhuman patience and long-delayed rewards.P: Another woman faithfully spent two hours a day, five days a week, with a bed-ridden retarded girl.Q: It was three years before the girl made her first cut in a piece of paper.R: The girl had never before responded to, or recognised anyone.S: One woman decided to teach a young brain-damaged girl how to use scissors.S6: After five years, the girl finally began to smile, when her foster grandparents entered the room.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SQR |
| B. | SPR |
| C. | QSP |
| D. | QPR |
| Answer» E. | |
| 213. |
S1: The path of Venus lies inside the path of the Earth.P: When at its farthest from the Earth, Venus is 160 million miles away.Q: With such a wide range between its greatest and least distances it is natural that at sometimes Venus appears much brighter than others.R: No other body ever comes so near the Earth, with the exception of the Moon and an 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 aye in broad daylight.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SQR |
| B. | PRS |
| C. | QRP |
| D. | RPQ |
| Answer» E. | |
| 214. |
S1: Man has existed for about a million years.P: Science, as a dominant factor in determining the beliefs of educated men, has existed for about 300 years; as a source of economic technique, for about 150 years.Q: When we consider how recently it has risen to power, we find ourselves forced to believe that we are at the very beginning of its work in transforming human life.R: In this brief period it has proved itself an incredibly powerful revolutionary force.S: He has possessed writing for about 6,000 years, agriculture somewhat longer, but perhaps not much longer.S6: What its future effects will be is a matter of conjecture, but possibly a study of its effects hitherto may make the conjecture a little less hazardous.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QSR |
| B. | RSQ |
| C. | QPS |
| D. | PRQ |
| Answer» E. | |
| 215. |
S1: Yawning or its absence has been related to various clinical conditions.P: Interestingly, some clinicians claim that those with acute physical illness don't yawn until they are on road to recovery.Q: It can be a symptom of brain lesions, haemorrhage, motion sickness and encephalitis.R: But what is currently known about yawning is essentially anecdotal, mostly because the yawn has not got the respect it deserves.S: On the other hand, it has been reported that psychotics rarely yawn, except those suffering from brain damage.S6: It is in reality a releasing stimulus.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SRQ |
| B. | SQR |
| C. | SPR |
| D. | SRP |
| Answer» D. SRP | |
| 216. |
S1: He could not rise.P: All at once, in the distance, he heard an elephant trumpet.Q: He tried again with all his might, but to no use.R: The next moment he was on his feet.S: He stepped into the river.S6: It was colder than usual.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QSR |
| B. | RQS |
| C. | PRS |
| D. | PSR |
| Answer» D. PSR | |
| 217. |
S1: The domestic cat is a contradiction in itself.P: But the adult pet dog also sees its human family as the dominant members of the pack.Q: Nursed in kittenhood it develops extraordinary intimacy with mankind.R: The dog, like the pet cat, sees its owners as pseudo-parents.S: At the same time, however, the cat continues to retain its independence.S6: Hence it has won such a reputation for obedience and loyalty.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SPR |
| B. | SRP |
| C. | QPR |
| D. | QRP |
| Answer» C. QPR | |
| 218. |
S1: There are examinations at school which a pupil can pass by cramming the texts.P: But for spiritual knowledge mere memory of holy texts will be of no use in passing the texts.Q: One can score in them by the power of memory.R: A competent guru alone can provide the necessary guidance to an earnest disciple.S: What the text says has to be reflected upon and experienced by the speaker.S6: Thus, reading, reflection and experience are the three stages in gaining spiritual knowledge.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | PSR |
| B. | SPQ |
| C. | SQP |
| D. | RPQ |
| Answer» B. SPQ | |
| 219. |
S1: Different countries show different pattern of growth.P: Many others have a high birth rate with a low death rate.Q: Some have a high birth rate and still have a high death rate.R: The developing countries show the most rapid growth rate.S: Some others like the European nations, have a low birth rate and a low death rate.S6: Compared to this in Europe the growth rate is low.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QSR |
| B. | SPR |
| C. | SQP |
| D. | PQR |
| Answer» C. SQP | |
| 220. |
S1: Rammohan Roy was associated with several newspapers.P: Many educationists protested vigorously against these measures.Q: But this came to grief soon after the enactment in 1823, of new measures for the control of the press.R: He brought out a bilingual, Bengali-English magazine.S: Later, desiring an all-India circulation, he published a weekly in Persian, which was recognised then as the language of the cultured classes all over India.S6: Rammohan Roy even addressed a petition to the King-in-Council in England.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | PRS |
| B. | QPS |
| C. | SPQ |
| D. | SQP |
| Answer» E. | |
| 221. |
S1: If you want to do well in your examinations you need to be able to think for yourself which means not just following the guide-books but write what you think yourself.P: That will not help much.Q: Few if any students do this.R: By discussing things with other students, with your teachers, and with any intelligent people you meet you will find you can pick up a lot of new ideas but it is not good first accepting these ideas, swallowing them undigested and then repeating them in the examination.S: At first you will find it difficult but if you go on trying you will find clear independent thought becomes easier.S6: If however you turn these ideas over in our mind accepting those which you agree with and fitting them into your stock of knowledge and rejecting the others you may get somewhere.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SQR |
| B. | SRP |
| C. | SQP |
| D. | RQP |
| Answer» C. SQP | |
| 222. |
S1: Ingratitude stings strongest where relationship is closest.P: Expectation turns innocent relationship into commerce.Q: Human relationship is adulterated with sly commerce.R: In commerce, of course, give and take is understood.S: Most relationships are founded on mutual expectations.S6: From any warm and healthy human relationship expectation of returns has to be weeded out.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | SPR |
| C. | PSQ |
| D. | RQP |
| Answer» D. RQP | |
| 223. |
S1: When a body grows into a young man, he finds himself in a new and strange world.P: The relationship remains but its nature changes.Q: The emotional ties that he had with them are now loosened.R: The old pattern of his life in which his parents were the nucleus around which his life revolved now undergoes a change.S: He finds in himself an emotional void which he must somehow fill.S6: At this stage of his life he is like a body without a soul, an eye without light or a flower without fragrance.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | RQS |
| B. | QPS |
| C. | SQP |
| D. | RPQ |
| Answer» C. SQP | |
| 224. |
S1: The city is almost a slum and stinks most of the 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 road.S: Even so, it looked beautiful to tourists of various categories.S6: But some visitors came away with the unforgettable sight of young labourers scantily clad.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | PRS |
| B. | QPS |
| C. | SQP |
| D. | PQR |
| Answer» E. | |
| 225. |
S1: Human ways of life have steadily changed.P: From that time to this, civilisation has always been changing.Q: About ten thousand years ago, man lived entirely by hunting.R: Ancient Egypt-Greece-the Roman Empire-the Dark Ages and the Middle Ages - the Renaissance-the age of modern science and of modern nations one has succeeded the other; and history has never stood still.S: A settled, civilised life began only when agriculture was discovered.S6: During the last few years change has been even more rapid than usual.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SPR |
| B. | SRP |
| C. | SQP |
| D. | PRQ |
| Answer» C. SQP | |
| 226. |
S1: Moncure Conway devoted his life to two great objects : freedom of thought, and freedom of the individual.P: They threaten both kinds of freedom.Q: But something also has been lost.R: There are now dangers, somewhat different in form from those of the past ages.S: In regard to both these objects, something has been gained since his time.S6: Unless a vigorous and vigilant public opinion can be aroused in defence of them, there will be much less of both a hundred years hence than there is now.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | SPR |
| C. | SPQ |
| D. | QRP |
| Answer» E. | |
| 227. |
S1: Science means finding out how things actually do happen.P: He showed that a light object falls to the ground at the same rate as a heavy object.Q: It does not mean laying down principles as to how they ought to happen.R: This did not agree with the views of most learned men of that time.S: The most famous example of this concerns Galileo's discovery about falling bodies.S6: But Galileo proved his point experimentally by dropping weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SQR |
| B. | SPR |
| C. | QPS |
| D. | QPR |
| Answer» C. QPS | |
| 228. |
S1: Ms. Subramaniam started a petrol pump in Madras.P: A total of twelve girls now work at the pump.Q: She advertised in newspaper for women staff.R: They operate in two shifts.S: The response was good.S6: Thus she has shown the way for many others.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | QSR |
| C. | SPR |
| D. | QPR |
| Answer» D. QPR | |
| 229. |
S1: It is true we cannot bring about social equality by law and that therefore there are still inequalities in Indian society.P: In the United States of America, for instance, Negroes have equal rights under the constitution but unfortunately these rights are not always given to them freely by the White majority.Q: It takes time for people to change their way of thinking.R: This is a problem common to many countries.S: It is only when we realise that social equality means not only that men are equal before the law, but also equal in the eyes of god that we can begin to have a completely caste less society.S6: The secular state as found in India, recognises the importance of religion to the individual by giving him freedom to practice it and tell others about it, within the limits of the constitution.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | PQS |
| B. | QPS |
| C. | PQR |
| D. | RQP |
| Answer» B. QPS | |
| 230. |
S1: I was awakened in the night by a noise in the house.P: I quickly put on my dressing gown and crept downstairs.Q: In the living room I discovered two burglars breaking into my desk.R: As I switched on the light I saw that it was 2 o'clock.S: They were both tall, dark men.S6: As soon as they saw me standing there, they rushed to the window and jumped out.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | QSR |
| C. | SRQ |
| D. | PQS |
| Answer» E. | |
| 231. |
S1: Obesity is a curse of modern times.P: As a result, what is lost is the natural goodness of roughage and important nutrients.Q: Invariably, fat and sugar which cause obesity are added to make food more palatable.R: In these days, food gets more refined and cooking methods are more intricate.S: Therefore, there are more obese people today than ever before.S6: This is because today's changed life styles often mean less physical exertion and an over indulgence in unhealthy food.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | PRS |
| B. | PQS |
| C. | PSQ |
| D. | QPS |
| Answer» E. | |
| 232. |
S1: But Mr. Ford was by no means the inventor of mass production.P: It is difficult, indeed, to say who was.Q: Brilliant men perfected cotton gins and looms.R: The invention of the steam-engine gave manufacturers the cheap power they needed.S: When the first large mills for the manufacture of cloth were built, mass production began.S6: When one huge machine began to perform rapidly due operations previously done slowly by hand, the age of mass production was born.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | SQR |
| C. | SRQ |
| D. | PQR |
| Answer» D. PQR | |
| 233. |
S1: Growing up means not only getting larger, but also using our senses and our brains to become more aware of the things around us.P: Not only does he have a memory but he is able to think and reason.Q: In this, man differs from all other animals.R: Before we spray our roadside plants or turn sewage into our rivers, we should pause to think what the results of our actions are likely to be.S: That is to say, he is able to plan what he is going to do in the light of his experience before he does it.S6: In other words, we must develop and use our ability to reason, because the destruction or the preservation of the places in which we live depends on us.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | PSR |
| B. | RSP |
| C. | PQR |
| D. | PRQ |
| Answer» B. RSP | |
| 234. |
S1: This is the story of a tram that woke up at dead of night and went off on a trip all by itself to end in a disaster.P: In the early morning of 19 January it suddenly started backing out of the depot on its own.Q: Tramways sources explained that power supply to the overhead wires at the siding had been switched off for some repair work.R: It went up a quarter mile away, crashed into state bus which caught fire went it smashed into an electric feeder box and a water tap.S: There was presumably, some defect in the reversal handle of the tram and its main switch had not been put off.S6: As a result, when the power supply was restored in the early morning the tram began to move.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | RQS |
| C. | PSQ |
| D. | SPQ |
| Answer» C. PSQ | |
| 235. |
S1: Trucks, trains planes and refrigerator ships are new ways of carrying food.P: In many countries, women carry food to market on their heads.Q: High in the Andes Mountains long lines of Illamas, each with a heavy bag of grain, pick their way along rocky trails.R: But a great deal of food is still carried on the heads of women and the backs of animals.S: Over the desert sands, camels carry loads of salt, dates and cheese from one oasis to another.S6: And in a lonely bay, a fisherman still rows home with the day's catch.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | PQS |
| C. | PSQ |
| D. | SQP |
| Answer» D. SQP | |
| 236. |
S1: We and all other animals breathe in and breathe out air all the time.P: If we stop breathing, we die.Q: It is because of this fact that we are able to live.R: It is called the atmosphere.S: All parts of the earth are surrounded by air.S6: It is a part of the earth.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRS |
| B. | RQS |
| C. | PSR |
| D. | RQP |
| Answer» D. RQP | |
| 237. |
S1: Primitive man was helpless and weak.P: He conceived of some divinity behind this.Q: As ages passed, he began to think and to investigate nature's mysteries.R: He bowed down before natural phenomena.S: The flash of lightning, the clap of thunder struck him with awe.S6: Today the knowledge gained from science has armed him with superhuman strength.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SQR |
| B. | PSQ |
| C. | SPQ |
| D. | SQP |
| Answer» C. SPQ | |
| 238. |
S1: The distinction between state or sovereign and government is developed by Rousseau with utmost exactness and accuracy.P: While 'state' denotes the community as a whole, created by social pact and manifesting itself in supreme general will, 'government' denotes merely the individual or groups of individuals that is designated by the community to carry into effect the sovereign will.Q: Government, to Rousseau, means executive power.R: The individuals, to whom this power is assigned are the officers or the agents of the sovereign.S: The government is created not by any contract but by a decree of the sovereign, and its function is in no sense to make but only to administer law.S6: Collectively, they may be called 'prence' or 'magistracy'.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SQR |
| B. | SPR |
| C. | PQS |
| D. | QRP |
| Answer» C. PQS | |
| 239. |
S1: It was early 1943 and the war in the East was going disastrously.P: How this unlikely bunch of middle aged civilians accomplished their missions makes fascinating reading.Q: To stop the sinkings a spy ring had to be broken, a German ship assaulted, and a secret radio transmitter silenced.R: U-boats were torpedoing Allied ships in the Indian ocean faster than they could be replaced.S: And the only people who could do the job were a handful of British businessmen in Calcutta-all men not called out for active service.S6: Boarding party, James Leasor's latest best-seller is a record of this tale of heroics tinged with irony and humour.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | RSQ |
| B. | SRP |
| C. | QSP |
| D. | QPR |
| Answer» D. QPR | |
| 240. |
S1: Some old people are oppressed by the fear of death.P: An individual human existence should be like a river-small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past boulders and over waterfalls.Q: In the young there is a justification for this feeling.R: Young men who have reason to fear that they will be killed in battle may justifiably feel bitter in the thought that they have been cheated of the best thing that life has to offer.S: But in the old man who has known human joys and sorrows, the fear of death is somewhat object and ignoble, and the best way to overcome it is to make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal.S6: Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea and painlessly lose their individual being.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QSR |
| B. | PSR |
| C. | RSP |
| D. | SQP |
| Answer» D. SQP | |
| 241. |
S1: The time has come for us to consider seriously the question of a Bharat brand of English.P: I am not suggesting here a mongrelisation of the language.Q: English must adopt the complexion of our life and assimilate its idiom.R: Now the time is ripe for it to come to the dusty street, market place and under the banyan tree.S: So far English has had a comparatively confined existence in our country, chiefly in the halls of learning, justice or administration.S6: Bharat English will respect the rule of law and maintain the dignity of grammar, but still have a swadeshi stamp about it.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | PSR |
| B. | QSP |
| C. | RPQ |
| D. | RQP |
| Answer» D. RQP | |
| 242. |
S1: There is nothing strange in the fact that so many foreign students should wish to learn English.P: If any valuable book is written in another language, an English translation of it sure to be speedily published.Q: Anyone who masters the English tongue acquires a key.R: Most books found to be generally useful are written in English.S: The English speaking people want no monopoly of knowledge.S6: This key will open to him whatever is valuable in the literature of the world.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | QRP |
| B. | RPQ |
| C. | SPQ |
| D. | PSQ |
| Answer» E. | |
| 243. |
S1: A farmer was taking the grain to the mill in sacks.P: It was too heavy for him to lift.Q: On the way the horse stumbled, and one of the sacks fell to the ground.R: Presently he saw a rider coming towards him.S: He stood waiting till he found somebody to help him.S6: But the farmer saw that he was none other than the nobleman.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | RQS |
| B. | SQR |
| C. | PRS |
| D. | PSR |
| Answer» E. | |
| 244. |
S1: Gandhiji had a vast amount of daily business to transact.P: Yet Gandhiji was never too busy to withdraw temporarily from business affairs for recurrent periods of contemplation.Q: Under present day conditions, that is the fate of any leader of any great movement.R: In setting apart those times for contemplation gandhiji was being true, not only to himself, but to India.S: If he had not made this his practice, he would not, I suppose,have been able to go on doing his business, because his spells of contemplation were the source of his inexhaustible strength.S6: His practice on this point is something that is characteristic of the Indian tradition.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | RSQ |
| B. | PSR |
| C. | SPQ |
| D. | RPQ |
| Answer» C. SPQ | |
| 245. |
S1: It is very easy to acquire bad habits.P: If we do not continue to do it, we feel unhappy.Q: The more we do a thing, the more we tend to like doing it.R: The force of habit should be fought against.S: This is called the force of habit.S6: Even good things should be done from time to time only.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | SQR |
| B. | PSR |
| C. | PSQ |
| D. | QRP |
| Answer» C. PSQ | |
| 246. |
S1: As a dramatist Rabindranath was not what might be called a success.P : His dramas were moulded on the lines of the traditional Indian village dramas than the dramas of modern world.Q : His plays were more a catalogue of ideas than a vehicle of the expression of action.R : Actually the drama has always been the life of 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 dramas.S6: Therefor, drama forms the essential part of the traditional Indian Culture.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | RQP |
| B. | PSR |
| C. | SPR |
| D. | SQP |
| Answer» D. SQP | |
| 247. |
S1: For decades, American society has been calling a melting pot.P : Differences remained - in appearence, mannerisms, customs, speech, religion and more.Q : The term has long been a cliche and half-truth.R : But homogenisation was never acheived.S : Yes, immigrants from diverse cultures and traditions did cast off vestiges of their native lands and become almost imperceptibly woven in to the American fabric.S6: In recent years, such differences accentuated by the arrival of immigrants from Asia and other parts of the world in the United States - have become something to celebrate and to nurture.The Proper sequence should be: |
| A. | RSP |
| B. | QRP |
| C. | QPR |
| D. | SRP |
| Answer» C. QPR | |
| 248. |
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. | SQR |
| B. | PRS |
| C. | SPR |
| D. | SRQ |
| Answer» D. SRQ | |
| 249. |
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. | SRP |
| B. | PSQ |
| C. | RPQ |
| D. | PSR |
| Answer» C. RPQ | |
| 250. |
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. | SQP |
| B. | QPR |
| C. | QRP |
| D. | SPQ |
| Answer» C. QRP | |