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ORDERING OF SENTENCES MCQs

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Question 1021. S1: In the last few years, there has been increasing realisation of the importance of fibrous diet.
P: Its role in human nutrition was not fully understood.
Q: Plants contain indigestible substances in their cell-walls, and these contain fibre.
R: Later research has thrown light on many other ingredients that are not digested by man.
S: In the early days, people only knew that this fibre prevented constipation.
S6: This has resulted in a better appreciation of the role of fibrous food in human health.
The Proper sequence should be:
  1.    PQRS
  2.    QSRP
  3.    SPRQ
  4.    SQPR
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> SPRQ
In the early days, people only knew that this fibre prevented constipation. Its role in human nutrition was not fully understood. Later research has thrown light on many other ingredients that are not digested by man. Plants contain indigestible substances in their cell-walls, and these contain fibre.
Question 1022. S1: Welcome to Madam Tussaud's.
P: Famous faces, notorious faces haunt these halls; royalty, and world leaders mingling with sports stars and murderers.
Q: But don't expect any responses to your smiles or greetings.
R: Don't be surprised at anything you see here.
S: See how many you can recognise.
S6: These life-like, casually posed figures are mere wax statues, though they may look alive.
The Proper sequence should be:
  1.    PSRQ
  2.    QRPS
  3.    RPSQ
  4.    SQRP
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> RPSQ
Don't be surprised at anything you see here. Famous faces, notorious faces haunt these halls; royalty, and world leaders mingling with sports stars and murderers. See how many you can recognise. But don't expect any responses to your smiles or greetings.
Question 1023. S1: The 'age of computers' is considered to have begun in 1946.
P: Those early computers were huge and heavy affairs, with problems of speed and size.
Q: It was only with the introduction of electronics that the computers really came of age.
R: But computers were in use long before that.
S: They had several rotating shafts and gears which almost always doomed them to slow operation.
S6: And now it is difficult to find a field where computers are not used.
The Proper sequence should be:
  1.    PRQS
  2.    PRSQ
  3.    RPQS
  4.    RPSQ
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> RPSQ
But computers were in use long before that. Those early computers were huge and heavy affairs, with problems of speed and size. They had several rotating shafts and gears which almost always doomed them to slow operation. It was only with the introduction of electronics that the computers really came of age.
Question 1024. S1: While talking to a group, one should feel self-confident and courageous.
P: Nor is it a gift bestowed by providence on only a few.
Q: One should also learn how to think calmly and clearly.
R: It is like the ability to play golf.
S: It is not as difficult as most men imagine.
S6: Any man can develop his capacity if he has the desire to do so.
The Proper sequence should be:
  1.    QRSP
  2.    QSPR
  3.    RSQP
  4.    SQPR
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> QSPR
One should also learn how to think calmly and clearly. It is not as difficult as most men imagine. Nor is it a gift bestowed by providence on only a few. It is like the ability to play golf.
Question 1025. S1: Those are fortunate people who have good, true and faithful friends.
P: It is a scared attachment or a bond of intimacy between two persons of a congenial mind.
Q: True friendship increases our happiness in prosperity and diminishes our misery in adversity.
R: Friendship often springs from similarity of taste, feelings and sentiments.
S: However, true friendship should be based on truth and such vices as selfishness, greed and falsehood should be kept out of it.
S6: It must be borne in mind that prosperity breeds and multiplies friends and adversity tests them.
The Proper sequence should be:
  1.    PQRS
  2.    QRPS
  3.    RPQS
  4.    SPRQ
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> RPQS
Friendship often springs from similarity of taste, feelings and sentiments. It is a scared attachment or a bond of intimacy between two persons of a congenial mind. True friendship increases our happiness in prosperity and diminishes our misery in adversity. However, true friendship should be based on truth and such vices as selfishness, greed and falsehood should be kept out of it.
Question 1026. S1: In hunting and gathering societies people live in what anthropologists call "the seasonal round".
P: When the salmon are running, it comes to the stream; when the wild grasses must be gathered, the band moves on again.
Q: The tribal band is delicately adjusted to nature.
R: It circulates through space in the rhythm of the seasons each year.
S: It moves through space with the flow of time.
S6: The circle is not broken into a line; the tribe does not stay in one place altering nature to suit the needs of the human settlement.
The Proper sequence should be:
  1.    PRQS
  2.    QPRS
  3.    QSPR
  4.    RPQS
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> QSPR
The tribal band is delicately adjusted to nature. It moves through space with the flow of time. When the salmon are running, it comes to the stream; when the wild grasses must be gathered, the band moves on again. It circulates through space in the rhythm of the seasons each year.
Question 1027. S1: Nobody likes staying at home on a public holiday - especially if the weather is fine.
P: We had brought plenty of food with us and we got it out of the car.
Q: The only difficulty was that millions of other people had the same idea.
R: Now everything was ready so we sat down near a path at the foot of a hill.
S: We moved out of the city slowly behind a long line of cars, but at last we came to a quiet country road and, after sometime, stopped at a lonely farm.
S6: It was very peaceful in the cool grass-until we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill.
The Proper sequence should be:
  1.    PQRS
  2.    PSQR
  3.    QSPR
  4.    SPQR
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> QSPR
The only difficulty was that millions of other people had the same idea. We moved out of the city slowly behind a long line of cars, but at last we came to a quiet country road and, after sometime, stopped at a lonely farm. We had brought plenty of food with us and we got it out of the car. Now everything was ready so we sat down near a path at the foot of a hill.
Question 1028. S1: Reena 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 hoe with an empty shopping basket.
The Proper sequence should be:
  1.    PQRS
  2.    QPRS
  3.    RQSP
  4.    RSQP
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> RQSP
She drove her car into the parking lot and stopped. She got out and walked to the nearest shop. It was there that she realised that she'd forgotten her purse at home. Disappointed she turned around and returned to the parking lot.
Question 1029. S1: In the eighteenth century people expected most of their children to die before they were grown up.
P: Improvement began at the beginning of the nineteenth century, chiefly owing to vaccination.
Q: The general death rate in 1948(10.8) was the lowest ever recorded up to that date.
R: In 1920 the infant mortality in England and Wales was 80 per thousand, in 1948 it was 34 per thousand.
S: It has continued ever since and is still continuing.
S6: There is no obvious limit to the improvement of health that can be brought about by medicine.
The Proper sequence should be:
  1.    PSRQ
  2.    QRPS
  3.    RQPS
  4.    SPQR
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> PSRQ
Improvement began at the beginning of the nineteenth century, chiefly owing to vaccination. It has continued ever since and is still continuing. In 1920 the infant mortality in England and Wales was 80 per thousand, in 1948 it was 34 per thousand. The general death rate in 1948(10.8) was the lowest ever recorded up to that date.
Question 1030. S1: Machines have parts made of iron.
P: They must be painted or chrome plated.
Q: Some parts rub against each other.
R: Iron gets rusted.
S: They must be lubricated with oil or grease.
S6: When the machine is not in use, it should be covered.
The Proper sequence should be:
  1.    PRQS
  2.    QRPS
  3.    QSRP
  4.    RPQS
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> RPQS
Iron gets rusted. They must be painted or chrome plated. Some parts rub against each other. They must be lubricated with oil or grease.

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