Q. 1
P: Most of them are in jail because of their circumstances.
Q: Not all prisoners are hardcore criminals.
R: So, they deserve a chance to rehabilitate themselves.
S: Therefore, learning a trade would help them reintegrate with society.
(A) QPRS
(B) PQRS
(C) SRQP
(D) QSRP
Answer: (B) QPRS
Q. 2
P: But after a while they all began to blur in our memories.
Q: When we arrived in Bangkok, we took a tour of the city’s famous Buddhist temples.
R: However there was one temple, the Temple of Golden Buddha, which left an indelible impression in our hearts and minds.
S: We visited numerous temples that day.
(A) QPRS
(B) SRQP
(C) PSQR
(D) QSPR
Answer: (D) QSPR
Q. 3
P: Children are the most adversely affected.
Q: Their eyesight goes weak from their very childhood.
R: Watching television continuously is very harmful to the eyes.
S: This debilitating effect on eyes results in severe headaches as well.
(A) PRQS
(B) RPQS
(C) RQSP
(D) PQSR
Answer: (B) RPQS
Q. 4
P: This code contains information about its nature.
Q: Each living organism has a DNA code.
R: If this genetic material is altered, it would alter the organism.
S: The nature of an individual is determined by the unique genetic material in the code.
(A) SQRP
(B) QPSR
(C) SRPQ
(D) QRSP
Answer: (B) QPSR
Q. 5
P: But when their short racing careers are over, greyhounds are adopted as household pets.
Q: Greyhound racing is a popular spectator sport in the United States.
R: They worry that the greyhounds would need a large space to run to get sufficient exercise.
S: Unfortunately, many people hesitate to adopt a retired racing greyhound as a pet
(A) QSPR
(B) SPRQ
(C) SQRP
(D) QPSR
Answer: (B) QPSR
Q. 6
P: Today, man is master of the world and he makes the animals do what he likes.
Q: Others he eats; and those like the lion and the tiger, he shoots for pleasure.
R: Early man, when he first came, must have been surrounded by many huge animals, and he must have lived in fear of them.
S: Some he tames like the horse, the cow, the elephant, the dog, the cat and so many others.
(A) RQSP
(B) PRQS
(C) RPSQ
(D) QRSP
Answer: (C) RPSQ
Q. 7
P: Today, he is popular for creating scaled-down models of automobiles that are not just showpieces but are working toys.
Q: “I used to ride it during playtime in the evenings as a five-year-old,” recalls Arun Kumar.
R: As a kid I used to pester my parents for toy cars but my carpenter father often couldn’t afford them.
S: Then, one day he got an old tricycle from the junkyard, made three wooden wheels, and fitted them to the cycle.
(A) RSQP
(B) QRSP
(C) RPSQ
(D) PRSQ
Answer: (A) RSQP
Q. 8
P: Using matches however came much later.
Q: The first great discovery that man probably made was that of fire.
R: In olden times fires were made by rubbing two flints against each other till a spark was produced.
S: And this spark set fire to dry straw, leaves, or wood.
(A) QRSP
(B) PQSR
(C) RPSQ
(D) PRQS
Answer: (A) QRSP
Q. 9
P: In the opening scene, the young boy Pip meets an escaped convict in a graveyard.
Q: Great Expectations’ is a novel by Charles Dickens.
R: The novel is set in Kent and London in the early 19th century.
S: It depicts the personal growth and development of an orphan named Pip.
(A) PQRS
(B) SRPQ
(C) RQPS
(D) QRSP
Answer: (B) QRSP
Q. 10
P: Early on Christmas morning Pip returns to the graveyard with the file, a pie, and brandy.
Q: On Christmas Eve, Pip, an orphan who is about seven years old, encounters an escaped convict in the village graveyard.
R: The convict scares Pip into stealing food and a file.
S: Pip, who lives his elder sister and her husband Joe Gargery, a blacksmith, steals a file and some food.
(A) QRSP
(B) RQPS
(C) QSRP
(D) SDPQ
Answer: (A) QRSP