Para Jumbles MCQs for Competitive Examination
In the following questions, the 1st & the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts named P, Q, R, S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Find the correct combination from the options.
Q. 11
1: Venice is a strange city.
P: There are about 400 odd bridges connecting the islands of Venice.
Q: There are no motor cars, no horses and no buses there.
R: These small islands are close to one another.
S: It is not one island but a hundred islands.
6: This is because Venice has no streets.
(A) SRPQ
(B) PSRQ
(C) RQPS
(D) QSRP
Answer: (A) SRPQ
Q. 12
1: One day G. Washington was riding along a road.
P: The beam was too heavy to lift without help.
Q: The Corporal was giving them orders.
R: On the way, he saw soldiers lifting a heavy beam.
S: They needed just one more man.
6: G.Washington dismounted and helped the soldiers to lift the beam.
(A) RQPS
(B) QPRS
(C) SQRP
(D) QRPS
Answer: (A) RQPS
Q. 13
1: Information Technology is a recent development.
P: These changes are attributed to the Internet, website, email and Fax.
Q: As a result of these techniques, the whole world has shrunken into a global village.
R: The invention of the computer has accelerated the speed of computing.
S: It has brought about revolutionary changes in the field of communication.
6: Browsing Internet has become a regular feature.
(A) QPRS
(B) SRPQ
(C) QRPS
(D) SPRQ
Answer: (B) SRPQ
Q. 14
1: Some say that failure is like toxic waste.
P: I see failure more as a fertilizer.
Q: Thinking about it pollutes and undermines the attitudes needed for success.
R: The seeds of success must be planted afresh.
S: It can be used to enrich the soil of your mind.
6: Turning failure into a fertilizer is accomplished by using your errors as steps in learning.
(A) SRQP
(B) SPQR
(C) QPSR
(D) PQSR
Answer: (C) QPSR
Q. 15
1: The northeastern region presents a diverse system of habitats, ranging from tropical rainforests to alpine meadows.
P: In eastern Himalayas, the rainfall ranges from 125 to 300 cms, in Assam from 178 to 305 cms.
Q: The temperature in the region varies with location, elevation, topography, rainfall and humidity.
R: The uneven distribution affects the region in two opposite ways, floods and droughts.
S: It is largely a humid tropical region with two periods of rainfall; the winter rains come from the west and the summer rains are brought by the monsoon winds.
6: The winter temperature in Shillong, for example, varies from 4°C to 24°C; in Gangtok, from 9°C to 23°C.
(A) QRSP
(B) SPRQ
(C) PQRS
(D) RSQP
Answer: (B) SPRQ
Q. 16
1: India has a vibrant space science programme
P: The Indian space science programme has been working
Q: Formulating an industrial participation policy to
R: Covering astronomy, astrophysics and space science
S: With cooperative Indian industries and has been
6: Aid the growth of the space industry in India.
(A) QPRS
(B) RPSQ
(C) SQPR
(D) PQSR
Answer: (B) RPSQ
Q. 17
1: The telephone is the most tyrannical of all the machines we have invented.
P: We might be watching television, reading a book, or doing some gardening.
Q: It uses us more than we use it.
R: But at the first summon, we hasten to answer its call.
S: It rings frantically whenever we are in the middle of doing something else.
6: Are we not like slaves hastening to their whipcracking masters?
(A) SPRQ
(B) SRPQ
(C) QSPR
(D) QPSR
Answer: (C) QSPR
Q. 18
1: Ram has an important examination to sit for in a few weeks time
P: But he could not concentrate
Q: What he saw was not very nice he was very pale
R: He sat down to prepare for it
S: After a while, he looked at himself in the mirror
6: He said to himself, “What I need is fresh air.”
(A) QSPR
(B) SQRP
(C) PQRS
(D) RPSQ
Answer: (D) RPSQ
Q. 19
1: Youths are the assets and hope of a nation
P: In making India a great
Q: Steeped in old cultural values
R: They can play a vital role
S: Democratic, progressive and prosperous country
6: But equipped with modern scientific
(A) SPRQ
(B) PRSQ
(C) RPSQ
(D) QPRS
Answer: (C) RPSQ
Q. 20
1: Modern education is bookish
P: The harsh realities of life
Q: Imparted in schools and colleges
R: And divorced from
S: The so-called liberal education
6: Does not helps students earn their livelihood.
(A) RPQS
(B) QSPR
(C) RPSQ
(D) PRSQ
Answer: (C) RPSQ