Para Jumbles MCQs for Competitive Examination
Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order.
Q. 41
P: They appeared to be posing for ‘selfies’.
Q: An expeditioner had left it sitting on the ice while he visited a rookery.
R: In Antarctica, two penguins found a video camera.
S: The penguins curiously stared down at the camera.
(A) RPSQ
(B) RQSP
(C) QRSP
(D) SPRQ
Answer: (B) RQSP
Q. 42
P: And I was earning barely enough money to keep body and soul together.
Q: It was twenty years ago.
R: At that time I was living in Paris.
S: I had a tiny apartment in the Latin Quarter overlooking a cemetery.
(A) PSQR
(B) PQRS
(C) QRSP
(D) QSRP
Answer: (C) QRSP
Q. 43
P: I learnt to push Lily’s wheelchair.
Q: I stopped the chair in front of the pond and watched Lily roll her eyes to see the ducks.
R: All of a sudden, the wheelchair shook violently.
S: One afternoon, I wheeled her to the park.
(A) PSQR
(B) PQRS
(C) SPRQ
(D) SQPR
Answer: (A) PSQR
Q. 44
P: Security cameras captured the whole incident.
Q: Commuters in Virginia, USA got a shock when a deer entered a metro station.
R: However, it eventually backed out and ran away unharmed.
S: Nobody knows how it made into the station.
(A) QPSR
(B) QSRP
(C) SRQP
(D) PSRQ
Answer: (B) QSRP
Q. 45
P: On Saturday the 10th, Typhoon Lekima made land fall in China’s Zhejiang province.
Q: This province is often hit with typhoons, but this storm was its strongest ever.
R: The typhoon brought winds of up to 116 mph, and floods affected almost 5 million people.
S: More than 1 million people were evacuated from their homes.
(A) RQPS
(B) QSRP
(C) PSQR
(D) PQRS
Answer: (D) PQRS
Q. 46
P: After around 20 minutes of the crash, the tanker caught fire and exploded.
Q: On Saturday, an oil tanker in Tanzania lost control and overturned on a busy road.
R: Around 150 people gathered near the tanker and some of them tried to siphon away some fuel.
S: At least 61 people died and 70 more were injured
(A) SRPQ
(B) QRPS
(C) QPRS
(D) SQPR
Answer: (B) QRPS
Q. 47
P: All day I seem to remember, I played on the sands with strange exciting children.
Q: Then watched the incoming tide destroy them.
R: My parents took me by car to a place by the sea.
S: We made sandcastles with huge walls.
(A) PQRS
(B) RSPQ
(C) RPSQ
(D) PRSQ
Answer: (C) RPSQ
Q. 48
P: Flying kites is an old world sport.
Q: This sport involves a lot of risk.
R: So, one has to be very cautious and skilful.
S: It was quite popular during the days of the Nawabs.
(A) QPRS
(B) QSRP
(C) PQRS
(D) PSQR
Answer: (D) PSQR
Q. 49
P: It is because nowadays people have no time for recreation.
Q: But this pastime is getting out of favour now.
R: It is really a thrilling exercise.
S: Flying kites is my favourite pastime.
(A) QRSP
(B) SRQP
(C) RSPQ
(D) SQPR
Answer: (B) SRQP
Q. 50
P: I caught a snake once.
Q: That well is full of snakes.
R: I caught it by its tail and dropped it in the old well.
S: Whenever we catch one, instead of killing it, we drop it in the well.
(A) RQSP
(B) PRQS
(C) QPRS
(D) QRPS
Answer: (B) PRQS