Direction (1-15): The questions below consist of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
Q1. There was no need to
P-set a watch, for we had nothing
Q-to fear from anybody or
R-anything in that vast untenanted plain
(a) RQP
(b) RPQ
(c) QRP
(d) PQR
Q2. This idea, however startling it may at
P-first appear, is quite in accordance, as
Q-before stated, with the analogy of changes
R-now going on in certain regions of the globe
(a) RQP
(b) PQR
(c) RPQ
(d) QRP
Q3. Our only enemies were
P-heat, thirst, and flies, but far
Q-from man or beast than that awful trinity
R-rather would I have faced any danger
(a) PQR
(b) RQP
(c) PRQ
(d) RPQ
Q4. Thus, I stand on a
P-hill and watch a laborer
Q-upon the distant railway
R-striking with his sledge
(a) PQR
(b) PRQ
(d) RQP
(d) RPQ
Q5. Then there came faint rays of primrose
P-light that changed presently to golden
Q-bars, through which the dawn
R-glided out across the desert
(a) RQP
(b) PQR
(c) RPQ
(d) QRP
Q6. It seemed to them far easier to conceive
P-that the water had gone down, than
Q-that solid land had risen
R-upward into its present position
(a) PQR
(b) RQP
(c) RPQ
(d) QRP
Q7. We drank a little and flung
P-soon were all asleep
Q-sand, thoroughly tired out, and
R-ourselves down on the
(a) RPQ
(b) QRP
(c) QPR
(d) RQP
Q8. Aqueous rocks of equal
P-exhibit in like manner a stratification nearly undisturbed
Q-over the lake-district of North America, and
R-antiquity extend for hundreds of miles
(a) RQP
(b) RPQ
(c) QRP
(d) QPR
Q9. Now I just have to keep my
P-place and not let that scrawny
Q-guy with gelled
R-hair edge in front of me
(a) QRP
(b) PQR
(c) RPQ
(d) PRQ
Q10. The idea of a standard time
P-lives that we often take it for
Q-zone has become so integral to our
R-granted and assume it to be a part of natural phenomena
(a) RQP
(b) PQR
(c) QRP
(d) QPR
Q11. Evidently it was too
P-of a deadly-looking cobra or
Q-two we saw no reptiles
R-dry for game, and with the exception
(a) QRP
(b) QPR
(c) PRQ
(d) RPQ
Q12. Some of these
P-height of more than
Q-2000 feet above the sea
R-rocks rise to the
(a) QRP
(b) RPQ
(c) QPR
(d) PRQ
Q13. It had been three o’clock in the afternoon
P-find our bearers
Q-before we woke, to
R-preparing to return
(a) QPR
(b) PRQ
(c) PQR
(d) RQP
Q14. Now the first and most
P-strata of marine origin occur above the
Q-simple appearance is where
R-level of the sea in horizontal position
(a) PRQ
(b) QPR
(c) PQR
(d) RQP
Q15. I’ve taken out my
P-and stay poised and vigilant
Q-ear buds so I can
R-listen for announcements
(a) RPQ
(b) QRP
(c) PRQ
(d) QPR
SOLUTIONS
1.D
2.B
3.C
4.B
5.B
6.A
7.D
8.A
9.B
10.D
11.D
12.B
13.A
14.B
15.B
