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
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