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Direction: In the following question, the first and the last parts of the passage/sentence are numbered (1) and (6). The rest of the passage/sentence is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct and mark the respective option.
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(1). Work with retarded children, in particular, involves superhuman patience and long delayed rewards.
P. Another woman faithfully spent two hours a day, five days a week, with a bed–ridden retarded girl.
Q. It was three years before the girl made her first cut in a piece of paper.
R. The girl had never before responded to, or recognized anyone.
S. One woman decided to teach a young brain–damaged girl how to use scissors.
(6). After five years, the girl finally began to smile, when her foster grandparents entered the room.
(1). I did not feel at all seasick.
P. I was quite unaccustomed to talking, and except one all the other passengers in the second saloon were English.
Q. But as the days passed, I became fidgety.
R. I could not speak to them.
S. I felt shy even in speaking to the steward.
(6). For I could rarely follow their remarks when they came up to speak to me.
(1). Most of the perishable foods are shipped by refrigerator ships.
P. They are placed in the refrigerated hold of the ship
Q. Some foods, such as bananas.
R. As the green bananas are loaded, a man watches closely the signs of yellow on them.
S. The cool temperatures keep the bananas from getting ripe during the trip.
(6). Ripe bananas are poor travellers and even one ripe banana at the start of the trip can spoil a whole ship load of fruit.
(1). Love for the country is a necessity.
P. But it should in no way exceed the limits and take the shape of jingoism.
Q. Similarly nationalism has to be sacrificed at the altar of internationalism.
R. There is no reason why the nations of the world cannot treat one another as belonging to one family of nations.
S. Provincialism has to be sacrificed in the interest of the nation as a whole.
(6). God created the globe, but man drew lines on it to demarcate countries and sow the seeds of hatred and enmity on it.
(1). The small village of Somnathpur contains an extraordinary temple
P. Belur and Halebid are among their better-known works.
Q. While these suffered during the invasion of 14th century
R. built around 1268 AD by the Hoyasalas of Karnataka,
S. one of most prolific temple builders.
(6). The Somnathpur temple stands more or less in near original condition.
(1). For thousands of years, men had to depend on sails to catch the wind and move their ships.
P. But these early sailing ships had certain disadvantages.
Q. If the trip was long, the cargo spoiled.
R. And the worst of all, there was a real danger in depending on the wind alone.
S. They were low and clumsy, and they could not carry much cargo.
(6). A calm sea could trap sailors for many days without water.
Direction: In the following questions, the first and the last parts of the passage/sentence are numbered (1) and (6). The rest of the passage/sentence is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and find out which of the four combinations is correct and mark the respective option.
1. The buzzer sounded.
P. The lights dimmed and the curtain went up again.
Q. The third act was about to begin.
R. Now Ken and Kathy felt as if they were right on the stage.
S. Ken and Kathy hurried back to their seats.
6. Ken was the angry businessman who got the wrong order, and Kathy was the secretary who was trying to take dictation and to answer the telephone at the same time.
1. With a tremendous roar from its rocket engine, the satellite is sent up into the sky.
P. Its radio begins to transmit a staggering amount of information about the satellite’s orbital path.
Q. Minutes later, at an altitude of 300 miles, this tiny electronic moon begins to orbit about the Earth.
R. Information of all kinds race back to Earth.
S. No human being could possibly copy down all of these facts, much less remember and organize them.
6. But an electronic computer can.
(1). In order to attract and keep their customers, supermarkets have tried to make shopping as pleasant as possible.
P. Some of them have flowers and trees in the parking lots.
Q. Special spotlights make meat and vegetable displays more attractive.
R. Some have roofs over the walks so that shoppers can walk from their airs to the store without having to worry about snow or rain or hot sun.
S. Some have fronts that are made with colourful marble and tiles, and inside walls that are painted in soft colours.
(6). And most of the stores are air-conditioned
1. Most of our meat comes from two great grain producing countries, the United States and Argentina.
P. In the two countries, great herds of hogs and cattle are fattened for the market.
Q. The Netherlands is famous for butter and cheese and other dairy products.
R. The cool, damp climate of the Netherlands grows fine grass for dairy cattle.
S. Usually countries do not rear animals for meat unless they produce enough grain to feed them.
6. But a few countries, like Denmark, buy grain to feed their hogs and cattle.
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