Directions (1-5): Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below.
A. The evidence on the benefits of the interlinking scheme is mixed. On the one hand the project is built
on hopes that it will boost per capita water availability for 220mn water-hungry Indians.
B. The initial plan to interlink India’s rivers came in 1858 from a British irrigation engineer, Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton.
C. The scheme also envisions an area more than twice the size of Andhra Pradesh receiving additional water for irrigation and to eventually even out the precarious swings between floods and droughts.
D. And concerns surrounding escalating cost projections, which have reportedly jumped to something closer to Rs. 11 lakh crore.
E. Yet even as the project moves forward it must consider the risks at hand, which include the possibility that it could displace nearly 1.5 million people due to the submergence of 27.66 lakh hectares of land;
F. Since late last year, the scheme has been implemented by the Central government in several segments such as the Godavari-Krishna interlink in Andhra Pradesh, and the Ken-Betwa interlink in Madhya Pradesh.
1. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a)A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) F
2. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a)A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) F
3. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a)A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) F
4. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a)A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
5. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (last) sentence after rearrangement?
(a)A
(b) B
(c) C
(d)D
(e) E
Directions (6-10): Rearrange the following seven sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph then answer the questions given below them.
(A) Between 20 and 50 million more people suffer non-fatal injuries, with many incurring a disability as a result of their injury.
(B) Evidence from many countries shows that dramatic successes in preventing road traffic crashes can be achieved through concerted efforts that involve, but are not limited to, the health sector.
(C) Road traffic injuries cause considerable economic losses to victims, their families, and to nations as a whole.
(D) Road traffic injuries have been neglected from the global health agenda for many years, despite being predictable and largely preventable.
(E) Every year the lives of approximately 1.25 million people are cut short as a result of a road traffic crash.
(F) These losses arise from the cost of treatment as well as reduced/lost productivity for those killed or disabled by their injuries, and for family members who need to take time off work to care for the injured.
6. Which sentence should be the FOURTH in the paragraph?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) F
7. Which sentence should be the LAST in the paragraph?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
8. Which sentence should be the FIRST in the paragraph?
(a) A
(b) F
(c) E
(d) D
(e) C
9. Which sentence should be the SECOND in the paragraph?
(a) B
(b) F
(c) E
(d) A
(e) C
10. Which sentence should be the THIRD in the paragraph?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Directions (Q. 11-15): Rearrange the following six sentence (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then
answer the questions given below.
A. The man who bought it immediately put it up for auction.
B. And he went on to list the many qualities of the animal. At the end of his sales talk a man said he would give 40 dinars for it.
C. “Look at this fine animal!” he shouted to passersby. “Have you ever seen a better specimen of a donkey? See how clean and strong it is!”
D. Nasruddin Hodja took his donkey to the market place and sold it for 30 dinars.
E. Another man offered 50. A third offered 55.
F. Hodja who was watching was amazed at the interest everyone was showing in the donkey.
11. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a)F
(b)E
(c)B
(d) A
(e)D
12. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a)A
(b)B
(c)C
(d)E
(e) D
13. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a)E
(b)F
(c)D
(d)C
(e)B
14. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a)B
(b)G
(c)F
(d)E
(e)C
15. Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?
(a)C
(b)A
(c)B
(d)D
(e)F
