Reconstruction of Paragraphs Questions and Answers

Answer: A

Correct answer: 1

Second in the rearranged paragraph is sentence 1.

The paragraph runs 4 – 1 – 2 – 5 – 3:

1. 4 opens with the general claim about Rabindranath's works.
2. 1 narrows it to his literary work.
3. 2 adds the children's stories with also.
4. 5 turns to his songs of beauty and heroism.
5. 3 closes on those songs - these songs can only follow 5.

These songs in 3 has no antecedent unless 5 comes immediately before it, which fixes the end of the paragraph.

Answer: C

Correct answer: 3

Fifth in the rearranged paragraph is sentence 3.

The paragraph runs 4 – 1 – 2 – 5 – 3:

1. 4 opens with the general claim about Rabindranath's works.
2. 1 narrows it to his literary work.
3. 2 adds the children's stories with also.
4. 5 turns to his songs of beauty and heroism.
5. 3 closes on those songs - these songs can only follow 5.

These songs in 3 has no antecedent unless 5 comes immediately before it, which fixes the end of the paragraph.

Answer: D

Correct answer: 4

First in the rearranged paragraph is sentence 4.

The paragraph runs 4 – 1 – 2 – 5 – 3:

1. 4 opens with the general claim about Rabindranath's works.
2. 1 narrows it to his literary work.
3. 2 adds the children's stories with also.
4. 5 turns to his songs of beauty and heroism.
5. 3 closes on those songs - these songs can only follow 5.

These songs in 3 has no antecedent unless 5 comes immediately before it, which fixes the end of the paragraph.

Answer: B

Correct answer: 2

Third in the rearranged paragraph is sentence 2.

The paragraph runs 3 – 5 – 2 – 1 – 4:

1. 3 sets up the situation: Mintu wanted a day off from school.
2. 5 follows with therefore - he pretended to be sick and stayed in bed.
3. 2 is the consequence: his father, believing him, summoned the doctor.
4. 1 brings the doctor's examination and the syringe.
5. 4 is the punch line - immediately Mintu jumped up and swore he was fine.

Therefore in 5 and immediately in 1 and 4 chain the events, and the joke only works if the syringe comes out before Mintu recovers.

Answer: D

Correct answer: 4

Last in the rearranged paragraph is sentence 4.

The paragraph runs 3 – 5 – 2 – 1 – 4:

1. 3 sets up the situation: Mintu wanted a day off from school.
2. 5 follows with therefore - he pretended to be sick and stayed in bed.
3. 2 is the consequence: his father, believing him, summoned the doctor.
4. 1 brings the doctor's examination and the syringe.
5. 4 is the punch line - immediately Mintu jumped up and swore he was fine.

Therefore in 5 and immediately in 1 and 4 chain the events, and the joke only works if the syringe comes out before Mintu recovers.

Answer: A

Correct answer: 1

Fourth in the rearranged paragraph is sentence 1.

The paragraph runs 3 – 5 – 2 – 1 – 4:

1. 3 sets up the situation: Mintu wanted a day off from school.
2. 5 follows with therefore - he pretended to be sick and stayed in bed.
3. 2 is the consequence: his father, believing him, summoned the doctor.
4. 1 brings the doctor's examination and the syringe.
5. 4 is the punch line - immediately Mintu jumped up and swore he was fine.

Therefore in 5 and immediately in 1 and 4 chain the events, and the joke only works if the syringe comes out before Mintu recovers.

Answer: E

Correct answer: 5

Second in the rearranged paragraph is sentence 5.

The paragraph runs 3 – 5 – 2 – 1 – 4:

1. 3 sets up the situation: Mintu wanted a day off from school.
2. 5 follows with therefore - he pretended to be sick and stayed in bed.
3. 2 is the consequence: his father, believing him, summoned the doctor.
4. 1 brings the doctor's examination and the syringe.
5. 4 is the punch line - immediately Mintu jumped up and swore he was fine.

Therefore in 5 and immediately in 1 and 4 chain the events, and the joke only works if the syringe comes out before Mintu recovers.

Answer: C

Correct answer: 3

First in the rearranged paragraph is sentence 3.

The paragraph runs 3 – 5 – 2 – 1 – 4:

1. 3 sets up the situation: Mintu wanted a day off from school.
2. 5 follows with therefore - he pretended to be sick and stayed in bed.
3. 2 is the consequence: his father, believing him, summoned the doctor.
4. 1 brings the doctor's examination and the syringe.
5. 4 is the punch line - immediately Mintu jumped up and swore he was fine.

Therefore in 5 and immediately in 1 and 4 chain the events, and the joke only works if the syringe comes out before Mintu recovers.

Answer: C

The coherent order is SPRQ.

S opens the story with the event itself, the collision of a piece of the Antarctic Plate with the Eurasian Plate. P follows, because 'this fortuitous geological event' refers back to that collision and describes the uplift of the rocks. R continues with 'this massive edifice', the mountains just raised, and their effect on the atmosphere. Q, beginning 'Thus', draws the conclusion that the Himalayas are an active event, so it comes last.

Orders beginning with Q put the conclusion before anything it could follow from. SRPQ places R's 'this massive edifice' before P has described any rising rocks.