Sentences Rearrangement Questions and Answers

Answer: A

The correct order is 2-4-3-1. Sentence 2 sets the scene with the narrator walking out with the family at night. Sentence 4 introduces the other families on the road to Lahore railway station. Sentence 3 speaks of 'they' and 'that train to Amritsar', which depends on the families and the station mentioned in sentence 4. Sentence 1 closes the paragraph by returning to the narrator's own small load on the way to a new nation. The other orders put 'they' or 'others' before the people are introduced.

Answer: D

The coherent order is (iii), (ii), (i), (iv).

Sentence (iii) must open, because it is the only one that names the character, Mina; the others refer to her as 'she'. Her heavy bags explain (ii), that she pants by the time she has climbed the stairs. Reaching the top leads to (i), where she is on the terrace and notices the man, and (iv) then describes that man, 'he', leaning against the parapet.

Every other option fails on reference. Starting with (i), (ii) or (iv) uses 'she' or 'he' before anyone has been introduced, and option (ii), (iii), (i), (iv) has her panting from the stairs before we learn she has been shopping, which breaks the cause and effect.

Answer: C

The coherent order is (ii), (i), (iv), (iii).

The narrator first finds the drawing room shut, with unfamiliar voices behind the door (ii). That explains why they could not bring themselves to knock (i). Not wanting to go in, they decide to wander down the passage instead (iv), and the passage, dark for a bit, opens into a bright kitchen (iii). Each sentence supplies the reason or setting for the next.

Starting with (iv) or (iii) puts the walk down the passage before the reason for it. Starting with (i) has the narrator unable to knock before any door has been mentioned, and in that order the passage and kitchen arrive before the decision to wander down the passage.

Answer: D

The coherent order is S \(\to\) P \(\to\) R \(\to\) Q.

S introduces the topic, the news of gold found in Kolar a hundred years ago. P follows with the reaction, people rushing towards the city. R gives their belief that they would get rich easily, and Q, opening with 'However', contrasts that belief with the hardships ahead.

Options starting with P or Q cannot be right, because both refer to 'the city' and 'gold' before S has introduced them. S \(\to\) Q puts the contrasting 'However' before anyone has acted or hoped.

Answer: C

The third sentence is 3.

The connecting words give the order. Sentence 1 states the need: money had to be sent to the parents. Sentence 4, opening with 'However', states the obstacle: there was no money at hand. Sentence 3, opening with 'Therefore', gives the response: a trip to the bank to withdraw money. Sentence 2, 'After that', ends the story at the post office, where the money is sent.

So the paragraph runs 1, 4, 3, 2. Sentence 1 comes first, sentence 4 second, sentence 3 third and sentence 2 fourth. 'However' cannot follow 'Therefore' here, and 'After that' needs an earlier event to follow, which is why sentence 3 is the third.

Answer: B

The logical order is D C E B A.

D introduces the topic: coal is used mainly for electricity. C then turns to tax expenditures with 'However, coal was estimated to be a relatively small recipient ... in FY 2010,' and E completes that same sentence with the figure, '$561 million in FY 2010, down from $3.3 billion in FY 2007'. B explains what the large FY 2007 figure was (the refined coal tax credit), and A explains why it fell: the provisions were not available after 2007.

C ends with a comma and E begins in mid-sentence, so C must be followed directly by E; only option b keeps them together in the right order.

Answer: B

The correct sequence is cdaeb.

1. c: Initially, the monsoon was scarce and water tanks were dry. ('Initially' opens the story.)
2. d: So farmers couldn't sow grains. (The consequence.)
3. a: People feared that a famine might hit. (The fear that follows.)
4. e: Farmers were anxiously waiting for the progress of the monsoon.
5. b: However the monsoon turned out to be more than expected. ('However' marks the turn and ends the story.)

'cdbea' puts the happy turn in the middle, before the fear of famine. 'abdec' and 'bedca' do not open with 'Initially' and break the cause-and-effect chain.

Answer: B

The proper sequence is SPRQ.

The story follows the order of events. On reaching home they found the front door open (S). The reason is then given: somebody had broken the lock (P). Alarmed, they went inside with a lot of fear (R), and to their dismay found everything missing (Q).

S must come first because it is the first thing that happened when they reached home, which rules out the sequences starting with R or Q. Q is the climax and the result of entering the house, so it must come after R.

Answer: D

The correct order is dbac.

(d) states the topic: freedom of press is symbolic of democracy. (b) explains it, 'It means' that pressmen may expose matters of public interest. (a) qualifies it with however: this right comes with responsibility. (c) then gives examples of 'such responsibilities', which can only follow (a), where responsibility is first mentioned.

Options beginning with (a) or (b) start with words that point back to something not yet said ('This right', 'It means'), and dbca puts the examples before the responsibilities they illustrate.

Answer: C

The correct order is SQPR.

(S) sets the scene: Swami Vivekananda once stayed in a small village. (Q) says thousands of people came to him with questions. (P) follows, 'He was so busy with them', where them refers to those people. (R) closes the story: no one cared whether he had eaten or rested that night.

QRSP and RQPS begin before the scene is set, and SQRP puts 'No one cared to see if he had his food' before the statement that he had no time to eat, reversing cause and comment.