Reconstruction of Paragraphs Questions and Answers

Answer: D

Correct answer: 1

The correct sequence is 3, 5, 4, 2, 1. Kiran is introduced as ambitious (3), his father places him in a clerical job (5), he is unhappy there (4), so he applies for a new job (2).

Sentence 1, the call to attend the interview, follows directly from that application and closes the paragraph.

Answer: B

Correct answer: 2

Fourth in the rearranged paragraph is sentence 2.

The paragraph runs 3 – 5 – 4 – 2 – 1:

1. 3 introduces Kiran and his ambition.
2. 5 gives the situation his father put him in.
3. 4 gives his discontent with but - there refers to the clerical job.
4. 2 gives his action: he applied for a new job.
5. 1 gives the result: a call to interview.

There in 4 refers to the job named in 5, which fixes those two together, and the last two sentences follow as cause and effect.

Answer: E

Correct answer: 5

Second in the rearranged paragraph is sentence 5.

The paragraph runs 3 – 5 – 4 – 2 – 1:

1. 3 introduces Kiran and his ambition.
2. 5 gives the situation his father put him in.
3. 4 gives his discontent with but - there refers to the clerical job.
4. 2 gives his action: he applied for a new job.
5. 1 gives the result: a call to interview.

There in 4 refers to the job named in 5, which fixes those two together, and the last two sentences follow as cause and effect.

Answer: A

Correct answer: 1

Fifth in the rearranged paragraph is sentence 1.

The paragraph runs 3 – 5 – 4 – 2 – 1:

1. 3 introduces Kiran and his ambition.
2. 5 gives the situation his father put him in.
3. 4 gives his discontent with but - there refers to the clerical job.
4. 2 gives his action: he applied for a new job.
5. 1 gives the result: a call to interview.

There in 4 refers to the job named in 5, which fixes those two together, and the last two sentences follow as cause and effect.

Answer: C

Correct answer: 2

First in the rearranged paragraph is sentence 2.

The paragraph runs 2 – 6 – 5 – 3 – 1 – 4:

1. 2 opens the scene - hurrying home from school.
2. 6 gives the accident: he was thrown and lost consciousness.
3. 5 brings the bystanders trying to revive him.
4. 3 follows with since they did not succeed.
5. 1 gives the taxi and the hospital.
6. 4 closes with Venu waking among doctors and nurses.

Since they did not succeed in 3 refers to the attempt in 5, and waking up can only come last.

Answer: A

Correct answer: 3

Fourth in the rearranged paragraph is sentence 3.

The paragraph runs 2 – 6 – 5 – 3 – 1 – 4:

1. 2 opens the scene - hurrying home from school.
2. 6 gives the accident: he was thrown and lost consciousness.
3. 5 brings the bystanders trying to revive him.
4. 3 follows with since they did not succeed.
5. 1 gives the taxi and the hospital.
6. 4 closes with Venu waking among doctors and nurses.

Since they did not succeed in 3 refers to the attempt in 5, and waking up can only come last.

Answer: C

Correct answer: 5

Third in the rearranged paragraph is sentence 5.

The paragraph runs 2 – 6 – 5 – 3 – 1 – 4:

1. 2 opens the scene - hurrying home from school.
2. 6 gives the accident: he was thrown and lost consciousness.
3. 5 brings the bystanders trying to revive him.
4. 3 follows with since they did not succeed.
5. 1 gives the taxi and the hospital.
6. 4 closes with Venu waking among doctors and nurses.

Since they did not succeed in 3 refers to the attempt in 5, and waking up can only come last.

Answer: C

Correct answer: 1

The correct sequence is 2, 6, 5, 3, 1, 4. The accident happens while Venu hurries home from school (2), he is thrown clear and loses consciousness (6), people try to revive him (5), and failing in that they decide on a hospital (3).

Sentence 1, the taxi being summoned, is therefore fifth, and sentence 4, Venu waking among doctors and nurses, closes the account.

Answer: E

Correct answer: 6

Second in the rearranged paragraph is sentence 6.

The paragraph runs 2 – 6 – 5 – 3 – 1 – 4:

1. 2 opens the scene - hurrying home from school.
2. 6 gives the accident: he was thrown and lost consciousness.
3. 5 brings the bystanders trying to revive him.
4. 3 follows with since they did not succeed.
5. 1 gives the taxi and the hospital.
6. 4 closes with Venu waking among doctors and nurses.

Since they did not succeed in 3 refers to the attempt in 5, and waking up can only come last.

Answer: D

Correct answer: 4

Sixth in the rearranged paragraph is sentence 4.

The paragraph runs 2 – 6 – 5 – 3 – 1 – 4:

1. 2 opens the scene - hurrying home from school.
2. 6 gives the accident: he was thrown and lost consciousness.
3. 5 brings the bystanders trying to revive him.
4. 3 follows with since they did not succeed.
5. 1 gives the taxi and the hospital.
6. 4 closes with Venu waking among doctors and nurses.

Since they did not succeed in 3 refers to the attempt in 5, and waking up can only come last.