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Reconstruction of Paragraphs Questions and Answers

Direction for [ Question No: 1 To 9 ] :

In each question rearrange the given sentences in proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then, mark the correct sequence as answer.

1.

  1. Participation involves more than the formal sharing of decisions.
  2. Through anticipation, individuals or organisations consider trends and make plans, shielding institutions from trauma of learning by shock.
  3. Innovative learning involves both anticipation and participation.
  4. It is an attitude characterised by cooperation, dialogue and empathy.

Answer: D

Correct answer: 3214

3 names both elements of innovative learning; 2 takes the first, anticipation; 1 takes the second, participation; 4 closes with it is an attitude, which describes participation and so must follow 1.

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2.

  1. Finally the bureaucratic organisation took over from the pioneering enterprise.
  2. The 19th century was the age of entrepreneur, the self-made man.
  3. Thoughtful business administration took over from action-centred business entrepreneurship.
  4. In the 20th century the rational executive took command.

Answer: D

Correct answer: 2431

2 gives the 19th century, 4 the 20th - the two are a matched pair. 3 then explains what the rational executive displaced, and 1 closes with finally. Putting 3 before 4 would explain a change that has not yet been announced.

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3.

  1. However, different rulers and governments dealt with the different groups in a compartmentalised manner.
  2. Various situtatutional and political changes have taken place over the past three and half centuries.
  3. This tendency resulted in deeply embedded fragmented South African society which became even more prominent in the period 1948 until the new commencement of the new Constitution on May 10 1994.
  4. South Africa is a racially divided society since the first European settlers arrived in 1652.

Answer: B

Correct answer: 4213

4 states the condition and its date; 2 covers the centuries since; 1 qualifies that with however; 3 closes with this tendency, which can only refer to the compartmentalised dealing described in 1.

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4.

  1. Now under liberated economy they are learning to complete domestically and globally.
  2. In India corporations until recently achieved success by avoiding competition, using protected and regulated domestic markets.
  3. The trend is irreversible.
  4. Business leaders are preparing themselves to meet competitive challenges and to avoid being swept away.

Answer: E

Correct answer: 2143

2 gives the old regime, 1 the new with now, 4 what business leaders are doing about it, and 3 the closing verdict that the trend cannot be reversed.

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5.

  1. Learn a kind of tenderness towards the vanity of others.
  2. And indeed towards all their prejudices.
  3. Who make a cult of sincerity.
  4. Men accustomed to difficult negotiations.
  5. Which is infinitely shocking to these.

Answer: C

Correct answer: 41253

The five parts form one sentence. 4 is the subject, 1 its verb, 2 an addition with and indeed, 5 a relative clause commenting on that tenderness, and 3 a relative clause identifying these.

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6.

  1. Much of the argument that goes on around the alternative solution across because people hold different perceptions of the problem.
  2. One of the reasons that Japanese Managers are perceived as making superior decisions compared to Western Managers is that they spend a great deal of effort and time determining that the problem is correctly defined.
  3. Unfortunately, too often in the West, Managers assume that the initial definition of the situation is correct.
  4. Up to half the time in meetings is spent in asking. "Is this the real problem?"

Answer: A

Correct answer: 2431

2 introduces the Japanese managers' practice, 4 gives the striking detail about their meetings, 3 contrasts the West with unfortunately, and 1 gives the consequence.

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7.

  1. He was so busy with them that he did not get time to eat.
  2. Thousands of people came to him and asked different types of questions.
  3. No one cared to see that he had this food or rest that night.
  4. Swami Vivekananda once stayed in a small village.

Answer: C

Correct answer: 4213

A narrative in plain sequence: he stayed in the village, people came, he had no time to eat, and no one saw that he was fed or rested.

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8.

  1. Such a system will help identify and groom executives for positions of strategists.
  2. Evaluation of performance is more often than not done for the purpose of reward or punishment for the past performance.
  3. They must become an integral part of the executive evaluation system.
  4. Even where the evaluation system is for one's promotion to assume higher responsibilities, it rarely includes items that are a key for playing the role of strategists effectively.

Answer: D

Correct answer: 2431

2 describes what evaluation usually does, 4 what it still leaves out with even where, 3 the remedy - they being the missing items - and 1 the benefit, such a system.

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9.

  1. The facts speak for themselves so they need exposition only, not demonstration.
  2. At the present moment, it is widely recognised that Indian holds the balance in worldwide competition between rival ideologies.
  3. It is not of course, only in geographical sense that India is in a key position.
  4. India's key position simply needs pointing out.

Answer: C

Correct answer: 2341

2 states India's position, 3 qualifies it with not of course only in a geographical sense, 4 says the position needs only pointing out, and 1 explains why - the facts speak for themselves.

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Direction for [ Question No: 10 To 10 ] :

Rearrange the following six sentences in proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below.

  1. A taxi was summoned and Venu was taken to Lifeline hospital.
  2. While hurrying home from school.
  3. since they did not succeed, they decided to take him to a hospital.
  4. When Venu opened his eyes, he found himself surrounded by doctors and nurses.
  5. Some people rushed towards him and tried to bring him to his senses.
  6. He was thrown a couple of feet away and lost consciousness.

10.

Which of the sentences should come first in the paragraph ?

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.

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