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The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, forma coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

(A) To much of the Labour movement, it symbolises the brutality of the upper classes.

(B) And to everybody watching, the current mess over fox hunting symbolises the government's weakness.

(C) To fox hunting's supporters, Labour's 1991 manifesto commitment to ban it, symbolises the party's metropolitan roots and hostility to the countryside.

(D) Small issues sometimes have large symbolic power.

(E) To those who enjoy thundering across the countryside in red coats after foxes, fox hunting symbolises the ancient roots of rural lives.

 

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Important Questions on Paragraph Jumbles

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Directions: A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

(A) The man shook his head and pointed to a stage close to my wife, where the pianist was sitting at a grand piano, cheerfully playing away.
(B) As the negotiations were completely new to her, she had to focus her full attention on the discussion.
(C) She was invited by some customers to discuss business in a well-known tavern.
(D) The background music bothered her greatly, so when the waiter was passing her table, she asked if he could turn the music down.
(E) My wife had just been appointed bank manager of a local branch.

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Directions: Rearrange the following sentences in a logical order to form a coherent paragraph.

(A) It's that rare state when it seems you can do no wrong.
(B) You know the feeling.
(C) Maybe you're playing tennis and every shot is landing right where you aim it.
(D) Or perhaps solutions to those gnarly work problems are coming to you so easily that you wonder why they seemed insurmountable before.
(E) Why is it that sometimes you fire on all cylinders and at other times you can't even start the engine?
(F) For most of us, these moments of vision and high performance are too rare.
(G) The answer may be this: You're at your best when you get your mind out of the way.

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Directions: Rearrange the following sentences in a logical order to form a coherent paragraph.

(A) In ancient times the man had a very simple picture of the universe.
(B) He believed that the sun, moon, stars, and planets were small objects that moved around the earth.
(C) The universe was taken to be a great dome overhead having glittering lights.
(D) Below, in the center of all creation, lay the vast, flat, immovable earth, around which everything else moved.

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Rearrange the following sentences in a logical order to form a coherent paragraph.

(A) Intellectualism set out, it is true, to discover by reflection, the structure of perception, instead of explaining it in terms of a combination of associative forces and attention, but its gaze upon perception is not yet direct.
(B) Sensation is no longer presupposed as a real element of consciousness.
(C) This will be seen better by examining the role played in its analysis by the notation of judgement.
(D) Judgement is often introduced as what sensation lacks to make perception possible.
(E) But when it is desired to delineate the structure of perception, it is done by joining up the points of sensation.

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In the question below a set of six sentences of a continuous paragraph is provided. The sentence numbered 1 starts the paragraph and the sentence numbered 6 ends it. Arrange statements A, B, C, D between 1 and 6 to form a coherent paragraph.

1. What does the state do in a country where tax morality is very low?

(A) It tries to spy upon the taxpayers.

(B) It investigates income sources and spending patterns.

(C) Exactly what the tax authority tries to do now,even if inconsistently.

(D) It could also encourage people to denounce to the tax authorities any conspicuously prosperous neighbours who may be suspected of not paying their taxes properly.

6. The ultimate solution would be an Orwellian system.

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In the below question a set of six sentences of a continuous paragraph are provided. The sentence numbered 1 starts the paragraph and the sentence numbered 6 ends it. Arrange statements A, B, C, D between 1 and 6 to form a coherent paragraph.

The success of any unit in a competitive environment depends on prudent management of resources.

(A) In this context, it would have been more appropriate if the concept of accelerated depreciation, together with additional incentives towards capital allowances for recouping a portion of the cost of replacements out of the current generations had been accepted.

(B) Added to this are the negligible retention of profits because of inadequate capital allowances and artificial dis-allowances of genuine outflows.

(C) One significant cause for the poor generation of surpluses is the high cost of capital and its servicing cost.

(D) The lack of mechanism in Indian tax laws for quick recovery of capital costs has not received its due attention.

6. While this may apparently look costly from the point of view of the exchequer, the ultimate cost to the Government and the community in the form of losses suffered through poor viability will be prohibitive.

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A number of sentences are given below which, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

(A) Realists believe that there is an objective reality out there independent of ourselves.

(B) This reality exists solely by virtue of how the world is, and it is in principle discoverable by application of the methods of science.

(C) They believe in the possibility of determining whether or not a theory is indeed really true or false.

(D) I think it is fair to say that this is the position to which most working scientists subscribe.

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Read the following sentences and answer the question that follows:

1. I have good knowledge of German.

2. Except for Rajiv, everybody was there.

3. Whole Delhi was celebrating Independence Day.

4. Neither the dog, nor is the cat responsible for this mess.

5. He knows to swim.

6. I look forward to seeing you..

Which of the above are grammatically INCORRECT?