Verbal Ability: Ordering of Words

In each question below, there is a sentence of which some parts have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.


1. When he
P : did not know
Q : he was nervous and
R : heard the hue and cry at midnight
S : what to do

The Proper sequence should be:

A. RQPS
B. QSPR
C. SQPR
D. PQRS


Answer: Option A



2. It has been established that
P : Einstein was
Q : although a great scientist
R : weak in arithmetic
S : right from his school days
The Proper sequence should be:

A. SRPQ
B. QPRS
C. QPSR
D. RQPS


Answer: Option B




3. Then
P : it struck me
Q : of course
R : suitable it was
S : how eminently
The Proper sequence should be:

A. SPQR
B. QSRP
C. PSRQ
D. QPSR


Answer: Option C



4. I read an advertisement that said
P : posh, air-conditioned
Q : gentleman of taste
R : are available for
S : fully furnished rooms
The Proper sequence should be:

A. PQRS
B. PSRQ
C. PSQR
D. SRPQ


Answer: Option B



5. Since the beginning of history
P : have managed to catch
Q : the Eskimos and Red Indians
R : by a very difficulty method
S : a few specimens of this aquatic animal
The Proper sequence should be:

A. QRPS
B. SQPR
C. SQRP
D. QPSR


Answer: Option D


6. A French woman
P : committed suicide
Q : where she had put up
R : who had come to Calcutta
S : by jumping from the first floor balcony of the hotel
The Proper sequence should be:

A. PRQS
B. QSRP
C. RPSQ
D. SRQP


Answer: Option C


7. The national unity of a free people
P : to make it impracticable
Q : for there to be an arbitrary administration
R : depends upon a sufficiently even balance of political power
S : against a revolutionary opposition that is irreconcilably opposed to it
The Proper sequence should be:

A. QRPS
B. QRSP
C. RPQS
D. RSPQ


Answer: Option D



8. The grocer
P : did not listen to the protests of customer
Q : who was in the habit of weighing less
R : whom he had cheated
S : with great audacity
The Proper sequence should be:

A. PRSQ
B. QSPR
C. QPRS
D. PQSR


Answer: Option C



9. They felt safer
P : to watch the mountain
Q : of more than five miles
R : as they settled down
S : from a distance
The Proper sequence should be:

A. RPSQ
B. RSQP
C. PQSR
D. PRSQ


Answer: Option A



10. People
P : at his dispensary
Q : went to him
R : of all professions
S : for medicine and treatment
The Proper sequence should be:

A. QPRS
B. RPQS
C. RQSP
D. QRPS

Answer: Option C