CDS General English Solved Paper (II) : 2006
(ORDERING OF WORDS IN A SENTENCE)

Directions (For the 20 items which follow): In the following items, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to rearrange these parts which are labelled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence and mark in your Answer Sheet accordingly. Example ‘Z’ has been solved for you.
Z. It is well-known that the effect is very bad
            (P)                                 (Q)
on children of cinema
        (R)         (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) P R R Q (b) S P Q R
(c) S R P Q (d) Q S R P

Explanation: The proper way of writing the sentence is “It is well known that the effect of cinema on children is very bad.” This is indicatedby the sequence P S R Q and so (a) is the correct answer.

1. Disaster management
to facilitate and extend all support
                    (P)
financial and other, through the various
Ministries
    (Q)
responsibi l i t y of the State and the
Government of India
            (R)
is a State subject and it is the primary
                        (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence ?
(a) PRSQ (b) SQPR
(c) SRPQ (d) PQSR

2. Owing to the realisation by India in various fields would in reality by
meaningless
    (P)
if they failed to offer quality of life and dignity to
                                (Q)
that the economic dev elopment and advancement
                                (R)
our rural masses, today the focus is more on rural development
                                            (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) PQRS (b) RPQS
(c) PQSR (d) RSQP

3. In the last
who have become great achievers in their are
of expertise
    (P)
decade or so, the Indian community
                (Q)
and a lar ge number of them are f i r st
generation migrant
            (R)
abroad has become more v i sible
internationally
    (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) R S Q P (b) Q P R S
(c) R P Q S (d) Q S R P

4. Even clear its policy enter
                    (P)
before the adoption of the new Constitution
                        (Q)
the economic field in a very active manner
                            (R)
the Government of independent India had
made
(S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) Q S P R (b) R P S Q
(c) Q P S R (d) R S P Q

5.What is
in which below-poverty line rural citizens
would be ensured
        (P)
to ensure that every family can at least meet
its basic needs
        (Q)
needed is a system of “life-line tariffs”
                    (R)
a limited amount of water and electricity at
zero price
    (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) PRSQ (b) RPQS
(c) RPSQ (d) PRQS

6. For nearly
freed from concerns over balance of payments
                            (P)
sweeping liberalisation measures for the
economy
    (Q)
one and half decades, India has been
                            (R)
after the 1990-91 crisis, which triggered
                                (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) RQSP (b) SPRQ
(c) SQRP (d) RPSQ

7. It is
the Supreme Court has taken on the role of
arbitrator
    (P)
and judge of moral and ethi cal value
systems
    (Q)
and even the enforcer of the law of the
country
    (R)
interesting to note that in the past few years
                        (S)
Which one of the folliwng is the correct sequence?
(a) Q S P R (b) S P Q R
(c) Q P R S (d) S R P Q

8. The word
but if we give to it a positive connotation
                    (P)
it means nations which object lining up for
war purposes
        (Q)
to military blocs, to military alliances and
the like
    (R)
non-aligned may be differently interpreted
                        (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) PSRQ (b) SPQR
(c) SPRQ (d) PSQR

9. At the
and the grandeur of her success and her
failures
    (P)
dawn of history India started on
                    (Q)
her unending quest, and trackless centuries
                    (R)
are filled with her striving
                (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) QRSP (b) PSRQ
(c) QSRP (d) PRSQ

10. It is his native country after travelling in
foreign lands
    (P)
difficult believe that any man can be so
            (Q)                     (R)
spiritually dead as to have no love for
                                (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) RQSP (b) QRPS
(c) RQPS (d) QRSP

11. All the performance
praise or wonder, are instances of resistless
force of perseverance
            (P)
it is by this that quarry becomes a pyramid
                            (Q)
and that distant countries are united by
canals
  (R)
of human art, at which we look with
                    (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) SRQP (b) QPSR
(c) SPQR (d) QRSP

12. You are not to destroy or dictate to millions
                                (P)
born a king’s son
            (Q)
or settle your differences amicably with
them
(R)
you can only expect to share their fate
                        (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) SRQP (b) QPSR
(c) SPOR (d) ORSP

13. One common mistake
they have thought that it would be a very
good thing
    (P)
whether they worked hard or lived quite idly
                            (Q)
if everybody had exactly the same amount of
money
    (R)
that many people have made is this
                        (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) SPRQ (b) QSRP
(c) SPQR (d) QSPR

14. The ideas
those of ordinary working life that
                    (P)
other wi thout an acute sensat ion and
consciousness of the con
                (Q)
Sentiments, expressions, are so far beyond
                        (R)
you cannot turn aside one to the
                    (S)
Which one of  the following is the correct sequence?
(a) RPSQ (b) SQPR
(c) SPRQ (d) RQSP

15. Real bliss consisted,
which the word regarded as prosperity
                        (P)
he thought, not in riches nor in anything else
                                (Q)
fel low men through per fect love and
fellowship and selfless service and sacrifice
                            (R)
but in the joy and happiness derived from
being at peace with one’s
                (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) QRSP (b) SPQR
(c) QPSR (d) SRQP

16. On the morrow
the estrangement and conflict of these past
months and
    (P)
while the bitterness that had crept in
                     (Q)
Gandhiji stood out as the beloved champion
and leader of the people of India
                    (R)
of the tragedy, all of us forgot for a
                    (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) QRPS (b) SQPR
(c) SRQP (d) QSPR

17. It is of poets have no practical value
                        (P)
accurate to refer to poets as dreamers
                        (Q)
beyond the realm of literary diversion
                        (R)
but it is no discerning to infer that the dreams
                        (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) QRPS (b) PSQR
(c) PRQS (d) QSPR

18. For, in making the great experiment of
governing people
        (P)
the party in power should have a majority
                        (Q)
by consent rather than by coercion
                    (R)
it is not sufficient that
            (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) S Q P R (b) P R S Q
(c) P S R Q (d) S Q R P

19. Far different
beauties of nature and art to be found in
foregin lands
        (P)
their native country with minds prepared by
                            (Q)
in the effect of travels upon who leave
                        (R)
Culture feel intelligent admiration for all the
                                (S)
Which one the of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) R Q S P (b) Q S P R
(c) R S Q P (d) S P Q R

20. But many
and in escaping such misfortunes
                    (P)
of our friends may be invaluable
                        (Q)
misfortunes which threaten us are not
inevitable
    (R)
the advice and active assistance
                    (S)
Which one of the following is the correct sequence?
(a) R Q S P (b) S P R Q
(c) R P S Q (d) S Q R P

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