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Each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

 

S1 : He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women, nor of great occurrences, nor of great fish, nor fights, nor contests of strength, nor of his wife.

S6 : He urinated outside the shack and then went up the road to wake the boy.

P : He never dreamed about the boy.

Q : He only dreamed of places and of the lions on the beach now.

R : He simply woke, looked out through the open door at the moon and unrolled his trousers and put them on.

S : They played like young cats in the dusk and he loved them as he loved the boy.

The correct sequence should be

A) R Q P S B) S R Q P
C) Q R P S D) P R S Q
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Q R P S

Explanation:

QSPR is the correct order in which sentences should be arranged.When arranged in the correct sequence, they read as “He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women, nor of great occurrences, nor of great fish, nor fights, nor contests of strength, nor of his wife. He simply woke, looked out through the open door at the moon and unrolled his trousers and put them on. He only dreamed of places now and of the lions on the beach. They played like young cats in the dusk and he loved them as he loved the boy. He never dreamed about the boy.He urinated outside the shack and then went up the road to wake the boy.”

 

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What process takes place during the youthful stage of a river?

A) Valley widening B) River rejuvenating
C) Valley deepening D) Meandering
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Valley deepening

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Choose the word that best defines the given phrase‘Prolonged inability to sleep’

A) Amnesia B) Utopia
C) Nausea D) Insomnia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Insomnia

Explanation:
Amnesia means a partial or total loss of memory.
Utopia means an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.
Nausea means a feeling of sickness with an inclination to vomit.
Insomnia means habitual sleeplessness; inability to sleep
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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Teething problems

A) Oral problems B) Problems at the start of a new project
C) Problems for quite a long time in adjusting in the new place D) Problem of having good dentist
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Problems at the start of a new project

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word. 

 

Rivet

 

A) Heavy B) Joyous  
C) Engage D) Revolve
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Engage

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

 

A shake or tremble in a person's voice

 

A) Permeate B) Rapacious
C) Quaver D) Grove
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Quaver

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Which country is constructing a DNA sequencing platform to store ethnic data of about 80 million people?

A) India B) United States of America
C) China D) Indonesia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) China

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The original constitution of India was published in?

A) Delhi B) Srinagar
C) Ajmer D) Dehradun
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Dehradun

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