Directions (Q. 1 to 5): Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) to make a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions which follow.
(A) In this early period, a good memory was a prerequisite for success and poets like Homer memorised their work before it was ever written down.
(B) If we have to remember everything will it not increase the feeling of stress?
(C) Today memory is widely regarded as a useful aid to survival.
(D) However it is not what we grasp but what we fail to – forgetting a file, key points at an interview – which causes stress.
(E) Some people, however, are of the view that having an exceptional memory in a world of high work pressure is a disadvantage.
(F) To our ancestors, though, in the absence of the printing press, it was much more – it was the slate on which history was recorded.
Q.1. Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) E
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) E
Q.2. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) E
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) E
Q.3. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
1) B
2) C
3) D
4) E
5) F
1) B
2) C
3) D
4) E
5) F
Q.4. Which of the following will be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?
1) B
2) C
3) D
4) E
5) F
1) B
2) C
3) D
4) E
5) F
Q.5. Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) E
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
5) E
Directions (Q. 6 to 10): In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
__(6)__ a child, the first trip I ever made outside my village was to the library in the next village with my grandfather. A big banyan tree stood near the building with a cement platform under it. My grandfather would go and sit on the platform after __(7)__ me on the first floor. Other village elders would also join him there. I would read the children’s books and be __(8)__ in them until my grandfather called me to go home.
One day after we reached home my grandfather said, “I have noticed how much you love books. Have you heard of a man named Andrew Carnegie? He was an American billionaire __(9)__ willed most of his wealth not to his children but to a foundation, which built libraries.__(10)__ me, when you grow up, if you have more money than you need, you will buy books for at least one library.”
One day after we reached home my grandfather said, “I have noticed how much you love books. Have you heard of a man named Andrew Carnegie? He was an American billionaire __(9)__ willed most of his wealth not to his children but to a foundation, which built libraries.__(10)__ me, when you grow up, if you have more money than you need, you will buy books for at least one library.”
Q.6.
1) When
2) Like
3) Still
4) As
5) Being
1) When
2) Like
3) Still
4) As
5) Being
Q.7.
1) Seated
2) Dropping
3) Place
4) Sending
5) Abandoned
1) Seated
2) Dropping
3) Place
4) Sending
5) Abandoned
Q.8.
1) Busy
2) Engrossed
3) Occupied
4) Distracted
5) Absorb
1) Busy
2) Engrossed
3) Occupied
4) Distracted
5) Absorb
Q.9.
1) Who
2) That
3) Though
4) Whom
5) Himself
1) Who
2) That
3) Though
4) Whom
5) Himself
Q.10.
1) Remind
2) Allow
3) Commit
4) Thank
5) Promise
1) Remind
2) Allow
3) Commit
4) Thank
5) Promise
Solutions ▼
Explanation of Question (1- 5): The correct sequence is CFAEBD. (C) fits in the beginning of the paragraph as it introduces the subject of discussion-‘memory’. CF is a mandatory pair because (C) talks about the role of memory ‘today’, (F) discusses how memory was much more important ‘to our ancestors’. The shift from the present to the past is conspicuous as (F) carries forward the idea from (C) with an apt connector ‘To our ancestors though’. Also, the pronoun ‘it’ in (F) refers to ‘memory’ in (C). FA also forms a mandatory pair as the phrase ‘In this early period’ in (A) refers to the ‘the times our ancestors lived in’ alluded to in (F). AE is a mandatory pair because (A) suggests that ‘exceptional memory’ was a prerequisite for success in olden times, (E) extends the idea from there to discuss how some people consider ‘exceptional memory’ in today’s times as a disadvantage, with an apt connector ‘however’ that signifies a shift in the tone. EB is a mandatory pair because (B) extends the idea from (E) to explain the reason for why ‘exceptional memory’ will prove to be a disadvantage in today’s times. BD is a mandatory pair because (B) discusses the cause of stress and (D) follows by negating the cause in (B) to discuss a different cause.
Ans.1. 1
Ans.2. 3
Ans.3. 5
Ans.4. 3
Ans.5. 2
Ans.6. 4; As’ is the correct option for the blank space.
Ans.7. 2; Only ‘dropping’ is appropriate.
Ans.8. 2; The preposition ‘in’ indicates that ‘engrossed’ is the correct answer.
Ans.9. 1; ‘Who’ refers to the American billionaire Andrew Carnegie.
Ans.10. 5; Only ‘promise’ can correctly fill the blank.
Ans.2. 3
Ans.3. 5
Ans.4. 3
Ans.5. 2
Ans.6. 4; As’ is the correct option for the blank space.
Ans.7. 2; Only ‘dropping’ is appropriate.
Ans.8. 2; The preposition ‘in’ indicates that ‘engrossed’ is the correct answer.
Ans.9. 1; ‘Who’ refers to the American billionaire Andrew Carnegie.
Ans.10. 5; Only ‘promise’ can correctly fill the blank.
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