Sentence Arrangement PQRS Quiz 18

1. One evening he lit a large lamp in the bedroom and sat near his wife.
P. ‘Why not?’, was the answer.
Q. ‘Whatever you like.’
R. ‘Shall I read you something?’, he asked.
S. ‘ What shall I read?’, h e continued.
6. He was somewhat taken aback by her answer.

1. Marine biology is the study of organisms in the ocean.
P. At a fundamental level, marine life helps determine the very nature of our planet.
Q. Marine life is a vast resource.
R. Shorelines are also shaped and protected by marine life.
S. Marine organisms contribute significantly to the oxygen cycle.
6. Marine biology covers a great deal, from the microscopic to the huge whales.

1. Suddenly the man heard the low hum of an engine.
P. Instead, i t grew louder and louder and seemed to be coming from above.
Q. At first he thought that it must be a car travelling along the road he had recently left.
R. He looked up quickly and saw an aeroplane cutting a crazy, zigzag path across the sky.
S. He expected the noise to fade away in the distance.
6. It disappeared for an instant behind some clouds, then emerged and plunged into the field.

1. I got on a colourful bus filled with all kinds of strange people.
P. We arrived at a gate like the one in Salvador Dali’s paintings.
Q. The bus rode across the dirty expanses without roads.
R. At first, I wasn’t aware that the bus roof was loaded with drugs.
S. Everyone was filled with dust and often the wheels would sink into the soft soil.
6. It was a gate neither separated nor connected anything from or to anything.

1. Prices of food products are going up.
P. Seven straight weeks of rising prices have burnt holes in common man’s pockets.
Q. Bu t it ruled out any “ blind control” to rein in the increasing rates.
R. Wholesale price-based inflation has already touched over a three year high.
S. The government has admitted that containing inflation would be a more difficult task.
6. This may hurt economic growth and reforms.

1 . The biggest villain in Deadwood has always been one thing: Fire.
P. In less than an hour the flames were leaping through the treetops.
Q. In our own times, a great fire threatened the town yet again.
R. The wind roared through the forest carrying the flames almost to the edge of town.
S. I t all began when some wastepaper caught fire at the foot of the valley.
6. Fire-brigades arrived from all parts of the country to save Deadwood.

1. Health and fitness have now become on e of t he major concerns.
P. This made life active and alert.
Q. Earlier humans used to hunt for their living.
R. Now, life has become m ore simple and easy.
S. Due to which their body had to under go a lot of physical exercise.
6. Everything we need is just a phone call away.

1. My friend Peter went to live in a village.
P. But it was a very slow animal.
Q. So Peter bought a donkey for five hundred rupees.
R. One day his neighbour told him that he must buy a donkey.
S. Every family there had a donkey to carry things for them.
6. It did not like to work.

1. The master returned home after sometime.
P. The snake was lying dead under the cradle.
Q. He went into the room where the baby was sleeping.
R. It had been killed by his dog.
S. He noticed a snake.
6. He realised that his dog had saved his baby.

1. In summer tiny oysters are collected.
P. Then each oyster is taken out and a small hole is drilled in its shell.
Q. There they are kept for three years.
R. A tiny piece of sand is put inside the oyster.
S. They are placed in trays and planted in the sea.
6. Then the oysters are again left in the sea.

1. Time flows on without any stop.
P. In fact change is the law of nature.
Q. The condition in which a man lives. his ideas and thoughts are changing from age to age.
R. This is true not only of physical life.
S. That is why, things are always changing.
6. Thus, our mode of living and ideas are different from those of our grandfathers.

1. Adversity is a curse.
P. When every thing goes on well, we are tempted to take matters easy.
Q. But, it has its uses also.
R. But adversity prompts us to exert ourselves.
S. We fall into a life of comfort and idleness.
6. This develops our latent powers, enabling us to prosper in life.

1. Giving advice is a difficult task.
P. Moreover one doesn’t know oneself, amid ambiguity, how can one know others.
Q. It is a wonder how such people like politicians, reformers and people suchlike are so confident as to invent measures to live their life.
R. Life is but one and mistakes are often irrepairable.
S. Un less h e knows another person, how can he advise?
6. I find it very difficult to give advice.

1. A traveller had spent many a year in Africa.
P. “How did you manage it?” asked on e of his friends, great l y impressed.
Q. On his return home, he narrated his adventures to his friends.
R. “Oh, it was nothing”, replied the traveller.
S. “When I was in El Doab”, he said, “I made fifty Arabs run!”
6. “I ran, and they ran after me!”

1. Religion can bring revolution in the country.
P. Younger generation should read religious books.
Q. But it should be practised from within.
R. They will learn values of life from those books.
S. Their actions must be properly motivated.
6. Then they can be better human beings in Indian society.

1. We wanted to relax and have fun.
P. All of u s agreed to share responsbilities.
Q. Two of us took our cars.
R. We decided to go on a picnic at Lodhi Gardens.
S. Each one of us brought one dish, some fruits and sweets.
6. We enjoyed ourselves a lot and felt a welcome change in our monotonous life.

1. My hobby is to collect thought provoking articles from newspapers, magazines and Journals.
P. It has made me a much sought after speaker.
Q. It keeps me updated and helps me in my profession.
R. My successful talks give me self satisfaction and fame.
S. Whenever I have to deliver a talk on topics such as education, personality development, stress management, I have a lot to say.
6. There is no doubt that a hobby is a boon if it combines pleasure and usefulness.

1. First Deserve and then Desire.
P. Earlier I was very ambitious and wanted to fulfill my desires by hook or by crook.
Q. One can be exposed any time and put to shame.
R. This saying proved to be a mantra for success in my life.
S. Bu t I realised that success through short cuts is short-lived.
6. I followed this saying and today I am a successful businessman.

1. Information Technology is a recent development.
P. These changes are attributed to the Internet, website, e-mail and Fax.
Q. As a result of these techniques, the whole world has shrunken into a global village.
R. The invention of computer has accelerated the speed of computing.
S. It has brought about revolutionary changes in the field of communication.
6. Browsing Internet has become a regular feature.

1. The telephone is the most tyrannical of all the machines we have invented.
P. We might be watching television, reading a book, or doing some gardening.
Q. It uses us more than we use it.
R. But at the first summon, we hasten to answer its call.
S. It rings frantically whenever we are in the middle of doing something else.
6. Are we not like slaves hastening to their whip cracking masters?