Sentence Arrangement PQRS Quiz 2

1. There was a lamp hanging on the wall.
P. Then he picked a lot of jewels off the trees in the gar- den.
Q. He put the lamp inside his shirt.
R. He put them in his pockets.
S. Alladdin climbed a ladder and took down the lamp.
6. Then he put more jewels in- side his shirt on top of the lamp.

1. Gopal and Sheela felt very bored one evening.
P. Gopal wanted to stay on for the next show.
Q. So they decided to go to the cinema.
R. They reached the theatre in time for the interval.
S. On the way there was a traffic jam.
6. But Sheela wanted to return home.

1. Ferdinand rose up to receive the messenger.
P. At the end of his account he was moved to tears.
Q. He fell on his knees and thanked him.
R. He made him sit on a level with himself.
S. He listened to the circumstantial account of his voyage.
6. It was a great conquest the Almighty gave to a sovereign.

1. In order to judge the inside of others, study your own
P. and though one has one’s prevailing passion,
Q. for, men, in general are very much alike
R. yet their operations are very much the same
S. and another has another
6. and whatever engages or disgusts, pleases or offends you in others, will engage, disgust, please or offend others in you.

1. Paucity of funds
P. universities cannot make
Q. essentials like books
R. sufficient expenditure on
S. ordains that the
6. journals and equipment.

1. The symptoms of
P. and certain other changes
Q. what is popularly called
R. serious forgetfulness, confusion
S. “serility” include
6. in personality behaviour.

1. When they heard the bell
P. out of his clothes
Q. as quickly
R. every boy scrambled
S. and got into bed
6. as possible

1. Thirty years from now
P. and industry will be scarce
Q. almost half of the people
R. that water for drinking, farming
S. then living may find
6. according to a study by Dr. S. Posten.

1. A good cry can be a
P. bring relief from anxiety
Q. prevent a headache or
R. and it might even
S. healthy way to
6. other physical consequence

1. Long, long, time ago
P. who lived with his three wives
Q. in a country called Kosala
R. there ruled a noble king
S. and four sons
6. beautiful, graceful and well versed in all shastras.

(1) Einstein was a bad student.
(P) He attended classes regularly and took down careful notes.
(Q) His friend Marcel Grossman, on the other hand, was an irreproachable student.
(R) These notes he shared with Einstein.
(S) He resented having to attend lectures.
(6) If Einstein passed his examinations, it was only because of Grossman.

(1) Creating and modifying a school timetable is a complex task.
(P) ‘TT Plus’ closely models the real world timetable creation tasks.
(Q) So is the job of computerizing it.
(R) All timetables can be viewed on the screen before they are actually printed.
(S) It has a comprehensive manual and useful glossary of terms.
(6) It relieves you of the anxiety to get it all right.

(1) Three painters competed for a prize.
(P) Ram painted a curtain.
(Q) A butterfly came and sat on the bunch of flowers – was painted by Shyam.
(R) And an ox tried to eat from the basket of apples – was painted by Sohan.
(S) And the judge himself tried to lift the curtain.
(6) So Ram got the prize.

(1) The farmer wanted to please the men.
(P) The poor donkey struggled and kicked.
(Q) They tied his legs together and slung him on a pole.
(R) The farmer and his son put the ends of the pole on their shoulders.
(S) He and his son got off the donkey.
(6) They walked into the town carrying the donkey.

(1) The wife is
(P) not the husband’s slave
(Q) but his companion and his help-mate
(R) and an equal partner
(S) in all his joys and sorrows and is
(6) as free as the husband to choose her own path.

1. I think the essence of wisdom is emancipation as far as possible, from the tyranny of the here and the now.
P. If any one could, he would hardly be able to remain alive.
Q. But it is possible to make a continual approach towards impartiality.
R. No one can view the world with complete impartiality.
S. This is of course a matter of degree.
6. It is this approach towards impartiality that constitutes growth in wisdom.

1. But at that moment I glanced round at the crowd that had followed me.
P. It was an immense crowd, two thousand at the least and growing every minute.
Q. They were watching me as they would watch a conjurer about to perform a trick.
R. I looked at the sea of yellow faces above the garish clothes – faces all happy and excited over this bit of fun, all certain that the elephant was going to be shot.
S. It blocked the road for a long distance on either side.
6. They did not like me, but with the magical rifle in my hands, I was momentarily worth watching

1. There are many roads into the world of books, but the way of fiction is probably the most common.
P. Then too the appeal of the story, whether told as poem, play, history, biography, or novel is primitive and strong.
Q. The reason is plain.
R. They are to us what epic poetry was to the Greek s and Romans, what the stage was to the Elizabethans.
S. The novel and the short story come closer to the experience of the modern reader than any other form of con- temporary writing.
6 Mankind’s delight in stories is as timeless and universal as the art of the story teller.

1. Nehru spent most part of his childhood in studies.
P. He rushed back to India and led an active political life joining hands with Gandhi.
Q. His studies went on uninterrupted abroad until he received a call from India.
R. He went to Cambridge to study.
S. But now and then, he could not help listening to political discussions in his house.
6. Till the end of his career, he made Gandhi his political master.

1. Venice is a strange and beautiful city in the north of Italy.
P. There are about four hundred old stone bridges joining the islands of Venice.
Q. In this city there are no mo- tor-cars, no horses and no buses.
R. These small islands are near one another.
S. It is not one island but a hundred and seventeen is- lands.
6. This is because Venice has no streets.