JUMBLED SENTENCES..

JUMBLED SENTENCE

Rearrangement of jumbled sentence to make a meaningful paragraph.

Important points to note:

1. Generally, there is a central point, idea, thought or a personality about which a paragraph is written. Try to locate the sentence which contains such matter. Mostly such a sentence forms the first or the last sentence of paragraph.

• There are two methods to describe the central idea. First in opening sentence central point is mentioned. Thereafter the sentence following that give logical description or details of that and for that some examples are given. In the second method, some facts are given in the opening sentence of the paragraph and their result is given in concluding lines. Try to find out the sentence containing the central idea and arrange the remaining sentence accordingly.

• Sentences containing proper nouns i.e. names of persons, places or buildings etc. or abstract nouns like quantities i.e. goodness or beauty etc. some in the opening line or in few starting lines of the paragraph.

• Sentences containing pronouns like he, his, her, she, him, they, them, their or first or last part of a name come in subsequent part of the paragraph.

• Pronouns like it, these, that or those show that the topic is already mentioned in the sentences preceding them. So, these sentences generally do not form the first line of the paragraph.

• Sentences containing words like therefore, but, and, accordingly or reluctantly etc. come in the middle part of the paragraph. The first sentence of the paragraph may contain introductory details of something and the last line of the paragraph contains conclusions of some logical details.

• Sometimes words like initially, eventually, finally ensuing, proceeding, following or mentioned below or above in the sentence also indicate the location of that particular sentence in the paragraph.

• In some paragraphs, there are sentences giving statements in favour or against an argument. Try to sort out and arrange sentences of both types separately. This helps in framing the paragraph.

Initially, it may not be so easy as stated, but a little practice makes it very easy.

To explain all this here are so simple.

Let us look at this example to understand the above-mentioned points further:

Q.No.1

1. So, in general era, if you need to destroy the enemy’s productive capacity, what you want to do is bum his fields, or if you’re really vicious, salt them.
2. Now in the information era, destroying the enemy’s productive capacity means destroying the information infrastructure.
3. How do you battle with your enemy?
4. With regard to defence, the purpose of the military is to defend the nation and be prepared to do battle with its enemy.
5. But in the industrial era destroying the enemy’s productive capacity means bombing the factories which are located in the cities.
6. The idea is to destroy the enemy’s productive capacity, and depending upon the economic foundation, that productive capacity is different in each case.
7. FDEBAC
8. DCFAEB
9. DEBACF
10. DFEBAC

Solution:

If you look at the above question, you see clear links in transition being mentioned in the three eras in the statements A, B & B. thus AEB has to be together. Statement D talks about ‘battle with the enemy’ and statement C talks about how do you battle with your enemy’, which is answered by statement F. Thus, the correct sequence is DCFAEB, which is option 2.

Q.No.2

Arrange the following jumbled sentences in a way so as to make a meaningful paragraph. Mention the alphabets marked against each sentence in order as answer.

1. Such a man goes on working hard and even if he fails is never downcast.
2. It is therefore, the man who labours hard with a strong resolution and an unshaken will, who achieves success and make his fortune.
3. In turn failures make him all the more determined and resolute and he persists in his task till he attains the desired success.
4. A man who possesses a strong will and firm determination finds all difficulties solved.
5. To him there was a thousand ways open to steer clear of all dangers and difficulties.

Answer: DEACB

Q.No.3

Arrange the following jumbled sentences in a way so as to make a meaningful paragraph. Mention the alphabets marked against each sentence on order as answer.

1. With the passage of time, vices become more apparent and virtues become objects of jealousy and envy, thereby causing contempt and hatred in the hearts of each other.
2. They become familiar with not only strengths but also weaknesses of each other’s characters.
3. Generally, people think that familiarity should breed love, mutual understanding and tolerance.
4. They expect that coming together of two persons should bring them closer and forge the bond of kinship between them.
5. But when two persons come closer, they come to know not only strengths but also weaknesses of each other’s character.

Answers: CDEBA

Q.No.4

Arrange the following sentences to make a meaningful paragraph. Write alphabets of respective sentences as your answer.

1. He used to go to his school and enjoyed studying and mid day meals there.
2. Besides, they needed his help in odd jobs in the house as well as their fields.
3. Karma lived with his parents in a thatched small in a silent corner of the village.
4. This all stopped as his parents could not afford to send him to school to impart further education to him.

Answer: CADB

Q.No.5

Arrange the following jumbled sentences in a way so as to make a meaningful paragraph. Mention the alphabets marked against each sentence in order as answer.

1. But sometimes, the persons of opposite nature also come closer fall in each other’s company by accident, chance or out of ignorance vitiating the above statement to some extent.
2. If a man moves in the company of good, gentle and noble people, he is usually adjudged to be a gentleman.
3. It is usual for a man to see the company of those who possess tastes, tendencies and temperaments like his own.
4. On the other side, if he keeps company with evil persons and bad characters, he is considered to be a man of bad character.
5. Generally, the character and conduct of a person is gauged by the kinds of people he mixes and moves with.

Answer: EBDCA

Q.No.6

Arrange the following jumbled sentences in a way so as to make a meaningful paragraph. Mention the alphabets marked against each sentence in order as answer.

1. He cannot achieve wealth and fortune unless he works hard and unless he has a powerful will.
2. It follows from it that he is the builder of his own fortune.
3. A person must be preserving and must exert himself if he wants to shape out his destiny.
4. He can also bring misery and suffering upon himself if he has not the wish to labour.
5. He can make his fortune if he wishes to do so by being industrious and preserving.

Answer: CABED

Arrange the following jumbled sentences in a way so as to make a meaningful paragraph. Mention the alphabets marked against each sentence in order as answer.

1. When finally, they made their first ascent from the desert tract beside the sea. To be born aloft for almost a whole minute, a great change was affected in the nation’s attitude.
2. Accordingly, the brothers, each man of mettle and each the perfect complement to the other, set out with their ingenious device, but with their very little capital.
3. Those who had formerly been skeptical and had prophesied that the wright machine would remain for ever stationery on earth, were loudest in their praise of pioneers of the air.
4. Men laughed at the Wright Brothers, mechanics from Dayton, saying that a practicable flying machine would never be built and counselled them to stay on the ground.
5. The Wrights, however, refused to accept this advice or to alter their plans, for they were certain that their machine embodied the principles of aviation and they were confident of their success.

Answer: DEBAC

Q.No.8

Arrange the sentences B, C, D and E to form a logical sequence between sentences (A) & (F) to construct coherent paragraph.

1. The belief in evil spirits, though still in common, is probably less wide spread than it was.
2. They live in terror of germs and practice elaborate antiseptic rites in order to counteract their influence.
3. Evil spirits being out of fashion, it must be therefore find expression in other beliefs.
4. With many people especially women, bacilli have taken the place of spirits and microbes for them are personification of evil.
5. But the human tendency to oversize its sense of value is still as strong as ever.
6. The forms change but the substance remains.

Answers: AEBDCF

Q.No.9

Arrange the sentences A, B, C, E and E to form a logic sequence and to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. Special justice has always exercised an appeal to sensitive persons.
2. We talk of things material and spiritual.
3. Every great wave of human thought which has millions of human beings has something spiritual in it.
4. Even the great revolution would not have succeeded without a spiritual element.
5. Yet it is a little difficult to draw a line between the two.

Answer: BECDA

Q.No.10

Arrange the sentences A, B, C, E and E to form a logic sequence and to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. Then we come to classical Sanskrit which is also very good.
2. Instead of being inspired by good idea, we have even lost what we had.
3. However, it gradually deteriorates and there is no viability left in it.
4. We start with magnificent literature.
5. The process of decay through centuries can be traced in our literature.

Answer: EDACB

Q.No.11

Arrange the sentences A, B, C, E and E to form a logic sequence and to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. It must be viewed, as some new epidemic would be viewed, as a common peril to be met by concerted action.
2. If we are to think wisely about the new problems raised by the nuclear weapons, we must learn to view the whole matter in a quite different way.
3. These conflicts are so virulent and so passionate that they produce a wide spread inability to understand even very obvious matters.
4. It is profound misfortune that the whole question of nuclear warfare has become entangled in the age-old conflicts of power politics.

Answer: DCBA

Q.No.12

Arrange the sentences A, B, C, E and E to form a logic sequence and to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. Two of the taller kids stood on the table to accomplish the adventurous job.
2. Then I showed them how to fasten the wire into a hook.
3. I promptly told the children to fetch a broken table and a long and strong piece of wire.
4. The small thieves admired my ingenuity and enjoyed themselves running around everywhere inn excitement.
5. One pulling down the branches with hook and second picking the fruit while others passed them down.

Answer: CBAED

Q.No.13

Arrange the sentences A, B, C, E and E to form a logic sequence and to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. Smoke oozed up between the planks.
2. Passengers were told to be ready to quit the ship.
3. The rising gale fanned the smoldering fire.
4. Everyone now knew there was fire on board.
5. Flames broke out here and there.
6. More people bore the shock bravely.

Answer: EDCB

Q.No.14

Arrange the sentences A, B, C, E and E to form a logic sequence and to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. Most of the perishable foods are shipped by refrigerator ships.
2. As the green bananas are loaded, a man watches closely the signs of yellow on them.
3. The cool temperatures keep the bananas from getting ripe during the trip.
4. They are placed in the refrigerated hold of the ship.
5. Some foods such as bananas are shipped before they get ripe.
6. Ripe bananas are poor travelers and even one ripe banana at the start of trip can spoil a whole shipload of fruit.

Answer: DEBC

Q.No.15

Arrange the sentences A, B, C, E and E to form a logic sequence and to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. My grandmother always went to school with me because the school, was attached to the temple.
2. When we had both finished, we would walk back together.
3. The priest taught us the alphabet the morning prayer.
4. This time the village dogs would meet us at the temple door.
5. While the children sat in rows on the either side of the verandah singing the alphabet or the prayer in a chorus, my mother sat inside reading the scriptures.
6. And they followed us to our home growling and fighting with each other.

Answer: CEBD

Q.No.16

Arrange the sentences A, B, C, E and E to form a logic sequence and to construct a coherent paragraph.

1.  Man cannot survive except through his mind. He comes on this earth unarmed.
2. Man has no claws, no fangs, no horns and no great strength of muscle.
3. Animals obtain food by force.
4. He must plant his food or hunt it.
5. His brain is his only weapon.
6. To plant he needs a process of thought; to hunt he needs weapons and to make weapons – the process of thought.

Answer: E C B D

Q.No.17

Arrange the sentences A, B, C, E and E to form a logic sequence and to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. Speech was the first means of conveying information.
2. Thirdly printing helped in dissemination of knowledge in a permanent form.
3. Then writing as a means introduced a capacity for storing information.
4. Computer is the only medium that cannot only store but analyze information to make decision.
5. However, all these are passive media.
6. Therefore, computer is hailed as the fourth information revolution.

Answer: C B E D

Q.No.18

Arrange the sentences A, B, C, E and E to form a logic sequence and to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. Those are fortunate people who have good, true and faithful views.
2. It is a scared attachment or bond of interest between two persons of a congenial mind.
3. True friendship increases our happiness in prosperity and diminishes our misery in adversity.
4. Friend often springs from similarity of taste, feelings and sentiments.
5. However true friend friendship should be based on truth and such vices selfishness, greed and falsehood should be kept out of it.
6. It must be borne in mind that prosperity breeds and multiplies friends and adversity tests them.

Answer: D B E C

Q.No.19

Arrange the sentences A, B, C, E and E to form a logic sequence and to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. For the average Indian tourist, the mention of Indonesia conjures visions of Bali and a little less.
2. The aspect is evident in the low budget allocated each year to this sector.
3. With cash flow problems the airline has had to cut down its overseas operations.
4. Tourism has not been much of priority in this predominantly Muslim country of 210 million people.
5. The air connectivity through the national airline is also diminishing.
6. It is a pity since otherwise this largest archipelago in the world has much to offer to the international visitor.

Answer: D E B C

Q.No.20

Arrange the sentences A, B, C, E and E to form a logic sequence and to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. Whatever the reasons may be, the effects are disastrous leading to both physical and mental ailments like insomnia, hypertension, nervous breakdown etc.
2. According to psychologists it is the result of fear due to inexperience, deprivation, isolation and feeling of inferiority among them.
3. It is a matter of grave concern that ‘stress’ or ‘mental pressure’ has emerged as a deadly and silent killer for teenagers of the day.
4. In order to prevent these catastrophic diseases, the children need to be taught ‘to destress themselves’ through meditation or cultural activities and this will inculcate feelings of self confidence in them to face the realities of life in a better way.
5. If they are observed closely, this all owes to undue pressure on their mind due to unhealthy competitions and sky-rocketing expectations of their parents and teachers from them.

Answer: CBEAD

Q.No.21

Arrange the sentences A, B, C, E and E to form a logic sequence and to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. So basically, we should communicate when the time is right, to the right recipient, sending the right message using the right channel with utmost care because ultimately the success of our message depends on the result we achieve after the communication.
2. Nowadays, workforce is mostly multicultural, i.e. teams have players with different cultural backgrounds and this makes the scenario all the more difficult for selection of communication channels and contents.
3. Experts suggest that humor should be strictly avoided because it is like a perfume and you never know when and who it will hurt. But one should be cautious that the image is not damaged even if our recipients do not get our humor.
4. Globalization and liberalization of economy has created another challenge for professionals besides those inherent in the phenomenon of communication to decide when to communicate, what to communicate and who to communicate.
5. Communication etiquette differs from culture to culture and therefore in order to make our communication affective, we will have to understand the cultural background of our recipients and be sensitive to that.

Answer:

Q.No.22

Rearranging sentences:

Directions: Rearrange the following sentences in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below:

1. It is no wonder that a majority of these excluded and low-achievers come from the most deprived sections of the society.
2. There are precisely those who are supposed to be empowered through education.
3. With heightened political consciousness about the plight of those to-be-empowered people, never in the history of India has the demand for the inclusive education has been as fervent as today.
4. They either never enroll or they drop out of schools at different stages during these eight years.
5. Of the nearly 200 million children in the age group between 6 and 14 years, more than half do not complete eight years of elementary education.
6. Of those who do complete eight years of schooling, the achievement levels of large percentage, in language and mathematics, is unacceptably low.

• Which of the following should be the fist sentence after rearrangement?
• A    
• E
• C
• B

Correct answer: E

• Which of the following should be the second statement after rearranging the sentences?
• F
• E
• D
• C

Correct answer: A

• Which of the following should be the fifth sentence after rearrangement?
• B
• A
• D
• E

Correct answer: B

Answer: DBECA

Q.No.23

Arrange the sentences A, B, C, E and E to form a logic sequence and to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. Some months ago, the children of Japan wrote to me and asked me to send them an elephant.
2. It traveled all the way by sea to Japan.
3. This elephant came from Mysore.
4. I sent them a beautiful elephant on behalf of the children of India.
5. When it reached Tokyo, thousands of children came to see it.
6. Many of them had never seen an elephant.

Answer: DCBE

Q.No.24

Arrange the sentences A, B, C, E and E to form a logic sequence and to construct a coherent paragraph.

1. Newton had a little dog named ‘Diamond’.
2. In the absence of Newton, little Diamond rose up, jumped on the table and knocked down the lighted candle.
3. The little dog was asleep in the room near the fire.
4. On day he was working on some problem and after a while he went out of his room.
5. A heap of written papers, containing the labour of twenty years, lay on the table.
6. The papers immediately caught fire and were burnt to ashes.

Answer: DCEB

Q.No.25

Arrange the following jumbled sentences in a way so as to make a meaningful paragraph. Mention the alphabets marked against each sentence in order as answer.

1. He was a tall, lovely person.
2. He loved to distribute them among small kids.
3. He wore a long, loose shirt with many pockets.
4. His eyes brightened when he these kids.
5. The pockets of his shirt bulged with toffees and chocolates.
6. He treated them as his own grand children.

In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (s1) and the final sentence (s6) are given in beginning. The middle sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled as P, Q, R and S. you need to find out proper sequence of the four sentences and choose your answer accordingly.

1. S1: Happiness, after all, is an inner state of mind.

S6: My point is that it is not wealth but coordination of one’s thought and action which removes inner conflicts.

P: Some of the most miserable persons I have come across in my life are rich.

Q: It is little dependent on outside environment.

R: Happiness has very little to do, for instance, with whether you are rich or not.

S: It is true that poverty makes one miserable in very acute way.

The proper answer should be:

• S P Q R
• Q P S R
• R S P Q
• Q R S P

S1: It was in 264 B.C that the great struggle between Rome and Carthage, the Punic Wars began.

S6: But the Romans, with extraordinary energy, set themselves to out-build the Carthagians.

P: It gradually developed into a struggle for the possession of Sicily.

Q: The advantage of the sea was at first with the Carthagians.

R: The First Punic War began in that year about the pirates of Messina.

S: They had the greatest fighting ships os what was hitherto an unheard-of-size.

The proper sequence should be:

• R Q S P
• R P Q S
• P R S Q
• Q S P R

S1: Over-eating is one of the most-wasteful practices among those who can afford it.

S6: The evening meal should be light and should be taken three or four hours before before going to bed.

P: It is largely wasted.

Q: A heavy meal at night before retiring is the fashion with many.

R: While sleeping, this food is converted into fat and thus makes a person fat and ungainly.

S: Three to five hours are needed to digest the food.

The correct sequence should be:

• P Q S R
• Q P S R
• Q S R P
• S R Q P

S1: I passed all other courses that I took at my university.

S6: This is used to enrage my instructor.

P: I never once saw a cell through a microscope.

Q: This was all because all botany students had to spend several weeks looking through microscopes at plant cells.

R: But I could never pass Botany.

S: I could never see through a microscope.

• R Q S P
• Q P S R
• R S P Q
• P Q S R

S1: It is very warm and sticky today.

S6: A good rain would cool things off a little.

P: That is a good idea.

Q: I wonder what the weather is going to be like tomorrow.

R: Let’s listen to the weather report for tomorrow on the radio.

S: The paper here says it is going to be fair and sunny.

The correct sequence is:

• Q S R P
• R Q S P
• Q R P S
• R S P Q