English: Sentence Rearrangement Set 8
Direction (1-5): Rearrange the following sentences in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph then answer the following questions .
(a) There are of course many reasons the pundits have attributed to India’s below par performance.
(b) Monday at the Oval, India suffered its worst series-defeat in England since 1959 after it lost the fourth and final Test by eight runs.
(c) Zaheer Khan’s presence was key to the Indian bowling offensive as he could have reverse swung the old ball with ease and picked up some crucial wickets on the way.
(d) Being the ODI world champion and the number one test team as well, few, if none, had expected that India would surrender so easily to the English team without even putting up a semblance of a fight.
(e) Chief among them was the absence of pace spearhead Zaheer Khan who was injured during the first test match itself and had to return home.
(f) Additionally, Virendra Sehwag’s absence from the first and second Test Match also served as a body blow to India. Even when Sehwag returned to the field, he had not fully recovered from his crippling shoulder injury.
- Which of the following will be the first statement after rearrangement?
A) a
B) b
C) c
D) d
E) e
- Which of the following will be the last statement after rearrangement?
A) c
B) a
C) b
D) f
E) e
- Which of the following will be the third statement after rearrangement?
A) c
B) a
C) d
D) b
E) e
- Which of the following will be the fourth statement after rearrangement?
A) d
B) e
C) a
D) c
E) b
- Which of the following will be the second statement after rearrangement?
A) b
B) e
C) c
D) a
E) d
Direction (6-10): Rearrange the following sentences in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph then answer the following questions .
(a) But they are no less relevant for the health of the economy than elections to higher levels of government.
(b) Municipal elections do not have the cachet of state or Parliament elections.
(c) For these reasons, the Aam Aadmi Party’s decision in the municipal polls in Delhi to promise scrapping property tax is a major concern.
(d) For, municipal politics determines the health of our cities, where the bulk of modern, organised economic activity takes place.
(e) AAP would be welladvised to rethink the move and not start a disease in the national capital that could infect other municipalities in the neighbourhood, spread further afield and become a nationwide epidemic that drains vitality out of India’s cities and hobbles economic growth.
(f) If you kill cities or make them anaemic, there would be a disproportionately large impact on profits, jobs, new business formation and the quality of life.
- Which of the following will be the first statement after rearrangement?
A) a
B) b
C) c
D) d
E) e
- Which of the following will be the third statement after rearrangement?
A) b
B) e
C) a
D) c
E) d
- Which of the following will be the fifth statement after rearrangement?
A) c
B) e
C) b
D) d
E) a
- Which of the following will be the last statement after rearrangement?
A) a
B) d
C) b
D) e
E) f
- Which of the following will be the fourth statement after rearrangement?
A) d
B) b
C) c
D) e
E) f