Special English Quiz for IBPS PO / CLERK (SENTENCE ARRANGEMENT)

SENTENCE ARRANGEMENT – 01



Directions: Re-arrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and 6 in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(1)   The sailor was told it was placed there as warning signal to sailors to warn them to the danger.
(2)   He returned to the spot a few years later as captain of his own ship.
(3)   The ship was at sea for many days and finally anchored near the coastline.
(4)   The night was stormy and without a warning signal his ship was wrecked on that very rock.
(5)   One of the sailors on board saw a bell tied to a dangerous submerged rock.
(6)   As a joke the sailor decided to steal the bell and hide it despite being informed of this.
Q1. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) 2
(c) (3)                                      (d) 4
(e) (5)

Q2. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)

Q3. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)

Q4. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)

Q5. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)

II
(1)   The emperor was impressed with me and rewarded me suitably.
(2)   He then asked me to make it shorter without erasing its ends.
(3)   One fine day the kind decided to test my intelligence
(4)   By doing so, I could make the line shorter without erasing the ends.
(5)   After thinking over it for some time, I drew longer lines on both ends of the line that the emperor had drawn
(6)   He drew a line on the floor with the help of a chalk
Q6. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)

Q7. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (2)                                      (b) (3)
(c) (4)                                      (d) (5)
(e) (6)

Q8. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)

Q9. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (2)                                      (b) (3)
(c) (4)                                      (d) (5)
(e) (6)

Q10. Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)

III
(1)   His wife travelled hundreds of kilometers to the palace to demand an explanation from the king.
(2)   The King was known as a great warrior.
(3)   ‘You chose to conquer us but do not rule us properly!” was the reply.
(4)   He had conquered many countries.
(5)   He said angrily, “How can you hold me responsible for something that happened so far away?”
(6)   One day thieves attacked and killed a merchant and his son in one of them.
Q11. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)

Q12. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (2)                                      (b) (3)
(c) (4)                                      (d) (5)
(e) (6)

Q13. Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (2)                                      (b) (3)
(c) (4)                                      (d) (5)
(e) (6)
Q14. Which of the following should the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)

Q15. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (2)                                      (b) (3)
(c) (4)                                      (d) (5)
(e) (6)

IV
(1)   The blame for lacking creativity is, however, put on the present generation by the modern educationists.
(2)   The concept of homework began so that the pupils could revise that was being taught in the class.
(3)   By dog so, most of the schools took away the leisure time of the children.
(4)   Instead, these educationists should suggest lowering of burden of homework to the commission for educational reforms,
(5)   The purpose of this concept was, however, defeated when the schools started overburdening students with so called homework.
(6)   Lack of such leisure time does not allow the children to develop creative pursuits
Q16. Which of the following should be the THIRD after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)

Q17. Which of the following should be the FIRST after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)

Q18. Which of the following should be the SECOND after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (4)                                      (d) (5)
(e) (6)
Q19. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) after rearrangement?
(a) (2)                                      (b) (3)
(c) (4)                                      (d) (5)
(e) (6)

Q 20. Which of the following should be the FIFTH after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (5)
(e) (6)

V
(1)   In turn the buyer is called the franchisee.
(2)   These two parties are called the franchisor and franchisee.
(3)   This means that it givens permission for the buyer to use its name and sell its products.
(4)   He pays money to the franchisor, and agrees to obey the rules the franchisor makes.
(5)   A franchising agreement includes two parties.
(6)   The franchisor is the business house/entity which grants the franchisee.
Q21. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (2)                                      (b) (3)
(c) (4)                                      (d) (5)
(e) (6)

Q22. Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (2)                                      (b) (3)
(c) (4)                                      (d) (5)
(e) (6)

Q23. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (2)                                      (b) (3)
(c) (4)                                      (d) (5)
(e) (6)

Q24. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (5)                                      (b) (6)
(c) (1)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (2)

Q25. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)

VI
(1)     For instance if we measure the room temperature continuously and plot its graph with time on X-axis; we get a continuous waveform, which is an analog signal. Analog is always continuous.
(2)     The absence or presence of something can be used to plot a digital signal.
(3)     An analog signal is a continuously varying signal, similar to a sinusoidal waveform.
(4)     Any signal can be classified into one of the two types; analog and digital.
(5)     In contrast, a digital signal takes the form of pulses, where we have something or nothing.
Q26. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)

Q27. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)
Q28. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)

Q29. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)

Q30. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)

VII
(1)    Thus they teach us that no matter how insignificant you think you are, you can accomplish extraordinary things.
(2)    During the course of its life it was struck by lightning fourteen times.
(3)    But one day it was attacked by an army of beetles.
(4)    The tree stood at the foot of the Himalayas for over four hundred years.
(5)    The tiny insets ate their way through the tree and destroyed it.
(6)    It even survived innumerable storms and avalanches.
Q31. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)

Q32. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (2)                                      (b) (3)
(c) (4)                                      (d) (5)
(e) (6)

Q33. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (2)                                      (b) (3)
(c) (4)                                      (d) (5)
(e) (6)

Q34. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)

Q35. Which of the following should be the LAST (SIXTH) sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (1)                                      (b) (2)
(c) (3)                                      (d) (4)
(e) (5)

VIII
(A)  To elaborate briefly on these characteristics and dimensions that the author is talking about – NRMs are general tests intended to be used to classify students by percentile for measuring either aptitude or proficiency for admissions into or placement with a program.
(B)  Contrastingly, the CRM, such as a locally produced achievement test, measures absolute performance that is compared only with the learning objective, hence a perfect score is theoretically obtainable by all students who have a mastery of the pre-specified material, or conversely, all students may fall the test.
(C)  In most of these books the authors classify measurement strategy as either norm-referred (NRM) or criterion referenced (CRM)
(D)  Another author points out how the type of interpretation that an NRM offers is the relative performance of the students compared with that of all the others resulting in ideally a bell curve distribution.
(E)  Numerous books on constructing and using language tests have been written by various authors.
(F)   CRMs on the other hand are more specific, achievement or diagnostic tests intended to be used for motivating students by measuring to what percent they have achieved mastery of the taught or learned material.
(G) One of the authors clearly delineates the differences of these two types by focusing on the categories of “test characteristics” and “logistical dimension.”
Q36. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (G)                                      (b) (B)
(c) (C)                                      (d) (D)
(e) (E)

Q37. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (A)                                      (b) (B)
(c) (C)                                      (d) (F)
(e) (E)

Q38. Which of the following should be the SEVENTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (A)                                      (b) (B)
(c) (C)                                      (d) (D)
(e) (E)

Q39. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (A)                                      (b) (B)
(c) (G)                                      (d) (D)
(e) (E)

Q40. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?
(a) (A)                                      (b) (B)
(c) (C)                                      (d) (D)
(e) (E)


ANSWERS :

             
               
1 c 11 a 21 b 31 d
2 d 12 e 22 c 32 e
3 a 13 b 23 a 33 a
4 b 14 b 24 b 34 e
5 e 15 c 25 e 35 a
6 c 16 c 26 d 36 e
7 e 17 b 27 b 37 d
8 b 18 d 28 e 38 b
9 d 19 c 29 a 39 c
10 a 20 a 30 c 40 c





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