CDS English & Comprehension Verbal Ability Para Jumbles MCQ Previous Year Questions

S1: A seasoned cricketer catches a cricket ball coming in with great speed far more easily than a novice, who can hurt his hands in the act.
S6: The conclusion is clear: force not only depends on the change in momentum, but also on how fast the change is brought about.
P: The novice, on the other hand, keeps his hands fixed and tries to catch the ball almost instantly.
Q: One reason is that the seasoned cricketer allows a longer time for his hands to stop the ball.
R: Consequently, he needs to provide a much greater force to stop the ball instantly, and this hurts.
S: He does this by drawing his hands backward in the act of catching the ball.
Arrange the sentences P, Q, R, S to form a coherent paragraph between S1 and S6.

S1: People fall down from staircases in different ways in different countries.
S6: This is because for the Americans, their home is usually the only place where they regularly use the stairs.
P: They rely, instead, on the ease and safety of lifts and escalators which are ubiquitous in such places.
Q: This is not because the Japanese are more reckless staircase users, but simply because Americans don't much use the stairs in public places.
R: Staircase injuries, therefore, happen mostly in the home.
S: For instance, someone in Japan is far more likely to be hurt in a staircase fall in an office, department store or railway station than is anyone in the United States.
Arrange P, Q, R, S to form a coherent paragraph between S1 and S6.

S1: The lantana plant is not native to India.
S6: However, eradicating lantana is a long and arduous process which can only be carried out with a lot of technical expertise and financial commitment.
P: Since then, it has spread over six lakh square kilometres, covering fifty percent of the country's natural areas.
Q: Research also shows that the lantana has invaded most pasture lands in the country.
R: It was introduced in the country as an ornamental plant by the British in the 1800s.
S: A 2020 estimate by researchers shows that the plant occupies forty percent of forests, including tiger reserves.
Arrange P, Q, R, S to form a coherent paragraph between S1 and S6.

The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning a s S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q , R , and S . You are required t o find the proper sequence o f these four sentences

S1 : Every geological period has been dominated by one particular form of life; as conditions changed to those of a new period, different types of organisms emerged into dominance.

S6 : The origin of completely new biological systems is comparatively rare, so consequently only a few major types have developed during the history of life.

P : Individual shifts rely on opportunity, ecological access, and the development of a new adaptation.

Q : Characteristically these shifts are rapid and are followed by a bout of adaptive radiation into the new ecological zone — for example, with the emergence of life on land.

R : Within each period, natural selection has created a vast array of adaptive experiments culminating in a breakthrough to a new biological system that may cross the ecological barrier to the next period.

S : Every breakthrough of shift in dominance is dependent on ones that have occurred before so that the process of evolution is progressive.

The parts are labelled as P, Q , R, and S . You are required to unjumble the sentence, and mark your response accordingly by choosing the most appropriate sequence given in the options.

P: pollution control equipment broadly
Q: include wastewater treatment plants,
R: the various categories of water
S: drinking water treatment plants and effluent treatment plants

The parts are labelled as P, Q , R, and S . You are required to unjumble the sentence, and mark your response accordingly by choosing the most appropriate sequence given in the options.

P: facilitate the present and prospective entrepreneurs
Q: for manufacturing and service units
R: were notified in 2020, with guidelines to
S: some new composite criteria of classification

The parts are labelled as P, Q , R, and S . You are required to unjumble the sentence, and mark your response accordingly by choosing the most appropriate sequence given in the options.

P: outside the formal education system
Q: the policy seeks to educate and
R: equip potential entrepreneurs, both within and
S: in the entrepreneurship domain

The parts are labelled as P, Q , R, and S . You are required to unjumble the sentence, and mark your response accordingly by choosing the most appropriate sequence given in the options.

P: organizing Rozgar Melas across the nation for

Q: providing suitable job opportunities in the private sector to the youth

R: National Skill Development Corporation under the aegis of MSDE has been

S: to give impetus to the employment initiatives in the country

The parts are labelled as P, Q , R, and S . You are required to unjumble the sentence, and mark your response accordingly by choosing the most appropriate sequence given in the options.

Q: India is moving from women's development

R: and an equal partner in the country's overall development

P: to women-led development and the dream of New India

S: is where women are empowered, strong

The parts are labelled as P, Q , R, and S . You are required to unjumble the sentence, and mark your response accordingly by choosing the most appropriate sequence given in the options.

Q: Ujjwala 2.0 was launched in 2021

P: to provide additional one crore LPG

S: connections to adult women of poor

R: households under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

The parts are labelled as P, Q , R, and S . You are required to unjumble the sentence, and mark your response accordingly by choosing the most appropriate sequence given in the options.

P: process from the initial stage of planning

Q: environmental impact assessment

R: is a planning tool to integrate environmental

S: concerns into the developmental

The parts are labelled as P, Q , R, and S . You are required to unjumble the sentence, and mark your response accordingly by choosing the most appropriate sequence given in the options.

P: that may push the viewers to

Q: hours of content are shown in a way

R: think that they are watching a

S: programme rather than an advertisement

The parts are labelled as P, Q , R, and S . You are required to unjumble the sentence, and mark your response accordingly by choosing the most appropriate sequence given in the options.

P: engaged in performing visual and literary arts

Q: in the field of intangible heritage

R: the Ministry extends financial support to individuals,

S: group of individuals and cultural organisations

The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning a s S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q , R , and S . You are required to find the proper sequence of these four sentences

S1 : The Tungabhadra is the chief tributary of the Krishna formed by the union, near Kudali, of the two streams Tunga and Bhadra.

S6 : The Tungabhadra has served as a historic natural frontier right through the centuries.

P : The river is perennial in character and comes down in frequent heavy rushes during the rains.

Q : The rain-bearing river was dammed by the rulers of Vijayanagara near Hampi for watering the palaces and gardens of that great city.

R : The united stream strikes in a north-easterly direction through Mysore and skirts the adjacent districts.

S : The bed of both the headstreams of the Tungabhadra is rocky.

The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning a s S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q , R , and S . You are required t o find the proper sequence o f these four sentences

S1 : Montesquieu was a great philosopher of his time.
S6 : He supported constitutional monarchy in France like the English one.
P : He wanted power to be shared between the king, the nobles, and the Third Estate.
Q : In his book The Spirit of the Laws, he propagated the theory of separating powers into three branches of government — the Legislative, the Executive and the Judiciary.
R : To prevent any one of the three classes from becoming too powerful, Montesquieu suggested the making of a new constitution based on checks and balances.
S : If this was done, he argued, there would be no tyranny and the liberty of the individual could be safeguarded.

The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning a s S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q , R , and S . You are required t o find the proper sequence o f these four sentences

S1 : Glaciation has important effects on the landscape beyond the direct modifications created by ice erosion and deposition.

S6 : At the same time, ice advanced from the Welsh mountains into the Vale of Evesham and combined with northern ice to pond up a large proglacial lake covering much of the Midlands.

P : One example is that glaciation frequently disrupts pre-existing drainage lines, initiating a new pattern persisting after the ice has disappeared.

Q : The Midlands, what is now the Coventry/Warwick area, was formerly drained by the head waters of the River Soar, flowing into the Trent south of Nottingham.

R : Two well-documented instances of such effects occur in England.

S : During glaciation, the valleys of Soar and Trent were occupied by ice advancing from the north.

The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning a s S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q , R , and S . You are required t o find the proper sequence o f these four sentences

S1 : The primary evidence for climate change that occurred many million years ago is the rocks and deposits themselves.

S6 : In other words, despite the clear legacy in many parts of the world of recent glaciation, the vast majority of sedimentary rocks were laid down in warm climatic conditions.

P : Sediments and fossil in the poles tell us a great deal about the environment in which they were laid down.

Q : We must, of course, bear in mind when interpreting this information that, because of the movement of the continents, no one latitude of the Earth has necessarily gone through such marked climatic vicissitudes.

R : Nevertheless, even allowing for this factor, one of the most remarkable discoveries about the climate change of the past is that the two poles of the Earth have been free of ice for at least 90 per cent of the known history of the planet.

S : We may find in close proximity to one another, coal deposits indicating the humid conditions of the tropics, red sandstones laid down in deserts and morainic materials reflecting polar conditions.

The parts are labelled as P, Q , R, and S . You are required to unjumble the sentence, and mark your response accordingly by choosing the most appropriate sequence given in the options.

P: and the outcome in cases selected in prior years'
Q: the suggestions received from the field
R: formations are reviewed by a cross functional
S: committee to refine the scenarios and parameters