Quiz-1

The correct sequence of given sentence is - In Gandhiji's view, secularism stands for equal respect for all religions. According to Gandhiji, all religions are equally true and each scripture is worthy of respect. Nehru's idea of secularism was equal indifference to all religions and bothering about none of them. Such secularism which means the rejection of all religions is contrary to our culture and tradition.

Since the first statement first talks about Gandhiji and then Nehru ji, the following statement will be structured in the same way.

The correct sequence of given sentence after S1 is - And there are graft and other malpractices too. Recently several offenders were brought to book, but they were not given deterrent punishment. So there is hardly anything that the government can do about it now. The impression that corruption is a universal phenomenon persists and the people not cooperate in checking this evil. This is indeed a tragedy of great magnitude.

The correct sequence is - Once King Shantanu met a young and beautiful fisher girl. He fell in love with the fisher girl. He went to the fisherman and asked him for her hand in marriage. The fisherman agreed to its condition that the son of his daughter should be heir to the throne of Hastinapur. The King was extremely sad and returned to his palace. Devavrata, the King's son, asked him the reason for his sadness.

The correct sequence is - We speak today of self-determination in politics. Political subjection primarily means restraint on the outer life of people. So long as one is conscious of restraint, it is possible to resist it or too near it as a necessary evil and to keep free in spirit. Slavery begins when one ceases to feel that restraint and it depends on if the evil is accepted as good. There is, however, subtler domination exercised in the sphere of ideas by one culture to another. Cultural subjection is ordinarily of an unconscious character and it implies slavery from the very start.

The correct sequence is - Once upon a time there lived three young men in a certain town of Hindustan. The young men believed themselves to be very good friends. They were so powerful that they could catch growing lions and tear them to pieces. All the people of the neighbourhood were mortally afraid of them. Someone told them that they would become immortal if they killed Death. All of them set out in search of their foe called Death.

The correct sequence of given sentence is - Since the sixties, there has been an increasing interest in neurophysiology, which deals with the neural bases of mental activity and behaviour. Before the 1960's when this field was the concern of a small number of investigators, research articles were scattered in various neurological journals. Since then, a number of journals devoted entirely to this area of research have appeared. Brain and cognition is one such journal. It has format which is very similar to that of Brain and Language, a sister journal. So far the journal has published the mixture of articles including reports and investigations.

The correct sequence is - When a satellite is launched, the rocket begins by going slowly upwards through the air. As the rocket goes higher, it travels faster. However, the higher it goes, the less air it meets. For the atmosphere becomes thinner. As a result, there is less friction.

The correct sequence of given sentence is- The Hound of Baskervilles was feared by the people of the area. Some people spoke of seeing a huge, shadowy form of Hound at midnight on the moor. This shadowy form did not reveal any details about the animal. Nobody had actually seen the hound. But they spoke of it in tones of horror. The Hound of Baskervilles remains an unsolved mystery.

The correct sequence of given sentence is - Throughout history, man has used energy from the sun. Today, when we burn wood or use electric current we are drawing energy. This has come from the sun. All our ordinary life depends on the sun. However we now have a new supply of energy. This energy comes from inside atoms.

The correct sequence of given sentences  is- Jawaharlal Nehru was the greatest plan-enthusiast. But he forgot that what could be achieved by force under the communist dictatorship of Russia was not possible under the democratic set up of India. No free government can call for compulsory sacrifice and suffering from the whole people. Under Nehru's advice, the pre-independent Congress set up the National Planning Commission in 1938. Nehru himself became the chairman of the commission.