Verbal Comprehension Ordering Questions and Answers

In questions below, each passage consists of six sentences. 



The first and sixth sentence is given in the beginning. 



The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. 



These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. 



Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S1: Most of the universities in the country are now facing financial crisis.

P : Cost benefit yardstick thus should not be applied in the case of universities.

Q : The current state of affairs cannot be allowed to continue for long.

R : Universities cannot be equated with commercial enterprises.

S : Proper development of universities and colleges must be ensured.

S6: The Government should realise this before it is too late.

The Proper sequence should be:

S1: While talking to a group, one should feel self-confident and courageous.

P : Nor is it a gift bestowed by providence on only a few.

Q : One should also learn how to think calmly and clearly.

R : It is like the ability to play golf.

S : It is not as difficult as most men imagine.

S6: Any man can develop his capacity if he has the desire to do so.

The Proper sequence should be:

S1: A ceiling on urban property.

P : No mill-owner could own factories or mills or plants.

Q : And mass circulation papers

R : Would mean that

S : No press magnate could own printing presses.

S6: since their value would exceed the ceiling fixed by the government.

The Proper sequence should be:

S1: Politeness is not a quality possessed by only one nation or race.

P : One may observe that a man of one nation will remove his hat or fold his hands

 by way of greetings 

when he meets someone he knows.

Q : A man of another country will not to do so.

R : It is a quality to be found among all peoples and nations in every corner of

the earth.

S : Obviously, each person follows the custom of his particular country.

S6: In any case, we should not mock at others habits.

The Proper sequence should be:

S1: Jawaharlal Nehru was the greatest plan-enthusiast.

P : Under Nehru's advice, the pre-Independent congress set up National Planning

    Commission in 1938.

Q : 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.

R : He took the idea from Russia where Five year plans transformed a very backward

 country into a 

    top power of the world.

S : No free government can call for compulsory sacrifice and suffering from the

whole people.

S6: Nehru himself became the chairman of the commission.

The Proper sequence should be:

S1: It was a dark moonless night.

P : He turned over the pages, reading passages here and there.

Q : He heard them on the floor.

R : The poet took down his books of poems from his shelves.

S : Some of them contained his earliest writings which he had almost forgotten.

S6: They all seemed to him to be poor and ordinary mere childish words.

The Proper sequence should be:

S1: I had halted on the road.

P : As soon as I saw the elephant I knew I should not shoot him.

Q : It is a serious matter to shoot a working elephant.

R : I knew that his 'must' was already passing off.

S : The elephant was standing 8 yards from the road.

S6: I decided to watch him for a while and then go home.

The Proper sequence should be:

S1: Payment for imports and exports is made through a system called foreign 

exchange.

P : The value of the money of one country in relation to the money of other

countries is agreed upon.

Q : These rates of exchange vary from time to time.

R : For instance, an American dollar or a British pound sterling is worth 

certain amounts in the money of other countries.

S : Sometimes a United States dollar is worth 12 pesos in Mexico.

S6: Another time it may be worth eight pesos.

S1: A black haired, young woman came tripping along.

P : She was leading a young woman wearing a hat.

Q : The woman swept it off and tossed it in the air.

R : The child jumped up to catch the hat.

S : The young man tossed his head to shake the hat back.

S6: Both disappeared from view.

The Proper sequence should be: