Sentence Rearrangement

Directions (1-15): Rearrange the following sentences in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.

(A) One evidence of this is that many highly intelligent people are very low on creativity.
(B) In other words they may find replicating a process very easy but creating a process difficult.
(C) But it is unfortunate that in many organisations these replicates are rated high and promoted over creators.
(D) Intelligence and creativity are two different things.
(E) They may understand the things very fast but are poor if any new thing is to be developed; this in long term gives creators an upper edge.

Q1. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q2. Which of the following will be the FIFTH sentence?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q3. Which of the following will be the FOURTH sentence?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q4. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q5. Which of the following will be the THIRD sentence?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

(6-10):
(A) The percentage of population below poverty line has been decreasing.
(B) Therefore, it is a welcome sign, but we must guard against our escalating rate of population growth.
(C) Poverty alleviation is one of the most significant programmes.
(D) Although this change is slow and gradual, it appears to be consistent.
(E) The extent of success of this programme can be sensed when we study the proportion of people below poverty line.

Q6. Which sentence should come SECOND in the paragraph?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q7. Which sentence should come FOURTH in the paragraph?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q8. Which sentence should come FIFTH in the paragraph?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q9. Which sentence should come THIRD in the paragraph?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

Q10. Which sentence should come FIRST in the paragraph?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

(11-15):
(A) It is not even because grubbing for roots is good discipline.
(B) Moreover, he cannot learn what he ought to know about language from talking about his own.
(C) Nor is it because they will gain satisfaction in recognizing the Latin roots of the word satisfaction.
(D) It is because they cannot understand their own language unless they have studied another.
(E) The reason is not so that they can sell things to the Brazilians, or study German medical books or appreciate those beauties of Homer that are lost in translation.
(F) Our citizens will have to learn at least one foreign language.
(G) The native of any country is immersed in his own language and never sees it as a linguistic structure.

Q11. Which of the following will be the FIRST sentence?
(a) C
(b) A
(c) F
(d) G
(e) D

Q12. Which of the following will be the SECOND sentence?
(a) E
(b) C
(c) D
(d) B
(e) G

Q13. Which of the following will be the LAST sentence?
(a) D
(b) F
(c) C
(d) B
(e) A

Q14. Which of the following will be the FOURTH sentence?
(a) G
(b) B
(c) D
(d) E
(e) A

Q15. Which of the following will be the SIXTH sentence?
(a) C
(b) G
(c) F
(d) E
(e) B

Solutions

Sol- 1-5: The correct arrangement of sentences is: DABCE

D- This is the opening line of the paragraph which lays the idea that the paragraph is about Intelligence and creativity.

A- D and A are mandatory pairs. Sentence A gives the idea that Intelligence and creativity are different and sentence A is evidence of the given fact.

B- ‘they’ refers to highly intelligent people from sentence A. 

C- B and C are mandatory pairs.

E- This is the concluding line of the paragraph

S1. Ans.(a)

S2. Ans.(e)

S3. Ans.(b)

S4. Ans.(d)

S5. Ans.(b)

Sol- 6-10:The correct arrangement of sentences is: CDBEA

C- This is the opening line of the paragraph which establishes the idea of Poverty alleviation

D- C and D are mandatory pairs. Here ‘this change’ refers to poverty alleviation.

B- B and D are mandatory pairs.

E-This sentence further elaborates about the success of this programme.

A- This is the concluding sentence of the paragraph.

S6. Ans.(d)

S7. Ans.(e)

S8. Ans.(a)

S9. Ans.(b)

S10. Ans.(c)

Sol-11-15: The correct arrangement of sentences is: FECADGB

F- This sentence established the idea that the paragraph is about learning the foreign language.

E-F and E are mandatory pairs.

C-A- sentence C and A follows sentence E respectively citing reasons for the same.

D- This sentence gives the reason to learn the foreign language.

G- This sentence supports the reason given in previous sentence D.

B- This is the concluding line of the paragraph.

S11. Ans.(c)

S12. Ans.(a)

S13. Ans.(d)

S14. Ans.(e)

S15. Ans.(b)