Directions (1-15): Given below the sentences each of which has been divided into four parts Each of the questions is then followed by the five options which give the sequence of the rearranged parts. You must choose the option which gives the correct sequence of the parts. If the sentence is already arranged in the correct sequence or the correct sequence doesn’t match with any of the given sequence, mark option (e). i.e., ” No arrangement required ” as your answer.
Q1. the seafloor than there is higher up in the ocean (A)/ researchers sequenced DNA from deep-sea (B)/ that there is at least three times more life on (C)/ sediments around the world and found (D)/ No arrangement required (E)
(a) DCBA
(b) BDCA
(c) CDBA
(d) ADBC
(e) No arrangement required
Q2. responsible for growing hatred (A)/ that Russia’s ongoing military offensive in Ukraine is (B)/ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said (C)/ towards the country among Ukrainians (D)/ No arrangement required (E)
(a) DCBA
(b) CBAD
(c) DBAC
(d) ADBC
(e) No arrangement required
Q3. on Thursday said NATO (A)/ a US official (B)/ is “working on” providing (C)/ Ukraine with anti-ship missiles (D)/ No arrangement required (E)
(a) BACD
(b) DBAC
(c) CBAD
(d) DBCA
(e) No arrangement required
Q4. the European Space Agency (ESA) and (A)/ and outer atmosphere, the corona, ever taken (B)/ NASA’s Solar Orbiter captured detailed images of the Sun (C)/ and is the highest resolution image of the Sun’s full disc (D)/ No arrangement required (E)
(a) BDCA
(b) BACD
(c) ACDB
(d) CDBA
(e) No arrangement required
Q5. is not possible to give (A)/ the Centre on Friday told (B)/ another attempt to UPSC aspirants (C)/ the Supreme Court it (D)/ No arrangement required (E)
(a) BDAC
(b) BADC
(c) CBDA
(d) ADBC
(e) No arrangement required
Q6. statement and could expose people living at far northern latitudes (A)/ to high levels of ultraviolet radiation if it grows much larger (B)/ the ozone hole covers an area roughly three times the size of Greenland (C)/ scientists from the European Space Agency (ESA) said in a (D)/ No arrangement required (E)
(a) ABDC
(b) BDCA
(c) CDBA
(d) CDAB
(e) No arrangement required
Q7. once thought of as the province of only “Star Trek” or “Harry Potter,” (A) cloaking technologies could become a reality with a specially (B)/ designed material that can mask itself from other forms (C)/ of light when it is hit with a “beam of invisibility,” according to a new study (D)/No arrangement required (E)
(a) DCBA
(b) DABC
(c) DBAC
(d) ADBC
(e) No arrangement required
Q8. present state over the course of millennia (A)/ or people and instead it evolved to its (B)/ unlike chocolate chip cookies or tomato soup, the invention (C)/ of bread can’t be pinned down to a single person (D)/ No arrangement required (E)
(a) CDBA
(b) BDCA
(c) DCBA
(d) ABDC
(e) No arrangement required
Q9. communication systems (A)/ Nikola Tesla, the Serbian-American (B)/ genius whose inventions enabled modern-day power and (C)/ scientist, was a brilliant and eccentric (D)/ No arrangement required (E)
(a) CBDA
(b) BDCA
(c) ABDC
(d) BCDA
(e) No arrangement required
Q10. a new transparent, flexible touchpad can sense the (A)/ touch of a finger even when the material is stretched (B)/ or bent, which could help engineers one day create (C)/ advanced wearable touch screens, according to a new study (D)/ No arrangement required (E)
(a) DCBA
(b) DABC
(c) DBAC
(d) ADBC
(e) No arrangement required
Q11. capitalist United States and the communist (A)/ the Cold War was an (B)/ ideological conflict between the (C)/ Soviet Union, and their respective allies (D)/ No arrangement required (E)
(a) BCAD
(b) DABC
(c) DBAC
(d) ADBC
(e) No arrangement required
Q12. almost a full month earlier now than they did a century ago, according to (A)/ a study published Friday in the Journal of Animal Ecology (B)/ using a modern and a Victorian-era collection of egg samples, researchers found (C)/ that several bird species in the Chicago area nest and lay eggs (D)/ No arrangement required (E)
(a) ACDB
(b) ABDC
(c) CDAB
(d) BDCA
(e) No arrangement required
Q13. second-hand smoke exposure in India and revealed that (A)/ second hand smoke causes Rs 567 billion in health care costs annually (B)/ has flagged the severe economic burden of (C)/ a study published in the Journal of Nicotine and Tobacco Research (D)/ No arrangement required (E)
(a) ACDB
(b) BCDA
(c) ADBC
(d) DCAB
(e) No arrangement required
Q14. which has barely scanned 0.1 per cent of the sky in more than 30 years (A)/ The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of (B)/ months and create a map of the cosmos unlike any before, as opposed to the Hubble, (C)/ Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission will scan the entire sky every six (D)/ No arrangement required (E)
(a) DCBA
(b) DABC
(c) BDCA
(d) ADBC
(e) No arrangement required
Q15. Russian President Vladimir Putin and in retaliation (A)/ looking for safe places to stow their superyachts (B)/ as Russian oligarchs face sanctions over their ties to (C)/ for the invasion of Ukraine, the centibillionaires are now (D)/ No arrangement required (E)
(a) CADB
(b) CBDA
(c) DACB
(d) DCAB
(e) No arrangement required
Solutions
S1. Ans (b)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is BDCA.
The sentence thus formed is: Researchers sequenced DNA from deep-sea (B)/ sediments around the world and found (D)/ that there is at least three times more life on (C)/ the seafloor than there is higher up in the ocean. (A)/
S2. Ans (b)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is CBAD.
The sentence thus formed is: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said (C)/ that Russia’s ongoing military offensive in Ukraine is (B)/ responsible for growing hatred (A)/ towards the country among Ukrainians. (D)/
S3. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is BACD.
The sentence thus formed is: A US official (B)/ on Thursday said NATO (A)/ is “working on” providing (C)/ Ukraine with anti-ship missiles. (D)/
S4. Ans (c)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is ACDB.
The sentence thus formed is: The European Space Agency (ESA) and (A)/ NASA’s Solar Orbiter captured detailed images of the Sun (C)/ and is the highest resolution image of the Sun’s full disc (D)/ and outer atmosphere, the corona, ever taken. (B)/
S5. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is BDAC.
The sentence thus formed is: The Centre on Friday told (B)/ the Supreme Court it (D)/ is not possible to give (A)/ another attempt to UPSC aspirants. (C)/
S6. Ans (d)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is CDAB.
The sentence thus formed is: The ozone hole covers an area roughly three times the size of Greenland, (C)/ scientists from the European Space Agency (ESA) said in a (D)/ statement, and could expose people living at far northern latitudes (A)/ to high levels of ultraviolet radiation if it grows much larger. (B)/
S7. Ans (e)
Sol. The sentence is correct as it is.
S8. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is CDBA.
The sentence thus formed is: Unlike chocolate chip cookies or tomato soup, the invention (C)/ of bread can’t be pinned down to a single person (D)/ or people and instead it evolved to its (B)/ present state over the course of millennia. (A)/
S9. Ans (b)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is BDCA.
The sentence thus formed is: Nikola Tesla, the Serbian-American (B)/ scientist, was a brilliant and eccentric (D)/ genius whose inventions enabled modern-day power and (C)/ communication systems. (A)/
S10. Ans (e)
Sol. The sentence is correct as it is.
S11. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is BCAD.
The sentence thus formed is: The Cold War was an (B)/ ideological conflict between the (C)/ capitalist United States and the communist (A)/ Soviet Union, and their respective allies. (D)/
S12. Ans (c)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is CDAB.
The sentence thus formed is: Using a modern and a Victorian-era collection of egg samples, researchers found (C)/ that several bird species in the Chicago area nest and lay eggs (D)/ almost a full month earlier now than they did a century ago, according to (A)/ a study published Friday in the Journal of Animal Ecology. (B)/
S13. Ans (d)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is DCAB.
The sentence thus formed is: A study published in the Journal of Nicotine and Tobacco Research (D)/ has flagged the severe economic burden of (C)/ second-hand smoke exposure in India and revealed that (A)/ second hand smoke causes Rs 567 billion in health care costs annually. (B)/
S14. Ans (c)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is BDCA.
The sentence thus formed is: The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of (B)/ Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission will scan the entire sky every six (D)/ months and create a map of the cosmos unlike any before, as opposed to the Hubble, (C)/ which has barely scanned 0.1 per cent of the sky in more than 30 years. (A)/
S15. Ans (a)
Sol. The correct order of arrangement to form a coherent sentence is CADB.
The sentence thus formed is: As Russian oligarchs face sanctions over their ties to (C)/ Russian President Vladimir Putin and in retaliation (A)/ for the invasion of Ukraine, the centibillionaires are now (D)/ looking for safe places to stow their superyachts. (B)/