Sentence Rearrangement Questions for Bank Exams

Sentence rearrangement questions for bank exams test a candidate’s logical thinking, comprehension, and linguistic skills. These questions involve a set of jumbled sentences or phrases that need to be arranged in a meaningful sequence to form a coherent paragraph. The sentences provided might be from different parts of a paragraph, and the candidate must identify the correct sequence that conveys the main idea accurately.

Sentence Rearrangement Questions for Bank Exams

To Solve Sentence rearrangement questions for bank exams effectively, it’s essential to identify the introductory sentence, understand the flow of ideas, and notice connectors or transitional words that link sentences together. Identifying the main subject, pronoun references, and chronological order in the sentences can also help arrange them logically. Practicing these questions improves both language comprehension and the ability to follow complex ideas, which are valuable skills for bank exams and other competitive tests.

Direction (1-5): In the following questions, each question is divided into five parts. Rearrange the following parts into a meaningful sentence and mark the option accordingly

1) The irreconcilable differences between Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu (A)/ have created much noise but what has emerged as a bigger (B)/ headache for the Congress central leadership is the defiance of (C)/ Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot against the (D)/ efforts to accommodate Sachin Pilot loyalists (E)

A.ABCED

B.BDCAE

C.CEADB

D.CDAEB

E.No arrangement required

2) A reflection on the weak central leadership (A)/ if issues aren’t resolved soon (B)/ While the turmoil in party-ruled states is doubtless (C)/ Rajasthan is certain to erupt again (D)/ and an effective crisis management system in the Congress (E)

A.DBAEC

B.CAEDB

C.CDEAB

D.ABDCE

E.No arrangement required

3) will receive at least two billion of such doses (A)/ Addressing the 15th edition of the India-US Bio Pharma & Healthcare Summit (B)/ Dr Bourla also said that Pfizer has made a specific plan that the mid (C)/ being organized by the US-India Chamber of Commerce (D)/ and low-income countries, which include India (E)

A.BDCAE

B.BCDAE

C.CEADB

D.BDCEA

E.No arrangement required

4) The border standoff between the Indian and Chinese militaries (A)/ erupted on May 5 last following a violent clash (B)/ in the Pangong lake areas and both sides (C)/ gradually enhanced their deployment by rushing in tens of thousands (D)/ of soldiers as well as heavy weaponry (E)

A.ABCED

B.BDCAD

C.ADCBE

D.CDEAB

E.No arrangement required

5) an appeal against the Home Secretary’s decision or the Westminster (A)/ The appeal was before a High Court judge for a decision on the papers submitted (B)/ Magistrates Court February ruling in favour of Nirav Modi’s extradition (C)/ for the appeal to determine if there are any grounds for (D)/ to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering (E)

A.BDACE

B.AECDB

C.DEABC

D.ABEDC

E.No arrangement required

Direction (6-10): The given sentences when properly sequenced forms a coherent paragraph. Each letter is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from among the five choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

6) P) against Hate member Khalid Saifi, arrested in connection with the northeast

Q)noting that they are not previous convicts nor gangsters

R)a Delhi court has dismissed a petition filed by authorities

S)Delhi riots last year, in fetters and handcuffs,

T)to produce former JNU student Umar Khalid and United

A.TQSPR

B.STQPR

C.PQRST

D.RTPSQ

E.No replacement is required.

7) P) ICU and ventilator beds between September last year

Q)an “inevitable” second wave of COVID­19

R)the Narendra Modi government’s decision to reduce oxygen

S)and January this year despite experts predicting

T)Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra questioned

A.STQRP

B.PRSQT

C.TRPSQ

D.QSTPR

E.No replacement is required.

8) P) Former President Donald Trump sharply attacked U.S.

Q)infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci over his

R)handling of the coronavirus pandemic, demanded reparations

S)from China and denounced an investigation

T)into his finances in a speech in North Carolina

A.STQRP

B.PRSQT

C.TRPSQ

D.QSTPR

E.No replacement is required.

9) P) in Canada of the remains of 215 Indigenous students

Q)Pope Francis expressed his pain over the discovery

R)pressed religious and political

S)authorities to shed light on this sad affair

T)of church run boarding schools and

A.RSTPQ

B.QPTRS

C.PQRST

D.RTQPS

E.No replacement is required.

10) P) a huge surge of protesters joining the sites

Q)is the case, and all protest sites are witnessing

R)the government should know that quite the opposite

S) An image of dwindling numbers at the protest sites

T)While the spin doctors of BJP continue to try to create

A.TSRQP

B.PRSQT

C.QPRST

D.STQPR

E. No replacement is required.

Directions (11-15): The sentences given below have been divided into five parts (A), (B), (C),(D) and (E) and the parts are in jumbled format. Read the sentences cautiously and find out the correct sequence of parts and check if there is any error in any part of the sentence. The error, if any, will be in any one part of the sentence. Mark that particular part as your answer.

11) While the corresponding figure for an equal quantity of diesel was 20 paisa (A)/ On Thursday, the price of 1 litre of petrol was reduced by 21 paisa (B)/ unchanged across the country on Friday, after blistering rates (C)/ for two straight days on March 24 and 25. (D)/ Oil marketing companies (OMCs) kept fuel prices (E)/

A.DACBE; A

B.ECDBA; C

C.DCBEA; B

D.EBDCA; C

E.EACDB; B

12) In Delhi, a litre of petrol and diesel costs ₹90.78 and ₹81.10 correspondingly.(A)/ petrol is at ₹97.19 per litre while for a litre of diesel one will have to shell out ₹88.20.(B)/ In Mumbai, where fuel rates are the highest among the four metros,(C)/ Hence, with rates kept unchanged on Friday, both petrol and diesel are retailing at price per litre from the day before.(D)/ In Chennai and Kolkata, 1 litre of petrol is at ₹92.77 and 90.98 respectively. (E)/

A.DACBE; A

B.ECDBA; C

C.DCBEA; B

D.EBDCA; C

E.EACDB; B

13) These contribute up to 60% of the retailing price for petrol and over 54% in case of diesel. (A)/ Before Wednesday, fuel prices were last improved on February 27. (B)/making it the first time in more than three weeks, 25 days that rates were revised.(C)/ Earlier, on March 24, petrol and diesel were reduced by 18 paisa and 17 paisa per litre respectively,(D)/ Petrol and diesel prices vary from state to state due to taxes levied/ by both the central and respective state governments. (E)/

A.DACBE; A

B.ECDBA; C

C.DCBEA; B

D.EBDCA; C

E.EACDB; B

14) On the basis of international crude oil prices.(A)/ Earlier, rates were revised every fortnight.(B)/ and Hindustan Petroleum decides fuel prices in India(C)/ OMCs like Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) (D)/ The practice of daily revision of fuel prices began in June 2017.(E)/

A.DACBE; A

B.ECDBA; C

C.DCBEA; B

D.EBDCA; C

E.EACDB; B

15) And the fall came due to the increase in coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infections (A)/ around $62 per barrel which was over by more than $7.50 per barrel. (B)/and slow progress of inoculation in many countries in Europe, (C)/ according to news agency Reuters. Brent prices traded (D)/ in the international markets, oil futures prices tumbled (E)/

A.DACBE; A

B.ECDBA; C

C.DCBEA; B

D.EBDCA; C

E.EACDB; B

Directions (16-20): In the sentences given below, sentences are jumbled and one of them is odd one out. Identify the correct sequence of the sentences and eliminate the odd one out.

16) a) And of India losing its tag of being the

b) The prime minister began his first day at work

c) World’s fastest growing large economy.

d) With government estimates of a decelerating economy

e) SBI bank stepped in to revive the economy.

A.DBEC

B.DBCA

C.BDAC

D.DAEB

E.ECAB

17) a) Need an additional element to address the challenges

b) Produced by mounting complexity and rapid change.

c) Leadership capability in the market

d) Form an organization’s operating system

e) The existing structures and processes that together

A.ACBE

B.EDAB

C.CDBE

D.ACDB

E.ECAB

18) a) Identifying the relevant parties, grouping them into fronts according to

b) Applying the system codes to the artificial intelligence.

c) Approach early on and which to engage only after you’ve made progress elsewhere.

d) Designing and executing a negotiation campaign involves

e) Shared interests, determining whether to combine fronts, and deciding which fronts to

A.BACD

B.DBEC

C.DAEC.

D.CBED

E.DCAB

19) a) Grew just 3.7 per cent in the quarter ended December 2018,

b) The index of industrial production,

c) A measure of industrial activity,

d) Industry’s progress failed to impress the government

e) The lowest in five quarters.

A.BCAE

B.DACB

C.DECA

D.DACE

E.DBAC

20) a) As well as anarchist elements who want

b) To defeat the efforts of the Opposition

c) To divide society by inciting caste passions”

d) “Our biggest challenge is

e) The congress is trying hard

A.EBAD

B.DACB

C.DECA

D.DACE

E.DBAC

Answers :

1) Answer: E

2) Answer: B

3) Answer: D

4) Answer: E

5) Answer: A

6) Answer: D

7) Answer: C

8) Answer: E

9) Answer: B

10) Answer: A

11) Answer: B

12) Answer: A

13) Answer: C

14) Answer: D

15) Answer: E

16) Answer: C

17) Answer: B

18) Answer: C

19) Answer: A

20) Answer: E

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