Understanding the tone and content of paragraphs is crucial for unraveling their meaning. Recognizing cues like typical opening lines or words can help piece together the sequence of sentences. The coherence between paragraphs relies on grasping how they flow from one to the next. Reorganizing paragraphs requires a careful examination of their connections.
Important Elements
Example 1: Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
a. That truth is the first casualty in a war is an old story.
b. The media age however has given it a new twist.
c. The US led war on terrorism even as it has created new dilemmas for allies used to nurture militant outfit for waging wars also produce new opportunity for cover ups double speaks and double cross.
d. And the television camera age can make them more ore entertaining.
e. The media age however has given it a new twist.
Options:
(a) Deacb
(b) Adecb
(c) Aebdc
(d) Cdeab
Ans: (c)
That truth is the first casualty in a war is an old story. The media age however has given it a new twist. The media age however has given it a new twist. And the television camera age can make them more ore entertaining. The US led war on terrorism even as it has created new dilemmas for allies used to nurture militant outfit for waging wars also produce new opportunity for cover ups double speaks and double cross.
Example 2: Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
a. Like a driver changing tire in the middle of the highway they hope an oncoming vehicle will not hit them before their work is done.
b. Some business executives have adapted a veil and see attitude.
c. Others are too busy bailing themselves out of trouble caused by the changes that have taken place around them to have any time to reflect on the future.
d. Like deer caught in the headlight of an oncoming truck, they risk being turn over.
e. Discussion with several executives in both situation shows that they recognize the danger is not applying them to understanding the shape of future.
Options:
(a) Deacb
(b) Eadcb
(c) Beacd
(d) Bdcae
Ans: (d)
Some business executives have adapted a veil and see attitude. Like deer caught in the headlight of an oncoming truck, they risk being turn over. Others are too busy bailing themselves out of trouble caused by the changes that have taken place around them to have any time to reflect on the future. Like a driver changing tire in the middle of the highway they hope an oncoming vehicle will not hit them before their work is done. Discussion with several executives in both situation shows that they recognize the danger is not applying them to understanding the shape of future.
Example 3: Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
a. We have paid a terrible price for our education such as it.
b. Wonder is marvelous but is also cruel, cruel, cruel.
c. We have educated ourselves into world from which wonder has been banished.
d. Of course wonder is costly because it is antithesis of the anxiously worshipped security.
e. The magician world view in so far as it exists, has taken flight into science.
Options:
(a) Dbace
(b) Cadeb
(c) Bacde
(d) Aedcb
Ans: (a)
Of course wonder is costly because it is antithesis of the anxiously worshipped security. Wonder is marvelous but is also cruel, cruel, cruel. We have paid a terrible price for our education such as it. We have educated ourselves into world from which wonder has been banished. The magician world view in so far as it exists, has taken flight into science.
Example 4: Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
a. In 1999two third of the debt rated triple B by standard and poor was precede within 20 basis point of the average bond with same ratings.
b. It seems a bond rating tells you even less about the price that investors are willing to pay.
c. Lately the credit rating agencies have struggled to keep up.
d. Their meticulous reports giving ratings for corporate bond are designed to give accurate picture of bonds riskiness and ultimate the probability of top management.
e. The credit rating agencies use legions of high trained analyst with access to top management.
Options:
(a) Deacb
(b) Bcdea
(c) Edcba
(d) Adecb
Ans: (c)
The credit rating agencies use legions of high trained analyst with access to top management. Their meticulous reports giving ratings for corporate bond are designed to give accurate picture of bonds riskiness and ultimate the probability of top management. Lately the credit rating agencies have struggled to keep up. It seems a bond rating tells you even less about the price that investors are willing to pay. In 1999two third of the debt rated triple B by standard and poor was precede within 20 basis point of the average bond with same ratings.
Example 5: Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
a. it involves seeing and realizing a vision of future market, products and other opportunities.
b. Entrepreneurial knowledge is essentially intuitive.
c. To deal with uncertainty and ignorance economists have recognized the entrepreneur as possessing this non rational from of knowledge.
d. Like some ancient priest king the entrepreneur knows the future and leads the way.
e. Ignorance is opposite of knowledge i.e. want of knowledge.
Options:
(a) Aedcb
(b) Baecd
(c) Dcbea
(d) Cebad
Ans: (b)
Entrepreneurial knowledge is essentially intuitive. it involves seeing and realizing a vision of future market, products and other opportunities. Ignorance is opposite of knowledge i.e. want of knowledge. To deal with uncertainty and ignorance economists have recognized the entrepreneur as possessing this non rational from of knowledge. Like some ancient priest king the entrepreneur knows the future and leads the way.
Example 6: Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
a. People started fearing a famine.
b. The monsoon failed and water tanks became almost empty
c. Monsoon turned out to be unusually abundant and the danger was averted.
d. So no grain could be sown by the farmers in their fields.
e. Farmers look anxiously for the next monsoon.
Options:
(a) Bdaec
(b) Edacb
(c) Cdeab
(d) Dbcea
Ans: (a)
The monsoon failed and water tanks became almost empty. So no grain could be sown by the farmers in their fields. People started fearing a famine. Farmers look anxiously for the next monsoon. Monsoon turned out to be unusually abundant and the danger was averted.
Example 7: Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
a. As a result Indian people have been left subjected to high cost of living and inflation.
b. Economists all over the world have expressed anxiety in this regard.
c. But one of the primary reasons for such a situation has been Indian Government’s inability to take tough decisions.
d. Indian economy has not shown desirable growth in recent years.
e. Grim global economics scenario has also contributed to this problem and it seems a quick fix solution is yet far away.
Options:
(a) Edcba
(b) Bcade
(c) Acbed
(d) Debca
Ans: (d)
Indian economy has not shown desirable growth in recent years. Grim global economics scenario has also contributed to this problem and it seems a quick fix solution is yet far away. Economists all over the world have expressed anxiety in this regard. But one of the primary reasons for such a situation has been Indian Government’s inability to take tough decisions. As a result Indian people have been left subjected to high cost of living and inflation.
Example 8: Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph
a. As the situation escalated with rapes, murders, burning of property looting and displacement of thousands of people throughout the country the international community were urged.
b. Many countries responded providing essential humanitarian assistance and logistical support.
c. The post election crisis in Kenya remains unsolved.
d. The damage being done to the country’s economy is severe tourism, horticulture and other industries that depend on the trade beyond the Kenyan border are reeling.
e. Thousands of livelihoods along with investments throughout the region are threatened and collapsing.
Options:
(a) Deacb
(b) Beadc
(c) Cdeab
(d) Aedcb
Ans: (c)
The post election crisis in Kenya remains unsolved. The damage being done to the country’s economy is severe tourism, horticulture and other industries that depend on the trade beyond the Kenyan border are reeling. Thousands of livelihoods along with investments throughout the region are threatened and collapsing. As the situation escalated with rapes, murders, burning of property looting and displacement of thousands of people throughout the country the international community were urged. Many countries responded providing essential humanitarian assistance and logistical support.
Example 9: Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph
a. There new publication on this subject is attempted to lend teachers a helping hand.
b. Environment education unit of centre for science and environment has always been working towards providing easy to understand reading material.
c. And natural resources how to share and care.
d. It unfolds in two sections- climate change : how to make sense of it all
e. However they are introduced to students not as a paragraph to memorize but as an activity to do.
Options:
(a) Badce
(b) Deacb
(c) Acbde
(d) Cbead
Ans: (a)
Environment education unit of centre for science and environment has always been working towards providing easy to understand reading material. There new publication on this subject is attempted to lend teachers a helping hand. It unfolds in two sections- climate change: how to make sense of it all. And natural resources how to share and care. However they are introduced to students not as a paragraph to memorize but as an activity to do.
Example 10: Arrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph
a. The pudding seems to have two principal forums.
b. There were mainly bulwarks against winters, the hoarded dregs of more plentiful seasons.
c. Subsequently people baked into a kind of pie, adding bread crumbs for bulk, eggs to bind it and upping the dried fruits and called it plum pudding.
d. The first were the earliest mince pies, which saw cooked, shredded meat, dried fruits, alcohol with its preservative qualities and perhaps few spices or herbs, all encased in lager pies.
e. The second main pudding was porridge or soup called frumenty, a fast dish, cracked meat, currants and almonds which laded out at start of a meal.
Options:
(a) Abcde
(b) Adbec
(c) Cedab
(d) Adecb
Ans: (b)
the pudding seems to have two principal forums. The first were the earliest mince pies, which saw cooked, shredded meat, dried fruits, alcohol with its preservative qualities and perhaps few spices or herbs, all encased in lager pies. There were mainly bulwarks against winters, the hoarded dregs of more plentiful seasons. The second main pudding was porridge or soup called frumenty, a fast dish, cracked meat, currants and almonds which laded out at start of a meal. Subsequently people baked into a kind of pie, adding bread crumbs for bulk, eggs to bind it and upping the dried fruits and called it plum pudding.
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