Rearrangement of Sentences | SSC CGL Tier 2 - Study Material, Online Tests, Previous Year PDF Download

Introduction 

Rearrangement of sentences implies the arrangement of jumbled sentences in a systematic and meaningful way. In this type of question, generally six jumbled sentences are given. The first and the sixth sentences remain in their places.

• Rearrangement of sentences or Para jumbles have some sentences either numbered (1,2,3 and so on) or lettered (a, b, c and so on) given in a jumbled form. The sentences are followed by choices of possible combinations of arrangements of these sentences. You have to choose the most logical order of arrangement of these sentences to form a meaningful, coherent paragraph.

Important steps  while solving a question of rearrangement:

1. You need to understand the idea behind the paragraph. If you can understand the idea/theme of the paragraph it is easy to put the sentences in order then.

2. You should look out for the starting or the concluding sentences in the question.

3. You need to know the relationships between different sentences to put them in the right sequence.

4. Transition words and contrasting words also help in finding clean relationships between sentences of the sentence rearrangement.

5. The whole paragraph should have a coherent idea and flow when arranged in the correct order.

Types of Sentence Rearrangement Questions

There are basically 4 formats in which the parajumble questions can be asked in the various competitive exams:

• The Basic Format: This is the format where all the statements are given in a jumbled form and candidates need to arrange all the statements logically.
• Static First Statement: In the second type of format for parajumbles, the first statement is given as static and candidates have to arrange the other statements logically, such that the first statement remains constant.
• Static Last Statement: Just like a static first statement, the last statement given can also be static and candidates need to arrange the other sentences to make the paragraph logical, with the last sentence constant.
• Static First and Last Statement: The first and last statement can be static and candidates are required to arrange the leftover sentences between these two statements to make it logically correct.

Example 1:

Sentence Reordering 

(a) killed/they are/beaten/chained/and/mercilessly/trained.

(b) their/heed/but/hears/and/pays/nobody/to/cries.

(c) friends/auxiliaries/animals/necessary/are our/and/survival/for our

(d) animal/matters/our vision/a world/should be/where/welfare

Answer:

(a) They are beaten, chained, trained and killed mercilessly.

(b) But nobody hears and pays heed to their cries.

(c) Animals are our friends, auxiliaries and necessary for our survival.

(d) Our vision should be a world where animal welfare matters.

Example 2: Given below are jumbled statements, arrange the following in logical form:

(a) Rani fills the form to the dance show

(b) A talent hunt show is looking for Classical dancers like Rani

(c) Rani is called for auditions

(d) Rani is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer

(e) Rani gets selected

The Correct Arrangement:

(d) Rani is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer

(b) A talent hunt show is looking for Classical dancers like Rani

(a) Rani fills the form to the dance show

(c) Rani is called for auditions

(e) Rani gets selected

From the above arrangement, the questions which may be asked are as follows:

• What is the correct order of the statements when arranged logically?
  Answer: dbace 
• Which statement is the 3rd statement from the beginning?
  Answer: Rani fills the form to the dance show.
  
  Question for Rearrangement of Sentences

  Try yourself:Arrange the sentences n corrrect form.

  1: A mere fifteen hundred years ago, English was a
  fledging language spoken by a few thousand
  people in Great Britain.
  P : As a result of this remarkable flexibility, English
  is today’s international language.
  Q : The English language can be divided into three
  main periods—Old English, Middle English and
  Modern English.
  R : English has achieved its global status because of
  an unusual and amazing ability to respond and
  change according to the needs of its users.
  S : Today English is a thriving, vigorous language
  spoken by nearly one-fourth of the population of
  the world.
  6 : The separations reflect the impact of various
  cultural and historical events on the growth and
  development of English.

  • A.

    SRPQ
  • B.

    PQRS
  • C.

    SRQP
  • D.

    SQPR

  Explanation

  The correct answer is option A.

  1: A mere fifteen hundred years ago, English was a
  fledging language spoken by a few thousand
  people in Great Britain.
  S : Today English is a thriving, vigorous language
  spoken by nearly one-fourth of the population of
  the world.

  R : English has achieved its global status because of
  an unusual and amazing ability to respond and
  change according to the needs of its users.

  P : As a result of this remarkable flexibility, English
  is today’s international language.
  Q : The English language can be divided into three
  main periods—Old English, Middle English and
  Modern English.
  
  6 : The separations reflect the impact of various
  cultural and historical events on the growth and
  development of English.

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