PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

JUMBLED SENTENCES

PREPARATORY SET-37 (OLD PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1-5): Rearrange the following five sentences, (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E) in a proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions that follow.

(A)  So, she made fire on her hearth and lighted it with a handful of straw so that it would burn quickly.

(B)  Looking at it, a piece of coal and a straw too jumped out and lay quietly till the old woman was done and had left.

(C)  In a village, there lived a poor old woman, who had gathered together a plate full of beans and wanted to cook them.

(D)  Later, both the straw and the coal thanked the bean for saving their lives by giving them the idea of jumping out of the fire and the three became friends for life.

(E)  One bean jumped out of the pan without the old woman seeing it and lay quietly on the ground.

Question No : 1

Which of the following would be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement?

(1) B    

(2) E    

(3) C   

(4) A   

(5) D

Question No : 2

Which of the following would be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement?

(1) E    

(2) D   

(3) B    

(4) A   

(5) C

Question No : 3

Which of the following would be the FOURTH sentence after rearrangement?

(1) D   

(2) E    

(3) A   

(4) B    

(5) C

Question No : 4

Which of the following would be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement?

(1) B   

(2) C   

(3) D   

(4) E    

(5) A

Question No : 5

Which of the following would be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement?

(1) A   

(2) C   

(3) B    

(4) E    

(5) D