PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

JUMBLED SENTENCES

PREPARATORY SET-46 (NEW PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1-5): In the questions given below a sentence has been broken down into four fragments labeled (A), (B), (C) and (D) are arranged and not necessarily in the same order. You have to find the correct order of the arrangement from the options given below. In case, the sentence is correct in its original form, select (5) as your answer.

Question No : 1

It was quite without being conscious of the shifting sands (A)/under our collective feet that I began changing some things in my kitchen: (B)/ fewer complicated recipes or luxuries (C)/like chapatis and starters that could double up as main courses (D)

(1) DCBA                                      

(2) CBAD                                         

(3) ABDC       

(4) BDAC                   

(5) No arrangement required

Question No : 2

_____ is the focus of this column, let me tell you that it serves as (A)/since the humble pav _ its Portuguese roots reflect (B)/ the main source of sustenance along the road from Mumbai to Matheran (C)/ the syncretic heritage that many or us now try to ignore (D)

(1) DCBA                                      

(2) CBAD                                         

(3) ABDC       

(4) BDAC                   

(5) No arrangement required

Question No : 3

and have no knowledge about the other person’s background, (A)/ - where most people are strangers to one another in real life (B)/ in an email list - or any form of social media (C)/ beliefs values, it is easy to misunderstand tone and content (D)

(1) DCBA                                      

(2) CBAD                                         

(3) ABDC       

(4) BDAC                   

(5) No arrangement required

Question No : 4

columnist and podcaster Amit Varma has, (A)/over the years, developed a keen sense of the factors (B)/ which has developed its own vocabulary and verbal shorthand _ snark (C)/ that derail online conversations, and one of these is sarcasm or its digital avatar, (D)

(1) DCBA                                      

(2) CBAD                                         

(3) ABDC       

(4) BDAC                   

(5) No arrangement required

Question No : 5

more younger artists are interested in its vocabulary (A)/ in the late 1990s and early 2000s but over the last few years, (B)/ started exploring video art (C)/the early practitioners like Nalini Malani and Ranbir Kaleka (D)

(1) DCBA                                      

(2) CBAD                                         

(3) ABDC       

(4) BDAC                   

(5) No arrangement required