PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

JUMBLED SENTENCES

PREPARATORY SET-75(OLD PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1-5): The passage has been divided into several sentences, denoted by (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F). Read the sentence and arrange them in a manner that the sentences make a meaningful paragraph.

(A)  However, this is bad news, especially for senior citizens dependant on income from fixed income instruments.

(B)  Continuing to deliver good news for borrowers, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced another repo rate cut by 25 basis points (bps).

(C)  Similarly, reverse repo rate has also been reduced to 5.50 percent from 5.75 percent.

(D)  Borrowers can hope for more rate cuts in the future as monetary policy stance has been changed from neutral to accommodative.

(E)  This is because interest rates on fixed deposits depend on several other factors such as liquidity in the economy and interest rates of post office saving schemes apart from RBI's repo rate.

(F)  This is the third time in a row that the central bank has cut key rates this calendar year

Question No : 1

Which sentence should be FIRST in the paragraph?

(1) D   

(2) A   

(3) B    

(4) C   

(5) F

Question No : 2

Which sentence should be FOURTH in the paragraph?

(1) C   

(2) A   

(3) F    

(4) D   

(5) E

Question No : 3

Which sentence should be THIRD in the paragraph?

(1) D   

(2) E    

(3) C   

(4) A   

(5) F

Question No : 4

Which sentence should be SECOND in the paragraph?

(1) B    

(2) E    

(3) A   

(4) F    

(5) C

Question No : 5

Which sentence should be FIFTH in the paragraph?

(1) F    

(2) D   

(3) A   

(4) C   

(5) E