Practice Test:Para Jumbles

The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

1.

A. In the west, Allied Forces had fought their way through southern Italy as far as Rome.
B. In June 1944 Germany’s military position in World War Two appeared hopeless.
C. In Britain, the task of amassing the men and materials for the liberation of northern Europe had been completed.
D. The Red Army was poised to drive the Nazis back through Poland.
E. The situation on the eastern front was catastrophic.
a. EDACB
b. BEDAC
c. BDECA
d. CEDAB
e. ABCDE

2.
A. He felt justified in bypassing Congress altogether on a variety of moves.
B. At times he was fighting the entire Congress.
C. Bush felt he had a mission to restore power to the presidency.
D. Bush was not fighting just the democrats.
E. Representative democracy is a messy business, and a CEO of the White House does not like a legislature of second guessers and time wasters.
a. CAEDB
b. DBAEC
c. CEADB
d. ECDBA
e. ABCDE

3.
A. The two neighbours never fought each other.
B. Fights involving three male fiddler crabs have been recorded, but the status of the participants was unknown.
C. They pushed or grappled only with the intruder.
D. We recorded 17 cases in which a resident that was fighting an intruder was joined by an immediate neighbour, an ally.
E. We therefore tracked 268 intruder males until we saw them fighting a resident male.
a. BEDAC
b. DEBAC
c. BDCAE
d. BCEDA
e. ABCDE

4.

A.   But in the industrial era destroying the enemy’s productive capacity means bombing the factories which are located in the cities.
B.   So in the agrarian era, if you need to destroy the enemy’s productive capacity, what you want to do is bum his fields, or if you’re really vicious, salt them.
C.   Now in the information era, destroying the enemy’s productive capacity means destroying the information infrastructure.
D.   How do you do battle with your enemy?
E.   The idea is to destroy the enemy’s productive capacity, and depending upon the economic foundation, that productive capacity is different in each case.

F.    With regard to defence, the purpose of the military is to defend the nation and be prepared to do battle with its enemy.

a. FDEBAC
b. DEBACF
c. DFEBAC
d. BCEDAF
e. FCABED

5.

A.   Although there are large regional variations, it is not infrequent to find a large number of people sitting here and there and doing nothing.
B.   Once in office, they receive friends and relatives who feel free to call any time without prior appointment.
C.   While working, one is struck by the slow and clumsy actions and reactions, indifferent attitudes, procedure rather than outcome orientation, and the lack of consideration for others.
D.   Even those who are employed often come late to the office and leave early unless they are forced to be punctual.
E.   Work is not intrinsically valued in India.
F.    Quite often people visit ailing friends and relatives or go out of their way to help them in their personal matters even during office hours.

a. ECADBF
b. EADCFB
c. ABFCBE
d. EADBFC
e. FCABED