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Directions (Q.81- 90): In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence ofthe four sentences and indicate your answer accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S1 : If you want to film a scene in slow motion you . run the camera twice as fast as usual, which sounds ridiculous out but isn't.
S6 : On the screen, everything appears at half the Speed at which the camera recorded it when it was filmed.
P :If you are filming in slow motion, however, the camera runs at twice the normal speed, yet in spite of this, the projector which shows the film will be run at the normal speed, and this means that the projector will show the film at half the speed at which it was photographed. .
Q :This is because the camera which took the pictures and the projector which shows them run at the same speed.
R :When a film camera is running at normal speed, it takes twenty-four pictures a second.
S : When the film is run through the film projector in the camera twenty-four pictures ,a second appear on the screen.
The proper sequence should be:

A) PSRQ
B) PSQR
C) SRQP
D) RSQP

Correct Answer:




D) RSQP

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S6 :A few other creatures also yield oil.
P :It produces a great quantity of oil which can be made into food for human consumption.
Q :These enormous creatures of the sea are there largest remaining animals in the world.
R :When the whale is killed, the blubber is? stripped off and boiled down.
S :To protect the whales from the cold of the Arctic seas, nature has provided it with a thick covering of fat called blubber.
The proper sequence should be:

A). PSRQ

B). QSRP

C). PRQS

D). RPQS

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S6 :But the question is, have we forgotten his legacy in modern India?
P :It searches our collective psyche like an unrelenting laser beam. _
Q : Most importantly, the play questions whether religion and politics can fuse together in modern India.
R :Gandhiji had both the spiritual and political dimensions that we so lack today.
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A). SRPQ

B). RSPQ

C). SPQR

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3). S1 : We who live in the present day world are proud to call ourselves civilized.
S6 : In fact science has added to our worries.
P : But let us search our hearts and ask ourselves 'Has science solved our problem?'
Q :Is it because we live and dress better than our forefathers? '
R :Frankly speaking, the answer is 'No'.
S :Of course, we have the advantages of the inventions of science which our ancestors had, never known.
The proper sequence should be:

A). PQRS

B). QSPR .

C). PRSQ

D). SPRQ

4). The educational system which caused fear in the pupil's mind was based on:

A). rewards

B). labour

C). punishment

D). competition

5). The system based on rewards satisfied all except:

A). the slow pupil

B). the very intelligent pupil

C). the laborious pupil

D). the casual pupil

6). The system which appealed to the competitive spirit in the pupils was largely based on:

A). punishment

B). marks

C). chastisement

D). cash prizes

7). The snake has an advantage over men inside a jungle, because there:

A). it can crawl faster ,

B). it gets advance warning

C). man's movement is obstructed (

D). it is dark inside a jungle

8). What helps the snakes to receive advance warning is their sensitivity to:

A). obstacles in the path

B). smell of other beings

C). sounds made by other beings

D). movements of other beings.

9). Which one of the following alternatives brings out the meaning of 'to have a bearing upon' clearly?

A). to have an effect on

B). to carry the weight on oneself

C). to put up with

D). to decrease friction

10). Which one of the following statements is correct?

A). There is a close relationship between ambition and activity

B). Ambition and activity belong to two different areas

C). Ambition is useless

D). Activity is responsible for ambition