TOPIC: Phrase rearrangement
Direction (1-20): In each of the following questions, a
sentence is jumbled and divided into four parts. Select the most appropriate
sequence of the sentence that make it contextually meaningful and grammatically
correct. If there is no rearrangement required, mark your answer as “No
rearrangement required”.
Q1. faster than revenues from domestic (A)/ GST revenues from
imports of (B)/ goods have been persistently rising (C)/ transactions that
include services imports (D)
(a) CBAD
(b) ADBC
(c) BCAD
(d) DCAB
(e) No rearrangement required
Q2. its rose-tinted assessment of the (A)/ is reflected in
billowing factory chimneys (B)/economy so that the ‘on-paper’ optimism (C)/ the
Government must reboot (D)
(a) DACB
(b) ADCB
(c) ACBD
(d) BADC
(e) No rearrangement required
Q3. securities act as (A)/a barometer of market sentiment (B)/and
the RBI’s policymaking (C)/ bond yields on government (D)
(a) DCAB
(b) ABDC
(c) CBAD
(d) DABC
(e) No rearrangement required
Q4. an appropriate benchmark
(A)/ alpha refers to (B)/the excess returns that (C)/a portfolio generates over
(D)
(a)CDBA
(b)BCDA
(c)ACDB
(d)ADCB
(e) No Rearrangement required
Q5. assessed as dangerous as
terrorism (A)/ in a short time frame have come to be (B)/ cyber-attacks may be
(C)/ a relatively new phenomenon, but (D)
(a)BCDA
(b) CDBA
(c) ADCB
(d) ACDB
(e) No rearrangement required
Q6. on-arrival testing for passengers (A)/ identified as
“at-risk” has been removed (B)/ the requirement of compulsory (C)/ from certain
countries (D)
(a)CADB
(b)BCDA
(c)ADCB
(d)CABD
(e) No rearrangement required
Q7. the ‘Charak Shapath’ is a pledge (A)/ texts of ancient
Indian medicine(B)/one of the two foundational Sanskrit (C)/ mentioned in the
Charaka Samhita, (D)
(a)ABDC
(b)ACBD
(c)ACDB
(d)ADCB
(e) No rearrangement required
Q8. by a large burst of (A)/ a geomagnetic storm triggered (B)/disabled
at least 40 of the 49 satellites (C) /radiation from
the Sun has (D)
(a)ADCB
(b)BACD
(c)BADC
(d)BCAD
(e) No rearrangement required
Q9. of the operational burden
of ISRO (A)/ the GOI wants ISRO to work (B)/ non-governmental private entities
take care (C)/ on research projects and let (D)
(a)BCDA
(b)BDAC
(c)BDCA
(d)CABD
(e) No rearrangement required
Q10. concerns and the living (A)/ had disregarded
environmental (B)/ the nexus of greed (C)/ standards and practices of Goans (D)
(a)CADB
(b) CBAD
(c) CBDA
(d)CDBA
(e) No rearrangement required
Q11. profit-sharing market structures (A)/ return to active
cultivation (B)/ and be adapted with the help of (C)/ the mining corridor could
(D)
(a)DABC
(b)DACB
(c)DBAC
(d)DBCA
(e) No rearrangement required
Q12. frame or a perspective to understand (A)/the writings of
modern Indian thinkers (B)/ a norm but also provides a (C)/ internal criticism
is not only (D)
(a)DCAB
(b)DCBA
(c) CADB
(d)BADC
(e) No rearrangement required
Q13. those who work in public (A)/ and their expected work in
return (B)/institutions often do not (C)/see the relationship between their
remuneration (D)
(a)BACD
(b) ACDB
(c)CDAB
(d)DBCA
(e)No rearrangement required
Q14. impaired by many factors, such (A)/ digital access might
be (B)/ basic reason is sheer lack of a device (C)/as lack of connectivity; but
the most (D)
(a)DCBA
(b) BADC
(c) ACDB
(d) CBDA
(e) No rearrangement required
Q15. the fear that millions of impoverished (A)/a UNICEF study
had expressed (B)/ worldwide during the school-closure (C)/children would drop
out of school (D)
(a)DACB
(b)ADCB
(c)BADC
(d)CBDA
(e) No rearrangement required
Q16. assume that the executive is always (A)/right, or that it
naturally has the nation’s (B)/best interests as its top priority at all times
(C)/ modern democracies do not (D)
(a)DABC
(b)DACB
(c)DBAC
(d)DBCA
(e) No rearrangement required
Q17. kind of lives many of us have (A)/ become accustomed to
living (B)/ a direct challenge to the (C)/ the cost-of-living crisis is (D)
(a)DCAB
(b)DCBA
(c) CADB
(d)BADC
(e) No rearrangement required
Q18. susceptible to instabilities that can (A)/halt the
reactions in milliseconds (B)/ the fuel itself is a swirling (C)/mass of
charged particles that is (D)
(a)BACD
(b)ACDB
(c)CDAB
(d)DBCA
(e)No rearrangement required
Q19. to the adoption of electricity (A)/ could produce a
breakthrough (B)/ the fusion energy industry (C)/ in human history akin (D)
(a)DCBA
(b) BADC
(c) ACDB
(d) CBDA
(e) No rearrangement required
Q20. for poorer people, or
those who (A)/ life often lie tantalisingly out of reach (B)/ constantly advertised
pleasures of consumer (C)/ are just financially stretched, the (D)
(a)DACB
(b)ADCB
(c)BADC
(d)CBDA
(e) No rearrangement required
SOLUTION:
S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence is BCAD. The sentence will be,
GST revenues from imports of goods have been
persistently rising faster than revenues from domestic transactions that
include services imports.
Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S2. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct sequence is DACB. The sentence will be,
The Government must reboot its rose-tinted
assessment of the economy so that the ‘on-paper’ optimism is reflected in
billowing factory chimneys.
Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S3. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct sequence is DABC. The sentence will be,
Bond yields on government securities act as a
barometer of market sentiment and the RBI’s policymaking.
Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S4. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence is BCDA. The sentence will be,
Alpha refers to the excess returns that a
portfolio generates over an appropriate benchmark.
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence is CDBA. The sentence will be,
Cyber-attacks may be a relatively new phenomenon,
but in a short time frame have come to be assessed as dangerous as terrorism.
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S6. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct sequence is CADB. The sentence will be,
The requirement of compulsory on-arrival testing
for passengers from certain countries identified as “at-risk” has been removed.
Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S7. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct sequence is ADCB. The sentence will be,
The ‘Charak Shapath’ is a pledge mentioned in the
Charaka Samhita, one of the two foundational Sanskrit texts of ancient Indian
medicine.
Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S8. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence is BADC. The sentence will be,
A geomagnetic storm triggered by a large burst of
radiation from the Sun has disabled at least 40 of the 49 satellites.
Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S9. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence is BDCA. The sentence will be,
The GOI wants ISRO to work on research projects
and let non-governmental private entities take care of the operational burden
of ISRO.
Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S10. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence is CBAD. The sentence will be,
The nexus of greed had disregarded environmental
concerns and the living standards and practices of Goans.
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S11. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct sequence is DBCA. The sentence will be,
The mining corridor could return to active
cultivation and be adapted with the help of profit-sharing market structures.
Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S12. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct sequence is DCAB. The sentence will be,
Internal criticism is not only a norm but also
provides a frame or a perspective to understand the writings of modern Indian
thinkers.
Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S13. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence is ACDB. The sentence will be,
Those who work in public institutions often do not
see the relationship between their remuneration and their expected work in
return.
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S14. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence is BADC. The sentence will be,
Digital access might be impaired by many factors,
such as lack of connectivity; but the most basic reason is sheer lack of a
device.
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
S15. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence is BADC. The sentence will be,
A UNICEF study had expressed the fear that
millions of impoverished children would drop out of school worldwide during the
school-closure.
Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S16. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct sequence is DABC. The sentence will be,
Modern democracies do not assume that the
executive is always right, or that it naturally has the nation’s best interests
as its top priority at all times.
Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S17. Ans. (a)
Sol. The correct sequence is DCAB. The sentence will be,
The cost-of-living crisis is a direct challenge to
the kind of lives many of us have become accustomed to living.
Hence, option (a) is the right answer choice.
S18. Ans. (c)
Sol. The correct sequence is CDAB. The sentence will be,
The fuel itself is a swirling mass of charged
particles that is susceptible to instabilities that can halt the reactions in
milliseconds.
Hence, option (c) is the right answer choice.
S19. Ans. (d)
Sol. The correct sequence is CBDA. The sentence will be,
The fusion energy industry could produce a
breakthrough in human history akin to the adoption of electricity.
Hence, option (d) is the right answer choice.
S20. Ans. (b)
Sol. The correct sequence is ADCB. The sentence will be,
For poorer people, or those who are just
financially stretched, the constantly advertised pleasures of consumer life
often lie tantalisingly out of reach.
Hence, option (b) is the right answer choice.
