English Language Test - 4

Each question consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequences of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.

S1: Though most of us talk of disci­pline, what do we mean by that word?

P: The teacher would understand each child and help him in the way required.

Q: But if you have five or six in a class, and an intelligent understand­ing teacher with a warm heart, I am sure there would be no need for discipline.

R When you have a hundred boys in a class, you will have to have disci­pline; otherwise there will be com­plete chaos.

S: Discipline in schools becomes necessary when there is one teacher to a hundred boys and girls.

S6: And most of us are interested in mass movements, large schools with a great many boys and girls; we are not interested in creative intelligence, therefore we put up huge schools with enormous attend­ances.

Each question consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequences of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.

S1: Truth is far more important than the teacher.

P: Without self-knowledge, the air­ plane becomes the most destructive instrument in life; but with self­knowledge, it is a means of human help.

Q: Wisdom begins with self-know­ledge; and without self-knowledge, mere information leads to destruc­tion.

R: In other words, you have to be the perfect teacher to create a new society; and to bring the perfect teacher into being, you have to understand yourself.

S: Therefore you, who are the seeker of truth, have to be both the pupil and the teacher.

S6: So a teacher must obviously be one who is not within the clutches of society, who does not play power politics or seeks position or authority.

Each question consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequences of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.

S1: The giant wall of the Dhauladhar range in Himachal Pradesh is one of the most stunning sights in the Himalayas.

P: As the life line of the region it acts as a watershed ridge between Chamba's Ravi river system and Kangra's Beas river system.

Q: Although of modest altitude com­pared to other Himalayan ranges - the highest Dhauladhar peak is less than 5,000 m.

R: Thus, the Dhauladhar could be stated as the life line of the region.

S: Despite of that, the range sweeps up an astounding 12,000 ft. from the valley floor, creating a barrier wall in that is striking to look at.

S6: Looming over the hill stations of Dharmsala and McLeodganj, the Dhauladhar is a popular trekking destination.

Each question consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequences of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.

S1: It is doubtful if mankind, through­out his long history, has ever lived at all 'sustainably'.

P: But in general mankind has regarded the environment as an endless 'resource' to be exploited and plundered.

Q: Maybe a few isolated tribal groups finding the necessary balance with nature lived without the desire for endless 'more'.

R: Now we have reached a point where we are on the verge of destroying ourselves and most of the life on earth.

S: This process has accelerated greatly since the industrial revolution.

S6: The concept of 'sustainable' is so far from reality that it is almost laughable.

Each question consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequences of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.

S1: We cannot understand the power of rumours and prophecies in history by checking whether they are factu­ally correct or not.

P: The rumours in 1857 began to make sense when seen in the context of the policies the British pursued from the late 1820s.

Q: Rumours circulate only when they  resonate with the deeper fears and suspicions of people.

R: Under the leadership of Governor General Lord William Bentinck, the British adopted policies aimed at "reforming" Indian society by intro­ducing Western education, Western ideas and Western Institutions.

S: We need to see what they reflect about the minds of people who believed them - their fears and apprehensions, their faiths and convictions.

S6: With the cooperation of sections of Indian society they set up English-medium schools, colleges and universities which taught Western sciences and liberal arts.

Each question consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequences of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.

S1: Tolstoy Farm was founded in 1910 by which time Gandhi had already conceptualized ideas that he would develop in India.

P: He was rich and used his money to buy the land and help set up the farm.

Q: A Jewish architect, Kallenbach was by his side through this period.

R: Tolstoy Farm became the subject of research for different kinds of cooperative communities across the world.

S: He first put in the social, moral, religious components of his doc­trine.

S6 : Both he and Gandhi often referred to the time that they spent in Tolstoy Farm as among the happiest in their lives.

Each question consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequences of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.

S1: Equity theory is concerned with the perception people have about how they are being treated compared with others.

P: To be dealt with equitably is to be treated fairly in comparison with another group of people or a relevant other person.

Q: Equity involves feelings and percep­tions and is always a comparative process.

R: Equity theory states, in effect, that people will be better motivated if they are treated equitably and demotivated if they are treated inequitably.

S: It is not synonymous with equality, which means treating everyone the same, since this would be inequi­table if they deserve to be treated differently.

S6: This explains only one aspect of the process of motivation and job satisfaction, although it may be significant in terms of morale

Each question consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequences of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.

S1: Decentralized planning is a process of planning that begins from the grassroots level taking into confi­dence all the beneficiaries.

P: Under decentralized planning, the operation is from bottom to top.

Q: It can be said that it is more connected with the capitalistic economies.

R: It empowers the individuals and small groups to carry out their plans for their achievement of a common goal:

S: The decentralized planning is imple­mented through market mechanism.

S6: But it cannot be described as undemocratic for most national states adopt such a planning now.

Each question consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequences of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly.

S1: The Constitution of India thus emerged through a process of intense debate and discussion.

P: This was an unprecedented act of faith, for in other democracies the vote had been granted slowly, and in stages.

Q: However, on one central feature of the Constitution there was substan­tial agreement.

R: Many of the provisions were arrived at through a process of give-and ­take, by forging a middle ground A between two opposed positions.

S: This was on the granting of the vote to every adult Indian.

S6: In countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom, only men with education were allowed into the charmed circle.

Some proverb/idiom is given below together with their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom.

To cry wolf