Para-jumbles & cloze test MCQs with Answers

The first sentence of the paragraph is given as (1). The other sentences, labelled M, N, O and P, are given in jumbled form. Arrange them to make a readable passage.

(1) Some people seem to have a compulsive need to work continually, they may be called work-addicts.
(M) However they never quite reach the top.
(N) There are companies which expect everyone to be at work early and stay back late.
(O) Because of their diligence they tend to get rapid promotion at first.
(P) Work addicts generally end up in such organisations.

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The sentences in the middle of a paragraph have been removed. You are given the beginning and the end of the paragraph and the other sentences in a jumbled order. Choose the order that makes it complete and coherent.

Beginning: When Mrs. Bates came down, the room was strangely empty, with a tension of expectancy.

P. Meantime her anger was turned pale with fear.
Q. She took up her sewing and stitched for some time without raising her head.
R. She rushed to the stair door and opened it, listening.
S. The clock struck eight and she rose suddenly, dropping her sewing on the chair.

End: Then she went out, locking the door behind her.

The middle parts of a sentence have been removed. You are given the beginning and the end of the sentence and the other parts in a jumbled order. Choose the order that makes it complete and coherent.

Beginning: Above all,

P. in the present age of light reading
Q. it is well if something heavier is cast now and then
R. of reading hastily and thoughtlessly
S. that is,

End: into the midst of the reading public.

The following passage consists of six sentences.

The first and the sixth sentences (S1 and S6) are given. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up; they are labelled P, Q, R and S. Find the proper sequence of the four sentences.

S1: There is only one monkey we can thoroughly recommend as an indoor pet.
S6: Finally, let me say that no other monkey has a better temper or more winning ways.
P: They quickly die from colds and coughs after the first winter fogs.
Q: It is the beautiful and intelligent Capuchin monkey.
R: The lively little Capuchins, however, may be left for years in an English house without the least danger to their health.
S: The Marmosets, it is true, are more beautiful than the Capuchins and just as pleasing, but they are too delicate for the English climate.

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The paragraph below consists of five sentences. The first sentence (S1) is given at the beginning. The other four sentences have been jumbled up and are labelled P, Q, R and S. Find the proper sequence of the four sentences.

S1: It should be noted that Lenin, being the head of the government, held no official posts in the Party Central Committee, but presided over sessions of the Central Committee plenary meetings and also of the Political Bureau.
P: In performing his party duties, he was assisted by a secretary of the Central Committee, or the head of the Secretariat.
Q: Officially, such a post did not exist at the time, but in practice one of the secretaries was expected to supervise the work of the Secretariat.
R: That being the case, Lenin not only headed the Council of People’s Commissars, but was also the de facto leader of the Party’s Central Committee.
S: When Lenin’s health deteriorated, the question arose of strengthening the secretariat and an authoritative leader has to be found who could supervise Party’s affairs in Lenin’s absence.

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The paragraph below consists of five sentences. The first sentence (S1) is given at the beginning. The other four sentences have been jumbled up and are labelled P, Q, R and S. Find the proper sequence of the four sentences.

S1: There is nothing in the world more fascinating than watching a child grow and develop.
P: At first you think of it as just a matter of growing bigger.
Q: Then, as the infant begins to do things, you may think of it as “learning tricks”.
R: In some ways, the development of each child retraces the whole history of the human race, physically and spiritually, step by step.
S: But, it’s really more complicated and full of meaning than that.

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The sentences of a passage have been jumbled up and labelled with letters. Find the proper sequence of the sentences.

P: You couldn’t have asked for a nicer, more respectable-looking fellow than Jack, the day he arrived in town for grandpa’s funeral.
Q: He’d just arrived that morning, got the word that the old Judge was gone, he said.
R: He rode into the yard on his motorbike – the one he’d sold last summer, which wasn’t a patch on the big red one he’d bought later.
S: He was glad he was in time for the services. He sat with Paresh all through the funeral; he even cried – or if it wasn’t crying, it was a darned good show.

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The sentences of a passage have been jumbled up and labelled with letters. Find the proper sequence of the sentences.

P: Anything to do with his parents had always been vague to Manish.
Q: He had been too young to remember them; he only knew the story of the fatal weekend at the Adirondack camp and the overturned canoe.
R: Then, as the years swept by and the tragedy faded into time, they began taking him there; and the lake again became a quiet lake in the foothills, a camping place where the three of them had a good time.
S: Grandpa had still owned the camp, though for a long while afterwards he and Grandma hadn’t gone there.

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The sentences of a passage have been jumbled up and labelled with letters. Find the proper sequence of the sentences.

P: The role of Western values in contemporary Indian society is a subject on which I have pondered for years.
Q: Moreover, various stakeholders of our company – employees, investors, customers and vendors – come from across the globe.
R: An organisation is representative of society, and some of the lessons that I have learnt from the West regarding values are, I think, applicable to us as a nation. Here are some of them:
S: I come from a company that is built on strong values.
T: In dealing with them over the years, I have come to appreciate several aspects of the West’s value system.

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The sentences of a passage have been jumbled up and labelled with letters. Find the proper sequence of the sentences.

P: “To play great music,” he said, “you must keep your eyes on a distant star.”
Q: Eleven years old, I was taking a violin lesson with Georges Enesco, my teacher, in his Paris studio.
R: At the time, I took this to mean, simply, “Give your very best to every piece.”
S: A deep-chested, powerful man with a rugged, gentle face, Enesco looked at me across the violin he held under his chin, and shook his bow.

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