Direction: Ordering of Sentences: This item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences have been jumbled up and labelled…
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This item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and choose your response accordingly.
This item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and choose your response accordingly.
S1: History is a subject that is so little valued today that it is almost impossible to win world fame as a historian; yet that is exactly what Toynbee was able to.
S6: Among the civilizations that he studied was that of India.
P: We usually think of history as a chronological account of the development of various states and empires under ruler.
Q: Toynbee’s view of history was different.
R: He tries to find the pattern behind the birth, growth and decay of civilization.
S: Though he used the recorded history of mankind, but he was interested not merely in the chronology of single states or group but in the rise and fall of whole civilizations.
The correct sequence should be:
S6: Among the civilizations that he studied was that of India.
P: We usually think of history as a chronological account of the development of various states and empires under ruler.
Q: Toynbee’s view of history was different.
R: He tries to find the pattern behind the birth, growth and decay of civilization.
S: Though he used the recorded history of mankind, but he was interested not merely in the chronology of single states or group but in the rise and fall of whole civilizations.
The correct sequence should be:
- PSQR
- QSPR
- SQRP
- PQSR
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D - PQSR
After S1 on Toynbee's fame, P states the usual view of history, Q says Toynbee's view was different, S explains he studied the rise and fall of whole civilizations, R that he sought the pattern behind them, then S6 on India. PQSR.
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