Paragraph Formation


Direction: In the following questions, the first and the last sentence are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of sentence/passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four sentence/passage are not given in their proper order, Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct then find the correct Answer .

  1. 1. Indiscriminate industrialization resulted
    P. as the rural
    Q. in cities In search
    R. in urban migration
    S. poor settled
    6. of opportunities.









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    The Second line of the paragraph will be in urban migration

    Correct Option: C

    After rearranging the sentences the paragraph will be
    arranged as below.

    Indiscriminate industrialization resulted
    In urban migration
    as the rural
    poor settled
    in cities in search
    of opportunities.


Direction: The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from amongst the given choices so as to form a coherent paragraph.

  1. A. For example, cars in the developing world are often seen as status symbols to be acquired, while in the developed world they are seen as liabilities to be discarded.
    B. The size of the carbon footprint of nations in the developing world has again come in for serious international discussion.
    C. The failed mission of Copenhagen is the immediate cause of the resumption of this debate.
    D. While the main triggers of the debate are economic, social and cultural factors also have a major role to play.
    E. As with so many other issues, clearly, here too ‘one man’s meat is another man’s poison.’









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    We follow paragraph formation as :-
    B C D A E forms a logical sequence.

    Correct Option: C

    We follow paragraph formation as :-
    B C D A E forms a logical sequence.Therefore , correct option is C .



  1. A. After all, a story told on the large screen inevitably differs from that told on the small screen.
    B. This critical difference has an impact on viewership in terms of age, income and occupation.
    C. In this, the age of multimedia, we have to train ourselves to understand that as a rule, the medium is the message.
    D. It also has an impact on the expectations brought by the public to bear on large and small screen performances, and on the performers.
    E. Never has the myth of ‘one size fits all’, been shown up so effectively, therefore, as in the field of Media Studies.









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    We follow paragraph formation as :-
    Option C is correct answer .

    Correct Option: C

    We follow paragraph formation as :-
    C A B D E forms a logical sequence. Hence , Option C is correct answer .


  1. A. Early in August, as his jeep wound its way through the piles of burning tyres that angry protestors had used to barricade the road from Srinagar airport into the city, former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, turned to a journalist sitting next to him with a smile on his face.
    B. “So,” he said, “are you here to write another article about how I don’t know how to run a government?”
    C. Having emerged as the single largest party in the J&K Assembly, with 28 seats in a house of 87, the National Conference has the undeniable right to form and lead the government.
    D. To do so, however, it will need the support of the Congress, which has picked up 17 seats.
    E. More likely than not, Dr. Abdullah’s leadership - or that of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President, his son Omar Abdullah- will soon be put to the test.









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    On the basis of given paragraph , we follow sentence formation as :-
    A is the opening sentence as is clear from the given options. A is followed by B as B talks about what Farooq Abdullah said to the journalist. C is followed by D as D adds up to the situation in C.

    Correct Option: A

    On the basis of given paragraph , we follow sentence formation as :-
    A is the opening sentence as is clear from the given options. A is followed by B as B talks about what Farooq Abdullah said to the journalist. C is followed by D as D adds up to the situation in C. Also E has to come before C and D as the ‘test’ mentioned in E is reffering to the situation in J&K assembly as mentioned in C.Therefore , correct answer is A B E C D .



  1. A. A nation has gone against its historical record.
    B. Risen above its worst prejudices in one, emotional incandescent moment.
    C. Well, at least partly, and for a while Americans have voted in larger numbers than they have in decades, perhaps ever.
    D. Millions of younger voters have been fired by the youthful senator they have chosen to send to the White House.
    E. The African-American President-elect did far better with white male voters than fellow-Democrat John Kerry did four years ago.









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    On arranging the correct paragraph formation as :-
    B must precede C as B explains the feeling responsible for the Americans voting in large numbers (mentioned in C). A has to come before B as the historical record me.ntioned in A is the large number of voting by Americans which is also clear by the use of ‘perhaps ever’ mentioned in C

    Correct Option: A

    On arranging the correct paragraph formation as :-
    B must precede C as B explains the feeling responsible for the Americans voting in large numbers (mentioned in C). A has to come before B as the historical record mentioned in A is the large number of voting by Americans which is also clear by the use of ‘perhaps ever’ mentioned in C. Hence ABCDE is the correct sequence.