AILET entrance exam Question Bank Solutions

In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: A force of attraction exists between everybody in the universe.
P: Normally, it is very small but when one of the bodies is a planet, like Earth the force is considerable.
Q: It has been investigated by many scientists including Galileo and Newton.
R: Everything on or near the surface of the Earth is attracted by the mass of Earth.
S: This gravitational force depends on the mass of the bodies involved.
S₆ : The greater the mass, the greater is the Earth's force of attraction on it. We can call this force of attraction gravity.
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In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: Metals are today being replaced by polymers in many applications.
P: Above all, they are cheaper and easier to process, making them a viable alternative to metals.
Q: Polymers are essentially a long chains of hydrocarbon molecules.
R: Today, polymers as strong as metals, have been developed.
S: These have replaced the traditional chromium-plated metallic bumpers in cars.
S₆: Many Indian institutes of science and technology run special programmes on polymer science.
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In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁ : Biological evolution has not fitted man to any specific environment.
P: It is by no means a biological evolution, but it is a cultural one.
Q: His imagination, his reason, his emotional subtlety and toughness makes it possible for him not to accept the environment but to change.
R: And that series of inventions by which man from age by age has reshaped his environment is a different kind of evolution.
S: Among the multitude of animals which scamper, burrow swim around us he is in the only one who is not locked into his environment.
S₆: That brilliant sequence of cultural peaks can most appropriately be termed as the ascent of man.
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In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: Growing up means not only getting larger but also using our senses and our brain to become more aware of things around us.
P: Not only does he have a memory, but he is able to think and reason.
Q: In this, man differs from all other animals.
R: Before we spray our roadside plants or turn sewage into our rivers, we should pause to think about what the results of our actions are likely to do.
S: This is to say, he is able to plan what he is going to do in the light of his experience before he does it.
S₆: In other words, we must develop and use our ability to reason because the destruction or the preservation of the places in which we live depends on us.
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In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: All the land was covered by the ocean.
P: The leading God fought the monster, killed it, and chopped its body into two halves.
Q: A terrible monster prevented the Gods from separating the land from the water.
R: God made the sky out of the upper part of the body and ornamented it with stars.
S: God created the Earth from the lower part grew plants on it and populated it with animals.
S₆: God molded the first people out of clay according to His own image and mind.
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In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: Payment for imports and exports is made through a system called foreign exchange.
P: The value of the money of one country in relation to the money of other countries is agreed upon.
Q: These rates of exchange vary from time to time.
R: For instance, an American dollar or a British pound sterling is worth certain amounts in the money of other countries.
S: Sometimes a United States dollar is worth 12 pesos in Mexico.
S₆: Another time it may be worth eight pesos.
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In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S_1: Jawaharlal Nehru was the greatest plan-enthusiast.
P: Under Nehru's advice, the pre-independent Congress set-up National Planning Commission in 1938.
Q: But, he forgot that what could be achieved by force under the communist dictatorship of Russia was not possible under the democratic set-up of India.
R: He took the idea from Russia where Five Year Plans transformed a very backward the country into a top power of the world.
S: No free government can call for compulsory sacrifice and suffering from the whole people.
S₆: Nehru himself became the Chairman of the commission.
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In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: What are the causes of our chronic food shortage?
P: To find for these growing new millions is a desperate task.
Q: every year, we add more than a crore of person to our population.
R: Despite stupendous efforts by our government, the population is growing unabated.
S: The chief cause is the population explosion.
S₆: This unprecedented growth can drag us to the doors of starvation very soon.
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In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: For some time in his youth Abraham Lincoln was the manager for a shop.
P: Then, a chance customer would come.
Q: Young Lincoln's way of keeping the shop was entirely unlike anyone else's.
R: Lincoln would jump up and attend to his needs and then revert to his reading.
S: He used to lay full length on the counter of the shop eagerly reading a book.
S₆: Never before had Lincoln had so much time for reading as had then.
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In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: This weather-vane often tops a church spire, tower, or high building.
P: They are only wind-vanes.
Q: Neither can alone tell us what the weather will be.
R: They are designed to point to direction from
which the wind is coming.
S: Just as the barometer only tells us the pressure of air, the weather-vane. tells us the direction of the wind.
S₆: The weather-vane can, however, give us some indication of the other.
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In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: Most of the universities in the country are now facing a financial crisis.
P: Cost-benefit yardstick thus should not be applied in the case of universities.
Q: The current state of affairs cannot be allowed to continue for long.
R: Universities cannot be equated with commercial enterprises.
S: Proper development of universities and colleges must be ensured.
S₆ : The Government should realise this before it is too late.
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In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: I keep on flapping my big ears all day.
P: They also fear that I will flip them all away.
Q: But, children wonder why I flap them so.
R: I flap them so to make sure they are safely there on either side of my head.
S: But, I know what I am doing.
S₆: Am I not a smart, intelligent elephant?
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In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: A father had offered to take the baby out in a perambulator, was tempted by the sunny morning to slip into a pub for a glass
of beer.
P: Indignant at her husband's behaviour, she decided to teach him a lesson.
Q: She wheeled away from the pram.
R: A little later, his wife came by, where to her horror, she found her sleeping baby.
S: Leaving the pram outside, he disappeared inside the bar.
S₆: She waited for him, anticipating the white face and quivering lips which would soon appear with the news that the baby had been stolen.
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In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: A gentleman who lived alone always had two plates placed on the table at dinner time.
P: One day, just as he sat down to dine, the cat rushed into the room.
Q: One plate was for himself and the other was for his cat.
R: She dropped a mouse into her own plate and another into her master's plate.
S: He used to give the cat a piece of meat from his own plate.
S₆: In this way, the cat showed her gratitude to her master.
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In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: The study of speech disorders due to brain injury suggests that patients can think without having adequate control over their language.
P: But, they succeed in playing games of chess.
Q: Some patients, for example, fail to find the names of objects presented to them.
R: They can even use the concepts needed for chess-playing, though they are unable to express many of the concepts in ordinary language.
S: They even find it difficult to interpret long written notices.
S₆: How they manage to do this, we do not know.
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In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: And then Gandhi came.
P: Get off the backs of these peasants and workers, he told us, all you who live by their exploitation.
Q: He was like a powerful current of fresh air, like a beam of light, like a whirlwind that upset many things.
R: He spoke their language and constantly drew their attention to their appalling conditions.
S: He didn't descend from the top, he seemed to emerge from the masses of India.
S₆: Political freedom took a new shape and then acquired new content.
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In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁ : Ants eat worms, centipedes, and spiders.
P: They also eat larvae and insect adults such as flies, moths, and springtails.
Q: Nevertheless, these animals do not make easy games for ants.
R: Besides, they have an extraordinary number of ways of escaping.
S: They are usually much quicker than the ant itself.
S₆: Some jump and some give out a pungent repellent substance.
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In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: The future beckons to us.
P: In fact, we have hard work ahead.
Q: Where do we go and what shall be our endeavour?
R: We shall also have to fight and end poverty, ignorance, and disease.
S: It will be to bring freedom and opportunity to the common man.
S₆: There is no resting for anyone of us till we redeem our pledge in full.
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In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S1: Once upon a time, an ant lived on the bank of river.
P: The dove saw the ant struggling in the water in a helpless condition.
Q: All its efforts to come up are failed.
R: One day, it suddenly slipped into the water.
S: A dove lived in the tree on the bank not far from the spot.
S6: She was touched.
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In the question given below, the passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentences are given at the beginning. The middle four sentences have been removed and jumbled up. They are labelled as, P, Q, R, and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.

S₁: It is regrettable that there is widespread corruption in the country at all levels.
P: So, there is hardly anything that the Government can do about it now.
Q: And there are graft and other malpractices too.
R: The impression that corruption is a universal phenomenon persists and the people not cooperate in checking this evil.
S: Recently, several offenders were brought to book, but they were not given deterrent punishment.
S₆: This is indeed a tragedy of great magnitude.
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