Para Jumble questions with solutions

1. Question 1Easy
   Rearrange the following sentences to form a meaningful paragraph: P) Today the well serves every household in the area. Q) The residents pooled their savings for the project. R) An engineer suggested digging a deep well. S) The village had no reliable source of clean water.

   Which of the given sentences should come fourth in the rearranged paragraph?

   • A.PCorrect
   • B.Q
   • C.R
   • D.S
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   The meaningful order is S, R, Q, P. Hence the fourth sentence is P.

2. Question 2Moderate
   Rearrange the following sentences to form a meaningful paragraph: P) Today the well serves every household in the area. Q) The residents pooled their savings for the project. R) An engineer suggested digging a deep well. S) The village had no reliable source of clean water.

   Which of the given sentences should come second in the rearranged paragraph?

   • A.P
   • B.Q
   • C.RCorrect
   • D.S
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   The meaningful order is S, R, Q, P. Hence the second sentence is R.

3. Question 3Moderate

   Arrange the parts to form a coherent sentence. (P) He opened the door (Q) and stepped outside. (R) A cold wind was blowing, (S) so he put on his coat.

   • A.PQRSCorrect
   • B.QPRS
   • C.PQSR
   • D.RSPQ
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   He opened the door (P) and stepped outside (Q); a cold wind was blowing (R), so he put on his coat (S). The natural cause-and-effect order is PQRS.

4. Question 4Moderate

   Arrange the four sentences into a coherent paragraph. A. That assumption held only while deposits were growing faster than loans. B. Banks priced their long-term loans on the belief that funding would stay cheap. C. When deposit growth slowed, the mismatch appeared on every balance sheet at once. D. The correction has been painful, but it was entirely foreseeable.

   • A.BACDCorrect
   • B.BCAD
   • C.ABCD
   • D.BADC
   • E.CBAD
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   B is the only sentence that introduces its subject without referring back to anything, so it opens. A begins with 'That assumption', which can only point to the belief stated in B, so it comes second. C then supplies the moment the assumption fails, and its opening clause about deposit growth slowing depends on A having just described deposits growing quickly. D closes by judging the whole sequence, and a judgement cannot precede what it judges. The order is BACD. Note that BCAD breaks the chain, because C's reference to slowing growth would arrive before any growth had been mentioned.

5. Question 5Moderate
   Rearrange the following five sentences into a coherent paragraph and answer the question. P. A good monsoon lifts rural incomes and food output. Q. The monsoon is central to India's economy. R. For this reason, its arrival is watched as closely by economists as by farmers. S. Nearly half the country's farmland depends on it for water. T. A weak one, by contrast, can push up prices and slow growth.

   Which sentence comes immediately after P?

   • A.TCorrect
   • B.Q
   • C.R
   • D.S
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   P (a good monsoon) is naturally followed by the contrast T (a weak one). The order is Q, S, P, T, R.

6. Question 6Moderate

   Arrange the four sentences into a coherent paragraph. A. This gap is what financial inclusion schemes try to close. B. Millions of Indians still lack access to formal banking services. C. As a result, they depend on informal lenders who charge very high interest. D. Such lenders operate outside any regulation and often trap borrowers in debt.

   • A.BCDACorrect
   • B.BACD
   • C.ABCD
   • D.BCAD
   • E.DBCA
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   B introduces the problem without referring back to anything, so it opens. C follows with 'As a result', linking lack of access to reliance on informal lenders. D elaborates on those lenders. A then closes by naming the 'gap' the schemes address. That gives B-C-D-A.

These are 6 of 21 para jumble questions in the bank. Attempt the rest with instant feedback in the practice drills, or under a clock in the mock tests.