Sentence Rearrangement Questions for SSC CGL, CHSL, CPO, Steno Exams. Rearrange the parts of the Jumbled sentence in correct order, MCQs Mock test for free online practice.
Practice Mock Test : Sentence Rearrangement Questions
Subject : English
Exam : SSC CGL, CHSL, CPO, Bank Competitive Exams
Selected from the previous year question papers
#1. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Many species of bamboo flower once in several years and then die.
B. The stem itself is hollow and is connected to a network of rhizomes, which spreads out beneath the surface of the soil.
C. Roots grow out of this network of rhizomes and help the plants to absorb and distribute food and water from the soil.
D. The bamboo is a variety of grass, with a woody, many-jointed stem.
#2. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. And also, they contribute to the development of social and environmental solutions for the planet's future.
B. Companies do play an important role in modern society.
C. Because of their systematic relevance and their impact on policy-making, companies must use their influence in ways that benefit the public good.
D. Some corporations have become so large that their activities and strategic decisions have a direct impact on government policy and citizens' lives.
#3. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Several times I have visited the narrow, dirty streets where the poor live, and I grow hot and indignant to think that good people should be content to live in fine houses and become strong and beautiful, while others are condemned to live in hideous, sunless tenements and grow ugly, withered and cringing.
B. Dear little creatures, they crouch in my heart and haunt me with a constant sense of pain.
C. The children who crowd these grimy alleys, half-clad and underfed, shrink away from your outstretched hand as if from a blow.
D. In the country one sees only nature's fair works, and one's soul is not saddened by the cruel struggle for mere existence that goes in the crowded city.
#4. Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
Climate change is
P. climate caused by natural forces in combination
Q. a broad topic that includes periodic alterations in Earth’s
R. with the effects of various human activities like burning of
S. fossil fuels and changes in land cover and biodiversity
#5. Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
P. versions of the European poor laws, charitable and
Q. in former colonies, such as Ghana, Jamaica, India and the
R. missionary activities, and the introduction of Western juvenile justice procedures
S. Philippines the basic welfare services grew out of modified
#6. Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order. In a recent study,
P. little free time like a single parent nurse caring for
Q. more than one child and working long hours are
R. we showed that people on low incomes with
S. set to lose out most as energy prices rise
#7. Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
P. some 81 percent of the reefs in the area had become severely bleached
Q. warm seawater were particularly brutal in the northern part of
R. Australia’s famous Great Barrier Reef, where surveys reported that
S. from late 2015 to the middle of 2016, the effect of overly
#8. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
P. Rama, prince of Ayodhya, won the hand of the beautiful princess Sita (seen here), but was exiled with her and his brother Laksmana for 14 years through the plotting of his stepmother.
Q. The allies attacked Lanka, killed Ravana, and rescued Sita. In order to prove her chastity, Sita entered fire, but was vindicated by the gods and restored to her husband.
R. After the couple's triumphant return to Ayodhya, Rama's righteous rule (Ram-raj) inaugurated a golden age for all mankind.
S. In the forest Sita was abducted by Ravana, and Rama gathered an army of monkeys and bears to search for her.
#9. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
P. Rama, prince of Ayodhya, won the hand of the beautiful princess Sita (seen here), but was exiled with her and his brother Laksmana for 14 years through the plotting of his stepmother.
Q. The allies attacked Lanka, killed Ravana, and rescued Sita. In order to prove her chastity, Sita entered fire, but was vindicated by the gods and restored to her husband.
R. After the couple's triumphant return to Ayodhya, Rama's righteous rule (Ram-raj) inaugurated a golden age for all mankind.
S. In the forest Sita was abducted by Ravana, and Rama gathered an army of monkeys and bears to search for her.
#10. Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
P. my belief that UHC should be seen as the linchpin of the health development agenda
Q. rather than being seen as one target among many, it is
R. not only underpinning a more sustainable approach to the achievement of
S. the other health targets, but allowing for a balance between them
#11. Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order. Forest planning rules
P. recognizes the growing risks to national
Q. forests from climate change as well as expands
R. opportunities for public input and engagement
S. were updated in 2012, and the new rule explicitly
#12. Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
P. contributed to the destruction of Sir Walter Raleigh’s “Lost Colony”
Q. a severe three-year drought in the late 16th century probably
R. at Roanoke Island in what is now North Carolina, and a subsequent
S. seven-year drought led to high mortality at the Jamestown Colony in Virginia
#13. Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
Many people
P. learn better when they have something tangible
Q. hold in their hands and get their head
R. to work with, a physical object they can
S. round and low-cost 3D printers make that possible
#14. Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
P. elderly is on the increase, and, although they constitute only
Q. a small minority of the retired population, their
R. in all advanced industrial societies the proportion of infirm
S. claim on social services is disproportionately heavy
#15. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. In Bihar and Central India, in particular, every district had smelters that used local deposits of ore to produce iron which was widely used for the manufacture of implements and tools of daily use.
B. The smelting was done by men while women worked on the bellows, pumping air that kept the charcoal burning.
C. But iron smelting in India was extremely common till the end of the nineteenth century.
D. Production of Wootz steel required a highly specialised technique of refining iron.
#16. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
He repeated the experiment, increasing the amount until had weighed up to a thousand pounds.
During the spring of 1717, the iron foundries in a remote district were often visited by a thin, middle-aged man with a notebook.
Three cauldrons were next prepared under his directions.
He would weigh out two pounds of iron, have them heated till they were red-hot and then weigh them again.
#17. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. The top band is made of saffron, which symbolises power and courage.
B. The constituent assembly adopted our national flag, Tiranga, which means tricolour, on 22 July 1947.
C.As a symbol of nationalism and freedom, it is fashioned from khadi, which is domestically spun Indian cotton.
D. It features three horizontal stripes that are all the same width.
#18. Sentences of a paragraph are given below. While the first and the last sentences (S1 and S6) are in the correct order, the sentences in between are jumbled up and named P, Q, R, S. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
(S1) Newspapers, especially of the popular variety, aim to do two things: to inform and to entertain.
(P) Entertainment may be principally found in the centre pages of the newspaper in some of the feature articles and in some local news stories.
(Q) The principal aim of the short news report on the front pages is to inform.
(R) Most newspapers are published daily, and the news reporters must make sure that they have up-to-the minute news.
(S) In their news reports they will aim to create a sense of immediacy, to convey the impression that they have ‘rushed’ the news to the reader and ‘that the information contained is the very latest.’
(S6) Reporters also wish to create a sense of authenticity, that is, that their news is accurate and genuine.
#19. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. During the summer, I noticed that the leaves of the tree were beginning to wither.
B. I am especially proud of it, not only because it has survived several winters, but because it occasionally produces luscious peaches.
C. The tree had grown against a warm wall on a sheltered side of the house.
D. Last summer, I spent many days in the garden watching thousands of ants crawling up the trunk of my prize peach tree.
#20. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. The outcome is much more likely to be favourable if there is substantial international aid than if there is not.
B. Many of the underdeveloped countries will promote the growth of their economies in one way or the other, no matter whether they receive substantial outside aid in the process or not.
C. By substantial aid I mean not only large amounts of technical assistance but also of capital.
D. The character of that development, however, is likely to be strongly influenced by the types of and amounts of aid available.
#21. Sentences of a paragraph are given below. While the first and the last sentences (S1 and S6) are in the correct order, the sentences in between are jumbled up and named P, Q, R, S. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
(S1) Today, the world has become a much smaller place, thanks to the adventures and miracles of science.
(P) We are slowly realising that the world is a single cooperative group.
(Q) Other religions have become forces with which we have to reckon, and we are seeking for ways and means by which we can live together in peace and harmony.
(R) Mingling of population is bringing about interchange of thought. (S) Foreign nations have become our next-door neighbours.
(S6) We cannot have religious unity and peace so long as we assert that we are in possession of the light and all others are groping in the darkness.
#22. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. After a few months, the two countries engaged in the Kargil war.
B. Furthermore, a number of violent wars were fought between India and Pakistan.
C. In February 1999, during the winter invasion, India and Pakistan signed the Lahore Declaration, which was predicated on peace.
D. The engagements were extremely challenging for the Indian army since they had to fight on rough rocky terrain.
#23. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentence in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. But, while the court's action solved one problem, it created another and because of the closure, many workers lost their jobs.
B. For instance, the courts directed industries in residential areas in Delhi to close down or shift out of the city.
C. In recent years, while the courts have come out with strong orders on environmental issues, these have sometimes affected people's livelihoods adversely.
D. Several of these industries were polluting the neighborhood and discharge from these industries were polluting the river Yamuna because they had been set up without following the rules.
#24. Sentences of a paragraph are give below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Both, Ratan and Moti were idlers and did not work.
B. Their wive had introduced order and industry in the house.
C. Ratan and Moti's wives would work hard and would earn the bread for their family.
D. This made them lazier.
#25. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentence in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. The first is the herbalist, who generally enjoys the prestige and reputation of being the real traditional medical professional.
B. Over the years, I have come to distinguish three types of medical practitioners in African societies and to classify the extent to which each uses medicinal plants.
C. Thirdly, the witch doctor, the practitioner who is credited with the ability to intercept the evil deeds of a witch.
D. The second group represents the divine healers.
#26. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentence in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. He used to commit one theft a year on average. The stolen money lasted for the year.
B. He chose the house at Shotover Grange to commit his next burglary. He studied the design of the house carefully for a fortnight.
C. He found that the family had gone to London and the servants to the movie. He broke into the house one afternoon.
D. He hoped to get fifteen thousand pounds worth of jewels from the safe.
#27. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Chronic infections such as typhoid, chickenpox and other, for example, are no longer feared.
B. A factor contributing to the rapid rise of the population in recent years has been the drop in the death rate.
C. Because of medical breakthroughs, the death rate has decreased.
D. In 2001, the death in India was approximately 8.5 per thousand people.
#28. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. There are 1.52 billion Aadhaar cards given to the whole population as of February 2019.
B. A financial inclusion programme called the Prime Minister's Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) makes services like banking, remittance, and insurance accessible to every Indian at a reasonable price.
C. Under the acronym JAM- Jan Dhan Yojana for Financial Inclusion, Aadhaar Biometric Identification, and Mobile Telecommunication - India is on the verge of a social revolution.
D. Beneficiaries may open an account with no balance.
#29. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Swarms have wreaked havoc on crops and caused famines and mass migrations.
B. Since prehistoric times, locusts have caused plagues.
C. Traditional methods of control rely on the use of pesticides from the ground or the air, although biological control approaches are also making great strides.
D. Changes in agricultural practices and improved observation of areas where swarms tend to form have lately allowed control measures to be implemented at an earlier stage.
#30. Sentence of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to from a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. It centres on the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
B. The film proved immensely popular, holding the all-time box-office gross record for more than a decade after its releae.
C. Titanic is an American romantic adventure film released in 1997.
D. Most of the film's story is then told in flashbacks as the protagonist recounts the Titanic fateful 1912 voyage.
#31. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentence in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Due to tight deadlines for delivery and increased focus on performance outcomes. many employees are unable to enjoy a proper work life.
B. Stress could emanate out of various situations such as lifestyle, health or relationship issues, lack of support system at home and competitive focus on acquiring material symbols of success and career advancement.
C. In today's fast-moving world, many young professionals are vulnerable to stress.
D. To add to this, the current economy has impacted many companies' revenues and profits which, in effect, have put many jobs at risk resulting in the frequency of counselling support and guidance going up significantly.
#32. Sentence of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. The movement began in reaction to the ugliness of the industrial age.
B. This idea was amplified by JW von Goethe, JL Tieck and others in Germany.
C. Aestheticism was a European arts movement which centred on the doctrine that art exists for the sake of its beauty alone.
D. Its philosophical foundations were laid in the 18th century by Immanuel Kant.
#33. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Another boy tried his luck and won a comb, a fountain pen, wristwatch and a table lamp one after the other in many chances that he played.
B. An old man won a beautiful clock. The old man did not want the clock, so the shopkeeper took it back and paid 15 rupees to the old man.
C. Bhaiya encouraged him, but Rasheed was not lucky when he tried his luck. He won only cheap items like pencils and an inkbottle, and soon lost all his money.
D. He sold all the items to the shopkeeper and went away happily. Rasheed also wanted to play and try his luck.
#34. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentence in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. "The most essential thing I learnt from 'Ready Now!' was the need of having a backup plan in case of an emergency," she stated.
B. The instruction, according to Nickola, was inspiring and confirmed her capacity to live effectively with a disability.
C. I made sure I had a generator, wheelchair batteries and at least a week's worth of food, water and prescription medication."
D. "When I heard about the impending snowstorm, I emailed all of my caregivers to see who lived nearby and would be accessible."
#35. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Anime is a style of animation popular in Japanese films.
B. Modern anime began in 1956 and found lasting success in 1961 with the establishment of Mushi Productions.
C. At the turn of the 21st century, anime began to attain wide international popularity with the Pokemon television series.
D. Much of the genre is aimed at children, but anime films are sometimes marked by adult themes and subject matter.
#36. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. The so-called harmless activities of a small number of people are increasingly becoming a serious problem for the internet.
B. You would have seen an increasing amount of 'junk mail' showing up in your email box.
C. It is basically electronic junk mail or junk newsgroup postings.
D. Spam is the flooding of the internet with many copies of the same message, in an attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise choose to receive it.
#37. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world's foremost sports competition.
B. Olympic Games is an athletic festival that originated in ancient Greece and was revived in the late 19th century.
C. Before the 1970s, the games were officially limited to competitors with amateur status, but in the 1980s many events were opened to professional athletes.
D. Currently, the Games are open to all, even the top professional athletes in basketball and football (soccer).
#38. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentence in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. We recognise some aspects of an SF narrative with the realities of this world and some elements are estranged from the reality so as to take us to an unreal world.
B. Therefore, it is often suggested that 'cognitive estrangement' is a necessary means through which the SF is usually understood.
C. Science Fiction is a genre which manifests in itself the use of scientific premises often in a fantastical manner in a narrative.
D. It is highly seeped into the reality of this world.
#39. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph
A. I would attach as many as four of them to a crosspiece, rotably arranged on a thin spindle and transmit the motion of the same to a large disc and so derive considerable 'power'.
B. In my next attempt I seem to have acted under the first instinctive impulse which later dominated me - to harness the energies of nature to the service of man.
C. These creatures were remarkably efficient, for once they were started they had no sense to stop and continued whirling for hours and hours and the hotter it was the harder they worked.
D. I did this through the medium of May - bugs - or June - bugs as they are called in America - which were a veritable pest in that country and sometimes broke the branches of trees by the sheer weight of their bodies.
#40. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Those verses are collectively known as the Bhagavadgita.
B. His hesitation before the battle against his family became the occasion for his friend and charioteer, Lord Krishna, to deliver a discourse on dharma.
C. Arjuna was one of the five Pandava brothers, who are the heroes of the Indian epic, the 'Mahabharata'.
D. He was the son of the god Indra and was famous for his archery.
#41. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. There is a general belief that these medicines heal ailments safely.
B. The 'safe healing' is actually that which doesn't have any side effects.
C. Positive healing without any unwanted effect on the body drives the trend.
D. Herbal medicines are a new trend these days.
#42. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Lord Ganesha, the Destroyer of Obstacles, is worshipped for his wisdom and brilliance.
B. People adore the goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesha on Diwali.
C. This 'New Year' i.e., Diwali is marked by merchants establishing new account books.
D. Goddess Lakshmi is also worshipped on Diwali for wealth and success.
#43. Sentences of a paragraph are given below. While the first and the last sentences (S1 and S6) are in the correct order, the sentences in between are jumbled up. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
S1. He sat in his seat
A. hardly showing any signs of hearing
B. beside the bed,
C. gazing sternly
D. at the patient's face S6. what they were saying to him.