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38368.
S1:But how does a new word get into the dictionary?
P :When a new dictionary is being edited, a lexicographer collects all the alphabetically arranged citation slips for a particular word.
Q :The dictionary makers notice it and make a note of it on a citation slip.
R :The moment new word is coined, it usually enter the spoken language.
S :The word then passes from the realm of hearing to the realm of writing.
S6:He sorts them according to their grammatical function, and carefully writes a definition.
The Proper sequence should be:
PQRS
PRSQ
RQPS
RSQP
38369.
S1:For decades, American society has been calling a melting pot
P :Differences remained - in appearence, mannerisms, customs, speech, religion and more.
Q :The term has long been a cliche and half-truth.
R :But homogenisation was never acheived.
S :Yes, immigrants from diverse cultures and traditions did cast off vestiges of their native lands and become almost imperceptibly woven in to the American fabric.
S6:In recent years, such differences accentuated by the arrival of immigrants from Asia and other parts of the world in the United States - have become something to celebrate and to nurture.
The Proper sequence should be:
QRSP
SQRP
SQPR
QSRP
38370.
S1:In the middle of one side of the square sits the Chairman of the committee, the most important person in the room.
P :For a committee is not just a mere collection of individuals.
Q :On him rests much of the responsibility for the success or failure of the committee.
R :While this is happening we have an opportunity to get the feel of this committe.
S :As the meeting opens, he runs briskly through a number of formalities.
S6:From the moment its members meet, it begins to have a sort nebulous life of its own.
The Proper sequence should be:
RSQP
PQRS
SQPR
QSRP
38371.
S1:A force of exists between everybody in the universe.
P :Normally it is very small but when the 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.
The Proper sequence should be:
PRQS
PRSQ
QSRP
QSPR
38372.
S1:Satyajit Ray made several films for children.
P :Later film makers have followed his lead.
Q :Today other nations are making the children s film in a big way.
R :This was at a time when no director considered children as potential audience.
S :Ray was, thus, a pioneer in the field.
S6:But today few think of Ray as a maker of children s films.
The Proper sequence should be:
PSRQ
RSQP
RSPQ
SQRP
38373.
S1:Calcutta unlike other cities kepts its trams.
P :As a result there horrendous congestion.
Q :It was going to be the first in South Asia.
R :They run down the centre of the road
S :To ease in the city decided to build an underground railway line.
S6:The foundation stone was laid in 1972.
The Proper sequence should be:
PRSQ
PSQR
SQRP
RPSQ
38374.
S1:Jawaharlal Nehru was born in Allahabad on 14 Nov 1889.
P :Nehru meet Mahatma Gandhi in February 1920.
Q :In 1905 he was sent to London to study at a school called Haroow.
R :He became the first Prime Minister of Independent India on 15 August 1947.
S :He married Kamla Kaul in 1915.
S6:He died on 27 May 1964.
The Proper sequence should be:
QRPS
QSPR
RPQS
SQRP
38375.
S1:Throughout history man has used energy from the sun.
P :Today, when we burn wood or use electric current we are drawing an energy.
Q :However we now have a new supply of energy.
R :All our ordinary life depends on sun.
S :This has come from the sun.
S6:This energy comes from inside atoms.
The Proper sequence should be:
SQPR
RQPS
QSRP
PSRQ
38376.
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 in to his environment.
S6:That brilliant sequence of cultural peaks can most appropriately be termed the ascent of man.
The Proper sequence should be:
QPRS
SRQP
QRSP
SQRP
38377.
S1:Forecasting the weather has always been a difficult business.
P :During a period of drought, streams and rivers dried up, the cattle died from thirst and were ruined.
Q :Many different things affect the weather and we have to study them carefully to make accurate forecast.
R :Ancient Egyptians had no need of weather in the Nile Valley hardly ever changes.
S :In early times, when there were no instruments, such as thermometer or the barometer, man looked for tell-tale signs in the sky.
S6:He made his forecasts by watching flights of the birds or the way smoke rose from fire.
The Proper sequence should be:
PRQS
QPRS
QRPS
SPQR
38378.
S1:For some time in his youth Abraham Lincoln was manager for a shop.
P :Then a chance Customer would come.
Q :Young Lincoln way of keeping 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 lie 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.
The Proper sequence should be:
SRQP
QSPR
SQRP
QPSR
38379.
S1:All the land was covered by the ocean.
P :The leading god fought the monster, killed it and chopped its body in to two halves.
Q :A terrible monster prevented the gods from separating the land from the water.
R :The god made the sky out of the upper part of the body and ornamented it with stars.
S :The god created the earth from the lower part, grew plants on it and populated it with animals.
S6:The god moulded the first people out of clay according to his own image and mind.
The Proper sequence should be:
PQRS
PQSR
QPSR
QPRS
38380.
S1:When a satellite is launched, the rocket begins by going slowly upwards through the air.
P :However, the higher it goes, the less air it meets.
Q :As the rocket goes higher, it travels faster.
R :For the atmosphere becomes thinner.
S :As a result there is less friction.
S6:Consequently, the rocket still does not become too hot.
The Proper sequence should be:
QPRS
QSPR
PQRS
PQSR
38381.
S1:Venice is a strange and beautiful city in the north of Italy.
P :There are about four hundred old stone bridges joining the island of Venice.
Q :In this city there are no motor cars, no horses, no buses.
R :These small islands are near one another.
S :It is not an island but a hundred and seventeen islands.
S6:This is because Venice has no streets.
The Proper sequence should be:
PQRS
PRQS
SRPQ
PQSR
38382.
S1:Ants eat worms, centipedes and spiders.
P :They are usually much quicker than the ant itself.
Q :Nevertheless, these animals do not make easy game for ants.
R :Besides, they have an extraordinary number of ways of escaping.
S :They also eat larvae and insect adults such as flies, moths and spring tails.
S6:Some jump, and some give out a pungent repellent substance.
The Proper sequence should be:
SQPR
SPRQ
SQRP
SRQP
38383.
S1:Hungary, with a population of about 10 million, lies between Czechoslovakia to the north and Yugoslavia to the south.
P :Here a great deal of grain is grown.
Q :In recent years, however, progress has been made also in the field of industrialisation.
R :Most of this country consists of an extremely fertile plain, through which the river Danube flows.
S :In addition to grain, the plain produces potatoes, sugar, wine and livestock.
S6:The new industries derive mainly from agricultural production.
The Proper sequence should be:
QRSP
RPSQ
PRSQ
RQSP
38384.
S1:We speak today of self-determination in politics.
P :So long as one is conscious of a restraint, it is possible to resist it or to near it as a necessary evil and to keep free in spirit.
Q :Slavery begins when one ceases to feel that restraint and it depends on if the evil is accepted as good.
R :There is, however, a subtler domination exercised in the sphere of ideas by one culture to another.
S :Political subjection primarily means restraint on the outer life of people.
S6:Cultural subjection is ordinarily of an unconscious character and it implies slavery from the very start.
The Proper sequence should be:
SPRQ
RSQP
SPQR
RSPQ
38385.
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 dre their attention to their appalling conditions.
S :He didn t descent from the top, he seemed to emerge from the masses of India.
S6:Political freedom took new shape and then acquired a new content.
The Proper sequence should be:
QSRP
SRQP
RSQP
PRSQ
38386.
S1:On vacation in Tangier, Morocco, my friend and I sat down at a street cafe.
P :At one point, he bent over with a big smile, showing me, a single gold tooth and a dingy fez.
Q :soon I felt the presence of someone standing alongside me.
R :But this one wouldn t budge.
S :We had been cautioned about beggars and were told to ignore them.
S6:Finally a man walked over to me and whispered, "Hey buddy this guy is your waiter and he wants your order"
The Proper sequence should be:
SQRP
SQPR
QSRP
QSPR
38387.
S1:The Bhagavadgita recognises the nature of man and the needs of man.
P :All these three aspects constitute the nature of man.
Q :It shows how the human being is rational one, an ethical one and a spiritual one.
R :More than all, it must be a spiritual experience.
S :Nothing can give him fulfilment unless it satisfies his reason, his ethical conscience.
S6:A man whom does not harmonise them, is not truly human.
The Proper sequence should be:
PSRQ
RSPQ
QPSR
PSQR
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