Question

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

    Choose the correct order.

    1. It is not a large world.

    P. Relatively even to this world of ours, which has its limits too.

    Q. And that it cannot hear the rushing of the larger worlds, and cannot see them as they circle round the sun.

    R. There is much good in it; there are many good and true people in it; it has its appointed place.

    S. But the evil of it is that it is a world wrapped up in too much jeweler’s cotton and fine wool.

    6. It is a deadened world, and its growth is sometimes unhealthy for want of air.

    A SRPQ Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B QPRS Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C PRSQ Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D QRSP Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E PQRS Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    1. It is not a large world. Relatively even to this world of ours, which has its limits too. There is much good in it; there are many good and true people in it; it has its appointed place. But the evil of it is that it is a world wrapped up in too much jeweller's cotton and fine wool. And it cannot hear the rushing of the larger worlds, and cannot see them as they circle round the sun. It is a deadened world, and its growth is sometimes unhealthy for want of air.

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