The 1^st and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. The find the correct answer and indicate it in the answer sheet.

1.Once I tended a peony with great care.
P. A guest had picket my peony.
Q. On a Thursday my cook phoned to tell me the awful truth.
R. Finally it had one promising pink bud.
S. It was the first peony I had raised on the desert.
6. My anger was greater than her offence.

Given below are four jumbled sentence. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
A. Though everything was on the up and up for the Holzman, yet………something wasn’t quite right.
B. At 19, he enrolled in the Culinary institute of America before heading to the West Coast to cook for such well-esteemed restaurants as Palladin, Napa and Aqua.
C. He got a little fed up with the kitchen and started to feel that he wanted to do something different with it.
D. Holzman, a well known chef, started his career at the age of 15 when the prodigy began cooking under Eric Ripert at the iconic New York restaurant, Le Bernadin.

Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

A. The other was on the side table near the window.

B. When I returned, I was shocked to see one set lying on the floor.

C. I was gone for more than an hour.

D. I had not completed reading the proofs so I left them on my desk.

Directions : Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph then answer the questions given below them.
(A) Had it been not for them, Indian banks would have had their hands tied down too.
(B) Today almost all the countries are facing the heat of recession.
(C) One of these is the strict RBI and. SEBI rules which regulated banking sector very efficiently.
(D) This could have led to massive losses to them, which could have percolated to other sectors as well.
(E) However there are a few things which help India In bouncing back from the state of recession.
(F) Like others India too has not remained immune to the epidemic. 

Which of the following sentence should be the FIRST after rearrangement? 

Directions: Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) to make a meaningful paragraph and answer the questions which follow:
(A) However, while reading they would not know when to pause and what to emphasize.
 (B) Since then their use has been regularized and the punctuation rules have been followed by all.
 (C) In earlier days, people learnt by reading out loud.
 (D) But not everybody used the same punctuations for the same thing.
 (E) To address this problem, various signs depicting various punctuations were introduced.
 (F) Thus, firmer guidelines regarding punctuations were framed so that everyone used them in similar way. 

Which of the following sentences should be the FIRST after rearrangement? 

The 1^st and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. The find the correct answer and indicate it in the answer sheet.

1. Yesterday evening a gang of more than fifty armed people robbed the villagers.
P. Angry villagers blocked the highway for several hours to protest police inaction.
Q. It is alleged, however, that the police arrived at the scene of the crime several hours later.
R. While the looting was going on. the police were called repeatedly over the telephone.
S. Many people who tried to prevent the crime were beaten mercilessly by the robbers.
6. The blockade was lifted after the DSP himself arrived and promised action will be taken. 

The 1^st and the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct. The find the correct answer and indicate it in the answer sheet.

1. Earlier, travellers found incredible beauty in Nanda Devi.
P. Their dumping of garbage disturbed the ecological balance.
Q. But when restrictions were lifted in Nanda Devi in 1974, a deluge of foreign mountaineers descended upon it.
R. With them came garbage and deforestation.
S. Hence Nanda Devi Sanctuary was made out of bounds for outsiders in 1982.
6. Nanda Devi is the third highest Himalayan peak. 

Direction: Below in each questions some sentences are given, find the sentence which is not really contributing to the main theme and the of the passage or find the odd sentence out and rearrange the remaining sentences to make a coherent paragraph. If the given sentence is correct as it is then choose option (e). If the sequence is the one which is not given then choose option (d) as your choice.

(A)Are expected to bring their regional expertise(B)/ Are in the exclusive domain of the Union government, (C)/ The successful outcome of a request made by the Kerala Chief Minister (D)/ Has been widely applauded(E)/Although traditionalists may argue that foreign affairs