Q.1-5. Rearrange the following sentences (A),(B),(C), (D),(E),(F) and (G) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.
(A) A voter could press the button but the toothpick would not allow the circuit to be completed and no vote would be cast.
(B) Matchsticks, toothpicks and medicine foils are some of the tools which miscreants in past assembly and Lok Sabha elections had used to tamper with EVM machines.
(C) The officials were also taught to conduct surprise checks on booths under their jurisdiction.
(D) This is not all, the technical staff also showed how false beeps could be generated by tampering with circuits.
(E) The officers were explained how to solve technical problems that may be encountered during the election day.
(F) At a demonstration organized for election officers, officials of the Election Commission showed how toothpicks were inserted into the space between candidate’s buttons and then broken.
(G) The poll officers were also shown how medicine foils were used in a similar manner.
Q.1. Which of the following would be the SIXTH statement after rearrangement?
(1) A (2) C (3) E (4) G (5) B
Q.2. Which of the following would be the FOURTH statement after rearrangement?
(1) D (2) F (3) A (4)G (5) E
Q.3. Which of the following would be the LAST statement after rearrangement?
(1) C (2) G (3) B (4) A (5) D
Q.4. Which of the following would be the FIRST statement after rearrangement?
(1) B (2) E (3) F (4) G (5) C
Q.5. Which of the following would be the THIRD statement after rearrangement?
(1) C (2) D (3) B (4) F (5) A
Q.6-10.In each of the following sentences, there are two blank spaces. Below each five pairs of words have been denoted by numbers (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5). Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentences in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
Q.6. ———————-who have moved recently into the city, or have moved into a new area within the city, can also —————-to vote.
(1) This, register (2) Those, register (3) That, register
(4) Someone, register (5) Anyone, register
Q.7. Police have questioned the———————- of the event about the visitors and any ————————————-movement during the time of the theft.
(1) Guards, treacherous (2) Attendees, attentive (3) Sponsors, jealous (4) Organizers, suspicious (5) Visitors, meticulous
Q.8. ——————————in food items has become so rampant that residents have stopped complaining ——————————it.
(1) Adulteration, about (2) Quality, against (3) Color, through
(4) Transmission, at (5) Transportation, in
Q.9. Plant height will have to be at least four feet high and would be specially conserved so that they soon become trees and ————————as nesting zones for———————— birds.
(1) Plays, migratory (2) Handle, migratory (3) Serve, migratory
(4) Assists, migratory (5) Indulge, migratory
Q.10. The government has been ———————enough to give up a part of land for ———————of the bridge.
(1) Excellence, Shifting (2) Liberally, landing (3) Generous, widening (4) Thoughtfully, forming (5) Curious, allocating
ANSWERS
Q.1.(3) Q.2.(4) Q.3.(1) Q.4.(1) Q.5.(5) Q.6.(2) Q.7.(4) Q.8.(1) Q.9.(3) Q.10.(3)
