Q1. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. This has created a peculiar situation in which demand has weakened, yet global oil stocks are falling at an unusually rapid pace. B. As shipping risks have intensified, tankers have increasingly avoided routes that connect major producers with consuming markets. C. The resulting depletion of inventories could therefore make the eventual recovery in supply more difficult than the present disruption suggests. D. Much of the immediate shortfall is linked not to a sudden collapse in production, but to interruptions in the movement of crude through key maritime routes.Correct Option B … Explanation: D opens the paragraph by naming the cause of the shortfall: interruptions in the movement of crude through maritime routes rather than a fall in production. B expands on this by explaining that tankers are avoiding these routes as shipping risks rise. A follows because "This" refers to the disrupted movement in D and B, which has produced the unusual situation of falling stocks despite weak demand. C concludes with "The resulting depletion of inventories" and "therefore," which draws out the consequence of A. Options A and C begin with B, which cannot open the paragraph because it elaborates a shortfall that has not yet been introduced. Option D places A before B, but the "situation" in A depends on the route avoidance described in B. Option E begins with A, whose "This" has no referent. Hence, option B.Q2. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. Investment decisions, however, are often complicated by the emotional attachment investors develop to securities they have held for years. B. A useful test is to ask whether you would purchase the same stock today if it were not already in your portfolio. C. The mistake is to let the history of having owned an asset influence the decision to continue owning it. D. A stock that has fallen sharply may continue to deserve a place in the portfolio, while one that has risen substantially may no longer justify its valuation.Correct Option A … Explanation: A introduces the problem: emotional attachment to long-held securities complicates investment decisions. C names the specific mistake arising from this attachment, which is letting ownership history influence the decision to keep an asset. B offers the remedy, a useful test to avoid that mistake. D applies the test, showing that a fallen stock may still deserve a place while a risen one may not. Option C (ACDB) places the illustration in D before the test it illustrates. Option D (ABCD) offers the test before identifying the mistake it corrects. Option E begins with C, where "The mistake" has no context. Option B places D directly after A, before either the mistake or the test is introduced. Hence, option A.Q3. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. Rating agencies examine a wider set of indicators, including the government's revenue capacity, the quality of public finances and the credibility of fiscal institutions. B. Improving India's sovereign rating, therefore, requires more than simply reducing the fiscal deficit in a particular year. C. A sustained improvement would require reforms that make these aspects of the economy more predictable and easier for external observers to evaluate. D. Greater transparency about government liabilities could also help rating agencies distinguish between headline debt figures and the underlying fiscal position.Correct Option E … Explanation: B states the central claim that improving the sovereign rating requires more than cutting the fiscal deficit in one year. A explains why: rating agencies look at a wider set of indicators. C follows naturally because "these aspects" refers to the indicators listed in A, and it proposes reforms to improve them. D adds a further measure with the word "also," so it must come after the main recommendation in C. Option A (BADC) places D's "also" before the primary reform it supplements. Option D (BCAD) uses "these aspects" in C before the aspects are listed in A. Options B and C misplace B, the thesis sentence. Hence, option E.Q4. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. The more difficult task is ensuring that employees can adapt to new systems without losing the judgement, creativity and collaboration that machines cannot easily reproduce. B. Organisations once viewed technological adoption primarily as an investment in machines, software and infrastructure. C. This has expanded the role of human-resource functions from administering people-related processes to preparing the workforce for continuous transformation. D. As technology becomes easier to acquire, however, the technology itself is increasingly unlikely to remain a lasting source of competitive advantage.Correct Option A … Explanation: B opens with the earlier view that technological adoption was mainly an investment in machines and infrastructure. D introduces the contrast with "however": since technology is now easy to acquire, it no longer offers lasting advantage. C states the result of this shift with "This has expanded," showing that HR now prepares the workforce for continuous transformation. A concludes by identifying the harder task within this new role: helping employees adapt while retaining distinctly human abilities. Options C and E begin with D, whose "however" needs the earlier view in B as a contrast. Option D begins with A, where "The more difficult task" has no reference point. Option B places A immediately after B, before the shift that makes adaptation the difficult task. Hence, option A.Q5. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. Yet the demands of caregiving rarely remain confined to the practical tasks of helping another person. B. Because much of this work takes place within families and homes, it is frequently treated as a private obligation rather than as a broader social or economic issue. C. Over time, this invisible responsibility can affect employment, relationships, finances and even the caregiver's sense of personal identity. D. Millions of people provide substantial care to family members while continuing to work, study or manage their own households.Correct Option C … Explanation: D introduces the subject: millions of people provide substantial family care while managing other responsibilities. B refers to "this work" and explains why it is treated as a private obligation, since it happens within homes. A uses "Yet" to contrast this private framing with the reality that caregiving demands extend beyond practical tasks. C concludes with "this invisible responsibility," which links back to the private and unrecognised nature described in B, and lists its long-term effects. Option B begins with B, whose "this work" has no referent. Option E begins with A, whose "Yet" needs a preceding statement. Options A and D separate B from D, weakening the link between "this work" and the caregiving described in D. Hence, option C.Q6. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. The dispute is often described as a conflict between national priorities and regional interests, but that description obscures the economic logic underlying it. B. A resource-rich region may generate substantial wealth while receiving only a fraction of the value created from the extraction of that resource. C. Once revenue-sharing becomes the central question, arguments about administrative efficiency acquire a different significance. D. The demand for greater fiscal autonomy is thus not necessarily a rejection of national policy; it may instead reflect an attempt to retain a larger share of locally generated value.Correct Option D … Explanation: A introduces the dispute and claims that the usual national-versus-regional framing hides its economic logic. B reveals that logic: a resource-rich region may receive only a fraction of the value it generates. C builds on this by noting that once revenue-sharing is the central question, other arguments take on a different significance. D concludes with "thus," reinterpreting the demand for fiscal autonomy as an attempt to retain locally generated value. Options A and B begin with B, which explains a logic not yet introduced. Option C begins with C, which presupposes that revenue-sharing has already been raised. Option E places the conclusion D before the reasoning in B. Hence, option D.Q7. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. New technologies are frequently evaluated by asking whether they can perform tasks more cheaply or quickly than existing methods. B. The more consequential change may therefore occur not in the technology itself but in the institutions that decide where and how it is deployed. C. Such comparisons assume that the objective of an institution is already settled and that technology merely determines the most efficient route towards it. D. But institutions do not simply execute predetermined objectives: they also decide whose interests count, which outcomes matter and what costs are acceptable.Correct Option E … Explanation: A introduces the common method of evaluating technologies by cost and speed. C follows with "Such comparisons," identifying the hidden assumption that institutional objectives are already fixed. D challenges this assumption with "But," arguing that institutions also decide whose interests and which outcomes matter. B concludes with "therefore," inferring that the more consequential change may lie in institutions rather than in technology. Options A and B begin with B, a conclusion that needs prior reasoning. Option C begins with C, whose "Such comparisons" has no referent. Option D (ABCD) places the conclusion B before the argument that supports it. Hence, option E.Q8. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. This concealment becomes problematic when failures occur, since users may struggle to understand either the cause or the appropriate response. B. Modern infrastructure often appears deceptively simple because its complexity is concealed behind interfaces designed for convenience. C. The apparent ease with which a service can be used, therefore, tells us little about how difficult it may be to repair or regulate. D. Yet the spread of such systems has also made societies more dependent on forms of expertise that remain largely invisible to ordinary users.Correct Option C … Explanation: B opens by stating that modern infrastructure seems simple because its complexity is hidden behind convenient interfaces. D adds with "Yet" that the spread of such systems has made societies dependent on invisible expertise. A then explains when this concealment becomes a problem: during failures, when users cannot understand causes or responses. C concludes with "therefore," noting that ease of use reveals little about the difficulty of repair or regulation. Option B begins with C, a conclusion that cannot open the paragraph. Option E begins with D, whose "such systems" has no referent. Options A and D place D after A, breaking the progression from the hidden complexity and dependence on expertise to the problem that arises when systems fail. Hence, option C.Q9. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. That translates to 20 products per minute! B. Much more than that, it was about redefining customer experience and breaking online shopping inertia. C. Started by two brothers, who not only saw their seed idea grow into a 4,500-member company, but also charted a stupendous success story with mind-numbing numbers, the online store had captured the shopping imagination of many. D. The Bangalore-based firm ships more than 30,000 items per day.Correct Option B … Explanation: C introduces the online store, its founders and its success story with "mind-numbing numbers." B follows with "Much more than that," adding that the success also lay in redefining customer experience. D then supplies a concrete figure: the firm ships more than 30,000 items per day. A ends the paragraph by converting this figure into 20 products per minute, so it must come immediately after D. Option A (CBAD) places the per-minute conversion before the daily figure it is based on. Option C (CDAB) separates "Much more than that" in B from the success story it refers to in C. Options D and E begin with A, which has nothing to translate. Hence, option B.Q10. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. Computer glitches would be a lot less annoying if the machines were programmed to acknowledge errors gracefully when something goes wrong, instead of flashing a "you goofed" message. B. Jen T took inspiration from this thought and is researching the area. C. The trick, according to many studies that have dealt with analysis of users' responses to their computers, is to make software more civilized by saying sorry more often. D. That way people won't feel they are stupid or at fault, as they become less apprehensive about using computers, and perhaps more productive and creative.Correct Option D … Explanation: A introduces the idea that glitches would be less annoying if computers acknowledged errors gracefully. C builds on this with "The trick," citing studies that suggest software should apologise more often. D follows with "That way," describing the benefits of this approach for users. B concludes by noting that Jen T took inspiration from "this thought" and is researching the area. Options A and C begin with B, whose "this thought" has no referent. Option B (ABCD) places B before the idea has been fully developed in C and D, so D's "That way" would no longer follow the apology approach it depends on. Option E begins with C, whose "The trick" needs the problem in A first. Hence, option D.Q11. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. This system grew out of extreme poverty and helplessness of scheduled castes, Adivasis and semi-tribal communities in India. B. When they needed food-grains during lean agricultural seasons, they had to borrow from village Mahajans. C. Since these native people did not have any security to offer in form of land, cattle etc, they "pledged" themselves. D. Bonded labour has existed in India for past many centuries.Correct Option E … Explanation: D introduces the topic: bonded labour has existed in India for centuries. A follows with "This system," explaining that it grew out of the poverty of marginalised communities. B refers to these communities as "they" and describes how they had to borrow food-grains from village Mahajans. C concludes by explaining that, lacking any security, they pledged themselves, which is how bonded labour arose. Option A begins with A, whose "This system" needs D first. Options B and C begin with C, which presupposes both the people and the borrowing. Option D (DBCA) uses "they" in B before the communities are named in A. Hence, option E.Q12. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. Yet such a stance becomes difficult to sustain when inflation remains above the central bank's own projections and real interest rates turn negative. B. The apparent contradiction suggests that the present monetary-policy position may be less stable than the committee's latest rate decision indicates. C. While the monetary policy committee retained the benchmark rate, several of its members appeared increasingly concerned about the possibility of future inflationary pressure. D. At the same time, the central bank continues to describe domestic demand, manufacturing and services as sufficiently resilient to support economic growth.Correct Option A … Explanation: C opens with the committee's decision to hold the benchmark rate despite members' concerns about inflation. D adds, with "At the same time," the central bank's view that the economy remains resilient. A follows with "Yet such a stance," pointing out that this position is hard to sustain when inflation exceeds projections and real rates turn negative. B concludes by calling this "the apparent contradiction" and inferring that the policy position may be unstable. Options B and D begin with B, a conclusion that needs the contradiction set up first. Option E begins with D, whose "At the same time" needs a preceding statement. Option C (CABD) places A's "such a stance" before the full stance is described in D, and B's conclusion before D. Hence, option A.Q13. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. Chiropractic has caused many disabilities and even death in some cases. B. Yet few chiropractors disclose to their patients the risks of cervical manipulation. C. This is not necessarily true. D. Significant risks accompany some alternative therapies. E. Most people think a treatment is safe if it is alternative.Correct Option C … Explanation: E introduces the common belief that alternative treatments are safe. C directly rejects this belief with "This is not necessarily true." D supports the rejection by stating that some alternative therapies carry significant risks. A gives a specific example, chiropractic, which has caused disabilities and even death. B concludes with "Yet," contrasting these serious risks with the fact that few chiropractors disclose them. Option D (ECDBA) places B's "Yet" before the harms in A that it contrasts with. Options A and B begin with D and leave C's "This" far from the belief it refers to. Option E (EDABC) places C at the end, where "This" would wrongly refer to the lack of disclosure. Hence, option C.Q14. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. He was limp and drenched, rather from anxiety than the heat or fatigue. B. Until now he had been hoping to strike the trail that led to the Frio crossing and the Chapman ranch. C. He must have crossed it at some dim part of it and ridden beyond. D. It must have been about four in the afternoon when Sam's conscience awoke. E. If so, he was now something like fifty miles from home.Correct Option E … Explanation: D sets the scene by naming Sam and the time when his conscience awoke. A describes his state, limp and drenched from anxiety, using "He," which refers back to Sam. B explains the source of the anxiety: he had been hoping to find the trail to the Frio crossing. C follows with "crossed it," referring to that trail, and concludes he had ridden past it. E ends with "If so," calculating that he was now about fifty miles from home. Options A and B begin with B, using "he" before Sam is named. Option C (DCABE) uses "it" in C before the trail is mentioned in B. Option D (DECBA) places E's "If so" before the possibility it depends on. Hence, option E.Q15. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. Senna's obsession with perfection saw him operate on an elevated plane, where the ordinary thrills of motor-racing did not matter. B. There is always tomorrow. C. If I fall short. There is no threat. D. I can strive to write the perfect story, the perfect sentence. E. Such an obsession is fairly risk-free in most professions.Correct Option A … Explanation: A introduces Senna's obsession with perfection in motor-racing. E follows with "Such an obsession," noting that it is fairly risk-free in most professions. D offers the author's own profession as an example: striving to write the perfect story or sentence. C continues this example, observing that falling short poses no threat. B concludes that there is always tomorrow. Option B (AECBD) places the consequence of falling short before the striving it refers to in D. Options C and D begin with C, which has no context. Option E begins with B, which is a conclusion, not an opening. Hence, option A.Q16. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. Those who debate that some physical punishment is needed to discipline a child actually want an easy way out. B. A child who is physically punished, as per studies, is more aggressive towards others. C. Beating a child even with "a light hand" can have permanent negative results. D. For such a child, violence is understood to be a route to control others and get what you want. E. Instead of spending time and energy explaining to a child, why a certain action is wrong, irritated parents, unable to control their anger, slap him to settle most issues.Correct Option B … Explanation: C states the main claim that beating a child, even lightly, has permanent negative results. B supports this with evidence from studies showing that physically punished children are more aggressive. D follows with "For such a child," explaining that violence becomes a way to control others. A then addresses those who defend physical punishment, saying they want an easy way out. E concludes by describing that easy way out: irritated parents slap instead of explaining. Option E (CDAEB) uses "such a child" in D before the punished child is described in B. Option D (ACDBE) has the same problem. Option C (ACBED) separates A from E, which explains the "easy way out." Option A (BCADE) opens with supporting evidence before the main claim. Hence, option B.Q17. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. Isabella is thin and tall, and wears high heels and low-cut dresses. B. She appears to be in her twenties, and she alternates between flashing friendly smiles and smoldering, come-hither looks. C. Robin is Black, but Isabella is white. D. It was a strategy, Robin explained, to widen her appeal to brands who might be interested in offering her partnership deals. "White women just have a broader audience," she told me. E. In one photo that Robin uploaded to TikTok, Isabella poses in a sweatshirt and bike shorts from the yoga brand Alo, her chiselled abs exposed and gold bracelets dangling from her wrists.Correct Option A … Explanation: A introduces Isabella by name with a physical description. B continues with "She," adding her apparent age and expressions. E gives a specific example: a photo Robin uploaded to TikTok showing Isabella in brand clothing. C then reveals the racial contrast between Robin and Isabella. D concludes by explaining this choice as a strategy to appeal to brands, as white women have a broader audience. Option B begins with B, using "She" before Isabella is named. Options C and D begin with E, which introduces a specific photo before Isabella herself is described. Option E begins with D, whose "It was a strategy" has no referent. Hence, option A.Q18. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. More than thirty years have passed since the advent of the theory of plate tectonics. B. Rigid plates and the narrow, deform-able boundaries dividing them explain much of the action on the earth's surface. C. In their paper on this issue, Steinberger et al integrate these processes and make them relevant to both field geologists and geodynamicists. D. In addition, plumes of hot material rising from great depth in the mantle are thought to feed 'hotspots', producing surface tracks of volcanism in the middle of plates, and regions of very active mid-ocean-ridge volcanism. E. Complicating this picture are zones of deformation, such as the Basin and Range province in the US, that exist within supposedly rigid plates.Correct Option D … Explanation: A introduces the topic by noting that plate tectonics has existed as a theory for over thirty years. B states the core idea: rigid plates and their boundaries explain much surface activity. D adds a further process with "In addition," describing mantle plumes that feed hotspots. E follows with "Complicating this picture," introducing deformation zones within supposedly rigid plates. C concludes by noting that Steinberger et al integrate "these processes," which refers to all the processes described before it. Option A (ADBEC) places D's "In addition" before the basic theory in B. Options B and C begin with B, skipping the introduction in A. Option E (AECDB) places E's "this picture" before the picture in B is drawn. Hence, option D.Q19. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. UV radiation has a shorter wavelength and a higher energy level than visible light, while IR radiation has a longer wavelength and a weaker energy level. B. Earth is constantly bombarded with enormous amounts of radiation, primarily from the sun. C. About 30 percent of the radiation striking Earth's atmosphere is immediately reflected back out to space by clouds, ice, snow, sand and other reflective surfaces, according to NASA. D. This radiation strikes the Earth's atmosphere in the form of visible light, UV, IR and other types of radiation that are invisible to the human eye. E. There's a delicate balancing act occurring every day all across the Earth, involving the radiation the planet receives from space and the radiation that's reflected back out to space.Correct Option A … Explanation: E introduces the theme: a daily balance between radiation received from space and radiation reflected back. B explains the incoming side, noting that Earth is constantly bombarded with radiation mainly from the sun. D follows with "This radiation," describing the forms it takes, including visible light, UV and IR. A elaborates on UV and IR, which were just mentioned in D. C concludes by returning to the reflected side of the balance, stating that about 30 percent is reflected back to space. Option D (EADCB) describes UV and IR in A before they are introduced in D. Options B and C begin with B and push the framing sentence E later or to the end. Option E begins with A, which lacks context. Hence, option A.Q20. Rearrange the sentences into a meaningful paragraph. A. During the classical and the Romantic eras the music was only available through sheet music scores. B. Music is composed and performed for many purposes, ranging from aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, or as an entertainment product for the marketplace. C. With the advent of sound recording, records of popular songs, rather than sheet music became the dominant way that music lovers would enjoy their favourite songs. D. Music lovers would buy the sheet music of their favourite pieces and songs so that they could perform them at home on the piano. E. Music is an art form, social activity or cultural activity whose medium is sound and silence.Correct Option C … Explanation: E opens with a general definition of music as an art form whose medium is sound and silence. B adds the purposes for which music is composed and performed, including as an entertainment product. A moves into history, noting that in the classical and Romantic eras music was available only through sheet music. D explains how music lovers used sheet music to perform pieces at home. C concludes with the shift brought by sound recording, when records replaced sheet music. Option E (EABCD) places C's mention of recording before D's description of the sheet-music era, breaking the chronology. Options A and D begin with A, skipping the general introduction. Option B ends with A and places C before A, reversing the historical order. Hence, option C.
