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

A. Dr Prince became aware of a small figure standing in the aisle beside his seat.

B. “Won’t your mother be wondering where you are?” he asked her.

C. He brought his eyes into focus and saw that it was a girl of seven or eight.

D. She was staring at him steadily with large blue eyes.

Some parts of a few sentences have been jumbled up, and labelled A, B, C and D. Select the option that gives the correct sequence in which these parts can be rearranged to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.

I didn’t speak to the sage again for many years,

A. seer, born on a dark island of a union between an ascetic and a fisher princess

B. because of the many hefty books, he’d written. Vyasa the

C. though I heard of him from time to time. I learned

D. his name: Vyasa the Compendious,

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

A. There he tasted the first sweet joy of liberty in the shape of a broiled chicken and a bottle of white wine.

B. Jimmy headed straight for a restaurant.

C. From there he proceeded leisurely to the station and boarded his train.

D. Three hours set him down at a little town near the state line.

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.

P: All these ensure that the world we live in grows a new skin every few years.
Q: These influences do, of course, work on humankind but they have the greatest impact on that section of society which is on the threshold of discovery-discovery of the self, of life and of living.
R: The life and times of two generations cannot be identical or even similar, thanks to modern research, progress in science, faster and easier communications and even distasteful things like inflation and population explosion.
S: These changes in due course affect our thinking and influence our attitudes, expectations, behavioural patterns and values.

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
 A. A panther is reported to have broken into a house yesterday in search of food and shelter.
 B. The villagers heard his cries and ran to the house but the scared animal had run away through the window by then.
 C. It secretly slouched into a room where a young man named Johnny was sleeping, who suddenly woke up and realised that the beast was roaming around his bed.
 D. Just as the panther was about to leap on him, he swiftly shot out of bed and hid in a closet.

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
 There are
 P. reports that toy shops and other
 Q. to prepare for the Christmas rush
 R. non-food retailers are struggling to
 S. get enough stock into their warehouses

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.

P: Superstitions exist throughout the world despite scientific advances.
 Q: One cannot heed anybody’s sneezes if one has to be punctual on duty or ‘cannot miss a flight.
 R: But the spread of science and education among the masses has certainly given rise to a significant number of persons who do not believe in these superstitions.
 S: The compulsions of modern life have also caused some of the superstitions to fade out.

Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence.
 (a) is credited with saying
 (b) do not dry your feet
 (c) If you want to leave your footprint on the sands of time,
 (d) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India