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Miscellaneous·2016·Easy

This passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet. S1: In our youth we are apt to think that applause and publicity constitute success. S6: So let us be initiated into the mysteries of maturity and be taught how to resist and spurn the lure of hollow shows. P: The man who values the applause more than his own effort has not outgrown his youth. Q: It is our achievement or work which wins lasting rewards. R: But these are only the trappings, the ephemeral illusions. S: One should concentrate on one’s work knowing that applause will come unsought. The proper sequence should be

This passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S1: In our youth we are apt to think that applause and publicity constitute success.
S6: So let us be initiated into the mysteries of maturity and be taught how to resist and spurn the lure of hollow shows.
P: The man who values the applause more than his own effort has not outgrown his youth.
Q: It is our achievement or work which wins lasting rewards.
R: But these are only the trappings, the ephemeral illusions.
S: One should concentrate on one’s work knowing that applause will come unsought.

The proper sequence should be

Options

  1. a.

    S R Q P

  2. b.

    P S R Q

  3. c.

    Q R P S

  4. d.

    R Q P S

    Correct answer

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