Verbal Ability - Ordering of Words

Directions to solve :
In the following questions, some parts of a sentence have been jumbled up. Rearrange these parts which are labelled as P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.
26.

I was so angry that
  1. if I had met him in the street
  2. and not waited to ask him
  3. why he had written me an insulting letter
  4. I would have knocked him down
Proper sequence is :

Answer

Answer :

Option A

Explanation :


I was so angry that if I had met him in the street I would have knocked him down and not waited to ask him why he had written me an insulting letter.
27.

The majestic mahogany table
  1. belongs to an old prince
  2. which has one leg missing
  3. who is no impoverished
  4. but not without some pride
Proper sequence is :

Answer

Answer :

Option D

Explanation :


The majestic mahogany table which has one leg missing belongs to an old prince who is no impoverished but not without some pride.
28.

Then the women
  1. lamenting their evil desire
  2. that had brought
  3. wept loudly
  4. this sorrow upon them
Proper sequence is :

Answer

Answer :

Option D

Explanation :


Then the women wept loudly lamenting their evil desire that had brought this sorrow upon them.
29.

It would
  1. appear from his statement
  2. about the policy of management
  3. in dealing with the strike
  4. that he was quite in the dark
Proper sequence is :

Answer

Answer :

Option B

Explanation :


It would appear from his statement that he as quite in the dark about the policy of management in dealing with the strike.
30.

The idea of the Yahoos
  1. too,
  2. in all its devastating implications,
  3. is one to be explored
  4. but not taken as the last word about human nature
Proper sequence is :

Answer

Answer :

Option A

Explanation :


The idea of the Yahoos too, is one to be explored in all its devastating implications, but not taken as the last word about human nature.
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