PARAJUMBLE – WORKSHEET WITH EXPLANATION

1)
1. Although there are large regional variations, it is not infrequent to find a large
number of people sitting here together and doing nothing.
2. Once in office, they receive friends and relatives who feel free to call any time without
prior appointment.
3. While working, one is struck by the slow and clumsy actions and reactions,
indifferent attitudes, procedure rather than outcome orientation, and the lack of
consideration for others.
4. Even those who are employed often come late to the office and leave early unless they
are forced to be punctual.
5. Work is not intrinsically valued in India.
6. Quite often people visit ailing friends and relatives or go out of their way to help
them in their personal matters even during office hours.
A 531426
B 514362
C 514263
D 126325

Explanation:
Out of the given options, the first sentence seems to be 5 and 51 forms a mandatory pair
as it moves from the general 'India' to specific 'regional variations' .
42 is the second mandatory pair with 'office' being mentioned in 4 and then 2 starting
with the 'office'.
Hence, option C is the right choice.

2)
1. But in the industrial era destroying the enemy’s productive capacity means bombing
the factories which are located in the cities.
2. So in the agrarian era, if you need to destroy the enemy’s productive capacity, what
you want to do is burn his fields, or if you’re really vicious, salt them.
3. Now in the information era, destroying the enemy’s productive capacity means
destroying the information infrastructure.
4. How do you do battle with your enemy?
5. The idea is to destroy the enemy’s productive capacity, and depending upon the
economic foundation, that productive capacity is different in each case.
6. With regard to defense, the purpose of the military is to defend the nation and be
prepared to do battle with its enemy.
A 645213
B 631254
C 452136
D 465213
Explanation:
4 continues 6 hence 64. 5 gives the answer of 4, hence 645, then arranging 1 ,2 and 3 ,the
correct sequence would be 213 observing the starting words like “but” “so” and “now”.
Hence the sequence would be 645213.

3)
1. Michael Hofman, a poet and translator, accepts this sorry fact without approval or
complaint.
2. But thanklessness and impossibility do not daunt him.
3. He acknowledges too -- in fact he returns to the point often -- that best translators of
poetry always fail at Home level.
4. Hofman feels passionately about his work, and this is clear from his writings.
5. In terms of the gap between worth and reward, translators come somewhere near
nurses and street - cleaners.
A 51342
B 14523
C 51324
D 43512

Explanation:
Here, statement 5 is the opening sentence. 2 with 'but' is the point of inflexion and 4
ends the paragraph on an optimistic note.

4)
1. The situations in which violence occurs and the nature of that violence tends to be
clearly defined at least in theory, as in the proverbial Irishman’s question: Is this a
private fight or can anyone join in?’
2. So the actual risk to outsiders, though no doubt higher than our societies, is
calculable.
3. Probably the only uncontrolled applications of force are those of social superiors to
social inferiors and even here there are probably some rules.
4. However binding the obligation to kill, members or feuding families engaged in
mutual massacre will be genuinely appalled if by some mischance a bystander or
outsider is killed.
A 4123
B 1342
C 3214
D 4213
Explanation:
Here, 23 is a mandatory pair with 'calculable' and 'only controlled applications'.
Option A is the right choice.

5)
1. Passivity is not, of course, universal.
2. In areas where there are no lords or laws, or in frontier zones where all men go
armed, the attitude of the peasantry may well be different.
3. So indeed it may be on the fringe of the unsubmissive.
4. However, for most of the soil-bound peasants the problem is not whether to be
normally passive or active, but when to pass from one state to another.
5. This depends on an assessment of the political situation.
A 25413
B 34125
C 54213
D 12345
Explanation:
Between the options, the best option for the opening sentence seems to be 1 and 2.
Again the option with 2 as the first sentence does not flow logically.
1-2 is a better sequence as it moves from general to specific.
This makes choice D as the right answer.

6)
A. Experts such as Larry Burns, head of research at GM, reckon that only such a full
hearted leap will allow the world to cope with the mass motorization that will one day
come to China or India.
B. But once hydrogen is being produced from biomass or extracted from underground
coal or made from water, using nuclear or renewable electricity, the way will be open
for a huge reduction in carbon emissions from the whole system.
 C. In theory, once all the bugs have been sorted out, fuel cells should deliver better total
fuel economy than any existing engines.
D. That is twice as good as the internal combustion engine, but only five percentage
points better than a diesel hybrid.
E. Allowing for the resources needed to extract hydrogen from hydrocarbon, oil, coal
or gas, the fuel cell has an efficiency of 30 %.
1. CEDBA
2. CEBDA
3. AEDBC
4. ACEBD

Explanation:
The initial sentence is obviously C which gives the introduction to the idea. It is also
found that ED is a mandatory pair as the same idea is continued. Hence the
answer is A.

7)
1. Then two astronomers—the German, Johannes Kepler, and the Italian, Galileo
Galilei-started publicly to support the Copernican theory, despite the fact that the orbits
it predicted did not quite match the ones observed.
2. His idea was that the sun was stationary at the centre and that the earth and the
planets move in circular orbits around the sun.
3. A simple model was proposed in 1514 by a Polish priest, Nicholas Copernicus.
4. Nearly a century passed before this idea was taken seriously.
A. 3421 B. 3241 C. 2314 D. 3142

Solution:
Answer is 3241
The 3rd sentence talks about the time event and other time vents follow it in a
chronological order. So option A is Best choice

8)
1. The potential exchanges between the officials of IBBF and the Maharashtra Body-
Building Association has all the trappings of a drama we are accustomed to.
2. In the case of sports persons, there is room for some sympathy, but the apathy of the
administrators, which has even led to sanctions from international bodies, is
unpardonable.
 3. A case in the point is the hefty penalty of US $10,000 slapped on the Indian Body-
Building Federation for not fulfilling its commitment for holding the Asian
Championships in Mumbai in October.
4. It is a matter of deep regret and concern that the sports administrators often cause
more harm to the image of the country than sportsmen and sportswomen do through
their dismal performances.
A. CABD B. DBCA C. DABC D. CDBA

Solution:
Here sentence 3 is an example of sentence 4. So it will come after 4. So now only option
B and C remain. Now go by ACRONYM Method discussed earlier. (IBBF in 1 and
Indian Body-Building Federation in 3) 3 will come before 1.
So only option B remains, which is the right option.

9)
On Monday the secretary of state is due to hold a day of meetings with high-level
political, military and business figures to further a “strategic dialogue” aimed at further
expansion of US trade in India.
B. US secretary of state Hillary Clinton arrived in India on Sunday for strategic talks
aimed at bolstering bilateral ties and securing firmer support for the war in
Afghanistan.
C. Clinton arrived by plane in Delhi before noon, according to a reporter travelling with
her, ahead of expected talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President
Pratibha Patel in the evening.
1. BAC 2. BCA 3. CBA 4. CAB

Solution:
This is a fairly easy question and hope each one of you was able to identify Option 2,
BCA, as the correct answer. The key points for identifying the correct answer in this
case are:
 Statement B forms the perfect starting sentence, providing us with the ideal introduction
for hat is to follow.
 Statements C and A take forward the paragraph in the chronological order in which the
events are scheduled, with first the explanation for the evening being provided and
then for the next day.

10)
A. Although there are large regional variations, it is not infrequent to find a large
number of people sitting here and there and doing nothing.
B. Once in office, they receive friends and relatives who feel free to call any time
without prior appointment.
C. While working, one is struck by the slow and clumsy actions and reactions,
indifferent attitudes, procedure rather than outcome orientation, and the lack of
consideration for others.
D. Even those who are employed often come late to the office and leave early unless
they are forced to be punctual.
E. Work is not intrinsically valued in India.
F. Quite often people visit ailing friends and relatives or go out of their way to help
them in their personal matters even during office hours.
1. ECADBF 2. EADCFB 3. EADBFC 4. ABFCBE

Solution:
Look at the personal pronoun "they" in sentence B: Once in office, they receive friends
and relatives who feel free to call any time without prior appointment. This they must
be referring to some people. The reference to some people only comes in sentences A, D,
and F. Therefore, one of the sentences will come before sentence B. Let's see the link AB,
DB, and FB;
Link AB- Although there are large regional variations, it is not infrequent to find a large
number of people sitting here and there and doing nothing. Once in office, they receive
friends and relatives who feel free to call any time without prior appointment.
Link DB- Even those who are employed often come late to the office and leave early
unless they are forced to be punctual. Once in office, they receive friends and relatives
who feel free to call any time without prior appointment.
Link FB- Quite often people visit ailing friends and relatives or go out of their way to
help them in their personal matters even during office hours. Once in office, they
receive friends and relatives who feel free to call any time without prior appointment.
Which of these links makes sense? Only link DB seems coherent. Now, we examine the
options with link DB. We see that options 1 and 3 have link DB in them. Also, both the
options have link ADBF. Therefore, ADBF is a link. Now we only need to place
sentences E and C. We can do that by reading the sentences in the order given in
options 1 and 3.
In link EC, sentence E is talking about work not being valued whereas sentence C is
talking about people being clumsy, indifferent, inconsiderate etc. Sentence C is NOT
talking about value of work. It is talking about people's behavior. Therefore, EC cannot
be a logical flow.
In link EA, sentence E is talking about work not being valued and sentence A is talking
about people sitting idle. This certainly says that people do not value work. Therefore,
EA is the correct link. Hence, option 3 is correct.

11)
1. If you are used to having your stimulation come in from outside, your mind never
develops its own habits of thinking and reflecting
2. Marx thought that religion was the opiate, because it soothed people's pain and
suffering and prevented them from rising in rebellion
3. If Karl Marx was alive today, he would say that television is the opiate of the people.
4. Television and similar entertainments are even more of an opiate because of their
addictive tendencies.
A. 2134 B. 1423 C. 2431 D. 3241

Solution:
Sentence 2 has Marx (short Form) and sentence 3 has Karl Marx (Full form). So 3 will
come before 2. Now look at the options. In A, B and C, 2 is placed before C3-hence
rejected. D is the right answer.