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

A. They silently ate and having finished they sat down to sing sentimental songs.

B. On the way they bought a large loaf of bread, some cheese and a goatskin full of beer.

C. When Little John was halfway through his song, Robin stopped him.

D. They travelled for a long time towards Sherwood.

Read the following passage carefully and give the answer of following questions.

The problem of water pollution by pesticides can be understood only in context, as part of the whole to which it belongs – the pollution of the total environment of mankind. The pollution entering our waterways comes from many sources, radioactive wastes from reactors, laboratories and hospitals; fallout from nuclear explosions; domestic wastes from cities and towns; chemical wastes from factories. To these is a added a new kid of fallout - the chemical sprays applied to crop lands and gardens, forests and fields. Many of the chemical agents in this alarming melange initiate and augment the harmful effects of radiation, and within the groups of chemicals themselves there are sinister and little - understood interactions, transformations and summations of effect.

Ever since the chemists began to manufacture substances that nature never invented, the problem of water purification have become complex and the danger to users of water has increased. As we have seen, the production of these synthetic chemicals in large volume began in the 1940’s. It has now reached such proportion that an appalling deluge of chemical pollution is daily poured into the nation’s waterways. When inextricably mixed with domestic and other wastes discharged into the same water, these chemicals sometimes defy detection by the methods in ordinary use by purification plants. Most of them are so complex that they cannot be identified. In rivers, a really incredible variety of pollutants combine to produce deposits that sanitary engineers can only despairingly refer to as “gunk”.

Water contamination has become serious:

Directions: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

EULOGY

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The committee will ________________ a survey on the government schemes.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM for the word 'often' in the following sentence.

Usually at Christmas, uncle often brings lovely and cherished gifts for us.

Instructions: Some sentences related to a topic are given in each question. Find the sentence which is out of context of the main theme of the paragraph and rearrange the remaining sentences to make a coherent paragraph. If the given sentence is correct as it is then choose option E. If the sequence is the one which is not given then choose option D as your choice. 

(A) And students aged 6 to 17 spend at least three hours a day (B)/ For children as young as 10 years old (C)/ According to a recent survey commissioned by HP and conducted by Wakefield Research, (D)/ On devices with Internet access (E)/ computers become a significant part of homework assignments

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

A. The prehistoric ring of standing stones at this site is carefully aligned to point to the sunset.

B. To get a view of the sun, Stonehenge in England is considered as one of the most iconic sites.

C. As the sun rises and sets on this day in the northern hemisphere, it is the year’s shortest day.

D. Winter solstice on December 21st marks the beginning of longer daylight hours.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

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