In the below questions, sentence/passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R & S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

P. The man had a beautiful wife, whom he loved passionately, and never left her side if possible.
Q. One day, when he was obliged by important business to go away from her, he went to a place where all kinds of birds are sold and bought a parrot.
R. This parrot not only spoke well, but it had the gift of telling all that had been done before it.
S. He brought it home in a cage and asked his wife to put it in her room and take great care of it while he was away.

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,

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.

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) Of the glorious climate of California he will hear much at every step, (B)/ when a Spanish novelist, either in fancy or prophecy, (C)/ the State and Lower California as long ago as 1510, (D)/ The name California was given to the territory comprising (E)/ wrote concerning "the great land of California, where an abundance of gold and precious stones are found."

Direction: Below in each questions some sentences are given, find the sentence which is not really contributing to the main theme and the of the passage or find the odd sentence out 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)Even at the risk of reducing an appraisal(B)/ It strove to make this evident, (C)/Of a great writer such as Ishiguro to a trite high school essay (D)/While announcing the name, (E)/ That came its way last year

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

Directions: Rearrange the following five sentences/group of sentences (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph, then answer the questions given below them.

A. The bear saved himself from the bees by jumping into a nearby pond.
B. This act by the little bee made the bear very angry and he was determined to destroy the nest of bees inside.
C. As he came closer to inspect, a single little bee flew out of the log to protect the swarm and stung him sharply on the nose.
D. This only alerted the bees and quick as a wink, the entire swarm of bees flew out of the log and began to sting the bear from head to heel.
E. A bear came across a log where a swarm of bees had nested to make their honey.

Which sentence should come in the FOURTH place after rearrangement?

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