Directions (1-5): Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) to make a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions which follow:
A. The celebrations of economic recovery in Washington may be as premature as that
‘Mission Accomplished’ banner hung on the USS Abraham Lincoln to hail the end of the Iraq war.
B. Meanwhile, in the real world, the struggles of families and communities continue unabated.
C. Washington responded to the favourable turn in economic news with enthusiasm.
D. The celebrations and high-fives up and down Pennsylvania Avenue are not to be found beyond
the Beltway.
E. When the third quarter GDP showed growth of 7.2% and the monthly unemployment rate dipped
to six per cent euphoria gripped the US capital.
1. Which of the following sentences should be the THIRD after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
2. Which of the following sentences should be the FIRST after rearrangement?
(a) C (b) B (c) D (d) A (e) E
3. Which of the following sentences should be the FIFTH after rearrangement?
(a) C (b) E (c) A (d) D (e) B
4. Which of the following sentences should be the FOURTH after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) C (c) B (d) E (e) D
5. Which of the following sentences should be the SECOND after rearrangement?
(a) A (b) D (c) B (d) C (e) E
Answers Answer: ECBDA 1.2 2.5 3.3 4.5 5.4