English Paragraph Formation Quiz, Paragraph Formation Verbal Ability Questions and Answers

1 .

A : ‘It’s a tricky business’, says Allan H. Meltzer, an economist at Carnegie mellon University and a former economic adviser to President Reagan.

B : Some policy- makers are focused on staving off the opposite problem- deflation, or falling prices, as demand weakens to the point that goods pile up without buyers, sending prices down and reducing the incentive for businesses to invest.

C : That could shrink demand further and perhaps even deliver the sort of downward spiral that pinned Japan in the weeds of stagnant growth during the 1990s.

D : “There’s no math model that tells us when to do it or how.”

E : But that, as most economists see it, is a worry for another day.

A)

A B C E D

B)

A C D E B

C)

B C D E A

D)

A D E B C

Correct Answer : A D E B C

We follow paragraph formation as :

Clearly A has to be followed by D as D completes what Allan H. Meltzer was mentioning in A. Also B has to be followed by C as ‘that could shrink demand further’ is the result of what is happening in B.Thus , required sequence is A D E B C.

2 .

A : A famous Japanese rock garden is at Ryoan-ji in North West Kyoto, Japan.

B : The rocks of various sizes are arranged on small white pebbles in five groups, each comprising five, two, three, two, and three rocks.

C : The garden is 30 meters long from East to West and 10 meters from North to South.

D : The garden contains 15 rocks arranged on the surface of white pebbles in such a manner that visitors can see only 14 of them at once, from whichever angle the garden is viewed.

E : There are no trees, just 15 irregularly shaped rocks of varying sizes, some surrounded by moss, arranged in a bed of white gravel/sand that is raked every day.

A)

A C E B D

B)

C A E D B

C)

D E A B C

D)

B A D E C

Correct Answer : A C E B D

The passage is about the famous rock garden Ryoan-ji in Japan (A). The dimensions of the garden are then given (30 m long from East to West and 10 m from North to South). (C) There is a description of the garden. It has no trees only 15 irregularly shaped rocks in a specific arrangement (E). Further details of the rocks arrangement are give rocks (B) The interesting part is that only 14 can be viewed at a time. (D) The description gets more detailed as we move along. It ends with a telling conclusion.

3 .

A : The operation of last week was as dramatic as the conceptualization of the gigantic statue of 350 tons.

B : The giant monolithic statue of Buddha was salvaged from the Hussainsagar lake.

C : The project was the brainchild and magnificent obsession of late N.T. Rama Rao.

D : It went down in the lake in 1990, when it was being transported to the Rock of Gibraltar, its intended seat.

A)

A C B D

B)

B C D A

C)

B D A C

D)

B A C D

Correct Answer : B D A C

B D is the key. Passage must begin with B as it introduces salvaged ‘giant statue of Buddha,’ it cannot begin with A, C, D with their ‘The operation of last week’, ‘The project’ and ‘It went down’ respectively. They only advance the argument introduced by B. D should obviously follow B as D tells when the ‘giant statue’ of Buddha ‘went down in the lake’, A should follow D which tells the ‘operation’ (of salvaging the statue) was ‘dramatic’, C should follow A and conclude the passage telling whose ‘obsession’ the project (of salvaging) was. Option (a): passage wrongly begins with A instead of B whereas A should follow D which in turn should follow B after D has told when the ‘giant statue’ of Buddha ‘went down in the lake,’ A calls the ‘operation (of salvaging the statue) was dramatic’ and so on. Option (b): passage correctly begins with B but C wrongly follows it whereas C should follow A and conclude the passage, after A calls the ‘operation’ (of salvaging the statue) ‘dramatic’ C tells whose ‘brainchild’ the ‘project’ was. Option (d): passage correctly begins with B but A wrongly follows B whereas A should follow D which in turn should follow B, after D has told when the statue ‘went down in the lake’ A calls the ‘operation’ ‘dramatic’ and so on. Except (c) other options are wrong.

4 .

A : His influence over Nero was, at least initially, salutary.

B : He killed his mother and his brother and sent Seneca to exile.

C : Seneca was a true follower of stoic philosophy.

D : But, eventually, Nero’s cruel propensities revealed themselves.

A)

C A D B

B)

D C B A

C)

A B C D

D)

B D C A

Correct Answer : C A D B

C A and D B are the keys. A should follow C with its ‘His influence over’ which refers to ‘Seneca’ mentioned by A. Option (b): Passage wrongly begins with D whereas D should follow A. Option (c): Passage wrongly begins with A whereas A should follow C. Option (d): Passage begins with B whereas B should follow D. Except (a) other options are wrong.

5 .

A : Sub-Saharan Africa is often cited as a territory in which starvation could be significantly reduced, were GM foods brought into worldwide circulation.

B : Farmers cite the steady impoverishment of the soil, and the deterioration in the quality of seeds, as excellent reasons for protesting GM foods.

C : As with many cutting-edge discoveries, however, its long-term consequences can be difficult to handle.

D : Genetically modified, or GM foods, are marketed enthusiastically by some section of the developed world that claim they can cure the ills of the developing world.

E : A lack of transparency concerning ethical testing is another reason given by the developing world for receiving GM foods with caution rather than with celebration.

A)

D A C B E

B)

D E B A C

C)

C A D E B

D)

B E D C A

Correct Answer : D A C B E