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

1 .

A : It will take extraordinary political commitment and liberal public funding during the 11th Plan for affordable housing to become a credible goal.

B : The National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy of the United Progressive Alliance Government seeks to make access to housing, long acknowledged as a fundamental right, a reality for all.

C : The task is staggering even if we go by conservative estimates.

D : The housing shortage to be met during the Plan is 26.53 million units, which include the backlog from the 10th Plan.

E : If the existing stock of poor quality dwellings and the growing urbanization–driven demand are taken into account, the real deficit will be even higher.

A)

A C D E B

B)

A D B E C

C)

A B E D C

D)

A B C D E

Correct Answer : A B C D E

On the basis of given paragraph , we follow sentence formation as :

Clearly C must be followed by D, which must be further followed by the E as E reitrates the housing shortage and says that the real deficit will be even higher. D and E provide the statistical proof of the staggering task mentioned in C. So this leads us to two options (b) and (d). Among them (b) seems to be more appropriate as B again emphasises on but is being said is A and also that B cannot be the concluding statement of the paragraph.So , required sequence will be A B C D E.

2 .

A : Environment Education Unit of Centre for Science and Environment has always been working towards providing easy-to-understand reading material.

B : Their new publication on this subject is an attempt to lend teachers a helping hand.

C : It unfolds in two sections: Climate Change: how to make sense of it all, and Natural Resources: how to share and care.

D : Here, the key issues selected adhere strictly to curriculum guidelines.

E : However, they are introduced to students not as a paragraph to memorise, but as an activity to do.

A)

A C E B D

B)

B E C A D

C)

A B C D E

D)

D B C A E

Correct Answer : A B C D E

On arranging the correct paragraph formation as :

Note that in the selection of the sequence of sentences a logical connectivity is maintained. This can by further checked by logically arranging the points in your own words. The entire passage summarizes the fact that the Environment Education Unit of Centre for Science and Environment strives to make easy course were (A) helpful not only to students but also to teachers (B) There are two section, one on climate change and the other on natural resources. (C) They are based on the curriculum. (D) But they are not meant to be just learnt by heart. The purpose is to introduce them in the form of an activity (E). Hence the correct sequence is A B C D E.

3 .

A : in this very short introduction to

B : America’s still-influential legislative response to the same

C : I offer some basic ideas for a first understanding of this profound crisis and

D : the Great Depression and the New Deal

A)

C, B, D, A

B)

A, B, C, D

C)

A, D, C, B

D)

C, D, A, B

Correct Answer : A, D, C, B

D logically follows A with ‘the Great Depression and the New Deal’ being the topics of introduction. C marks the beginning of the next clause which is logically followed by ii. Option (c) is thus the correct choice. Option (a) can be ruled out easily since the sentence cannot end with A. Option (b) is incorrect since iii and iv cannot come together (too many ‘and’s). Option (d) looks correct but it is not the right sequence because of ‘same’. The sentence is ambiguous since ‘same’ can refer to any of the three things mentioned before i.e. the Great Depression, New Deal and America’s still influential response

4 .

A : A carriage passes with a nasty, creaking noise.

B : If I am travelling in someone’s carriage, I dislike not only the noise but also the owner.

C : Annoying to think that the passengers may not be aware of it.

D : Such a person definitely is hateful.

A)

A B C D

B)

A C B D

C)

B A D C

D)

D C B A

Correct Answer : A C B D

5 .

A : From Sweden to the UK to Greece to even the US in the early part of the century, housing prices have fallen.

B : But wasn’t that just correlation?

C : Housing bubbles have been known to go bust in the past, and in different countries.

D : “The real estate market has never gone down in any meaningful way” – this statement was often quoted by real estate agents and brokers in the US, and it might have even been statistically valid, with over 50 years of data supporting it.

E : While the argument is moot today (US House Prices are still falling, after more than three years of a downward trend) it remains alive in pockets of the world.

A)

B E D A C

B)

C D B A E

C)

C D A B E

D)

D B C A E

Correct Answer : C D A B E