Directions for the following 8 (EIGHT) items: In this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
S1: James Watt used the power of steam to drive machines.
S6: The jet engine is relatively more recent.
P: With petrol engines people were able to build motor cars and aeroplanes. · Q: Then many years later, the petrol engine was invented. · R: These provided quicker means of traveling. · S: His invention was used later by other clever men to give us the railway engine.
The proper sequence should be
- ASQPR
- BPQRS
- CPSRQ
- DQSRP
Explanation
S (steam → railway engine) → Q (petrol engine invented) → P (cars/aeroplanes) → R (quicker travel). (SQPR)