In the following question, the 1st and the last sentence of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct and then find the correct answer.

1. We are still in the Cenozoic Era the age of mammals.
P. Will mammals, one wonders, continue to be earth’s leading animals?
Q. Or, in a hundred million years, will most of the mammals of today belong to a parade of ancient animals?
R. The great Ice Age and the time since forms a part of it.
S. No one can tell.
6. At the moment, there is little to make us think that we will be crowded off the earth.

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In the following question, the 1st and the last sentence of the passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence and find out which of the four combinations is correct and then find the correct answer.

1. Environment is the place where all forms of life exist, live and prosper.
P. Thus, there is a network of life forms with a close association among themselves and with the non-living matter.
Q. Any life form can exist on earth only if the integrity of all the components are maintained.
R. Human life is closely linked with all the other forms in the environment and also with the inanimate objects like air, water, and land.
S. If any one component of this network, is disturbed,  it will have a profound adverse effect on all other components.
6. Protection environment is an important item of life.

1. You would have heard about it by now. Yes, Pluto is no longer considered a planet.
P. For instance, Pluto is the only known heavenly body that rotates in synchrony with the orbit of its satellite.
Q. It is to be called a “dwarf planet” henceforth.
R. So, unlike the earth and our moon, Pluto and Charon continuously face each other.
S. Even in the past, Pluto's status had remained shaky and was always considered a peculiar planet.
6. Discovered in 1930, and named after the Roman god of the underworld, Pluto has an icy surface composed of nitrogen and methane and weighs just a fifth of the weight of our moon.

1. One cold night, just as I was about to jump into bed, I heard guns firing.
P. The whole city seemed to be lit by heavenly light.
Q. On looking out, I saw the flashes of the fast traveling bullets.
R. I stood motionless as shells whistled past.
S. I ran to the nearest window.
6. It was almost like fireworks except that the flashes were not for celebration, but for destruction.

1.  Khizer had been a very pious and wise old man.
P.  Khizer would then appear and comfort that person.
Q. In Persia, whoever had any problem would pray to him for help.
R. He would live until the day of judgment.
S. He had drunk nectar, the water of eternal life.
6. The king of persla also desired to see the great khizer.

1. We are still in the Cenozoic Era the age of mammals.
P. Will mammals, one wonders, continue to be earth’s leading animals?
Q. Or, in a hundred million years, will most of the mammals of today belong to a parade of ancient animals?
R. The great Ice Age and the time since forms a part of it.
S. No one can tell.
6. At the moment, there is little to make us think that we will be crowded off the earth.

1. Jagdish’s mother was out of station and had left a few recipes for Jagdish to cook for himself, here is one.
P. After a while he added salt and chilli powder to the slight potatoes into tiny pieces.
Q. He cut the washed and peeled potatoes into tiny pieces.
R. When the oil was hot, he put the potato pieces into it, stirred them now and then to prevent them from sticking to the kadai.
S. Then he put the kadai on the lighted stove and poured two table spoons of oil into it.
6. Finally, when it was well done, he took the kadai off the stove and transferred the fried potato into a steel dish.

1. It was nearly two hours before break.
P. When he reached his won door, he opened it softly and walked lightly up the stairs.
Q. He entered the room, where a candle was burning upon table.
R. The streets were deserted silent as Bill Sikes hurried through them.
S. He then drew back the curtain of the bed.
6. Nancy was laying, half-dressed upon it.

1. The commonest form of non-motorized transport is the bicycle.
P. All one has to do is to hop on to it and pedal off.
Q. It takes only a short time for 1 an average person to master it.
R. Also, except for inner tubes, and tyres, maintenance is seldom required.
S. The bicycle is a very simple machine to use.
6. No wonder millions of people ride bicycles all over the world.

1. Surgeons are next only to god.
P. As such they become demigods in the eyes of their patients and their families.
Q. And as the saying goes, cleanliness is next to godliness.
R. They give a new lease of life to people who are in their death beds.
S. Further a surgeon’s work warrants cleanliness in every aspect.
6. Because of his purity which the surgeon sees everywhere, he tends to be pure in his heart too.

1. A panther, it is reported broke into a house yesterday attracted by the smell of the cattle in the shade close by.
P. Just as the panther was about to leap on him, he shot out of his bed and jumped into a cupboard heavy steel.
Q. The neighbours heard his cries and broke open the door.
R. It strayed into the house where a boy, sitaram, was sleeping alone.
S. He heard sounds and woke up, took the torch from under the pillow, shone it in the direction of the wild beast.
6. By then, the panther had escaped through the open window.