Directions: Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence, parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled as P, Q. R, and S. You are required to unjumble the sentence, and mark (d). You are required to unjumble the sentence, and mark your response accordingly by choosing the appropriate sequence given in the options (a), (b), (c) and (d).
(P) pollution control equipment broadly
(Q) include wastewater treatment plants,
(R) the various categories of water
(S) drinking water treatment plants and effluent treatment plants
Unjumbling Sentence Parts: Water Pollution Control Equipment
This question asks us to rearrange the given jumbled parts of a sentence (labelled P, Q, R, S) to form a meaningful and grammatically correct statement. The topic concerns water pollution control equipment.
Identifying the Sentence Parts
Let's look at each part:
- P: pollution control equipment broadly
- Q: include wastewater treatment plants,
- R: the various categories of water
- S: drinking water treatment plants and effluent treatment plants
Constructing the Sentence (QSRP Sequence)
The correct sequence determined from the options is QSRP. Let's combine the parts in this order to form the complete sentence:
Q: include wastewater treatment plants,
S: drinking water treatment plants and effluent treatment plants
R: the various categories of water
P: pollution control equipment broadly
Assembled Sentence:
include wastewater treatment plants, drinking water treatment plants and effluent treatment plants the various categories of water pollution control equipment broadly.
Understanding the Sentence Logic
The sequence QSRP arranges the sentence components as follows:
- The sentence begins with Q ('include...') and continues with S ('drinking water treatment plants...'). These parts list specific examples of treatment facilities.
- R ('the various categories of water') introduces the classification related to water.
- P ('pollution control equipment broadly') specifies the subject matter – pollution control equipment – and adds the adverb 'broadly'.
This arrangement presents the examples (wastewater, drinking water, effluent treatment plants) first, followed by their classification under 'the various categories of water pollution control equipment'. The structure implies that the listed plants are examples belonging to these categories. The term 'broadly' qualifies the scope of this classification.
By following the QSRP order, we connect the specific examples to the general topic of water pollution control equipment categories.
Important Questions from Parajumbles
Three statements are followed by conclusions numbered I, II. You have to consider these statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statement.
Statements:
- All water is earth.
- All earth is fire.
- Some fire is air.
Conclusions:
- (I) Some air is earth.
- (II) Some fire is water.
In this question, three statements are given, followed by three conclusions numbered I, II, and III. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusion(s) logically follows/follow from the statements.
Statements:
No rose is an orchid.
All roses are lilies.
All lilies are lotuses.
Conclusions:
I. Some lilies are orchids.
II. Some lotuses are orchids.
III. All lilies are orchids.
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