UPSC 2014 CDS I English Paper
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Directions (for the following 10 items) :
  In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6 . The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and indicate your answer accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
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  In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6 . The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up. These are labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and indicate your answer accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
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S1 : What soda-water is composed of you may see for yourself if you watch your glass as it stands on the table after you have slaked your first thirst.
S 6 : ‘Carbonic acid’ is the old name for it, but it is more correct to name it, when it is out of the water, ‘Carbon dioxide’.
P : The liquid is plain water, as you will find out if you are too slow about drinking.
Q : You will see that it is separating into two different things, a liquid and a gas.
R : The gas is so heavy that you can fairly drink it from the glass, and it has, as you know, a tingle-tangle taste.
S : The other is a heavy, sour and invisible gas that slips up through the water in little bubbles and collects in the empty half of the glass.
The proper sequence should be :
P : The liquid is plain water, as you will find out if you are too slow about drinking.
Q : You will see that it is separating into two different things, a liquid and a gas.
R : The gas is so heavy that you can fairly drink it from the glass, and it has, as you know, a tingle-tangle taste.
S : The other is a heavy, sour and invisible gas that slips up through the water in little bubbles and collects in the empty half of the glass.
The proper sequence should be :
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