Verbal Ability - Ordering of Sentences - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Ordering of Sentences - Section 1 (Q.No. 54)
Directions to Solve
In questions below, each passage consist of six sentences. The first and sixth sentence are given in the begining. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find out the proper order for the four sentences.
54.
| S1: | Our ancestors thought that anything which moved itself was alive. |
| P : | The philosopher Descartes thought that both men and animals were machines. |
| Q : | But a machine such as a motorcar or a steamship moves itself, as soon as machines which moved themselves had been made, people asked "Is man a machine?" |
| R : | And before the days of machinery that was a good definition. |
| S : | He also thought that the human machine was partly controlled by the soul action on a certain part of the brain, while animals had no souls. |
| S6: | Therefore some scientists think that life is just a very complicated mechanism. |
Discussion:
10 comments Page 1 of 1.
Tejes said:
8 years ago
According to me it's D.
Because first of all (R) shows the previous state of the invention of the machine. Then it comes (Q) where the question is asked "Is man a machine?". It's answer is there in (P). And at last in (S) shows another view of philosopher.
Because first of all (R) shows the previous state of the invention of the machine. Then it comes (Q) where the question is asked "Is man a machine?". It's answer is there in (P). And at last in (S) shows another view of philosopher.
Snehasish said:
1 decade ago
I thing the answer is wrong. "People asked 'Is a man machine?'" (Q) and then "And before the days of machinery that was a good definition".
(R) ---- Does this make sense? In my opinion, the correct answer should be D.
(R) ---- Does this make sense? In my opinion, the correct answer should be D.
Amrish said:
8 years ago
Read carefully their is only definition in the passage i.e. S1 so it gets compulsory to open the sentence with R.
Hence D is the answer.
Hence D is the answer.
Gourav pathak said:
9 years ago
No the complementary pair is (PSQ) and and followed by R. So answer is A.
Tara said:
8 years ago
According to me, D is the answer.
Gourav said:
9 years ago
I think, the answer should be D.
Shoaib shaikh said:
8 years ago
The correct answer is A.
Xiya said:
7 years ago
D is the correct answer.
Xiya said:
7 years ago
D is the correct answer.
Anna said:
8 years ago
I think it's D.
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