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:
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Deep said:
1 week ago
I think D is the correct answer.
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