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Question : 49 of 120

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Directions: In this section, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first sentences in each sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labeled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S1: Things are often not what they seem.

S6: This happened without you even knowing it. So imagine the changes that occur to this earth and humanity.

P: But you are really not, because the Milky Way galaxy, of which you are a part, is moving through space at 2.1 million kilometres an hour.

Q: So in roughly twenty seconds that it would have taken you to read this paragraph, you have already moved thousands of kilometre.

R: And that is without taking into account the effects of earth's rotation on its own axis, its orbiting around the sun and sun's journey around the Milky Way.

S: As you read this sentence, perhaps sitting in a comfortable chair in your study, you would probably consider yourself at rest.

The correct sequence should be:

Q, R, P, S
R, Q, P, S
P, Q, R, S
S, P, R, Q

Solution:

Concept:

The passage contrasts apparent rest with actual cosmic motion.

Explanation:

S1 introduces the idea that appearances can be deceptive.

Sentence S presents the typical feeling of being at rest while reading.

Sentence P refutes this by stating that you are moving with the Milky Way at

2.1

million km/h.

Sentence R adds that this speed excludes Earth's spin, orbit, and the Sun's motion around the galaxy.

Sentence Q calculates that in roughly 20 seconds you have already travelled thousands of kilometres.

Therefore the correct logical order is S → P → R → Q.

Answer:

The correct sequence is S, P, R, Q, i.e., option D.

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