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Directions: Rearrange the following five sentences in the proper sequence to form a coherent paragraph, and then answer the question given below:

(1)         There is in nature a universal tendency toward refinement and compactness of form in space, or        contrariwise, toward increment and diffusion; and this manifests itself in time as acceleration or retardation.

(2)         More and more science is coming to recognize, what theosophy affirms, that the spiral vortex, which so beautifully illustrates this law, both in its time and its space aspects is the universal archetype, the pattern of all that is, has been, or will be, since it is the form assumed by the ultimate physical atom.

(3)          It is governed, in either case, by an exact mathematical law, like the law of falling bodies.

(4)         And the ultimate physical atom is the physical cosmos in miniature.

(5)         It shows itself in the widening circles which appear when one drops a stone into still water, in the convolutions of shells, in the branching of trees and the veining of leaves; the diminution in the size of the pipes of an organ illustrates it, and the spacing of the frets of a guitar.

 

Q.1 Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after the rearrangement?

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

 

Ans. 5

 

Q.2 Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after the rearrangement?

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

 

Ans. 4

 

Q.3 Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence after the rearrangement?

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

 

Ans. 2

 

Q.4 Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after the rearrangement?

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

 

Ans. 3

 

Q.5 Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement?

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

 

Ans. 1