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ScoreBetterInEnglishSectionofPO,ClerkExam:Parajumbles

TrickstosuccessfullysolveParaJumbles
1.Understandthecentraltheme:
ThebestwaytosolveParajumblesisbydevelopinghighreadingspeedandbyscanningallthe
optionsavailable.Trygettingthefeelofwhatthepassageistalkingabout.Thiswillkeepyouinthe
rightdirection.
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2.Keepacheckonchronologyofevents:
Inafewquestions,theeventsmentionedintheparagraphcanbearrangedinachronologicalorder
anditbecomeseasiertologicallyconstructaparagraph.Theeventsareusuallymentionedin
ascendingordescendingorderoftheiroccurrence.

3.Keepreviewingtheoptions:
Now,supposeyouhave4sentencesABCD.Basedonchronologicalorder,youknowthatAandB
willappearintheorderBA.Nowscantheavailableoptionsandmatch:
a)DABC(b)ACDB(c)CBAD(d)DBAC.
Nowyouknowthatthecorrectansweriseither(c)or(d).Choosethebestoptionoutofthesetwo.
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4.Lookforarticles
Youcanspot2typesofarticlesinparajumblesinIBPSPOexam.
Definitearticleslikethe
Indefinitearticleslikeaandan
Theisgenerallyusedwhensomeperson/placeoreventisbeingtalkedaboutforthesecondor3rd
time.Firsttimeintroductionsareusuallymadewiththehelpofa/an.So,thesentencecontaining'the'
ismostlikelytocomeafterthesentencecontaininga/an.

5.Lookoutforpronouns
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Pronounslikehe,she,they,it,them,their,him,her,canbeeasilyspottedinparajumbledsentences.
Suchpronounsarealwaysusedwhenthepersonbeingtalkedabouthasalreadybeenintroduced.So
sentencewithpronounismostlikelyNOTthefirstsentence.
SolvedExample:
1.HispoliticalcareercametoanabruptendwithChinasmilitaryoperation.
2.Heattractedasherepelled.
3.Hewasresponsibleforthedebacle.
4.Amanofparadoxes,Menonremainedanenigma.
A)4312B)1342C)4213D)4123
Solution:Sentences1,2,3startwithapronoun.Sothefirstsentencehastobe4.
Sentence3talksaboutthedebacle(Chinasmilitaryoperation).Sosentence3follows1.Themost
suitableoptionis(C).

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6.Lookoutfortransitionwords
Whenyouseeatransitionwordinasentence,be90%surethatthissentenceisnotthefirst
sentence.
Transitionwordsareusedinconnectingaparticularideatothenext.Hereisalistforyourreference:
also
again
aswellas
afterall
forexample
forinstance
inshort
likewiseotherwise
subsequently
hence
simultaneously

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7.Lookoutforabbreviations
Shortformsorabbreviationstrickisusefulinparagraphswhereboththesethingsarepresent.In
casesofparajumbles,wherebothfullformandabbreviationsarepresentindifferentsentences,in
thatcasethesentencecontainingthefullformwillcomebeforethesentencecontainingthe
abbreviation.
NowtrysolvingthissimplequestiononParajumblesfromIBPSPOexam2013:
Rearrangethefollowingsentences(A),(B),(C),(D),(E)and(F)tomakeameaningful
paragraphandanswerthequestionsthatfollow:
(A)However,whilereading,theywouldnotknowwhentopauseandwhattoemphasise.
(B)Sincethen,theirusehasbeenregularisedandthepunctuationruleshavebeenfollowedbyall.
(C)Inearlierdays,peoplelearntbyreadingoutloud.
(D)Butnoteverybodyusedthesamepunctuationsforthesamething.
(E)Toaddressthisproblem,varioussignsdepictingvariouspunctuationswereintroduced.
(F)Thus,firmerguidelinesregardingpunctuationswereframedsothateveryoneusedthemina
similarway

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