7th Class English Judging Logic of Story Judging Story Logic

 

Judging Story Logic

 

In this chapter, we will learn to make a logical story from the given sentences or incidents in jumbled form. First two are solved as examples for you.

 

·                     Example 1

 

1.            Arrange P, Q, R and S between A and B in order to make a sensible story.

 

A: In ancient times, a king had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king?s wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it.

 

P: Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. On approaching the boulder, the peasant laid own his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road.

 

Q: After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. As the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been.

 

R: Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the big stone out of the way

 

S: The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king' indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway.

 

B: The peasant did what many others never understood.

 

            Select the correct option among the given choices,

            (a) PSRQ                         (b) QSRP

            (c) RPQS                         (d) SPQR

            (e) None of these

Ans.     (c)

 

2.            Arrange P, Q, R and S between A and B in order to make a sensible story.

 

A: Mahatma Gandhi went from city to city, village to village collecting funds for the Charkha Sangh.

 

P: The volunteers tried to stop her, but she fought her way to the place where Gandhiji was sitting. ?I must see him she insisted and going up to Gandhiji touched his feet. Then from the folds of her sari she brought out a copper coin and placed it at his feet.

 

Q: During one of his tours he addressed a meeting in Orissa. After his speech a poor old woman got up. She was bent with age, her hair was grey and her clothes were in tatters.

 

R: ?If a man has several lakhs and he gives away a thousand or two, it doesn't mean much. But this coin was perhaps all that the poor woman possessed. She gave me all she had. That was very generous of her.

 

S: Gandhiji picked up the copper coin and put it away carefully. The Charkha Sangh funds were under the charge of Jamnalal Bajaj. He asked Gandhiji for the coin but Gandhiji refused. ?I keep cheques worth thousands of rupees for the Charkha Sangh,? Jamnalal Bajaj said laughingly ?yet you wont trust me with a copper coin.? ?This copper coin is worth much more than those thousands,? Gandhiji said.

 

B: What a great sacrifice she made. That is why I value this opper coin more than a crore of rupees.?

 

Select the correct option among the given choices.

            (a) PRQS                       (b) QPSR

            (c) PSQR                      (d) SPQR

            (e) None of these

Ans.     (b)