Set 1
A. Nature as we know it is governed by four fundamental forces – electromagnetic, strong, weak and gravitational.
B. The LHCb experiment in CERN has shown a feeble but persistent sign of physics that contradicts a basic assumption of the Standard Model.
C. What is the Standard Model of particle physics?
D. One of the major programmes in physics is to unify these four forces and have one equation to describe everything – the theory of everything!
E. However, so far scientists have been able to devise a theory that only gives a unified description of the first three forces. This theory is called the Standard Model (SM).
1. Which is the Fourth sentence after Rearrangement?
a) E
b) A
c) B
d) D
e) C
2. Which is the First sentence after Rearrangement?
a) C
b) B
c) E
d) A
e) D
3. Which is the Fifth sentence after Rearrangement?
a) B
b) D
c) C
d) E
e) A
4. Which is the Second sentence after Rearrangement?
a) E
b) A
c) C
d) D
e) B
5. Which is the Third sentence after Rearrangement?
a) A
b) C
c) E
d) F
e) D
Set 2
A. The prospect that 2017 will be a good year boosts the prospects of enhanced agricultural output, healthy reservoir levels, more hydropower and reduced conflicts over water.
B. It will also test the efficacy of the expensive water management initiatives launched during 2014 and 2015 by the Centre and the State governments to harness rainfall and build resilience for future drought cycles.
C. The ‘normal’ monsoon forecast of the India Meteorological Department brings the promise of a year of growth and good health for India’s economy and ecology.
D. As the IMD’s experience shows, forecasting the all-India summer monsoon rainfall is fraught with uncertainties and has often gone off the mark.
E. If correct, India will have a second consecutive year of normal rainfall, after two years of drought.
6. Which is the Fifth sentence after Rearrangement?
a) E
b) A
c) B
d) D
e) C
7. Which is the Third sentence after Rearrangement?
a) C
b) B
c) E
d) A
e) D
8. Which is the First sentence after Rearrangement?
a) B
b) D
c) C
d) E
e) A
9. Which is the Second sentence after Rearrangement?
a) A
b) E
c) C
d) D
e) B
10. Which is the Fourth sentence after Rearrangement?
a) A
b) C
c) E
d) B
e) D
