IPMAT Indore 2023 (VA) PYQs

The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical order and enter the sequence of numbers in the space provided.

1. In this microgravity environment, your blood also tends to move towards the heart and head.
2. Both effects are only short-lived and, after a brief period of readjustment on arriving back home, the heart and spine return to normal.
3. The heart interprets this as an increase in the amount of blood in the body and that it needs to pump less, so it shrinks.
4. In space with less gravitational force than on Earth, there’s less pressure on your spine and so it’ll get a bit longer, effectively making you as much as two inches taller.

Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent passage:

1. What is more shocking to observe is how often such strokes lead to death.
2. When the body temperature rises, our vital organs swell, and this causes death.
3. One main reason for this is that people underestimate how badly heat can affect the body.
4. Heat strokes have become more common in our country than ever before.

The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph.

• 1. A sub-par monsoon cuts farm yields, output, and farm incomes, increasing the country's dependence on food imports.
• 2. A robust monsoon will help put a lid on food inflation by increasing domestic output of a variety of goods and commodities.
• 3. This is because half the Indian population depends upon farm-derived income.
• 4. The June-to-September rain-bearing system is often called the lifeblood of the country's economy.
• 5. Unfortunately, however, nearly 40% of India's net sown area does not have access to irrigation.