IPMAT Indore (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. The muddy concoction – made by grinding the kava plant’s roots and mixing it with water to create a dark, earthy liquid – holds a deep cultural significance throughout the region, and the drink is often shared between friends, guests, and colleagues.
2. Regular kava drinkers often describe this blissful state as a sort of peace, a way for the body and mind to uncoil from itself.
3. Called yaqona in Fiji, ‘ava in Samoa and sakau in Micronesia, kava has occupied a sacred role in Pacific countries for centuries.
4. A swig (or two) taken from a bowl or shell – sometimes quite literally a coconut shell cut in half – can lead to profound relaxation, a sort of numbness that trickles down from your mouth through your shoulders and spine.

Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent passage:

1. But the mutiny of Visakhapatnam predates this.
2. Instead of going against their heroic leader, the sepoys attacked the British soldiers and managed to escape from the town.
3. The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 in the garrison town of Meerut is regarded as the First War of Independence.
4. It happened in 1780 when the British officers asked the local sepoys to join the fight against Hyder Ali.

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. It was felt that the major polluters had a moral obligation to deliver on the agreements reached some years ago during a similar convention on Climate Change.
2. The papers presented indicated that the impacts of current warming are much more severe than previously understood.
3. It appears that the planet's ability to adapt to and cope with how it is being treated is fraying.
4. For example, the acceleration of sea level rise and ocean warming, and increasing risks of reaching limits to adaptation.
5. This is what emerged at a recent conference attended by the largest scientific community on climate science.