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S1 : Egypt lies in the north-east corner of Africa. S6 : The whole country depends on the water of the Nile. P : Most of it is desert or semi-desert. Q : It has very little rainfall. R : It is four times as big as Great Britain in size. S : Only a twenty-fifth of the total area is cultivable. The correct sequence should be

S1 : In mechanical efforts, you improve by perpetual practice. S6 : There is neither excuse nor temptation for the latter. P : He cannot go on shooting wide or falling short, and still fancy that he is making progress. Q : This is so because the object to be attained is a matter of actual experiment in which you either succeed or fail. R : He must either correct his aim, or persevere in his error with his eyes open.

S1 : Isaac's mother married again. S6 : He had a set of little tools and saw of various sizes made by himself. P : But he was known to be very clever at making things. Q : She sent him to school. R : Isaac was left to the care of his good old grandmother. S : In his early years Isaac did not appear to be a very bright student. The correct sequence should be

S1 : The examination system must be regarded as the chief wrecker of young nerves. S6 : If I become a Vice-Chancellor, my first act would be to abolish all examinations in my university. P : It makes me jump out of the bed, all in a sweat. Q : It does this by building up a tension, for a part of the year, all through one's youth. R : And after four decades, the same nervousness sometimes recurs to me in nightmares. S : I remember the desperate nervousness that used to grip me from January to April every year. The correct sequence should be

S1 : History is a subject that is so little valued today that it is almost impossible to win world fame as a historian; yet that is exactly what Toynbee was able to. S6 : Among the civilizations that he studied was that of India. P : We usually think of history as a chronological account of the development of various states and empires under ruler. Q : Toynbee's view of history was different. R : He tries to find the pattern behind the birth, growth and decay of civilization. S : Though he used the recorded history of mankind, but he was interested not merely in the chronology of single states or group but in the rise and fall of whole civilizations. The correct sequence should be

S1 : Science first began to become important after A.D. 1500. S6 : Men read them, became inquisitive again, and began to want to find things out. P : As a result of this, books came to be circulated. Q : During the Middle Ages the coming of Science was hindered by the Church. R : In the middle of the fifteenth century, however, the Turks captured the city of Constantinople and the Greek books were scattered far and wide. S : It considered free inquiry into the nature of things to be wicked. The correct sequence should be