8th Class English Judging Logic of Actions Judging Logic of Actions

Judging Logic of Actions

In this section we have to arrange the actions in a sequence. Some examples are solved to develop your understanding.

·                     Example 1

Arrange P, Q, R and S in order to find the correct logical sequence of actions.

P: A saintly monk was leading a life of meditation near a village. The villagers used to give him food and respect his words of wisdom. One day the villagers rushed into his hermitage in a rage. They pushed a girl to his front and accused him of raping the girl as she had confessed before them that the monk was responsible for her pregnancy.

Q: Twelve years passed. Then, one day the villagers came tearfully to the monk and begged his pardon for suspecting his sanctity. They had identified the culprit who had made the girl pregnant. He was now ready to accept the girl and child.

R: The girl who was afraid of the miscreant had then told the name of the monk instead. The monk, without any excitement, repeated his earlier question ?Is it so?? Then he entrusted the girl and the child to the villagers and silently resumed his meditation.

S: He was innocent, but did not try to defend himself He calmly asked them, ?Is it so?? He readily agreed to support the girl in his hermitage. The villagers stopped feeding the sage and they started to ridicule him. To support him and the girl, the monk went to the forest and cut firewood. By selling the firewood, he could earn food for them. The girl delivered a baby and he supported them whole-heartedly

Select your answer from the given choices:

(a) PRSQ                       (b) SQRP

(c) PSQR                       (d) SRQP

(e) None of these

Ans.     (c)

·                     Example 2

Arrange P, Q, R and S in order to find the correct logical sequence of actions.

P: ?Ah, but barbers DO exist! That?s what happens when people do not come to me.? ?Exactly!? affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too DOES exist! That?s what happens when people do not go to Him and don?t look up to Him for help. That?s why there's so much pain and suffering in the world.?

Q: ?Why do you say that?? asked the customer. ?Well, you just have to go out in the street to realise that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things." The customer thought for a moment, but didn?t respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop.

R: A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: ?I don't believe that God exists.?

S: Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt. The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber, ?You know what? Barbers do not exist.? ?How can you say that?? asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!" "No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."

Select your answer from the given choices:

(a) RQSP                       (b) SQRP

(c) RSPQ                       (d) SRQP

(e) None of these

Ans.     (a)