List of top Verbal and Logical Ability Questions on Paragraph asked in IPMAT

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. Only numbers are to be entered in the space provided for the answer, and no letters, characters, or spaces should be entered. For example, a response such as 3412 is valid, and responses such as 3412. or 3 41 2 are invalid. 
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.

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. Only numbers are to be entered in the space provided for the answer, and no letters, characters, or spaces should be entered. For example, a response such as 3412 is valid, and responses such as 3412. or 3 41 2 are invalid.
 1. Farmers, however, especially during the peak farming season, ignore the warnings of the weather forecast. 
2. People from some states of India have demanded that families of those who have been killed by lightning strikes should receive compensation. 
3. The Minister for Disaster Management announced that over 2800 people have died after being struck by a lightning last year. 
4. The Minister responded that pamphlets on the dangers of lightning and precautions to be taken are being distributed in villages.

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. Only numbers are to be entered in the space provided for the answer, and no letters, characters, or spaces should be entered. For example, a response such as 53412 is valid, and responses such as 53412. or 53 41 2 are invalid. 
1. Meanwhile, people are posting less. The share of Americans who say they enjoy documenting their life online has fallen from 40 per cent to 28 per cent since 2020. 
2. The striking feature of the new social media is that they are no longer very social. 
3. Some of the consequences of this are welcome. Political campaigners say they have to tone down their message to win over private groups. 
4. Debate is moving to closed platforms such as WhatsApp and Telegram. 
5. Inspired by TikTok, apps like Facebook increasingly serve a diet of clips selected by artificial intelligence according to a user's viewing behaviour, not their social connections. 
 

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. Only numbers are to be entered in the space provided for the answer, and no letters, characters, or spaces should be entered. For example, a response such as 3412 is valid, and responses such as 3412. or 3 41 2 are invalid. 
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. 
 

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. Only numbers are to be entered in the space provided for the answer, and no letters, characters, or spaces should be entered. For example, a response such as 53412 is valid, and responses such as 53412. or 53 41 2 are invalid. 1. By contrast, in America, it is estimated that even after post-COVID decline, total giving came to almost \$500 billion in 2022.
2. There are no comparable data on different countries. But one report by Dasra, a Mumbai-based NGO, estimates total private giving in India came to about \$13 billion in 2022.
3. A strategic sort of giving, involving philanthropy professionals, a long-term lens, and big ambitions of transforming society is gradually emerging. It differs, of course, between countries.
4. Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, put total giving in China at \$21 billion in 2020.
5. By any measure, however, organised philanthropy across Asia is on a much smaller scale than in the West.