When I was a student (P) I learnt swimming at the age of 15 (Q) of class X (R) in a government school (S) The proper sequence should be
- (a)P Q R S
- (b)P R Q S
- (c)Q P R S
- (d)Q S P R
Correct — C, Q P R S. In this section each label stands immediately after the part it names. So (Q) is 'I learnt swimming at the age of 15', (P) is 'When I was a student', (R) is 'of class X' and (S) is 'in a government school'. Reading Q P R S gives 'I learnt swimming at the age of 15 when I was a student of class X in a government school', with the main clause leading and the three remaining parts describing the student in one unbroken chain.
- (a)P Q R S — 'Of class X' is torn away from 'a student' and lands after 'the age of 15', where it modifies nothing at all.
- (b)P R Q S — This joins 'a student' to 'of class X' correctly but then cuts 'in a government school' off from that description and hangs it on the swimming, so the school stops telling us where the speaker studied.
- (d)Q S P R — 'In a government school' is placed before the time clause, which again separates it from 'a student', and 'of class X' is left dangling at the very end.
A word-order item in which three parts form one continuous description of the speaker and must be kept together.
More than one sequence here produces readable English, so the deciding test is where each phrase belongs. 'A student of class X in a government school' is a single description, and the sequence that keeps it whole while letting the main clause lead is the one the key marks.
- Splitting a description across the sentence because each half still reads smoothly on its own.
Asked as an ordering item where the deciding question is which noun each phrase describes.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Arrange the parts. While I was working (P) I completed my diploma (Q) as a clerk (R) in a night school (S). The proper sequence should be
- (a)P Q R S
- (b)P R Q S
- (c)Q P R S
- (d)Q S P R
Answer(c) Q P R S — 'I completed my diploma while I was working as a clerk in a night school.'
- practice — not a real PYQ
Arrange the parts. When he was posted in Pune (P) he learnt to ride a horse (Q) as a young officer (R) at an army school (S). The proper sequence should be
- (a)P Q R S
- (b)Q P R S
- (c)P R Q S
- (d)Q S P R
Answer(b) Q P R S — 'He learnt to ride a horse when he was posted in Pune as a young officer at an army school.'