NDA (II) 2019 General Ability Test · Question 38 of 148

Correct — B, Q S R P. Read in order the parts form 'The plea filed through the advocate submitted that the sale of drugs and prescription medicines online is illegal and without any mandate of law.' Q supplies the subject ('the plea filed through the advocate'), S adds the reporting verb and object ('submitted that the sale of drugs and prescription medicines'), R states the first predicate with 'and' ('online is illegal and'), and P completes the second predicate ('without any mandate of law').

• (a)R Q S P — Opening with R ('online is illegal and') begins mid-predicate, with no subject stated before it.
• (c)Q R P S — Placing R right after Q skips the reporting clause S, so 'the plea ... online is illegal' has no verb 'submitted' to introduce it.
• (d)P R S Q — Starting with P ('without any mandate of law') strands a modifier at the front and pushes the subject Q to the very end.

A jumbled-sentence item: the subject and its reporting verb come first, then the two predicates joined by 'and' follow in sequence.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange: P: without any prior notice; Q: the petition filed by the residents; R: is unlawful and; S: argued that the demolition drive

  • (a)Q S R P
  • (b)R Q S P
  • (c)Q R P S
  • (d)P S R Q

  Answer(a) Q S R P — 'The petition filed by the residents argued that the demolition drive is unlawful and without any prior notice.'

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange: P: without any scientific basis; Q: the report released by the panel; R: is misleading and; S: stated that the claims in the advertisement

  • (a)Q S R P
  • (b)S Q R P
  • (c)Q R S P
  • (d)R S Q P

  Answer(a) Q S R P — 'The report released by the panel stated that the claims in the advertisement are misleading and without any scientific basis.'