NDA (I & II) 2020 General Ability Test · Question 17 of 148

Correct — C, S R P Q. S ('the essay 'Of Friendship' by Francis Bacon celebrated the intimacy') is the main clause, R ('between friends which is subjected to both prosperity and') qualifies that intimacy, P ('adversity without succumbing') completes the 'prosperity and adversity' pair, and Q ('to the clouds of doubt and jealousy') finishes 'without succumbing to ...': 'The essay 'Of Friendship' by Francis Bacon celebrated the intimacy between friends which is subjected to both prosperity and adversity without succumbing to the clouds of doubt and jealousy.'

• (d)P Q R S — Opening with P ('adversity without succumbing') gives no subject or context, and the main clause S is pushed to the very end, so nothing introduces the essay.
• (a)P R Q S — 'Adversity...' cannot start the sentence, and 'both prosperity and' (in R) would then precede 'adversity', breaking the natural 'prosperity and adversity' pairing.

A jumbled-sentence item — the paired phrase 'both prosperity and adversity' and the 'without succumbing to ...' construction fix R, P and Q after the main clause S.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Rearrange to form a coherent sentence — (P) her homework (Q) after finishing (R) went out to play (S) the little girl

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

  Answer(a) S R Q P — 'The little girl went out to play after finishing her homework.'

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Rearrange to form a coherent sentence — (P) the delicious meal (Q) prepared by his mother (R) he enjoyed (S) on his birthday

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

  Answer(a) R P Q S — 'He enjoyed the delicious meal prepared by his mother on his birthday.'