symbolic of peace, and prosperity (P) the Gupta Empire in India is (Q) represented through numismatic archaeological (R) and literary evidences of multiple kinds (S) The correct sequence should be:
- (a)QPRS
- (b)QSRP
- (c)PSQR
- (d)RSQP
Correct — A, QPRS. The sentence needs a subject and verb first, which Q supplies ('the Gupta Empire in India is'); P completes the sense ('symbolic of peace, and prosperity'), and R then S give the supporting evidence ('represented through numismatic archaeological / and literary evidences of multiple kinds'). Read in order QPRS it becomes 'The Gupta Empire in India is symbolic of peace, and prosperity, represented through numismatic, archaeological and literary evidences of multiple kinds.'
- (b)QSRP — Placing S ('and literary evidences...') straight after Q breaks the flow — the 'and literary' list must come last, after R, not before P.
- (c)PSQR — Starting with P leaves the fragment with no subject, so the sentence has nothing to attach 'symbolic of peace' to.
- (d)RSQP — Beginning with R ('represented through...') strands a participial phrase at the front with no subject before it.
A sentence-rearrangement item — four parts labelled P, Q, R and S must be ordered into a grammatical, meaningful sentence. The part holding the subject and main verb usually opens it.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Arrange into a sentence: was signed in 1919 (P) / the Treaty of Versailles (Q) / after the First World War (R) / to settle the peace (S).
- (a)QPRS
- (b)PQRS
- (c)RQPS
- (d)SQPR
Answer(a) QPRS — 'The Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919 after the First World War to settle the peace.'
- practice — not a real PYQ
Arrange into a sentence: is the tallest mountain (P) / Mount Everest (Q) / on the Earth's surface (R) / above sea level (S).
- (a)QPSR
- (b)PQRS
- (c)QPRS
- (d)RSQP
Answer(c) QPRS — 'Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on the Earth's surface above sea level.'