NDA (II) 2021 General Ability Test · Question 25 of 149

Correct — D, QRPS. Q opens the concession ('even to someone with'), R names that someone ('a tin ear'), P adds the tag ('like mine'), and S delivers the main clause ('her singing sounded pretty melodious'). Read in order QRPS it becomes 'Even to someone with a tin ear like mine, her singing sounded pretty melodious.' ('A tin ear' means being unable to tell one musical note from another.)

• (a)PRQS — Starting with the tag 'like mine' leaves it modifying nothing, since the noun it describes ('a tin ear') has not appeared yet.
• (b)RPQS — 'A tin ear' cannot lead — it depends on the preposition 'with' in Q, which must come first.
• (c)SPQR — Putting the main clause 'her singing sounded pretty melodious' first is possible in isolation, but the answer key's intended order builds the concession before the main clause.

A sentence-rearrangement item — a concessive phrase ('even to someone with a tin ear like mine') is assembled first, then the main clause is added; 'a tin ear' is an idiom for a poor sense of pitch.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange into a sentence: like ours (P) / even to a family with (Q) / a modest income (R) / the trip felt affordable (S).

  • (a)QRPS
  • (b)PQRS
  • (c)SPQR
  • (d)RPQS

  Answer(a) QRPS — 'Even to a family with a modest income like ours, the trip felt affordable.'

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange into a sentence: like his (P) / even to a reader with (Q) / a sharp eye (R) / the error stayed hidden (S).

  • (a)QRPS
  • (b)PQRS
  • (c)SPQR
  • (d)RPQS

  Answer(a) QRPS — 'Even to a reader with a sharp eye like his, the error stayed hidden.'