NDA (II) 2021 General Ability Test · Question 26 of 149

Correct — B, QRSP. Q is the subject ('the Government of India'), R gives the verb and complement ('under the British was pro-capitalist'), S adds the concession ('though it took some half-hearted steps to mitigate'), and P names what was mitigated ('the sorry state of affairs in the modern factories'). Read in order QRSP it becomes 'The Government of India under the British was pro-capitalist, though it took some half-hearted steps to mitigate the sorry state of affairs in the modern factories.'

• (a)PRQS — Opening with 'the sorry state of affairs...' leaves the object stranded before any subject or verb appears.
• (c)SPQR — 'Though it took...' is a subordinate clause and cannot begin the sentence without the main clause 'the Government... was pro-capitalist' before it.
• (d)QPSR — Putting P ('the sorry state of affairs...') right after the subject Q makes 'the Government of India the sorry state of affairs', which is meaningless.

A sentence-rearrangement item — the subject ('the Government of India') and its main clause come first, and the 'though...' concession with its object follows.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange into a sentence: the shortage of teachers (P) / the state government (Q) / was slow to act (R) / though it promised to ease (S).

  • (a)QRSP
  • (b)PQRS
  • (c)SPQR
  • (d)QPSR

  Answer(a) QRSP — 'The state government was slow to act, though it promised to ease the shortage of teachers.'

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange into a sentence: the damage to the crops (P) / the district administration (Q) / was largely indifferent (R) / though it took token measures against (S).

  • (a)QRSP
  • (b)PQRS
  • (c)SPQR
  • (d)QPSR

  Answer(a) QRSP — 'The district administration was largely indifferent, though it took token measures against the damage to the crops.'