NDA (II) 2021 General Ability Test · Question 27 of 149

Correct — C, RSQP. R opens with the subject ('a major characteristic of British rule in India'), S continues it ('and the net result of British'), Q supplies the verb and complement ('economic policies was the prevalence'), and P closes it ('of extreme poverty among its people'). Read in order RSQP it becomes 'A major characteristic of British rule in India and the net result of British economic policies was the prevalence of extreme poverty among its people.'

• (a)PRQS — Beginning with 'of extreme poverty...' strands a prepositional phrase that belongs at the very end, after 'the prevalence'.
• (b)QRSP — 'Economic policies was the prevalence' cannot lead — 'economic policies' completes 'the net result of British' in S, which must come first.
• (d)QPSR — This splits the phrase 'British economic policies' and leaves the subject 'a major characteristic...' misplaced.

A sentence-rearrangement item — a long compound subject ('a major characteristic... and the net result of British economic policies') is built first, then the verb 'was' and its complement follow.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange into a sentence: of clean drinking water (P) / development schemes was the supply (Q) / a key aim of the mission (R) / and the main goal of its (S).

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

  Answer(a) RSQP — 'A key aim of the mission and the main goal of its development schemes was the supply of clean drinking water.'

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange into a sentence: of widespread literacy (P) / reform programmes was the spread (Q) / a lasting legacy of the movement (R) / and the chief outcome of its (S).

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

  Answer(a) RSQP — 'A lasting legacy of the movement and the chief outcome of its reform programmes was the spread of widespread literacy.'