NDA (II) 2021 General Ability Test · Question 30 of 149

Correct — C, RSQP. R is the subject ('the provision of public goods'), S carries the verb ('and services can be regarded as a complex'), Q continues it ('mixture of contributions from'), and P lists the sources ('government, market and voluntary organisations'). Read in order RSQP it becomes 'The provision of public goods and services can be regarded as a complex mixture of contributions from government, market and voluntary organisations.'

• (a)RQPS — Putting Q ('mixture of contributions from') right after R skips the verb phrase in S ('can be regarded as a complex'), so nothing links subject to predicate.
• (b)QRSP — 'Mixture of contributions from' cannot open the sentence — it needs 'a complex' in S before it and the subject R first.
• (d)QPSR — Leading with Q and ending with the subject R inverts the sentence, leaving 'government, market...' with no verb after it.

A sentence-rearrangement item — the subject 'the provision of public goods and services' opens the sentence, then the verb phrase 'can be regarded as a complex mixture of contributions from...' completes it.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange into a sentence: rivers, glaciers and rainfall (P) / supply of fresh water from (Q) / the availability of drinking water (R) / depends on a delicate (S).

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

  Answer(a) RSQP — 'The availability of drinking water depends on a delicate supply of fresh water from rivers, glaciers and rainfall.'

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange into a sentence: farms, factories and offices (P) / stream of demand from (Q) / the growth of the economy (R) / rests on a steady (S).

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

  Answer(a) RSQP — 'The growth of the economy rests on a steady stream of demand from farms, factories and offices.'