NDA (I) 2022 General Ability Test · Question 22 of 150

Correct — D, QPSR. Reassembled, the parts read 'India achieved remarkable economic development (Q) in the years following (P) the landmark reforms inaugurated via (S) liberalization in the year 1991 (R).' Q is the main clause, P begins the time phrase, S names the reforms, and R ends on 'via liberalization', so the order is QPSR.

• (a)PQRS — Opening with P ('in the years following') starts on an incomplete time phrase with no main clause before it, and it ends on S ('inaugurated via') dangling without its object.
• (b)PRSQ — Besides the faulty P opening, it places R ('liberalization in the year 1991') before S ('inaugurated via'), reversing the natural 'via liberalization' link.
• (c)SPRQ — Opening with S ('the landmark reforms inaugurated via') begins mid-phrase on 'via', which needs its object, so the sentence has no proper start.

A sentence-ordering (parajumble) item — the four labelled parts must be arranged so that subject, verb and modifiers follow in one grammatical, meaningful order.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange the parts to form a coherent sentence: (P) a new library (Q) the government (R) in the town (S) has built.

  • (a)SQPR
  • (b)PQRS
  • (c)QSPR
  • (d)RQSP

  Answer(c) QSPR — 'The government has built a new library in the town.'

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange the parts to form a coherent sentence: (P) to finish the project (Q) the team (R) worked overtime (S) on time.

  • (a)RQPS
  • (b)QRPS
  • (c)PQRS
  • (d)SQRP

  Answer(b) QRPS — 'The team worked overtime to finish the project on time.'