of its rain-soaked verdure (P) and on the other there are (Q) on the one hand there is the immense beauty (R) the artifacts of its visible modernity (S) The correct sequence should be
- (a)PRQS
- (b)QRSP
- (c)SPQR
- (d)RPQS
Correct — D, RPQS. Reassembled, the parts read 'On the one hand there is the immense beauty (R) of its rain-soaked verdure (P) and on the other there are (Q) the artifacts of its visible modernity (S).' R opens the 'on the one hand' half, P completes it, Q begins the 'on the other' half, and S completes it, so the order is RPQS.
- (a)PRQS — Opening with P ('of its rain-soaked verdure') begins on a bare 'of' phrase, which cannot start the sentence.
- (b)QRSP — Opening with Q ('and on the other there are') puts the 'on the other' half first, but it must follow the 'on the one hand' half (R).
- (c)SPQR — Opening with S ('the artifacts of its visible modernity') breaks the 'on the one hand ... on the other' correlative order that structures the sentence.
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) the assignment (Q) he completed (R) the deadline (S) before.
- (a)PQRS
- (b)SQPR
- (c)QPSR
- (d)RPQS
Answer(c) QPSR — 'He completed the assignment before the deadline.'
- practice — not a real PYQ
Arrange the parts to form a coherent sentence: (P) the crop (Q) the farmers (R) after the rains (S) harvested.
- (a)SQPR
- (b)QSPR
- (c)PQRS
- (d)RQSP
Answer(b) QSPR — 'The farmers harvested the crop after the rains.'