NDA (I) 2022 General Ability Test · Question 28 of 150

Correct — A, RPQS. Reassembled, the parts read 'You must judge (R) a person by the way (P) he behaves and (Q) not by the way he looks (S).' R is the main clause, P begins the 'by the way' phrase, Q completes it with 'he behaves and', and S adds the contrasting 'not by the way he looks', so the order is RPQS.

• (b)QRSP — Opening with Q ('he behaves and') begins on the pronoun 'he' with no noun before it, so the fragment cannot start the sentence.
• (c)RSQP — Placing S ('not by the way he looks') right after R puts the contrast before the main basis 'by the way he behaves', jumbling the 'judge by X and not by Y' structure.
• (d)QPSR — Opening with Q again starts on 'he behaves and', a fragment with a dangling pronoun and conjunction that cannot begin 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 movie (Q) we enjoyed (R) the poor sound (S) despite.

  • (a)PQRS
  • (b)QPSR
  • (c)SQPR
  • (d)RQPS

  Answer(b) QPSR — 'We enjoyed the movie despite the poor sound.'

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange the parts to form a coherent sentence: (P) the staff (Q) the manager (R) for their hard work (S) praised.

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

  Answer(a) QSPR — 'The manager praised the staff for their hard work.'