NDA (I) 2022 General Ability Test · Question 30 of 150

Correct — B, SRQP. Reassembled, the parts read 'Faith and belief are (S) our greatest defence (R) against the despondency (Q) brought by bad times (P).' S is the subject and verb, R is the complement, Q begins the 'against...' phrase, and P completes it, so the order is SRQP.

• (a)RQPS — Opening with R ('our greatest defence') states the complement before the subject and verb 'faith and belief are' (S), so the sentence has no proper subject at its start.
• (c)RSQP — Placing R before S inverts the natural 'faith and belief are our greatest defence' order into 'our greatest defence faith and belief are'.
• (d)QPRS — Opening with Q ('against the despondency') begins on a bare prepositional phrase and buries the subject 'faith and belief'.

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) complete rest (Q) the doctor (R) for a week (S) advised.

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

  Answer(a) QSPR — 'The doctor advised complete rest for a week.'

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange the parts to form a coherent sentence: (P) the keys (Q) she kept (R) the drawer (S) inside.

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

  Answer(d) QPSR — 'She kept the keys inside the drawer.'