NDA (I) 2023 General Ability Test · Question 22 of 149

Correct — C, QRPS. Reading Q-R-P-S gives 'A gunman who held a hostage for hours in the shop demanded ransom of ₹ 10 lakh.' Q is the subject with a relative clause that needs its object, R supplies that object 'a hostage', P adds the time-and-place phrase, and S delivers the main verb of the whole sentence.

• (a)SPRQ — S ('demanded ransom of ₹ 10 lakh') is the main predicate and cannot open the sentence — there is no subject in front of the verb 'demanded'.
• (b)RQPS — R ('a hostage') is a bare noun object; it cannot begin the sentence, and it splits the subject Q from the relative-clause object it governs.
• (d)PRSQ — P ('for hours in the shop') is an adverbial phrase of time and place and cannot start the sentence; the subject Q must come first.

A sentence-ordering item where the subject-plus-relative-clause opens, its object and adverbial follow, and the main verb closes.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange to form a coherent sentence: (P) in the market (Q) a thief who snatched (R) a purse (S) was caught by the crowd

  • (a)QRPS
  • (b)RQPS
  • (c)SPRQ
  • (d)PRSQ

  Answer(a) QRPS — 'A thief who snatched a purse in the market was caught by the crowd.'

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange to form a coherent sentence: (P) near the river (Q) a dog that chased (R) the ball (S) fell into the water

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

  Answer(a) QRPS — 'A dog that chased the ball near the river fell into the water.'