NDA (I) 2023 General Ability Test · Question 24 of 149

Correct — C, RQPS. Reading R-Q-P-S gives 'Cyclone Emnati crashed into the southeastern coast of Madagascar in the early hours, ripping roofs off houses and raising fears of flooding and food shortages in the region.' R is the subject and verb, Q completes the destination phrase 'coast of Madagascar', P adds the participial consequence, and S names what those fears are of.

• (a)SPRQ — S ('flooding and food shortages in the region') is a noun phrase and cannot open the sentence; the subject-and-verb clause R must lead.
• (b)RPSQ — Jumping from R straight to P leaves 'into the southeastern ripping roofs' with no object — Q must supply 'coast of Madagascar' before the consequence clause P begins.
• (d)PRSQ — P ('ripping roofs off houses...') is a participial phrase and cannot begin the sentence; it needs the main clause R in front of it to attach to.

A sentence-ordering item where the subject-verb clause completes its prepositional destination before the participial 'ripping...' consequence follows.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange to form a coherent sentence: (P) uprooting trees and cutting off (Q) districts before dawn, (R) the storm swept across the coastal (S) power to thousands of homes

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

  Answer(a) RQPS — 'The storm swept across the coastal districts before dawn, uprooting trees and cutting off power to thousands of homes.'

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange to form a coherent sentence: (P) shaking buildings and triggering (Q) city late at night, (R) the earthquake struck the northern (S) panic among the residents

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

  Answer(a) RQPS — 'The earthquake struck the northern city late at night, shaking buildings and triggering panic among the residents.'