NDA (I) 2024 General Ability Test · Question 35 of 146

Correct — C, RQSP. Reading R-Q-S-P gives 'With the selection of another player to the new team, the team now has two bowlers and two batsmen respectively.' R opens with the introductory 'with' phrase, Q completes it, S then supplies the main-clause subject and verb, and P gives the object that 'the team now has'.

• (a)QPRS — Opens with Q ('to the new team'), a stray prepositional fragment that cannot begin the sentence. The introductory 'with' phrase R ('with the selection of another player') must lead to set the scene, and the main clause S is left dangling at the end.
• (b)SQRP — S ('the team now has') is placed first, but 'the team now has to the new team' is ungrammatical — the object P ('two bowlers and two batsmen') is stranded at the close and the introductory 'with' phrase R is buried mid-sentence instead of opening it.
• (d)RPSQ — R opens correctly, but jumping to P ('two bowlers and two batsmen respectively') puts the object before the main verb — Q ('to the new team') must complete the intro 'with' phrase before the main clause S. Here Q is stranded at the end, leaving 'has' dangling into 'to the new team'.

A sentence-ordering item where the introductory 'with' phrase (R+Q) sets the scene before the main clause S, and the object P closes the sentence.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange to form a coherent sentence: (P) the book (Q) the author dedicated (R) his loving parents (S) to

  • (a)QPSR
  • (b)PQSR
  • (c)QSPR
  • (d)QPRS

  Answer(a) QPSR — 'The author dedicated the book to his loving parents.'

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Arrange to form a coherent sentence: (P) among the flood victims (Q) the volunteers distributed (R) quickly (S) food

  • (a)QSPR
  • (b)SQPR
  • (c)QSRP
  • (d)SPQR

  Answer(a) QSPR — 'The volunteers distributed food among the flood victims quickly.'