NDA (II) 2024 General Ability Test · Question 32 of 141

Correct — A, 'Q R S P'. The correlative pair 'not only ... but also' fixes the frame: Q ('music not only relieves the burden') must precede S ('but also alleviates'). The burden falls 'on children and the young' (R), so Q is followed by R, and what music alleviates is 'the conflicts and disputes in their mind' (P), so S is followed by P. Q R S P reads: 'Music not only relieves the burden on children and the young but also alleviates the conflicts and disputes in their mind.'

• (b)P S R Q — Opens with the bare object phrase 'the conflicts and disputes in their mind' (P), which has no subject or verb before it, and separates 'not only' (Q) from 'but also' (S).
• (c)Q P R S — Places 'the conflicts and disputes in their mind' (P) straight after 'relieves the burden' (Q) and strands 'but also alleviates' (S) at the end with no object to follow it.
• (d)P Q R S — Again begins with the dangling object phrase P and ends on 'but also alleviates' (S) with nothing to complete it.

Correlative conjunctions 'not only ... but also' join parallel elements in a fixed order — the 'not only' clause comes first and the 'but also' clause second, each followed by its own object.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Rearrange to form a meaningful sentence: (P) but also improves concentration / (Q) regular exercise not only builds stamina / (R) in students / (S) and focus

  • (a)Q P S R
  • (b)R Q P S
  • (c)Q S P R
  • (d)P Q R S

  Answer(a) Q P S R — 'Regular exercise not only builds stamina but also improves concentration and focus in students.'

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Rearrange to form a meaningful sentence: (P) and a gifted dancer / (Q) she is both / (R) a talented singer / (S) admired by many

  • (a)Q R P S
  • (b)R Q P S
  • (c)Q P R S
  • (d)S Q R P

  Answer(a) Q R P S — the 'both ... and' pair fixes 'she is both a talented singer and a gifted dancer admired by many.'