NDA (II) 2024 General Ability Test · Question 34 of 141

Q: What is the answer to NDA (II) 2024 GAT Q34?

D. Correct — D, 'S R Q P'. The main clause S ('the G20 was formed in 1999, as a forum of Finance Ministers') opens the sentence; R ('and Central Bank Governors, in recognition of the fact') continues the list of officials and introduces 'the fact'. That fact is spelt out by the noun clause Q ('that there was a major shift in') completed by P ('the global economic weight from the advanced economies'). S R Q P reads: 'The G20 was formed in 1999, as a forum of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, in recognition of the fact that there was a major shift in the global economic weight from the advanced economies.' (Provisional — pending the official UPSC key.)

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Provisional answers. UPSC has not yet released the official NDA 2024 answer key (it is published several months after the exam). The answers here are our best-supported answers — derived from careful subject-solving and cross-checked against independent solved papers and primary sources — and will be reconciled to the official key as soon as UPSC publishes it. They are not the official UPSC answer key.

Rearrange parts P, Q, R and S to form a meaningful sentence: (P) the global economic weight from the advanced economies / (Q) that there was a major shift in / (R) and Central Bank Governors, in recognition of the fact / (S) the G20 was formed in 1999, as a forum of Finance Ministers

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

Answer

Why

Correct — D, 'S R Q P'. The main clause S ('the G20 was formed in 1999, as a forum of Finance Ministers') opens the sentence; R ('and Central Bank Governors, in recognition of the fact') continues the list of officials and introduces 'the fact'. That fact is spelt out by the noun clause Q ('that there was a major shift in') completed by P ('the global economic weight from the advanced economies'). S R Q P reads: 'The G20 was formed in 1999, as a forum of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, in recognition of the fact that there was a major shift in the global economic weight from the advanced economies.'

Why the others are wrong

(a)S P Q R — Opens correctly with S but jumps to 'the global economic weight ...' (P) before the phrase 'a major shift in' (Q) that governs it, and dumps 'in recognition of the fact' (R) at the end where it introduces nothing.
(b)P Q R S — Begins with the object phrase P, which has no verb, and buries the main clause S at the very end.
(c)Q R S P — Opens with the dependent 'that'-clause Q, which cannot start the sentence, and separates 'the fact' (R) from the 'that'-clause (Q) that explains it.

Concept

A noun clause beginning with 'that' must sit right after the noun it explains ('the fact that ...'), and the independent main clause, carrying the subject and verb, comes up front.

Related PYQs

No directly related past PYQ was found.

Practice

practice — not a real PYQ
Rearrange to form a meaningful sentence: (P) had risen sharply / (Q) that pollution levels / (R) in recognition of the fact / (S) the committee was set up
- (a)S R Q P
- (b)P Q R S
- (c)Q R S P
- (d)S Q R P
Answer(a) S R Q P — 'The committee was set up in recognition of the fact that pollution levels had risen sharply.'
practice — not a real PYQ
Rearrange to form a meaningful sentence: (P) the board approved / (Q) aware that costs were rising / (R) a new budget / (S) for the coming year
- (a)P Q R S
- (b)Q P R S
- (c)S P Q R
- (d)Q R P S
Answer(b) Q P R S — 'Aware that costs were rising, the board approved a new budget for the coming year.'

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