S1: India, at present, has one of the largest road networks in the world. S6: It passes through Howrah, Delhi and Amritsar and terminates in Kabul (Afghanistan). P: The importance of roads has been recognised in India since the ancient times. Q: The Grand Trunk Road was built by Sher Shah Suri across the Indo-Gangetic plain, from Chittagong (Bangladesh) to Peshawar (Pakistan). R: Kings such as Ashoka and Chandragupta built roads for easy transportation of goods and people. S: Construction of roads continued as an important activity in the late medieval period.
- (a)Q P R S
- (b)S P Q R
- (c)P Q R S
- (d)P R S Q
Correct — D, P R S Q. The block runs in clear chronological order: P (roads have mattered in India since ancient times) → R (ancient kings such as Ashoka and Chandragupta built roads) → S (road-building continued into the late medieval period) → Q (the Grand Trunk Road built by Sher Shah Suri). Q must be last of the four because S6 begins 'It passes through Howrah, Delhi and Amritsar...' and that 'It' refers to the Grand Trunk Road named in Q.
- (a)Q P R S — Opens with the very specific Grand Trunk Road (Q) before the general introduction P, and leaves S6's 'It' with no immediately preceding referent.
- (b)S P Q R — Scrambles the timeline and ends with R (ancient kings), yet S6's 'It' refers to the Grand Trunk Road, so Q — not R — must come just before S6.
- (c)P Q R S — Places Q (the Grand Trunk Road) second and ends with S; but S6's 'It' points to the Grand Trunk Road, so Q has to sit immediately before S6, not in the middle.
Chronological cues (ancient → medieval) and a pronoun in the closing sentence usually fix the order. Here S6's 'It' identifies the last middle sentence as the one naming the Grand Trunk Road.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
When a closing sentence begins with a pronoun like 'It', which of the middle sentences should immediately precede it?
- (a)the one naming the noun that the pronoun stands for
- (b)any general statement
- (c)the earliest event in time
- (d)the shortest sentence
Answer(a) the one naming the noun the pronoun stands for — the pronoun must have a clear, adjacent referent.
- practice — not a real PYQ
In a historical paragraph, which sentence typically comes first?
- (a)a broad statement of importance or origin
- (b)the most recent development
- (c)a specific named example
- (d)the concluding remark
Answer(a) a broad statement of importance or origin — general context usually opens before specifics.