NDA (II) 2025 General Ability Test · Question 43 of 147

Correct — C, the order Q S P R. Q ('the beneficial outcome of') needs its subject-completion S ('a virtuous life is peace of mind') to form 'the beneficial outcome of a virtuous life is peace of mind'; P then extends the predicate with 'and contentment on account of a life lived'; and R closes the adverb phrase 'a life lived well without retribution or rebuke'.

• (a)S R Q P — Makes 'a virtuous life' the subject ('a virtuous life is peace of mind...'), but the intended subject is 'the beneficial outcome of a virtuous life'; the remaining parts then pile up incoherently.
• (b)S P Q R — Leaves Q ('the beneficial outcome of') dangling in the middle with nothing to attach to, giving the garbled 'on account of a life lived the beneficial outcome of well without...'.
• (d)Q S R P — Places R ('well without retribution or rebuke') right after 'peace of mind', producing 'peace of mind well without retribution', and strands P ('...a life lived') at the end with no 'well' to complete 'a life lived well'.

A sentence-rearrangement item where the subject is a long noun phrase ('the beneficial outcome of a virtuous life') and the adverb 'well' must sit next to 'a life lived'.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  In this jumble, the true grammatical subject of the sentence is —

  • (a)a virtuous life
  • (b)the beneficial outcome of a virtuous life
  • (c)peace of mind
  • (d)contentment

  Answer(b) the beneficial outcome of a virtuous life — that whole phrase, not 'a virtuous life' alone, takes the verb 'is'.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The adverb 'well' in 'a life lived well' must be placed —

  • (a)before 'a life'
  • (b)immediately after 'a life lived'
  • (c)at the start of the sentence
  • (d)before the subject

  Answer(b) immediately after 'a life lived' — 'lived well' is the intended verb-adverb pairing.