SSC CGL 2024 Tier-I · 13 September 2024, Shift 3 · English Comprehension · Question 15 of 98

Text as printed on a candidate's response sheet for this shift; answer per SSC's tentative key as marked on that sheet. Solution last reviewed 6 September 2026.

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In the given question, a statement divided into different segments is given. Rearrange all the segments to form a coherent statement. O: also benefit from knowing P: there are several reasons Q: why even parents would R: more about how and why S: children do the things that they do

(a)RQOPS
(b)OPQSR
(c)PQORS
(d)PQROS

Answer

Why

Correct — C. Take the joins one at a time. reasons why is the collocation, so P locks to Q: 'there are several reasons why even parents would'.

The modal would must be completed by a bare infinitive, and O begins with exactly that — 'also benefit from knowing'.

'Knowing' then needs an object: R supplies it, 'more about how and why', and S completes that clause with 'children do the things that they do'.

P, Q, O, R, S — option (c).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
RQOPS — RQOPS opens on more about how and why, a comparative phrase with nothing in front of it to modify. A statement cannot begin with the object of a verb that has not appeared.
(b)
OPQSR — OPQSR begins with also benefit from knowing, a bare infinitive with no modal in front of it. The word 'also' points back to something that has not been said yet.
(d)
PQROS — PQROS puts R straight after 'would', giving 'even parents would more about how and why' — a modal left with no verb to complete it.

Concept

Segment-rearrangement items are won on joins, not on whole sentences. Find two fragments that must be adjacent, then grow the chain outwards.

Three joins settle this one. reasons why is a fixed pairing, a modal demands a bare infinitive after it, and knowing demands an object.

Each join knocks out options without your reading any arrangement end to end. Testing the first two letters of every option against the join you are surest of is faster than translating all four in full.

The opener is easy to spot here, because P carries the main verb 'are' while everything else is subordinate.

When no fragment obviously opens, work from the modal instead — a modal always needs a bare infinitive after it.

Key facts

The noun reasons is standardly followed by the relative adverb why.
A modal such as would is followed by a bare infinitive, not by a noun phrase alone.
The full sentence reads: there are several reasons why even parents would also benefit from knowing more about how and why children do the things that they do.

Study next

Relative adverbs why, where and when after their head nounsModal plus bare infinitive, including with an adverb sitting between themFinding the opening fragment in para-jumble and segment-rearrangement items

Common traps

Translating all four orders in full instead of testing a single join.
Assuming the printed labels run in sequence, when O is printed first and belongs third.

SSC sets the ordering item both as free-standing labelled segments and as fragments cut out of a printed sentence. 13 Sep 2024, 16:00 uses the sentence form at EC Q.13, where 'fell' has to be joined to 'seriously ill'.

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