In this type of questions, you are provided with the first and last parts of a sentence. The remaining sentence is broken into four parts labelled (P), (Q), (R) and (S). You are required to arrange these parts so as to form a complete meaningful sentence and then choose the correct combination.
Jawaharlal Nehru
(P) under the Cabinet Mission Scheme
(Q) was the first to articulate
(R) long before such an assembly was set up
(S) the idea of a Constituent Assembly
Answer: B
“Jawaharlal Nehru was the first to articulate the idea of a Constituent Assembly long before such an assembly was set up under the Cabinet Mission Scheme.”
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(P) he told the journalists
(Q) that the government must take firm action
(R) that the meeting unanimously decided
(S) after coming out of the Conference Hall
Answer: D
Correct answer: SPRQ
The sentence reads:
After coming out of the Conference Hall he told the journalists that the meeting unanimously decided that the government must take firm action.
S is a participial phrase and must attach to the subject it modifies, so it comes first with P immediately after. R and Q are then two nested that clauses: the meeting decided something, and Q is what it decided.
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The claim is not
(P) of any kind
(Q) but
(R) that it is without morality
(S) that science is actively anti-moral
Answer: D
Correct answer: SQRP
The sentence reads:
The claim is not that science is actively anti-moral but that it is without morality of any kind.
Not… but is a fixed pair, and each half must carry its own that clause. S is the first, Q the connective, R the second, and P completes R with of any kind.
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A four-year study
(P) that babies feel more comfortable
(Q) conducted by the Infant Testing Centre
(R) around other babies
(S) clearly suggests
than with strange adults.
Answer: C
“A four-year study conducted by the Infant Testing Centre clearly suggests than with strange adults That babies feel more comfortable around other babies .”
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A typical sachin day
(P) or even a game of cricket
(Q)starts off
(R) on some days
(S) with an early morning
Answer: A
Correct answer: QSPR
The sentence reads:
A typical Sachin day starts off with an early morning or even a game of cricket on some days.
Q supplies the main verb, so it must follow the subject at once. S completes starts off with, P offers the alternative with or even, and R qualifies that alternative.
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Long, long, time ago
(P) who lived with his virtuous wife
(Q) in a country called Chinchinchoo
(R) there ruled a noble king
(S) and seven daughters-
pretty, graceful and well-versed in fine arts.
Answer: B
“Long, long, time ago in a country called Chinchinchoo there ruled a noble king Who lived with his virtuous wife and seven daughters- pretty, graceful and well-versed in fine arts.”
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A policeman
(P) to abide
(Q) if he has to do well,
(R) by the strict letters of the law
(S) cannot afford
Answer: B
Correct answer: QSPR
The sentence reads:
A policeman, if he has to do well, cannot afford to abide by the strict letters of the law.
Q is a parenthetical if clause and sits between the subject and its verb; S then supplies that verb. P and R complete the infinitive to abide by, which cannot be split.
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What we would like to judge
(P)in this comprehension excercise,
(Q) the difficult words, phrases and sentence fragments
(R) and also the meanings of
(S) is your grasp of the content
that constitute the paragraph
Answer: A
Correct answer: PSRQ
The sentence reads:
What we would like to judge in this comprehension exercise is your grasp of the content and also the meanings of the difficult words, phrases and sentence fragments.
P completes the subject clause, so the verb in S must follow it directly. R then adds a second object with and also, and Q supplies the noun phrase that the meanings of requires.
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This is a letter
(P) from a young lady
(Q) who was lately wounded in a duel
(R) written in the most passionate terms
(S) wherein she laments the misfortune of a gentleman
Answer: B
Correct answer: PRSQ
The sentence reads:
This is a letter from a young lady written in the most passionate terms wherein she laments the misfortune of a gentleman who was lately wounded in a duel.
P attaches to letter, and R is a participle describing the same letter, so both stay near it. S opens the wherein clause, and Q is a relative clause describing the gentleman, so it must follow him immediately.
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The boy
(P) with big blue eyes
(Q)watched him,
(R) and he never said a word
(S) that had an uncanny cold fire in them
Answer: C
Correct answer: QPSR
The sentence reads:
The boy watched him, with big blue eyes that had an uncanny cold fire in them, and he never said a word.
Q supplies the main verb for the boy. P and S then describe the eyes, and S must follow P because that had… in them is a relative clause needing eyes before it. R joins the second main clause with and.
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