Mr. John

P: who was hardly six months old

Q: Charles  R: as his son       S: adopted

The correct sequence should be

1. S Q R P
2. P S Q R
3.  R S P Q
4.  P R S Q

Explanation

Option A: The segments form a coherent structure.
Option B: It is illogical; someone who is six months old can’t adopt some other person.
Option C: R doesn’t fit after the fixed segment.
Option D: PR after the fixed segment render it illogical.

P: and the current Hindu emphasis

Q: and urged the people to imbibe the spirit of free-thinking

R: on rituals, ceremonies and superstitions

S: Vivekananda condemned the caste system

The correct sequence should be

1. P Q R S
2. S P R Q
3. S P Q R
4. R P S Q

Explanation

The sentence can clearly not begin with P and Q. Hence, option A is eliminated.
Option B: The segments make a structurally and grammatically sound sentence.
Option C: QR seems a bit off in terms of structure; hence it is incorrect.
Option D: RPS is not a well-structured sequence; hence it is incorrect.

P: showed that a backward

Q: the rise of

R: modem Japan after 1868

S: Asian country could develop itself without Western control

The correct sequence should be

1. P Q R S
2. S R Q P
3. P R Q S
4. Q R P S

Explanation

P can clearly not be the opening segment; hence options A and C get eliminated.
Option B: SR doesn’t make any sense; hence it is eliminated.
Option D: The segments make a coherent sentence.

P: to accept any of the important

Q: disillusionment

R: demands of the nationalists produced

S: the failure of the British government

The correct sequence should be

1. S P R Q
2. P Q R S
3. S R Q P
4. Q R P S

Explanation

Option A: The segments form a coherent sentence.
Option B: The sentence can clearly not begin with P; hence it is incorrect.
Option C: SR is incoherent.
Option D: QRP is incoherent. The demands can be disillusioned or disillusioning but not disillusionment.

P: Muhammad Iqbal

Q: the philosophical and religious outlook of people through his poetry

R: profoundly influenced

S: one of the greatest poets of modem India

The correct sequence should be

1. Q R S P
2. S R Q P
3. S R P Q
4. S P R Q

Explanation

Option A: though it doesn’t seem incoherent in the first go, the hence formed sentence doesn’t convey a sound meaning since whose poetry influenced is ambiguous.
Option B and C: QP and PQ are incoherent.
Option D: It forms a coherent sentence.

P: and it led to rapid economic development

Q: the Industrial Revolution

R: transformed the British

S: society in a fundamental manner

The correct sequence should be

1. S P R Q
2. Q P R S
3. Q R S P
4. S R P Q

Explanation

SP as an introductory pair is incoherent; hence option A is eliminated.
QP as a pair doesn’t make any sense; hence option B is eliminated.
Option C: The segments form a coherent sentence.
Option D: PQ doesn’t make any sense; hence it is eliminated.

P: however

Q: still held their own in foreign markets

R: in spite of these laws

S: Indian silk and cotton textiles

The correct sequence should be

1. Q P R S
2. S P R Q
3. S R P Q
4. R P S Q

Explanation

Option A: The sentence can clearly not begin with Q since it is incomplete to be a starter; hence it is incorrect.

P: put pressure on their government

Q: Indian goods in England

R: the British manufacturers

S: to restrict and prohibit

The correct sequence should be

1. P Q R S
2. S P R Q
3. R P S Q
4. Q R S P

Explanation

Option A: The sentence can clearly not begin with P; hence it is incorrect.
Option B: SP as a pair doesn’t make any sense, ‘to restrict and prohibit put pressure…’
Option C: It forms a coherent sentence.
Option D: QR is structurally incorrect and makes no sense, ‘Indian goods in England the British manufacturers….’

P: dress fashions changed and light cotton

Q: of the English

R: textiles began to replace

S: the coarse woollens

The correct sequence should be

1. P R S Q
2. R S P Q
3. Q P R S
4. S P R Q

Explanation

Option A: The segments make a coherent sentence; hence it can be put on hold.
Option B: SP as a pair can be ruled out. No possessive case is present; hence ‘the coarse woollens dress fashions’ is incorrect.
Option C: The sentence can’t begin with ‘of the English’; hence it is incorrect.
Option D: SP as a pair can be ruled out again; hence it is incorrect.

P: the British manufacturers

Q: popularity of Indian textiles

R: were jealous of the

S: from the very beginning

The correct sequence should be

1. P Q R S
2. S P Q R
3. S P R Q
4. Q R S P

Explanation

Option A: No possessive link between manufacturers and popularity has been established; hence Q can’t follow P.
Option B: PQ as a pair can be ruled out again.
Option C: The segments form a coherent sentence ‘From the very beginning, the British manufacturers were jealous of the popularity of Indian textiles.’
Option D: The popularity of Indian textiles can’t be jealous, but some subject can be jealous of the popularity; hence it gets eliminated.

By: Munesh Kumari