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NDA 2 2024 GAT, question 33

Topic: Ordering of words in a sentence

Directions · Q31 to Q35

Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence, the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled P, Q, R and S. Given below each sentence have four sequences, namely (a), (b), (c) and (d). You are required to rearrange the jumbled parts of the sentences and mark your response accordingly.

Q33

P : but it is virtually covered by a dome-shaped

Q : Antarctica is a continent

R : nearly twice as large as Australia

S : ice sheet nearly 2 miles thick

  1. (a) Q R P SCorrect answer
  2. (b) S P R Q
  3. (c) Q S P R
  4. (d) S Q R P

Solution.

Answer: (a) Q R P S

  1. Q introduces Antarctica, R completes the size comparison, P adds the contrasting clause, and S completes “dome-shaped ice sheet”.
  2. Thus Q–R–P–S is the coherent sequence.