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NDA 2 2024 GAT, question 34

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.

Q34

P : the global economic weight from the advanced economies

Q : that there was a major shift in

R : and Central Bank Governors, in recognition of the fact

S : the G20 was formed in 1999, as a forum of Finance Ministers

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

Solution.

Answer: (d) S R Q P

  1. S introduces the G20 and Finance Ministers; R adds Central Bank Governors and “the fact”; Q supplies “that there was a major shift in”; P completes the object of in.
  2. Hence S–R–Q–P.
  3. The source sentence does not specify the destination of the shift, but its supplied fragments still have a clear order.