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NDA 1 2025 GAT, question 42

Topic: Ordering of words in a sentence

Directions · Q41 to Q45

Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence, the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled as P, Q, R and S. The parts are rearranged in four sequences, namely (a), (b), (c) and (d). You are required to select the most appropriate option that sequences the parts correctly and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Q42

P: lay outside her existing life

Q: she knew that the answer

R: somewhere in the back of her mind

S: to her questions about life

  1. (a) RPQS
  2. (b) QSPR
  3. (c) QPSR
  4. (d) RQSPCorrect answer

Solution.

Answer: (d) RQSP

  1. R is the introductory mental-location phrase.
  2. Q supplies “she knew that the answer”; S specifies which answer, and P supplies the verb and complement of the that-clause.
  3. Complete sentence: “Somewhere in the back of her mind she knew that the answer to her questions about life lay outside her existing life.”