NDA 2025
- Exam
- NDA
- Year
- 2025
- Subject
- General Ability
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- English
NDA 2025 · General Ability · English
In this section each item consists of six sentences that comprise a...
In this section each item consists of six sentences that comprise a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The sequence of the middle four sentences has been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the answer sheet.
S1: India, at present, has one of the largest road networks in the world.
S6: It passes through Howrah, Delhi and Amritsar and terminates in Kabul (Afghanistan).
P: The importance of roads has been recognised in India since the ancient times.
Q: The Grand Trunk Road was built by Sher Shah Suri across the Indo-Gangetic plain, from Chittagong (Bangladesh) to Peshawar (Pakistan).
R: Kings such as Ashoka and Chandragupta built roads for easy transportation of goods and people.
S: Construction of roads continued as an important activity in the late medieval period.
S1: India, at present, has one of the largest road networks in the world.
S6: It passes through Howrah, Delhi and Amritsar and terminates in Kabul (Afghanistan).
P: The importance of roads has been recognised in India since the ancient times.
Q: The Grand Trunk Road was built by Sher Shah Suri across the Indo-Gangetic plain, from Chittagong (Bangladesh) to Peshawar (Pakistan).
R: Kings such as Ashoka and Chandragupta built roads for easy transportation of goods and people.
S: Construction of roads continued as an important activity in the late medieval period.
Options
- AQPRS
- BSPQR
- CPQRS
- DPRSQ
Correct answer
D. PRSQ
Step-by-step solution
The passage traces the history of road construction in India chronologically.
Sentence S1 introduces the current state of India's road network.
Sentence P takes the narrative back to ancient times, making it the logical continuation after S1.
Sentence R provides specific examples of ancient kings (Ashoka and Chandragupta) who built roads, so R must follow P.
Sentence S transitions the timeline from ancient times to the late medieval period, making it the next logical step.
Sentence Q gives a specific example of road construction from the medieval period (the Grand Trunk Road built by Sher Shah Suri), so Q follows S.
Sentence S6 uses the pronoun "It" to describe the route of the Grand Trunk Road mentioned in Q, confirming that Q immediately precedes S6.
Thus, the correct and coherent sequence is PRSQ.
Answer: PRSQ
Sentence S1 introduces the current state of India's road network.
Sentence P takes the narrative back to ancient times, making it the logical continuation after S1.
Sentence R provides specific examples of ancient kings (Ashoka and Chandragupta) who built roads, so R must follow P.
Sentence S transitions the timeline from ancient times to the late medieval period, making it the next logical step.
Sentence Q gives a specific example of road construction from the medieval period (the Grand Trunk Road built by Sher Shah Suri), so Q follows S.
Sentence S6 uses the pronoun "It" to describe the route of the Grand Trunk Road mentioned in Q, confirming that Q immediately precedes S6.
Thus, the correct and coherent sequence is PRSQ.
Answer: PRSQ