NDA 2025
- Exam
- NDA
- Year
- 2025
- Subject
- General Ability
- Chapter
- English
NDA 2025 · General Ability · English
In this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage....
In this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have 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. Sufism is an English word coined in the Nineteenth Century
S6. It may also have been suffa, the platform outside a place of Islamic worship
P. Historians have understood this term in several ways
Q. According to some scholars, it is derived from suf, meaning wool
R. Others derive it from safa, meaning purity
S. The word used for Sufism in Islamic texts is tasawwuf
S1. Sufism is an English word coined in the Nineteenth Century
S6. It may also have been suffa, the platform outside a place of Islamic worship
P. Historians have understood this term in several ways
Q. According to some scholars, it is derived from suf, meaning wool
R. Others derive it from safa, meaning purity
S. The word used for Sufism in Islamic texts is tasawwuf
Options
- AQ R S P
- BS P Q R
- CP Q S R
- DR P S Q
Correct answer
C. P Q S R
Step-by-step solution
Sentence P follows S1 by expanding on the term Sufism, stating that historians have understood this term in several ways.
Sentence Q provides the first scholarly derivation of the term, suggesting it comes from suf.
Sentence S introduces the Arabic equivalent, tasawwuf, used in Islamic texts, shifting the focus to its original terminology.
Sentence R provides an alternative derivation, suggesting it comes from safa.
Sentence S6 then concludes the sequence by providing a third possible derivation, suffa, which logically follows R.
Therefore, the proper sequence is P Q S R.
Answer: P Q S R
Sentence Q provides the first scholarly derivation of the term, suggesting it comes from suf.
Sentence S introduces the Arabic equivalent, tasawwuf, used in Islamic texts, shifting the focus to its original terminology.
Sentence R provides an alternative derivation, suggesting it comes from safa.
Sentence S6 then concludes the sequence by providing a third possible derivation, suffa, which logically follows R.
Therefore, the proper sequence is P Q S R.
Answer: P Q S R