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NDA General Ability Question (2025) — Solution

Question

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.

Options

  1. A. QPRS
  2. B. SPQR
  3. C. PQRS
  4. D. PRSQ

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

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