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NDA General Ability Question (2025) — Solution

Question

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. Al-Biruni was born in 973, in Khwarizm in present-day Uzbekistan S6. He arrived in Ghazni as a hostage, but gradually developed a liking for the city P. In 1017, when Sultan Mahmud invaded Khwarizm, he took several scholars back to his capital, Ghazni: Al-Biruni was one among them Q. He was well versed in several languages; Syriac, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, and Sanskrit R. Khwarizm was an important centre of learning, and Al-Biruni received the best education available at the time S. However he did not know Greek, although he was familiar with the works of Plato and other Greek philosophers

Options

  1. A. Q S R P
  2. B. R Q S P
  3. C. P Q S R
  4. D. R P S Q

Answer

B. R Q S P

Step-by-step solution

Sentence S1 introduces Al-Biruni's birthplace as Khwarizm. Sentence R logically follows S1 by expanding on the educational environment of Khwarizm and stating that Al-Biruni received the best education there. Sentence Q follows R by detailing the outcome of his education, specifically listing the several languages he mastered. Sentence S must follow Q because it begins with the contrasting conjunction 'However', pointing out a language (Greek) he did not know, which directly contrasts with the list of languages he knew provided in Q. Sentence P then shifts the narrative chronologically to 1017, introducing the event of his capture and relocation to Ghazni. Sentence S6 naturally concludes the sequence by describing his experience after arriving in Ghazni, directly continuing the narrative established in P. Therefore, the correct logical and chronological sequence is R Q S P. Answer: R Q S P

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