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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. Vijayanagara or 'city of victory' was the name of both a city and an empire S6. They remembered it as Hampi, a name derived from that of the local mother goddess, Pampadevi P. In its heyday it stretched from the river Krishna in the north to the extreme south of the Indian peninsula Q. Although it fell into ruin in the seventeenth-eighteenth centuries, it continued to live in the memories of the people who inhabited the Krishna-Tungabhadra doab R. In 1565 the city was sacked and subsequently deserted S. The Empire was founded in the fourteenth century

Options

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

Answer

A. S P R Q

Step-by-step solution

The first sentence S1 introduces Vijayanagara as both a city and an empire. Sentence S logically follows S1 by stating when the empire was founded (fourteenth century). Sentence P describes the geographical extent of the empire during its peak (heyday), which naturally follows its foundation. Sentence R shifts the timeline to its decline, stating that the city was sacked and deserted in 1565. Sentence Q continues the chronological progression, mentioning its ruin in the seventeenth-eighteenth centuries and introducing the people who kept its memory alive. Sentence S6 concludes the passage by explaining how these people (referred to as 'They') remembered the city as Hampi. Thus, the correct and coherent sequence is S P R Q. Answer: S P R Q

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