Each of the following questions in this section consists of a sentence the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled P, Q, R, and S. Given below each sentence are four sequences namely (a), (b), (c) and (d). You are required to re-arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and select the correct sequence.
Towards the end of the eighteenth century, quite a number of economists
(P) in the near future
(Q) at the possibility of
(R) were seriously perturbed
(S) the world facing starvation.
The correct sequence should be :
- AP-R-Q-S
- BR-Q-S-P
- CQ-S-P-R
- DR-P-Q-S
Explanation
The correct sentence is: "Towards the end of the eighteenth century, quite a number of economists were seriously perturbed at the possibility of the world facing starvation in the near future." — the sequence B.