Each item in this section consists of a sentence, the parts of which have been jumbled and labelled as P, Q, R and S. Re-arrange the jumbled parts.
a rare evergreen tree in the Southern Western Ghats (P) / researchers have found that (Q) / common white-footed ants are the best pollinators of (R) / bees might be the best known pollinators but (S)
- AP R S Q
- BS Q R P
- CQ S R P
- DP Q R S
Explanation
"Researchers have found that (Q) bees might be the best known pollinators but (S) common white-footed ants are the best pollinators of (R) a rare evergreen tree in the Southern Western Ghats (P)." The reporting clause "researchers have found that" must govern the entire finding; the alternative S-Q-R-P wrongly makes "bees might be..." the main clause with the researchers' finding trailing awkwardly after "but". The order is Q-S-R-P. Hence (C).