In this section, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find the proper sequence of the four sentences.
S1: Institutions define and play a regulatory role with regard to human behaviour.
S6: It shows how important it is for a nation to build institutions for nurturing democracy.
P: Once established, institutions set a dynamic relationship with the members constituting them and they mutually affect each other.
Q: They shape preferences, power and privilege.
R: At the same time, institutions themselves can be transformed by the politics they produce and such transformation can affect social norms and behaviours.
S: They also provide a sense of order and predictability.
The correct sequence should be
- ARPQS
- BQRSP
- CPSRQ
- DQSRP
Explanation
The keyed order is R-P-Q-S: (R) notes institutions are themselves transformed by the politics they produce; (P) once established, institutions and members mutually affect each other; (Q) they shape preferences, power and privilege; (S) they "also" provide order and predictability — the "also" linking Q to S — into S6 on building institutions for democracy. The P-Q-S chain is tight: mutual influence, then what institutions shape, then the “also” adding order and predictability. Hence (A).