Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence, chunks of which have been jumbled up. These chunks have been labelled as P, Q, R and S. Each sentence is followed by four sequences, namely (a), (b), (c) and (d) indicating the rearrangement of the chunks. You are required to select the most appropriate option.
P. India has become
Q. with time
R. accounting for 25 per cent of the total available water
S. the world’s largest extractor of groundwater
- APQRS
- BPRSQ
- CQPSR
- DQRPS
Explanation
Q ('with time') opens with the time frame, P ('India has become') gives subject and verb, S ('the world's largest extractor of groundwater') completes the claim, and R ('accounting for 25 per cent...') adds the participial detail. The result — 'With time, India has become the world's largest extractor of groundwater, accounting for 25 per cent of the total available water' — is the only grammatical order. Hence (C).