Directions: 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 these four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.
S1: Montesquieu was a great philosopher of his time.
S6: He supported constitutional monarchy in France like the English one.
P: He wanted power to be shared between the king, the nobles, and the Third Estate.
Q: In his book The Spirit of the Laws, he propagated the theory of separating powers into three branches of government the Legislative, the Executive and the Judiciary.
R: To prevent any one of the three classes from becoming too powerful, Montesquieu suggested the making of a new constitution based on checks and balances.
S: If this was done, he argued, there would be no tyranny and the liberty of the individual could be safeguarded.
- APQSR
- BSQRP
- CQPRS
- DRSQP
Explanation
After S1 introduces Montesquieu, Q presents his book and the separation-of-powers theory. P then gives his call to share power among king, nobles and Third Estate, R his checks-and-balances constitution, and S the resulting safeguard of liberty. QPRS follows the theory-to-application logic and leads into S6's constitutional monarchy.