2023 · Q20
Direction: Each of the following five items in this section consists of a sentence, parts of which have been jumbled. These parts are labelled as P, Q, R and S. Given below each sentence are four sequences, namely (a), (b), (c) and (d). You are required to rearrange the jumbled parts to form the most appropriate sentence and mark your response in the Answer Sheet accordingly. Question:
General EnglishSentence arrangement and completion
- ASRQP
- BRSPQ
- CQPRS
- DSQRP
Explanation
The natural order is R-S-P-Q: On more than one occasion (R) have [witnesses] witnessed (S) bitter fights (P) between the two rival teams (Q), with the fronted adverbial licensing inversion. Other orders break the verb-object sequence. Hence B.