Sentence rearrangement (PQRS): Reorder the parts to express that he was so kind and generous that he not only helped others himself but also made others help; choose the correct sequence.
Verbal Ability
Ordering of Words
Difficulty: Medium
Choose an option
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APSRQ
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BSPQR
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CPRSQ
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DQPRS
Answer
Correct Answer: PSRQ
Explanation
Given data
- Starter: 'He was so kind and generous that'
- P: he not only
- S: helped them himself
- R: but also
- Q: made others do so
Concept/ApproachThe correlative pair 'not only... but also...' must frame two parallel actions. Here, the actions are 'helped them himself' and 'made others do so'.
Step-by-step reconstructionForm: '... he not only helped them himself but also made others do so.'Sequence: PSRQ.
VerificationParallelism is preserved and the correlative conjunctions are correctly placed.
Common pitfallsSwapping S and Q breaks parallel structure and weakens clarity.
Final AnswerCorrect order: PSRQ.