Difficulty: Medium
Correct Answer: QRP
Explanation:
Introduction / Context:
This question tests your ability to rearrange jumbled parts of a sentence in order to form a single clear and grammatically correct statement. Such questions are common in competitive English exams because they examine both your sense of sentence structure and your understanding of meaning. Here, the base sentence begins with "Ensuring security" and you are given three labelled parts, P, Q and R, which must be placed in the correct order to complete the sentence logically and grammatically.
Given Data / Assumptions:
Concept / Approach:
To solve jumbled sentence questions, look for logical connections and grammatical links between parts. The phrase "Ensuring security" naturally needs an object that tells us security of what. Part Q begins with "of", so it is very likely to follow immediately: "Ensuring security of data, information, and ...". After that, we expect the last item in the list, which is "communication", and some finite verb phrase to describe the difficulty. Part R gives us "communication is considerably", which fits perfectly after Q to complete the list and introduce the verb "is". Finally, we need a comparative phrase telling us what it is harder than; part P, "harder than hacking into a system", completes the comparison. Together they make a smooth, natural sentence.
Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Start with the fixed beginning: "Ensuring security ...".Step 2: Choose the part that can follow "Ensuring security" most naturally. Part Q begins with "of", giving "Ensuring security of data, information, and ...", which is grammatically correct.Step 3: Next, we need to complete the list and introduce a verb. Part R starts with "communication is considerably", which continues the list and gives us the verb "is". So we now have "Ensuring security of data, information, and communication is considerably ...".Step 4: Finally, we need to know "considerably" what. Part P, "harder than hacking into a system", completes the comparative structure. The full sentence reads: "Ensuring security of data, information, and communication is considerably harder than hacking into a system."Step 5: This order corresponds to Q R P, which is written as QRP in the options.
Verification / Alternative check:
Check other possible orders to ensure that no alternative produces a better sentence. Starting with P or R immediately after "Ensuring security" gives "Ensuring security harder than hacking into a system" or "Ensuring security communication is considerably", both of which are ungrammatical. Likewise, any arrangement that splits "of data, information, and communication" will break the natural list structure. Only QRP preserves the logical sequence of the list, the verb "is", and the comparative phrase, confirming that QRP is the only valid order.
Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Common Pitfalls:
Candidates often rush and focus only on meaning, ignoring whether small joining words like "of" can grammatically follow the fixed part of the sentence. Another common mistake is not recognising list structures such as "data, information, and communication", which should remain together. A good strategy is to look for prepositions and linkers (like "of", "is", "than") and use them to anchor the structure. Once you see that Q and R combine to complete the object and predicate, the placement of P at the end becomes obvious.
Final Answer:
The correct order is QRP, so the correct option is the sequence QRP, forming the sentence "Ensuring security of data, information, and communication is considerably harder than hacking into a system."
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