Rearrange the parts of the sentence in the correct order to form a meaningful statement. Fixed part: Today, however, when one in four rural Indians P: in identifying the poor are far greater Q: is poor, our chances of being wrong R: and one in six urban Indians

Introduction / Context:
This is a sentence rearrangement question at the level of clauses and phrase segments. You are given a fixed opening and three labelled parts P, Q and R that must be ordered to form a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence about poverty in rural and urban India. Your goal is to identify the sequence that yields a natural flow of ideas and correct English structure.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• Fixed start: "Today, however, when one in four rural Indians"
• P: "in identifying the poor are far greater"
• Q: "is poor, our chances of being wrong"
• R: "and one in six urban Indians"
• The sentence should talk about proportions of poor people in rural and urban areas and then comment on the chances of being wrong in identifying the poor.

Concept / Approach:
The fixed opening introduces the rural statistic: "when one in four rural Indians". The next logical step is to add the urban statistic using "and one in six urban Indians". After both proportions are mentioned, the main clause should state "is poor, our chances of being wrong in identifying the poor are far greater." So the correct order of the segments after the fixed part is R (and one in six urban Indians), then Q (is poor, our chances of being wrong), then P (in identifying the poor are far greater). This gives a complete, meaningful sentence.

Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Attach R after the fixed part: "Today, however, when one in four rural Indians and one in six urban Indians". Now we have a complete reference to both rural and urban categories.Step 2: Now we need a verb to complete the subordinate clause introduced by "when". Q begins with "is poor, our chances of being wrong", so we get "Today, however, when one in four rural Indians and one in six urban Indians is poor, our chances of being wrong ..."Step 3: The phrase "our chances of being wrong" requires a complement explaining in what respect we might be wrong. P, "in identifying the poor are far greater", supplies that complement and also completes the main clause with the verb phrase "are far greater."Step 4: Combining all parts, we obtain: "Today, however, when one in four rural Indians and one in six urban Indians is poor, our chances of being wrong in identifying the poor are far greater."Step 5: This ordering corresponds to RQP, which is given as option B.

Verification / Alternative check:
Test another option, such as QRP. That would yield "Today, however, when one in four rural Indians is poor, our chances of being wrong and one in six urban Indians in identifying the poor are far greater," which is clearly ungrammatical and confuses the role of the clause about urban Indians. Similarly, PRQ would begin with "in identifying the poor are far greater" immediately after the fixed start, leaving "one in four rural Indians" without a verb. Only RQP gives a smooth reading with correct clause structure.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Options that start with P after the fixed part misplace the phrase "in identifying the poor", making it appear before we have a complete main clause. Options that place R after Q interrupt the flow between "is poor" and the main clause "our chances of being wrong in identifying the poor are far greater", producing awkward or incorrect syntax. Only RQP respects both the logical order of information (rural statistic, urban statistic, conclusion) and the grammatical structure.

Common Pitfalls:
Some candidates may focus on the closeness of "our chances of being wrong" and "are far greater" and attempt to keep Q and P together while moving R to the end. However, the phrase "and one in six urban Indians" must immediately follow the earlier statistic about rural Indians, or else it gets disconnected. A useful technique is to first link numeric comparisons ("one in four" and "one in six") and only then fit in the evaluative clause that comments on those numbers.

Final Answer:
The correct sequence of parts after the fixed beginning is R Q P, so option B (RQP) is correct.