Difficulty: Medium
Correct Answer: RPQ
Explanation:
Introduction / Context:
This question is about sentence rearrangement, a common topic in English sections of competitive exams. You are given a partially fixed sentence beginning "In that case," followed by three labelled fragments P, Q, and R. Your task is to arrange these fragments so that the final sentence is grammatically correct, logically connected, and stylistically natural. The sentence talks about a Uniform Civil Code and gender just practices drawn from different Personal Laws.
Given Data / Assumptions:
Concept / Approach:
In rearrangement questions, we look for the logical subject and verb, and then we place objects and complements in the correct order. Here, the natural subject is "a Uniform Civil Code" and the verb phrase is "would simply put together". The object of "put together" is "the best gender just practices from all Personal Laws". So we first form the main clause "a Uniform Civil Code would simply put together", and then we attach the object phrase that completes what is being put together. This leads directly to the order R P Q.
Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Identify the main subject of the clause. Fragment R contains "a Uniform Civil Code" which clearly functions as the subject.
Step 2: Notice that R also contains the auxiliary verb "would" and adverb "simply", which together form the beginning of the predicate: "would simply".
Step 3: Fragment P begins with a verb phrase "put together the best gender just", which can directly follow "would simply". Combined they read "a Uniform Civil Code would simply put together the best gender just".
Step 4: Fragment Q adds the object of this verb phrase: "practices from all Personal Laws". Now the complete clause becomes "a Uniform Civil Code would simply put together the best gender just practices from all Personal Laws".
Step 5: Attach this clause to the fixed beginning: "In that case, a Uniform Civil Code would simply put together the best gender just practices from all Personal Laws."
Verification / Alternative check:
Test the other sequences quickly. If we start with P, we would get "In that case, put together the best gender just..." which lacks a clear subject before the verb "put together" and sounds incomplete. If Q or P comes before R, we do not get a proper grammatical subject and auxiliary before the main verb phrase. Only R at the beginning allows the sentence to start with a clear subject and modal verb. Once R is fixed first, the logical sequence of the remaining two fragments is P then Q, because we need to first specify what the code will do ("put together the best gender just") and then specify what exactly is being put together ("practices from all Personal Laws").
Why Other Options Are Wrong:
QRP gives "In that case, practices from all Personal Laws a Uniform Civil Code would simply put together the best gender just", which is ungrammatical and jumbled.
RQP reads "In that case, a Uniform Civil Code would simply practices from all Personal Laws put together the best gender just", which breaks normal word order because the object appears before the main verb phrase.
PQR cannot work because starting with a bare verb phrase after the comma creates a fragment lacking subject and auxiliary structure.
Common Pitfalls:
Many students focus only on meaning and ignore basic subject verb order. A reliable strategy is to first find which fragment can logically contain the subject and finite verb of the main clause. Here, only R has a clear subject "a Uniform Civil Code" and a modal verb "would". Once the main clause structure is identified, placing verb complements and objects becomes much easier. When stuck, read each trial sentence aloud in your mind; incorrect orders will sound very awkward or broken.
Final Answer:
The correct sequence is R P Q, so the answer is RPQ.
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