Question

Arrange the different parts in the correct sequence to form a meaningful sentence/paragraph.
P – businesses often feel that since they have a lot of market muscle and such a dominant position, maintenance will be enough.
Q – IBM has also suffered from lower-priced clones when the mystique of computers was off and there was no longer a need for reassurance from the solidity of Big Blue.
R – IBM fell behind on the concept of “connectivity” and has suffered as a result.
S – In recent years, however, even mighty IBM found that market domination was not enough if you fall behind on concept.
a) PSRQ
b) RPQS
c) RSQP
d) SRPQ

Answer 1

Hint: In such types of questions, one must read the given parts carefully, to form a gist of the meaning of the given paragraph. This way you can form and arrange the paragraph easily.

Complete answer:
Try finding the core meaning of the given paragraph. You must know the subject and predicate of the given paragraph. Try finding out the starting and ending point of the sentence. Here, we only have to arrange the four given sentences/phrases to form a meaning sentence/paragraph.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer :
Option ‘a’ PSRQ. It cannot be the correct answer because when we join these four parts in this manner, it won’t make any sense.
Option ‘b’ is RPQS. It is also an incorrect option because when joined in such a manner, the complete paragraph won’t make any sense.
Option ‘c’ is RSQP. This is also an incorrect option as if joined in such manner, the paragraph would be grammatically incorrect and would make no sense.
Option ‘d’ is SRPQ. When we join the four given sentences in this manner, it will make sense and will also be grammatically correct.
As we have analyzed all the given options, we can easily figure out the correct answer. Here, the correct formation would be SRPQ. Hence, option ‘d' is the correct option.

Note:
Read such types of questions two to three times, to know the core meaning of it. This way you'll also have an idea of the beginning and end of the sentence.