Question

In the following, some parts of the sentence have been jumbled up. You are required to re-arrange these parts which are labeled P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence.
Women
(P) are more likely to give birth prematurely
(Q) and their babies are at increased risk
(R) who are poorly nourished or sick
(S) of death and disability.

The proper sequence should be:
A) R Q S P
B) R P Q S
C) Q S P R
D) Q S R P

Answer 1

Hint: The sentence begins with the subject and therefore the best connecting line should be something that speaks more about the subject. Thus on the basis of this logic, the first link of the sentence can be identified.

Complete answer:
Here the phrases of a sentence are jumbled and we need to rearrange them on basis of the options given, in order to make a complete sentence giving a complete meaning.
Let’s look at the first word with which the statement begins, ‘Women’, this is the subject of our sentence and the first statement in the sequence should be the one that connects the best with the first line.
It should be a help to continue or tell more about the subject. As per the options, the answer can either start with R or Q. ‘who’ in the phrase R is pointing to the subject ‘Women’ thus it best connects with the subject.
Thus, the line becomes 'women who are poorly nourished or sick'.
Now, on the basis of this logic, Option C and D cannot be our answers and can be eliminated.
R is followed by P: As P continues to tell us what happens in continuation. It tells us that these poorly nourished or sick women are more likely to give birth prematurely.
P should be followed by Q: As Q continues to say that the babies of such women are at increased risk.
Finally Q should be followed by S: As S directly continues Q's point. It says that the babies are at increased risk of death and disability.
Thus, the correct sentence is 'Women who are poorly nourished or sick are more likely to give birth prematurely and their babies are at increased risk of death and disability'.

Thus, the correct sequence is R P Q S. Hence, B is the correct option.


Note: Finding the subject and connecting the dots as to which phrase tells more about the subject can be a relevant link to solving these para-jumbles in an easier way.