In the following question, parts of a sentence have been jumbled and labelled as P, Q, R, and S. You are required to rearrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly by selecting the correct option. P. and release election manifestos with great fanfare, Q. and acted upon by leaders or by voters R. political parties ritualistically publish S. which are never seriously taken 

In the following question, parts of a sentence have been jumbled and labelled as P, Q, R, and S. You are required to rearrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly by selecting the correct option. P. and release election manifestos with great fanfare, Q. and acted upon by leaders or by voters R. political parties ritualistically publish S. which are never seriously taken  Correct Answer RPSQ

The correct answer is option 4) i.e. RPSQ.

  • While arranging the parts of the sentence given in options, we have to find some grammatical or contextual connections between them, so let’s find out.
  • A coordinating conjunction like ‘and’ is used to connect clauses which are not in contrast to each other and so usually, it comes in the middle of the sentence, e.g. " For dinner I can eat the chicken and the fish."
    • Parts 'P' and 'Q' start with the conjunction 'and', so we can say that the sentence will not start with P and Q.
  • 'Which' is used referring to something previously mentioned when introducing a clause giving further information.
    • Part S starts with 'which', so it can also not be the first part.
  • Hence, we can say that the sentence will start with 'R' and will be followed by 'P' as part R talks about ‘publishing something’ and part P states what is being published (manifestos).
  • Part S, where the pronoun ‘which’ indicates the ‘manifestos’ comes after part P and is followed by part Q.
  • Thus, the correct order is RPSQ.
Correct sentence: " Political parties ritualistically publish and release election manifestos with great fanfare, which are never seriously taken and acted upon by leaders or by voters.

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