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Given below are six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as SI and S6. The middle four-sentence in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences. S1: The Nobel Prize for Economics in 2018 was awarded to Paul Romer and William Nordhaus for their work in two separate areas : economic growth and environmental economics respectively. S6: Among recent winners of Nobel Prize in Economics, it's hard to think of one issue which is more topical and relevant to India. P: But there is a common thread in their work. Q: In economic jargon, it's termed as an externality. R: Productive activity often has spillovers, meaning that it can impact an unrelated party. S: Romer and Nordhaus both studied the impact of externalities and came up with profound insights and economic models.

Given below are six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as SI and S6. The middle four-sentence in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences. S1: The Nobel Prize for Economics in 2018 was awarded to Paul Romer and William Nordhaus for their work in two separate areas : economic growth and environmental economics respectively. S6: Among recent winners of Nobel Prize in Economics, it's hard to think of one issue which is more topical and relevant to India. P: But there is a common thread in their work. Q: In economic jargon, it's termed as an externality. R: Productive activity often has spillovers, meaning that it can impact an unrelated party. S: Romer and Nordhaus both studied the impact of externalities and came up with profound insights and economic models. Correct Answer P R Q S

The correct answer is option 2) i.e. PRQS.

  • The passage is about the Nobel Prize winners for the Economics.
  • P should come after S1 as 'their' mentioned here refers to the two Nobel Prize winners Paul Romer and William Nordhaus who are mentioned in S1. R should come next because it is evident that Q should follow R because R is about spillovers and Q says what these spillovers are called by economists: externalities. This is followed by S as it says that both Romer and Nordhaus studied externalities.
  • Hence, the correct order of sentences in the passage will be S1PRQSS6.

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