Ordering of Words - English (MCQ) for Bank, MBA, CAT, MAT, GMAT, SSC for Q. 20051

Q.  In the question below, there is a sentence with jumbled up parts. Rearrange these parts, which are labelled A, B, C and D to produce the correct sentence. Choose the proper sequence.

a. The managing director
b. in listening to her
c. was not interested
d. explanation about why profits were lessening.

- Published on 09 Mar 16

a. abcd
b. abdc
c. acbd
d. bcda

ANSWER: acbd
 
“The managing director” is the subject of the sentence not interested in listening is the verb or action part and why profits were lessening forms part of the predicate or latter half of the sentence. The entire sentence therefore reads meaningfully if (c) is chosen.

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