UPSC EPFO APFC 2023 · Question 1

Question 1 of the UPSC EPFO APFC Recruitment Test 2023 (General Studies) (2 July 2023). Try it first, then open the answer and explanation.

1. APFC 2023 · Q1 · General English · Sentence Arrangement

   Rearrange the parts P, Q, R and S to form a meaningful sentence. P: before the judge Q: given that he was clearly innocent R: was incomprehensible S: his decision to plead guilty

   1. SQRP
   2. QPSR
   3. QSPR
   4. SRQP
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   Answer: (3) QSPR

   The sentence is "Given that he was clearly innocent, his decision to plead guilty before the judge was incomprehensible." Q is an introductory clause ("given that" = considering that) that sets the context, S supplies the subject "his decision to plead guilty", P must follow it directly because one pleads guilty before a judge, and R "was incomprehensible" is the predicate. QPSR wrongly attaches "before the judge" to "innocent" instead of to "plead guilty", while SQRP and SRQP leave "before the judge" stranded at the end, where it attaches to "incomprehensible" or "innocent" and distorts the meaning.

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