Lakshya NDA

Paper II · Part A — English

Para Jumbles

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Build the idea

Build exam-ready understanding by connecting the core idea, formulas or facts, worked example and previous NDA questions. Focus on why each rule works, then test it under timed conditions.

Concept

Several sentences are given out of order and you must arrange them into a coherent paragraph. It tests logical sequencing and cohesion.

Identify the opening sentence and follow the chain of pronouns and connectors.

Key Points & Formulas

  • The opening sentence introduces the topic and rarely begins with a pronoun or connector.
  • Track referents: a pronoun must follow the noun it refers to.
  • Connectors (however, therefore, then) signal the link to the previous sentence.
  • The closing sentence often concludes or summarises.

Worked Example

Q. Order S1..S4: (S1) A farmer had four sons. (S2) They always quarrelled. (S3) One day he called them. (S4) He showed them a bundle of sticks.

Introduce (S1), state the problem (S2), the action (S3), and what he did (S4).

Logical order: S1 – S2 – S3 – S4.

Common traps

  • Reading the prompt too quickly and missing a qualifier.
  • Memorising the result without checking when it applies.
  • Skipping units, signs, chronology or the final reasonableness check.

NDA shortcuts

  • State the governing rule before substituting values.
  • Eliminate impossible options before doing full calculation.

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  • Core definition
  • Most-used rule
  • One representative example

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5 NDA questions

Choose an answer before the solution appears. Option order is mixed automatically.

Question 1

NDA I 2025

[P] participate in the function [Q] many of the people who had come to [R] the auditorium was over-crowded [S] could not find a seat because

Question 2

NDA I 2019

S1: The British rule in India has brought about moral, material, cultural and spiritual ruination of this great country.
S6: We are not to kill anybody but it is our dharma to see that the curse of this Government is blotted out.
P: I regard this rule as a curse.
Q: Sedition has become my religion.
R: Ours is a non-violent battle.
S: I am out to destroy this system of Government.

The proper sequence should be:

Question 3

NDA II 2018

The knocking _____. (P) were still in the house (Q) for some time (R) although the echoes of it (S) ceased

Question 4

NDA I 2018

S1: The ruin of Indian handicrafts was reflected in the ruin of the towns and cities which were famous for their manufactures.
S6: Centres were developed and laid waste.
P: Dacca, Surat, Murshidabad and many other rising industrial
Q: ravages of war and plunder, failed to
R: survive British conquest
S: Cities which had withstood the
The proper sequence should be

Question 5

NDA II 2018

The history of mankind is _____. (P) and steady progress (Q) continuous change (R) the history of (S) from barbarism to refinement

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