Directions: In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first sentence (S1) and the final sentence (S6) are given in the beginning. The middle four in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark accordingly on the answer sheet.
S1 : Mental disability, whether mental retardation or any other developmental disability, is not the same as mental illness.
S6 : And the earlier the better.
P : A person with mental disability can certainly be helped to improve, but mainly in childhood.
Q : But mental disability has no cure.
R : Mental illness has an identifiable cause and may be cured.
S : Not the best doctors nor all the medicines in the world can cure mental disability.
The proper sequence should be
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P S Q R
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Q P R S
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R Q S P
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S R P Q
C
Correct answer
Explanation
RQSP. The first sentence that is given tells us about the difference between mental illness and mental disability. The sentence ends with the mention of mental illness, thus, the next sentence will be the one telling us more about mental illness. Then the next sentence will talk about mental disability having no cure as it is carried forward from the first sentence. This will follow R because it has a ‘but’ in the beginning. This means that this statement has to have a statement before it to qualify the ‘but’. Next will be the information regarding the incurability of mental disability, followed by the information that tells us that a person with mental disability can be helped to improve, but mainly in childhood. This statement will then qualify the last given sentence by telling us that the earlier the better.