Question

Arrange the following parts into a coherent sentence/passage:
P. Children need to be loved, and in a sense they cannot have too much of it.
Q. She herself doesn't want to grow up and attempts to make time stand still.
R. Fortunately she cannot succeed.
S. But it is not because of love that a mother prevents her child from growing up.

• A. QRSP
• B. SPQR
• C. PQRS
• D. PSQR

Hint:

Start with the sentence that states the general idea about children needing love, then look for the contrast introduced by 'But'.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

This is a paragraph reordering question. The four sentences build a short passage about a mother, love, and a child's wish to stay young. To find the right order, look at the linking words: 'But' in S signals a contrast with P, 'She herself' in Q needs an earlier mention of 'a mother' to point back to, and 'Fortunately' in R only makes sense after we learn she is trying and failing at something.

1. PSQR (option a): P opens with the general idea that children need love and cannot have too much of it. S follows with 'But it is not because of love that a mother prevents her child from growing up', using 'But' to contrast with P and introducing 'a mother'. Q then explains what the mother is really doing, 'She herself doesn't want to grow up', with 'She' pointing back to 'a mother' in S. R closes the thought with 'Fortunately she cannot succeed', which needs Q's attempt to fail against. Every link fits.
2. PSRQ (option b): This places R, 'Fortunately she cannot succeed', right after S, before Q has even said what the mother is attempting. There is nothing yet for her to fail at, so this order breaks down.
3. PQRS (option c): Here Q comes right after P, but Q opens with 'She herself', and no one named 'she' has been introduced yet, since S, which brings in 'a mother', has not appeared. The pronoun has nothing to refer to.
4. PQSR (option d): Again Q follows P directly with an unexplained 'She', and S's contrasting 'But' would now come after Q instead of setting up Q, which reverses the logical cause and effect of the passage.

Only PSQR keeps every pronoun and connector pointing to something already stated, so option (a) is correct.

Let's summarize:

• 'But' in S needs to follow the general opening statement in P to work as a contrast.
• 'She' in Q only makes sense once 'a mother' has been named, which happens in S.
• 'Fortunately' in R needs Q's failed attempt to have already been mentioned.

So the coherent order is P, S, Q, R, matching option (a).