Question

S1: The common man has a vote in Parliament.
S6: For that, his sole resource is his native wit and will.
P: If he likes to make use of the machinery of a democracy, he can have questions asked in the house.
Q: But there is no machinery by which he can control the organs which mould opinion.
R: In the last resort he can destroy one government and make another.
S: He has a parliamentary representative whom he can badger and heckle.
The proper sequence should be:

• A. Q-P-S-R
• B. S-Q-P-R
• C. P-R-Q-S
• D. S-P-R-Q

Answer 1

The correct option is D S-P-R-Q

The first statement in the sequence should be the one that best connects with S1. It must be a continuation or extension of S1.

S is first in the sequence: S1 starts by saying that the common man has a vote in Parliament. S further adds that he has a parliamentary representative whom he can badger and heckle.

S is followed by P: P continues this point by saying that if he likes to make use of the machinery of a democracy, he can have questions asked in the house.

P is followed by R: R adds a point after P. It says that in the last resort he can destroy one government and make another.

R is followed by Q: Q adds a condition to the topic. It says that the common man, however, has no machinery by which he can control the organs which would mould opinion. S6 adds that for this, his sole resource is his native wit and will.

Thus, the correct sequence is S P R Q. Hence, D is the correct option.