Some parts of a sentence have been jumbled up, and labelled P, Q, R and S. Select the option that gives the correct sequence in which these parts can be rearranged to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence.
Novelists have proved
P. impressionable, quick studies,
Q. recalibrating their aesthetic
R. objectives to reflect those of
S. the critical theorists
they emulate.

Correct option is D

• The given opening is fixed: Novelists have proved. After this, we need a complement that describes what they have proved.
• Part (P) fits first because it provides the description of the subject: impressionable, quick studies, which logically follows “have proved” as an implied predicate description.
• Part (Q) must follow because it continues the same idea and gives an action linked to the description: recalibrating their aesthetic.
• Part (R) completes the phrase begun in (Q): objectives to reflect those of (i.e., their objectives are adjusted to match someone else’s objectives).
• Part (S) then identifies whose objectives are being reflected: the critical theorists, and the remaining phrase they emulate correctly refers back to “Novelists.”

• (a) SPQR: Begins abruptly with the critical theorists, which cannot logically follow “Novelists have proved” at the start.
• (b) RQPS: Starts with objectives without introducing what is being described; it breaks grammatical flow.
• (c) SRQP: Places the critical theorists too early and separates it from the necessary ending they emulate, weakening coherence.