Exams › IBPS PO › Reasoning
Rearrange the following sentences in a meaningful paragraph and answer the question. (a) However, when seniors and children come together and forge relationships, we see an enhanced quality of life for both sides. (b) The main drawback of the increasing distinction in age is that both age groups face hardship in understanding each other's mind-set. (c) In the contemporary world, the widening gap between the ages of parents and their offspring has become a common feature. (d) While this phenomenon can bring certain disadvantages, they are definitely outweighed by advantages. (e) Due to differences in lifestyle caused by age, parents may find it difficult to penetrate into their children's lives. Which of the following should be the third sentence after rearrangement?
- A
- C
- D
- B
Correct answer: B
Solution
Sentence (c) introduces the topic, followed by (b), which states the main drawback. The next logical sentence is (e), which elaborates on the difficulty, so the third sentence is (e), i.e., option B.
Related IBPS PO Reasoning questions
- Rearrange the following sentences in a meaningful paragraph and answer the question. (a) However, when seniors and children come together and forge relationships, we see an enhanced quality of life for both sides. (b) The main drawback of the increasing distinction in age is that both age groups face hardship in understanding each other's mind-set. (c) In the contemporary world, the widening gap between the ages of parents and their offspring has become a common feature. (d) While this phenomenon can bring certain disadvantages, they are definitely outweighed by advantages. (e) Due to differences in lifestyle caused by age, parents may find it difficult to penetrate into their children's lives. Which of the following should be the second sentence after rearrangement?
- Twenty percent of all energy consumed in the country is consumed by home appliances. If appliances that are twice as energy-efficient as those currently available are manufactured, this figure will eventually be reduced to about ten percent. The argument above requires which of the following assumptions?
- Which of the following will be the code for 'pure water spa tune'?
- If 'solution farm grain seem' is coded as '*N8 %M4 @N5 #M4'. Then what is code for 'plants means grain seem'?
- Direction (17–21): Read the given information carefully and answer the question. Ten people G, H, I, J, K, L, W, X, Y and Z live in a building with four floors. Each floor has three flats—Flat 1, Flat 2, and Flat 3—from left to right. The ground floor is numbered Floor 1 and the topmost floor is Floor 4. Each flat is built such that Flat 1 of Floor 2 is directly above Flat 1 of Floor 1, and so on. The two flats in which no one lives are on an even-numbered floor and in an even-numbered flat. G does not live on an even-numbered floor and in an even-numbered flat. W lives in the flat just above H. The flat between K and X is vacant, and K lives in one of the flats above X. L lives in an odd-numbered flat which is to the left of X. Z and Y live on the same floor, and no one else lives on that floor. G lives on a floor and in a flat just above W’s floor and flat. I live on one of the floors on which one flat is vacant. Z and I both live in Flat 1. Who is living just above X?
- Targeted delivery of government subsidies and benefits ensures that they reach the poor and the deserving. What would be the cause of the above government budget?
⚔️ Practice IBPS PO Reasoning free + battle 1v1 →