Sentence Rearrangement for SBI PO : Set 30

Directions: Rearrange the given five sentences A, B, C, D and E  in the paragraph sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below them.

A. Indeed, the mutations that the family has undergone in this century have been more challenging than at any other time in its evolution.
B. Thus, we have nuclear families, single parent families, surrogate families and global families to name just a few.
C. How these changes have redefined our worldview is an interesting field of study in itself.
D. What we often forget is that the family as it exists today has expanded its orthodox definition to include several variations.
E. Each of these has brought its own attitudes and priorities.
1. Which sentence should come first in the paragraph?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
2. Which sentence should come second in the paragraph?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
3. Which sentence should come third in the paragraph?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
4. Which sentence should come fourth in the paragraph?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
5. Which sentence should come LAST in the paragraph?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E

Answer Key:

1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (e) 4. (a) 5. (c)


Directions: Rearrange the given five sentences A, B, C, D and E  in the paragraph sequence so as to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions given below them.

A. The following represents a condensed statement of what we think we now know about the relationship between education and employment.
B. Although the linkages between education and employment are complex and, in the past, often analysed with simplistic notions of causality, recent research results have yielded new insights about the nature of these linkages.
C. In the interests of brevity, the argument is put forward as a series of major propositions and derivative strategies relating to the education-employment nexus.
D. Intensive research efforts are currently being supported throughout the developing world both by national governments and international donor agencies in the hope of improving understanding of the nature and causes of rising unemployment.
E. The massive problems of widespread and chronic unemployment in less developed nations will remain among the most serious challenges to development policy during the next several decades.
1. Which of the following would be the THIRD sentence?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
2. Which of the following would be the FIRST sentence?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
3. Which of the following would be the FIFTH sentence?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
4. Which of the following would be the SECOND sentence?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
5. Which of the following would be the FOURTH sentence?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E

Answer Key:

1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (a)