XAT 2022 Question Paper | Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning

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Question 7 : Arrange the following sentences in a LOGICAL sequence:

1. In America, primary-age pupils are on average five months behind where they would usually be in maths, and four months in reading, according to McKinsey, a consultancy.
2. As a new school year gets under way in many countries, the harm caused by months of closure is becoming ever clearer.
3. The crisis will accelerate that trend.
4. The damage is almost certainly worse in places such as India and Mexico, where the disruption to schooling has been greater.
5. Even before pandemic, parents around the world were growing more willing to pay for extra lessons in the hope of boosting their children's education.

Explanatory Answer

Either sentence 2 or sentence 5 can start the paragraph, as they are both general statements.
14 is a clear link: 1 talks about how children lag behind in America and 4, about the education lag in India and Mexico. Both sentences 1 and 4 relate to education gaps due to the pandemic, so we have the order 214.
There is also a clear link between sentences 5 and 3. The 'trend' that is mentioned in 3 can only relate to the trend of parents paying for extra lessons mentioned in 5. There are no other sentences that talk about trends in education.
21453 makes a cogent paragraph.

The answer is '2,1,4,5,3'

Choice E is the correct answer.