For the following question, arrange the sentences A, B, C, and D to form a logical sequence.

(A) Average pay rises are now running behind the level of inflation for the first time in a year, a report said.
(B) While the UK pay increases have stayed at 2.9% for the past three months, headline inflation is now 3%.
(C) Employees are now certain to seek higher wage rises to bring them back into line with increasing prices.
(D) And this will put further pressure on companies who are already battling a stagnant economic scenario for the past few years.

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Q34) In the past few months, the two main inflation indicators — the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) — are moving in widely divergent directions. Consider the following statements:

1) Headline inflation does not include food and fuel prices while Core inflation includes all-item index

2) CPI is measured on base year 2012

3) Reserve Bank of India has now adopted WPI as new measure of Inflation

Which of the above statement(s) is/ are incorrect?

Answer 1

While browsing through the sentences, you may realize that they are in logical order! Also, A-B is an obvious link: the comparison made between pay rises and inflation mentioned in A has been substantiated with figures in B. Sentence C mentions what employees expect from the current financial scenario stated in A and B. And, D naturally concludes the paragraph by building a connect between the employees and the companies. The word 'and' is the first word of D that acts as a hint for us as well by playing a role of a connecter. All we have to do is understand the context and the connecting parts: employees and companies. Therefore, option (D) ABCD is the best choice.