Arrange the following words in a logical order: 1. Income 2. Status 3.…

2023

Arrange the following words in a logical order:

1. Income

2. Status

3. Education

4. Well-being

5. Job

  1. A.

    3, 1, 5, 2, 4

  2. B.

    1, 3, 2, 5, 4

  3. C.

    1, 2, 5, 3, 4

  4. D.

    3, 5, 1, 2, 4

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: D

Concept:

In 'logical order' reasoning questions like this, arrange the items along a real-world cause-and-effect or developmental chain, where each earlier stage is a necessary condition that produces the stage after it — the guiding principle is causal dependency, not alphabetical or visual order.

Application:

Among Income, Status, Education, Well-being, and Job, the natural life-stage progression is: a person first acquires an Education, which qualifies them for a Job, which generates Income, which in turn shapes their Status in society, and ultimately contributes to their overall Well-being. So the correct order is Education → Job → Income → Status → Well-being, i.e. the sequence 3, 5, 1, 2, 4.

Cross-check — why the other orders break this chain:

  • Income placed before Job (as in 3, 1, 5, 2, 4) reverses cause and effect, since income is earned from a job, not before it.

  • Income placed before Education (as in 1, 3, 2, 5, 4) reverses the developmental order, since education normally precedes any income-earning role.

  • Income and Status placed before Education and Job (as in 1, 2, 5, 3, 4) skips the foundational stages that actually produce that income and status.

Hence the sequence Education, Job, Income, Status, Well-being (3, 5, 1, 2, 4) is the only order consistent with the cause-and-effect chain.

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