Sentence Completion with Blanks
XAT 2025 · Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning · Medium · Verbal Ability
Read the following excerpt carefully. When each_________________ generation grows up, it looks down on the next as if we all forget what it feels like to be______________. When most____________ think about their own youthful indiscretions, they do so with a wink and a laugh. But when the same people think about those in today's generation doing something similar, they _________________sound the alarm about a decline in morality in next generation. From the options below, choose the one that meaningfully fills up the blanks.
- A.
young, young, seniors, carefully
- B.
old, older, youngsters, sincerely
- C.
succeeding, next, people, naturally
- D.
preceding, succeeding, folks, cautiously
- E.
successive, young, adults, hypocritically
E
Explanation
'successive' generation fits the sequential view; feeling 'young'; 'adults' looking back; acting 'hypocritically' when judging modern youth.
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