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CAT 2019 Slot 1 — VARC Question 28

Mixed PracticeEasy

The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, and 4) given in this question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper order for the sentences and key in this sequence of four numbers as your answer.

  1. We’ll all live under mob rule until then, which doesn’t help anyone.
  2. Perhaps we need to learn to condense the feedback we receive online so that 100 replies carry the same weight as just one.
  3. As we grow more comfortable with social media conversations being part of the way we interact every day, we are going to have to learn how to deal with legitimate criticism.
  4. A new norm will arise where it is considered unacceptable to reply with the same point that dozens of others have already.

Answer & solution

Correct answer: 3241

Answer: 3241

Solution

Easy

Find the opener (the sentence that needs no prior context), lock mandatory pairs created by repeated keywords and pronouns, then read for the natural problem-to-solution-to-consequence flow.

1

Opener = (3). Sentence 3 sets the scene in general terms: as social-media conversation becomes part of daily life, we will "have to learn how to deal with legitimate criticism." It introduces the problem and depends on nothing before it.

2

(3) -> (2): the "learn" link. Sentence 2 proposes the solution to that problem — "Perhaps we need to learn to condense the feedback... so that 100 replies carry the same weight as just one." It directly answers the "have to learn" raised in 3. Mandatory pair 3-2.

3

(2) -> (4). Sentence 4 describes the resulting norm — it becomes "unacceptable to reply with the same point that dozens of others have already." This is the social effect of condensing duplicate replies in 2, so 4 follows 2.

4

Closer = (1). Sentence 1 — "We'll all live under mob rule until then..." — refers back to the new norm of 4; "until then" points to the moment that norm arrives. It closes the paragraph. Final order 3 - 2 - 4 - 1.

The correct sequence is 3241.

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