CAT 2021 Slot 1 · VARC · Question 21

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The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer:

1. A popular response is the exhortation to plant more trees.

2. It seems all but certain that global warming will go well above two degrees—quite how high no one knows yet.

3. Burning them releases it, which is why the scale of forest fires in the Amazon basin last year garnered headlines.

4. This is because trees sequester carbon by absorbing carbon dioxide.

Answer & solution

Answer: 2143

Sentence 2 opens: it states the problem – global warming will very likely go well above two degrees.

Sentence 1 gives the response: 'A popular response is the exhortation to plant more trees.'

Sentence 4 explains why: trees sequester carbon by absorbing carbon dioxide.

Sentence 3 ends: 'Burning them releases it' – 'them' means trees and 'it' means carbon, so 3 must come after 4.

Shortcut: 4-3 is a mandatory pair ('them'/'it' need trees and carbon first), and 1 needs a problem before a 'response'.

Hence, the answer is 2143.

CAT 2021 Slot 1 · VARC · Question 21

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