The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical order and enter the sequence of numbers in the space provided. During the last 150 years or so, the world production of food has increased for two main reasons. At the same time the development of various branches of science, and in particular medical science, has helped to eliminate or lessen the effects of many diseases, enabling more adults to reach old age. New lands have been brought into use for farming for the first time, and new techniques have made it possible to obtain higher yields in existing farming areas. The relentless growth of world population over the last 150 to 200 years was only possible because more and more food and other items of consumption became available.

IPMAT Indore 2026 · Verbal Ability · Question 44

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The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical order and enter the sequence of numbers in the space provided.

During the last 150 years or so, the world production of food has increased for two main reasons.
At the same time the development of various branches of science, and in particular medical science, has helped to eliminate or lessen the effects of many diseases, enabling more adults to reach old age.
New lands have been brought into use for farming for the first time, and new techniques have made it possible to obtain higher yields in existing farming areas.
The relentless growth of world population over the last 150 to 200 years was only possible because more and more food and other items of consumption became available.

Answer & solution

Answer: 4132

Step 1 — find the opener. Sentence 4 states the paragraph’s overall claim: population growth was possible because more food became available. It is the thesis the rest explains.

Step 2 — narrow to food production. Sentence 1 picks up that food supply and announces a structure: it “has increased for two main reasons”. A sentence promising two reasons must be followed by them.

Step 3 — the first reason. Sentence 3 delivers it: new farmland and better techniques. These are both agricultural, i.e. the first reason.

Step 4 — the second reason. Sentence 2 begins “At the same time” and adds medical science. That connective requires a preceding item, which sentence 3 supplies.

Step 5 — the sequence.

4\to 1\to 3\to 2

Answer: 4132

Shortcut. Sentence 1’s phrase “two main reasons” is a signpost — the two reasons must come immediately after it, and “At the same time” in 2 marks the second of them. That fixes 1-3-2 as a block, leaving only 4 to open.

IPMAT Indore 2026 · Verbal Ability · Question 44

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