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CAT 2017 Slot 2 · Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension · Medium · Para Jumbles

This is a medium Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension question from the CAT 2017 Slot 2 paper. It tests Para Jumbles. The full answer key and a step-by-step explanation are below — try it yourself first, then reveal the solution.

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The five sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) 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 five numbers as your answer.

  1. The implications of retelling of Indian stories, hence, takes on new meaning in a modern India.
  2. The stories we tell reflect the world around us.
  3. We cannot help but retell the stories that we value - after all, they are never quite right for us - in our time.
  4. And even if we manage to get them quite right, they are only right for us - other people living around us will have different reasons for telling similar stories.
  5. As soon as we capture a story, the world we were trying to capture has changed.
Answer

25341

Explanation

2, being the most general of the given statements, is the best opening sentence. 5 follows 2, as it continues the theme of how the world is captured in stories. 34 is a link: 3 talks of stories "never quite right" for us, and 4 about what happens "even if we manage to get them quite right". 1 is a concluding statement. So, 25341 is the right order.

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