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CAT 2018 Slot 2 · Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension · Easy · Para Jumbles

This is an easy Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension question from the CAT 2018 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 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. Self-management is thus defined as the 'individual's ability to manage the symptoms, treatment, physical and psychosocial consequences and lifestyle changes inherent in living with a chronic condition'.
  2. Most people with progressive diseases like dementia prefer to have control over their own lives and health-care for as long as possible.
  3. Having control means, among other things, that patients themselves perform self-management activities.
  4. Supporting people in decisions and actions that promote self-management is called self-management support requiring a cooperative relationship between the patient, the family, and the professionals.
Answer

2314

Explanation

Sentence 2 introduces the idea of patients desiring 'control over their own lives'. Sentence 3 connects directly ('Having control means...'). Sentence 1 defines 'Self-management' introduced in 3 ('thus defined'). Sentence 4 concludes by extending to 'self-management support'. The sequence is 2314.

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