Business Elites

CAT 2018 Slot 2 · VARC · Hard · Para Jumbles

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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. They would rather do virtuous side projects assiduously as long as these would not compel them into doing their day jobs more honourably or reduce the profit margins.
  2. They would fund a million of the buzzwordy programs rather than fundamentally question the rules of their game or alter their own behavior to reduce the harm of the existing distorted, inefficient and unfair rules.
  3. Like the dieter who would rather do anything to lose weight than actually eat less, the business elite would save the world through social-impact-investing and philanthro-capitalism.
  4. Doing the right thing — and moving away from their win-win mentality — would involve real sacrifice; instead, it's easier to focus on their pet projects and initiatives.
Answer

3241

Explanation

Sentence 3 introduces the subject ('the business elite'). Sentence 2 elaborates on how 'They' would fund buzzwordy programs rather than question rules. Sentence 4 explains why: doing the right thing involves real sacrifice. Sentence 1 elaborates on 'pet projects' in 4, explaining what 'They would rather do... instead'. The sequence is 3241.

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