Online Criticism Para Jumble

CAT 2019 Slot 1 · VARC · Medium · Verbal Ability

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

  1. We'll all live under mob rule until then, which doesn't help anyone.
  2. Perhaps we need to learn to condense the feedback we receive online so that 100 replies carry the same weight as just one.
  3. As we grow more comfortable with social media conversations being part of the way we interact every day, we are going to have to learn how to deal with legitimate criticism.
  4. A new norm will arise where it is considered unacceptable to reply with the same point that dozens of others have already.
Answer

3241

Explanation

Sentence 3 introduces the necessity of dealing with online criticism. Sentence 2 proposes a solution (condensing feedback). Sentence 4 describes the outcome ('A new norm will arise...'). Sentence 1 concludes with a warning about what happens 'until then'. Hence, 3241.

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