Trees
CAT 2021 Slot 1 · Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension · Easy · Verbal Ability
This is an easy Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension question from the CAT 2021 Slot 1 paper. It tests Verbal Ability. The full answer key and a step-by-step explanation are below — try it yourself first, then reveal the solution.
The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer:
- A popular response is the exhortation to plant more trees.
- It seems all but certain that global warming will go well above two degrees quite how high no one knows yet.
- Burning them releases it, which is why the scale of forest fires in the Amazon basin last year garnered headlines.
- This is because trees sequester carbon by absorbing carbon dioxide.
2143
Explanation
Sentence 2 sets the problem (global warming). Sentence 1 gives a response (plant more trees). Sentence 4 explains why planting trees helps (sequestering carbon). Sentence 3 adds what happens when trees are burned ('releases it'). Thus, the correct sequence is 2143.
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