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CAT 2021 Slot 1 · VARC · Medium · Verbal Ability

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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:

  1. In the central nervous systems of other animal species, such a comprehensive regeneration of neurons has not yet been proven beyond doubt.
  2. Biologists from the University of Bayreuth have discovered a uniquely rapid form of regeneration in injured neurons and their function in the central nervous system of zebrafish.
  3. They studied the Mauthner cells, which are solely responsible for the escape behaviour of the fish, and previously regarded as incapable of regeneration.
  4. However, their ability to regenerate crucially depends on the location of the injury.
Answer

2341

Explanation

Sentence 2 opens with the discovery in zebrafish. Sentence 3 specifies 'They studied...' referring to the biologists in 2. Sentence 4 qualifies the regeneration ability of these cells ('However, their ability...'). Sentence 1 contrasts this finding in zebrafish with other animal species. Thus, the order is 2341.

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