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Food Framing and Individual Choice

CAT 2022 Slot 2 · Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension · Hard · Verbal Ability

This is a hard Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension question from the CAT 2022 Slot 2 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.

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The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 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. Women may prioritize cooking because they feel they alone are responsible for mediating a toxic and unhealthy food system.
  2. Food is commonly framed through the lens of individual choice: you can choose to eat healthily.
  3. This is particularly so in a neoliberal context where the state has transferred the responsibility for food onto individual consumers.
  4. The individualized framing of choice appeals to a popular desire to experience agency, but draws away from the structural obstacles that stratify individual food choices.
Answer

2341

Explanation

Sentence 2 introduces the idea that food is framed via individual choice. Sentence 3 elaborates on 'This' framing in a neoliberal context. Sentence 4 analyzes how individualized framing shifts focus away from structural obstacles. Sentence 1 presents a specific instance (women prioritizing cooking due to feeling solely responsible).

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