Para Jumble - Commutes and Innovation

CAT 2022 Slot 1 · VARC · Hard · Verbal Ability

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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. Some company leaders are basing their decisions on locating offices to foster innovation and growth, as their best-performing inventors suffered the greatest productivity losses when their commutes grew longer.
  2. Shorter commutes support innovation by giving employees more time in the office and greater opportunities for in-person collaboration, while removing the physical strain of a long commute.
  3. This is not always the case: remote work does not automatically lead to greater creativity and productivity as office water-cooler conversations are also very important for innovation.
  4. Some see the link between long commutes and productivity as support for work-from-home scenarios, as many workers have grown accustomed to their commute-free arrangements during the pandemic.
Answer

4312

Explanation

Sentence 4 introduces the idea connecting long commutes to work-from-home scenarios. Sentence 3 counters this ('This is not always the case...'). Sentence 1 shifts to company leaders making office-location decisions based on long commute productivity losses. Sentence 2 concludes by explaining how shorter commutes support innovation.

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