NinetynineCAT 2018 Slot 1 VARC Q25 Para Jumbles
Question 25 of the Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section, CAT 2018 Slot 1, with CAT's official answer and a worked solution.
1. Impartiality and objectivity are fiendishly difficult concepts that can cause all sorts of injustices even if transparently implemented.
2. It encourages us into bubbles of people we know and like, while blinding us to different perspectives, but the deeper problem of ‘transparency’ lies in the words “and much more”.
3. Twitter’s website says that “tweets you are likely to care about most will show up first in your timeline based on accounts you interact with most, tweets you engage with, and much more.”
4. We are only told some of the basic principles, and we can’t see the algorithm itself, making it hard for citizens to analyse the system sensibly or fairly or be convinced of its impartiality and objectivity.
2. It encourages us into bubbles of people we know and like, while blinding us to different perspectives, but the deeper problem of ‘transparency’ lies in the words “and much more”.
3. Twitter’s website says that “tweets you are likely to care about most will show up first in your timeline based on accounts you interact with most, tweets you engage with, and much more.”
4. We are only told some of the basic principles, and we can’t see the algorithm itself, making it hard for citizens to analyse the system sensibly or fairly or be convinced of its impartiality and objectivity.
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Solution
- Sentence 1 states the general theme: impartiality and objectivity are hard concepts that can cause injustice even when transparently implemented.
- Sentence 3 brings in a concrete case: Twitter's account of how its timeline works, ending in 'and much more'.
- Sentence 2 ('It encourages us into bubbles ... the deeper problem of transparency lies in the words "and much more"') comments directly on that quote.
- Sentence 4 explains the problem (we see only basic principles, not the algorithm) and closes by returning to 'impartiality and objectivity' from sentence 1.
Shortcut. Sentence 4 echoes sentence 1's 'impartiality and objectivity', so 1 opens and 4 closes.