NinetynineCAT 2022 Slot 1 VARC Q19 Para Jumbles
Question 19 of the Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section, CAT 2022 Slot 1, with CAT's official answer and a worked solution.
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.
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.
TITA: type in the answer. There are no options and no negative marking.
Answer: 2143 Para Jumbles TITA
Solution
- 2 opens with the general claim: shorter commutes support innovation.
- 1 gives the evidence and its business use: best inventors lost the most productivity when commutes grew longer.
- 4 picks up 'the link between long commutes and productivity' from 1 and notes some use it to back work-from-home.
- 3 rebuts that: 'This is not always the case: remote work does not automatically lead to greater creativity'.