CAT 2022 Slot 1 VARC Q24 Para Jumbles

Question 24 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. Fish skin collagen has excellent thermo-stability and tensile strength making it ideal for use as bandage that adheres to the skin and adjusts to body movements.
2. Collagen, one of the main structural proteins in connective tissues in the human body, is well known for promoting skin regeneration.
3. Fish skin swims in here as diseases and bacteria that affect fish are different from most human pathogens.
4. The risk of introducing disease agents into other species through the use of pig and cow collagen proteins for wound healing has inhibited its broader applications in the medical field.

TITA: type in the answer. There are no options and no negative marking.

Answer: 2431 Para Jumbles TITA

Solution

  1. 2 introduces collagen and its role in skin regeneration.
  2. 4 gives the problem: pig and cow collagen risk carrying disease into other species.
  3. 3 brings in the solution: 'Fish skin swims in here' because fish pathogens differ from human ones.
  4. 1 concludes with fish collagen's properties as a bandage.