NinetynineCAT 2023 Slot 3 VARC Q21 Para Jumbles
Question 21 of the Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section, CAT 2023 Slot 3, with CAT's official answer and a worked solution.
The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) given 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. Veena Sahajwalla, a materials scientist at the University of New South Wales, believes there is a new way of solving this problem.
2. Her vision is for automated drones and robots to pick out components, put them into a small furnace and smelt them at specific temperatures to extract the metals one by one before they are sent off to manufacturers for reuse.
3. E-waste contains huge quantities of valuable metals, ceramics and plastics that could be salvaged and recycled, although currently not enough of it is.
4. She plans to build microfactories that can tease apart the tangle of materials in mobile phones, computers and other e-waste.
1. Veena Sahajwalla, a materials scientist at the University of New South Wales, believes there is a new way of solving this problem.
2. Her vision is for automated drones and robots to pick out components, put them into a small furnace and smelt them at specific temperatures to extract the metals one by one before they are sent off to manufacturers for reuse.
3. E-waste contains huge quantities of valuable metals, ceramics and plastics that could be salvaged and recycled, although currently not enough of it is.
4. She plans to build microfactories that can tease apart the tangle of materials in mobile phones, computers and other e-waste.
TITA: type in the answer. There are no options and no negative marking.
Answer: 3142 Para Jumbles TITA
Solution
- 3 opens with the problem: e-waste holds valuable materials, but too little is recycled.
- 1 introduces Sahajwalla and 'a new way of solving this problem'; 4 ('She plans') gives the microfactory plan; 2 ('Her vision') details how the robots and furnace would work.
- Order: 3142.