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CAT 2026 Slot 2 VARC Q11: Para Jumbles

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Sentences:
1. This international reach is especially evident when entire regions adopt the same seed varieties: widespread harvest failures, initially blamed on genetic vulnerabilities, can disrupt distant farming and trading communities.
2. That initial diagnosis can be misleading: in the cases considered here, the plants are not inherently defective but absorb persistent toxins from contaminated soil.
3. This distinction between the seed and its environment explains why replacing a variety may be easier than repairing soil polluted over decades.
4. A failed harvest may remain a local crisis in subsistence farming, whereas modern industrial agriculture can transmit the loss across international supply chains.

Q11. Arrange all four sentences into a coherent paragraph and enter the sequence.
Answer and solution

Correct answer: 4123

Solution

Answer: 4123

1. Sentence 4 introduces local versus international consequences.

2. Sentence 1’s “This international reach” requires 4 and adds the initial genetic diagnosis.

3. Sentence 2’s “That initial diagnosis” points to 1 and replaces it with the soil explanation.

4. Sentence 3’s “This distinction” depends on 2 and draws the practical consequence. Order 4–1–2–3; answer 4123.

Detailed reasoning and elimination check:
Test a rival order by resolving every backward reference. Sentence 1 cannot open naturally because this international reach is unexplained; sentence 2 needs the diagnosis from 1; sentence 3 needs the seed/environment distinction from 2. These dependencies fix the full chain.

G Strategy shortcut

Spot: Resolve references and sentence roles.
Apply: Lock the references: international reach 4→1; initial diagnosis 1→2; seed/environment distinction 2→3.
Check: Test a rival order by resolving every backward reference. Sentence 1 cannot open naturally because this international reach is unexplained; sentence 2 needs the diagnosis from 1; sentence 3 needs the seed/environment distinction from 2. These dependencies fix the full chain.

G Strategy: Spot: Resolve references and sentence roles. Apply: Lock the references: international reach 4→1; initial diagnosis 1→2; seed/environment distinction 2→3. Check: Test a rival order by resolving every backward reference. Sentence 1 cannot open naturally because this international reach is unexplained; sentence 2 needs the diagnosis from 1; sentence 3 needs the seed/environment distinction from 2. These dependencies fix the full chain.

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