CAT 2023 Question Paper | VARC Slot 2

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Question 22 : 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. Like the ants that make up a colony, no single neuron holds complex information like self-awareness, hope or pride.
2. Although the human brain is not yet understood enough to identify the mechanism by which emergence functions, most neurobiologists agree that complex interconnections among the parts give rise to qualities that belong only to the whole.
3. Nonetheless, the sum of all neurons in the nervous system generate complex human emotions like fear and joy, none of which can be attributed to a single neuron.
4. Human consciousness is often called an emergent property of the human brain.

Explanatory Answer

4 is the best starting sentence.

13 is a strong link: 1 states that no single neuron holds complex information like self-awareness, hope or pride. 3 explains that, nonetheless, the sum of all neurons in the nervous system generates complex human emotions like fear and joy.

2 concludes the paragraph stating that though the mechanism by which emergence functions is not yet understood, most neurobiologists agree that complex interconnections among the parts give rise to qualities of the whole.

4132 is the correct order.

The answer is '4132'