PGDBA 2022 Question Paper | VARC

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Question 5 : The four sentences (labelled \( \mathrm { A } , \mathrm { B } , \mathrm { C } \) and \( \mathrm { D } \) ) below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Choose the option that would result in the most coherent paragraph:
1. He pioneered a new method for making such shapes understandable: instead of drawing them as solids, he made them see-through skeletons, as if constructed of wooden beams.
2. Most of Leonardo's drawings for Pacioli's book, which was finished in 1498 , are variations of five shapes known as Platonic solids.
3. He also illustrated more complex shapes such as rhombicuboctahedron, which has twenty-six facets, eight of them equilateral triangles that are bordered by squares.
4. These are polyhedrons that have the same number of faces meeting at each vertex: pyramids, cubes, octahedrons (eight faces), dodecahedrons (twelve) and icosahedrons (twenty).

Explanatory Answer

2 is the best opening sentence. 21 is a strong link: 2 says that Leonardo's drawings are variations of Platonic solids; 4 explains what Platonic solids are. As sentence 3 is also about shapes- more complex ones- 3 is best placed after 4. 1 completes the paragraph explaining the new method Leonardo used to make these shapes understandable. So, 2431 is the correct order.

The answer is '\( 2,4,3,1 \)'

Choice B is the correct answer.

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