CAT 2024 Slot 2 VARC Question 2

Multiple choice (+3 / −1) · Verbal Ability · Sentence Placement · Try it, then check the answer and solution below.

CAT 2024 Slot 2VARCVerbal Ability • Sentence PlacementModerate
There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option 1, 2, 3, or 4) the following sentence would best fit.
Paragraph: The first phase of globalization occurred long before the introduction of either steam or electric power...Chinese consumers at all social levels consumed vast quantities of spices, fragrant woods and unusual plants. The peoples of Southeast Asia who lived in forests gave up their traditional livelihoods and completely reoriented their economies to supply Chinese consumers ___ (1) ___ . These exchanges of the year 1000 opened some of the routes through which goods and peoples continued to travel after Columbus traversed the mid-Atlantic. ___ (2) ___ . Yet the world of 1000 differed from that of 1492 in important ways....the travellers who encountered one another in the year 1000 were much closer technologically. ___ (3) ___ . They changed and augmented what was already there since 1000. ___ (4) ___ . If globalization hadn't yet begun, Europeans wouldn't have been able to penetrate the markets in so many places as quickly as they did after 1492.
Sentence: The Europeans did not invent globalization.
Answer and solution

Answer: A) Option 3

Step-by-Step Explanation:
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Passage Context & Central Idea: The paragraph discusses the early phases of globalization before Columbus, highlighting trade routes and technological differences between the year 1000 and 1492. It emphasizes that globalization was already present and evolving before European influence.
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Question Stem Analysis: The task is to place the sentence about Europeans not inventing globalization logically within the paragraph, ensuring it fits the flow and supports the main argument.
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Option Analysis:
Option 1: Fits an economic shift but doesn't address globalization origins.
Option 2: Discusses routes but doesn't connect to the invention of globalization.
Option 3: Follows a discussion on technological closeness and existing globalization, making it a logical fit.
Option 4: Redundant as the last sentence already addresses prior globalization.
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Final Answer: Option 3 is correct as it logically follows the discussion of existing globalization before European influence.
Correct Answer: A

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