CAT 2025 Slot 1 VARC Question 7

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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
It can in fact be integrated into any function (education, medical treatment, production, punishment); it can increase the effect of this function, by being linked closely with it; it can constitute a mixed mechanism in which relations of power (and of knowledge) may be precisely adjusted, in the smallest detail, to the processes that are to be supervised; it can establish a direct proportion between ‘surplus power’ and ‘surplus production’.
2
It’s a case of ‘it’s easy once you’ve thought of it’ in the political sphere.
3
The panoptic mechanism is not simply a hinge, a point of exchange between a mechanism of power and a function; it is a way of making power relations function in a function, and of making a function function through these power relations.
4
In short, it arranges things in such a way that the exercise of power is not added on from the outside, like a rigid, heavy constraint, to the functions it invests, but is so subtly present in them as to increase their efficiency by itself increasing its own points of contact.
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Answer and solution

Answer: 2143

Step-by-Step Explanation:
1
Identify the Introduction (Sentence 2): Sentence 2 introduces the topic with a general statement about the political sphere, serving as a lead-in.
2
Introduce the Concept (Sentence 3): Sentence 3 defines the panoptic mechanism, which is central to the paragraph, following the introduction.
3
Elaborate on Function (Sentence 1): Sentence 1 details how the panoptic mechanism integrates into various functions, providing examples and explaining its effects.
4
Conclude with Efficiency (Sentence 4): Sentence 4 concludes by emphasizing the efficiency gained through this integration, wrapping up the paragraph.
Answer: 2143
Correct Answer: 2143

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