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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. Centuries later formal learning is still mostly based on reading, even with the widespread use of other possible education-affecting technologies such as film, radio, and television.

2. One of the immediate and recognisable impacts of the printing press was on how people learned; in the scribal culture it primarily involved listening, so memorization was paramount.

3. The transformation of learners from listeners to readers was a complex social and cultural phenomenon, and it was not until the industrial era that the concept of universal literacy took root.

4. The printing press shifted the learning process, as listening and memorisation gradually gave way to reading and learning no longer required the presence of a mentor; it could be done privately.

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CAT 2023 Question Paper with Solution (26-Nov-2023) (Slot-3)
The correct answer is

2431

Look for the sentence that opens the topic, then follow the change it describes.

Sentence 2 opens with an immediate impact of the printing press: in scribal culture learning meant listening and memorisation. Sentence 4 describes the shift to reading, which no longer required a mentor. Sentence 3 adds that this transformation from listeners to readers was complex and universal literacy came only in the industrial era. Sentence 1 ends with “Centuries later”, learning is still mostly based on reading.

So the order is 2, 4, 3, 1.

Hence, 2431.

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