Verbal Ability – Parajumble – It also has four movable auxiliary telescopes 1.8 m in diameter


Slot – 1 – VA


Q. The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4) given below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequence of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer.

  1. It also has four movable auxiliary telescopes 1.8 m in diameter
  2. Completed in 2006, the Very Large Telescope (VLT) has four reflecting telescopes, 8.2 m in diameter that can observe objects 4 billion times weaker than can normally be seen with the naked eye.
  3. This configuration enables one to distinguish an astronaut on the Moon.
  4. When these are combined with the large telescopes, they produce what is called interferometry: a simulation of the power of a mirror 16 m in diameter and the resolution of a telescope of 200 m.
Answer: 2143

Solutions:
Sentence 2 is the obvious introductory sentence as it gives the date for the completion of the very Large Telescope (VLT).
Sentences 2-1 are a pair. Sentence 1 with the pronoun “It” is referring to the VLT.
Sentences 4-3 are a pair. Sentence 4 with “When these” implying the fact that when the four movable auxiliary telescopes are combined with the large telescopes in the VLT, “this configuration” ( as mentioned in sentence 3) enables one to distinguish an astronaut on the Moon.
Hence, the correct sequence is 2143.

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