Parajumbles Question 1 - CAT 2022

Question

The trajectory of cheerfulness through the self is linked to the history of the word ‘cheer’ which comes from an Old French meaning ‘face’.

Translations of the Bible into vernacular languages, expanded the noun ‘cheer’ into the more abstract ‘cheerful-ness’, something that circulates as an emotional and social quality defining the self and a moral community.

When you take on a cheerful expression, no matter what the state of your soul, your cheerfulness moves into the self: the interior of the self is changed by the power of cheer.

People in the medieval ‘Canterbury Tales’ have a ‘piteous’ or a ‘sober’ cheer; ‘cheer’ is an expression and a body part, lying at the intersection of emotions and physiognomy.

Correct Sequence: 3142
Explanation: Sentence 3 serves as the philosophical opening statement, setting up a core phenomenon: putting on a cheerful face changes the inner self. Sentence 1 links this modern psychological trajectory back to history (3-1), stating that this movement from expression to the internal self matches the etymological evolution of the word ‘cheer’ (originating from the Old French word for ‘face’). Sentence 4 provides a historical marker (1-4) showing how ‘cheer’ was understood in the medieval era as a literal body part or expression. Sentence 2 completes the historical timeline, explaining how vernacular Bible translations eventually transitioned the word from a physical face expression into the abstract modern trait of ‘cheerfulness’.
FundaMakers Tip: Chronological Mapping. Note the seamless historical march across sentences 4 and 2. Sentence 4 fixes the word in the medieval era (Canterbury Tales), and sentence 2 explains subsequent shifts via later Bible translations.

Read all the sentences carefully to understand the overall theme or subject.
Identify the opening sentence that introduces the main idea without referring to any previous context.
Look for mandatory pairs by spotting sentences that are closely connected.
Identify sequencing clues such as pronouns, transition words, articles, and reference words.
Arrange the remaining sentences by following the logical flow of ideas.
Read the complete paragraph to ensure it is coherent and free from abrupt transitions.
Verify the sequence by checking that every sentence naturally follows the one before it.