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GATE CSE 2024 Session 2 Q6: Order four sentences about the Himalayas

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Sequence the following sentences in a coherent passage.

P: This fortuitous geological event generated a colossal amount of energy and heat that resulted in the rocks rising to an average height of 4 km across the contact zone.

Q: Thus, the geophysicists tend to think of the Himalayas as an active geological event rather than as a static geological feature.

R: The natural process of the cooling of this massive edifice absorbed large quantities of atmospheric carbon dioxide, altering the earth's atmosphere and making it better suited for life.

S: Many millennia ago, a breakaway chunk of bedrock from the Antarctic Plate collided with the massive Eurasian Plate.

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Answer: C (official GATE 2024 final answer key)

Concept used: Paragraph ordering using time markers and references back to earlier sentences.

First step: S introduces the collision; P refers to 'this geological event'; R to 'this massive edifice'; Q begins with 'Thus' and concludes.

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Source: official GATE 2024 Session 2 CS question paper and final answer key, organised by IISc Bangalore. Question paper · Answer key

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