Question

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. To the uninitiated listener, atonal music can sound like chaotic, random noise.
2. Atonality is a condition of music in which the constructs of the music do not ‘live’ within the confines of a particular key signature, scale, or mode.
3. After you realize the amount of knowledge, skill, and technical expertise required to compose or perform it, your tune may change, so to speak.
4. However, atonality is one of the most important movements in 20th century music.

• A. 2341
• B. 2143
• C. 1342
• D. 1324

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

2143

Answer 2

The use of 'however' in statement 4 indicates that it must be preceded by a contrasting idea, and statement 1 provides that contrast. Therefore, 1 and 4 form a necessary pair. Statement 3 suggests a possible change in attitude, and this attitude is expressed in statement 1. Thus, 143 form a pair because 3 cannot precede 1. The negative attitude needs to be stated first, followed by the acknowledgment that your attitude may change once you realize the skill required for such music.
Statement 2 can only come at the beginning and not at the end. Hence, the correct sequence is 2143. This makes it an easy question.