Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) Question on Jumbled paragraphs

Question

The four sentences (labelled 1,2,3 and 4) 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. If I wanted to sit indoors and read,or play Sonic the Hedgehog on a red-hot Sega Mega Drive,I would often be made to feel guilty about not going outside to "enjoy it while it lasts". 2. My mum,quite reasonably,wanted me and my sister out of the house,in the sun. 3. Tales of my mum's idyllic-sounding childhood in the Sussex countryside,where trees were climbed by 8 am and streams navigated by lunchtime,were passed down to us like folklore. 4. To an introverted kid,that felt like a threat-and the feeling has stayed with me

Answer 1

Solution

Arranging these sentences poses a challenge because both 3 and 2 could serve as possible opening sentences. Sentences 1 and 4 naturally form a pair since in 4 there is a reference to '…that certainly felt like a threat…'. To comprehend this statement, it needs to be linked to 1, where there is an idea that resembles a threat, conveyed in the quote "enjoy it while it lasts." Therefore, there are two conceivable sequences: 2314 and 3214. Although the official answer is given as 2314, it is worth noting that 3214 could also be a valid sequence.