IPMAT Indore 2022 (VA) PYQs

The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical order and enter the sequence of numbers in the space provided.

1. By contrast, in America, it is estimated that even after post-COVID decline, total giving came to almost USD 500 billion in 2022.
2. There are no comparable data on different countries. But one report by Dasra, a Mumbai-based NGO, estimates total private giving in India came to about USD 13 billion in 2022.
3. A strategic sort of giving, involving philanthropy professionals, a long-term lens, and big ambitions of transforming society is gradually emerging. It differs, of course, between countries.
4. Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, put total giving in China at USD 21 billion in 2020.
5. By any measure, however, organised philanthropy across Asia is on a much smaller scale than in the West.

The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. Decide on the most logical order and enter the sequence of numbers in the space provided.

1. The study, published in the Lancet recently, revealed that people living in democratic countries live longer than those who don't; they also have less of a chance of dying from heart disease, strokes, and even road accidents.
2. Incredible as it may sound, we are now told that democracy is not just good for the soul, it is good for the body too.
3. Without pressure from voters or foreign-aid agencies, dictators have less incentive to finance more expensive prevention and treatment of heart disease, cancers, and other chronic illnesses.
4. The study suggests that elections and the health of the people are increasingly inseparable.
5. A study spanning 170 countries found a strong correlation between health and the most form of government.

Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent passage:

1. Yet, even as TikTok delights consumers and advertisers, others believe the sunny app has a dark side.
2. Since launching just five years ago, the app has brought a warm glow to its 1 billion plus users, as well as an icy dash of competition to the social media incumbents of Silicon Valley.
3. ByteDance, its owner, has its headquarters in China, whose government is addicted to surveillance and propaganda- making it a worrying place for a media app to be placed.
4. With its wholesome dancing and lip-syncing videos, TikTok once billed itself as the 'last sunny corner on the Internet.'