IPMAT Indore (VA) PYQs

The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph.

• 1. This means the brain receives less input over the course of a day.
• 2. Youthful eyes jiggle regularly to take in new or unfamiliar stimuli.
• 3. As the person attached to those eyes ages, the eye muscles grow slower and the pathways between the eye and the brain grow longer, more complex, or, in some cases, get damaged.
• 4. Our eyes quickly scan the surroundings and then send the data to the brain.
• 5. Human eyes perform jiggles, more formally called saccades, in response to a change in the field of vision.

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. Using the wonders of Artificial Intelligence (Al), they quickly improved upon those skills to become far more dexterous.
2. Inside a robotics laboratory of the Toyota Research Institute, a group of robots is busy cooking. There is nothing special about that; robotic chefs have been around for a while.
3. Despite their extraordinary culinary capabilities, these robots are not destined for a career in catering.
4. But these robots are more proficient than most: flipping pancakes, slicing vegetables, and making pizzas with ease.
5. The difference is that instead of being laboriously programmed to carry out their tasks, the Toyota robots have been taught only a basic set of skills.

Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent passage:

1. This instance highlights how young people from different backgrounds can make important contributions to climate change.
2. Participation in environmental education programmes can motivate children to act responsibly towards the environment.
3. They were motivated to act in ways that would help the environment, like using a reusable water bottle or refusing to use plastic straws.
4. Six hundred elementary school children from varied social and linguistic groups participated in an ocean pollution education programme.