GATE CS 2024 Set 2 | Question 6
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.
Explanation
Answer: (C)
Find the sentence that needs nothing before it, then follow the words that point back.
- S opens: it introduces the event, a chunk of the Antarctic Plate colliding with the Eurasian Plate.
- P follows: “This fortuitous geological event” is that collision, which pushed the rocks up.
- R comes next: “this massive edifice” is the raised rock mass from P, now cooling.
- Q closes: “Thus” draws the conclusion that the Himalayas are an ongoing event.
A and B begin with “Thus”, which cannot open a passage, and D places R before P, before the edifice has been formed.
Answer: C