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GATE 2021 XH2 – Question 19

Reasoning and Comprehension · Reading Comprehension and Expression: Understanding complex language in short paragraphs and answering questions on them; questions on the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of a short passage, including corrections or modifications of particular sentences · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Arrange these sentences coherently.

(1) Some languages have only one living native speaker; that person’s death will leave nobody able to speak or know the language.

(2) Many languages are being replaced by languages used more widely in their region, such as English in Australia or Portuguese in Brazil.

(3) Many other languages are no longer learned by children or new adult speakers.

(4) An endangered language is likely to become extinct in the near future.

(5) Unless these trends reverse, the endangered languages will disappear by the century’s end.

  1. 23145
  2. 23541
  3. 41523
  4. 42315

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Correct answer: (D) 42315

Explanation

Begin with the definition in4. Sentence2 gives one process of decline; “other languages” in3 adds another. Sentence1 then illustrates the extreme consequence of those processes. Sentence5 concludes with a prediction referring back to “these trends”. Thus42315, D, provides the logical progression.

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