GATE CS 2024 Set 2 — Question 6

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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.

QPSR

QSPR

SPRQ

SRPQ

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1.S introduces the subject and the initial event: the collision of the Antarctic Plate chunk with the Eurasian Plate.

2.P describes the immediate result of that collision (the "fortuitous geological event"): the generation of energy/heat and the rising of rocks (formation of the Himalayas).

3.R discusses the subsequent effect of the formation of this "massive edifice" (the Himalayas mentioned in P): cooling and absorbing CO2.

4.Q provides a concluding thought or inference drawn by geophysicists based on the nature of this event.

The logical flow is Event (S)

\rightarrow

Immediate Consequence (P)

\rightarrow

Secondary Process (R)

\rightarrow

Conclusion (Q).
Therefore, the sequence is SPRQ.

GATE CS 2024 Set 2 — Question 6

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