Can someone help me solve this para jumble from Cat 2021 slot 2?

Question

1. But today there is an epochal challenge to rethink and reconstitute the vision and practice of development as a shared responsibility – a sharing which binds both the agent and the audience, the developed world and the developing, in a bond of shared destiny.
2. We are at a crossroads now in our vision and practice of development.
3. This calls for the cultivation of an appropriate ethical mode of being in our lives which enables us to realize this global and planetary situation of shared living and responsibility.
4. Half a century ago, development began as a hope for a better human possibility, but in the last fifty years, this hope has lost itself in the dreary desert of various kinds of hegemonic applications

Shruti T · Accepted Answer

This parajumble hinges on identifying how the argument about development unfolds. Sentence 2 is the best opener because it sets the stage by stating we are at a crossroads in our vision and practice of development. It introduces the present issue. Sentence 4 then explains how we reached this point, showing how the original hope of development was lost over time. Sentence 1 builds directly on that context, suggesting that we now need to rethink development as a shared responsibility. Sentence 3 completes the chain by adding what this rethink requires on a personal level. The order 2-4-1-3 moves cleanly from the present situation, to background, to solution, and finally to values.
Some users get tempted to start with sentence 4 since it mentions the beginning of development, but that takes us into the past without any context. Starting with sentence 2 avoids that and provides a clear narrative base. So the correct order is 2, 4, 1, 3.

Jayant M · Answer

To solve this type of parajumble, always look for the sentence that introduces the current situation. That&rsquo;s sentence 2, which says we are now at a crossroads in development. Sentence 4 follows logically because it explains how development lost direction over time. Sentence 1 then proposes a new way of thinking, calling for shared responsibility. Sentence 3 wraps it up by saying this change requires a deeper ethical transformation.
Some students try 4-2-1-3, thinking that chronological flow helps. But that order fails because sentence 4 starts with &ldquo;half a century ago&rdquo; and needs a present-day context, which only sentence 2 provides. Without 2 first, 4 feels abrupt.
The sequence 2-4-1-3 not only connects ideas but also reflects how CAT parajumbles are usually structured: present tension, background, shift, and resolution. Always try to identify the sentence that introduces the main theme clearly. The correct answer is 2-4-1-3.