Decoding Para-jumbles in CAT VARC: A Step-by-Step Guide
The Para-jumble questions in CAT VARC (Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension) are the trickiest. These questions test your ability to organize sentences into an understanding of the paragraph easily and logically. While they might seem difficult at first, you can solve them easily with the right approach. This blog will tell you step-by-step how through the process of decoding para-jumbles for CAT and improving your accuracy and make it easy.
1. Understand the Question Type
In Para-jumble questions, you’re given a set of sentences in a random order. Your task is to rearrange them in a logical and meaningful sequence. The challenge comes to finding the correct sentence to rearrange it in the right manner, which can be done by focusing on clues within the sentences. These clues could be transition words, pronouns, or logical sequencing of events.
2. Look for Opening and Closing Sentences
The first step is to identify the opening sentence. This sentence should introduce the subject or topic of the paragraph. It won’t refer to any main detail. Typically, opening sentences are more general and introductory paragraphs. For example, if one of the sentences defines or introduces a new term, it is likely to be the starting sentence.
Similarly, the closing sentence concludes the argument, brings the paragraph to a logical end, or summarizes the key point. Look for sentences that reflect a good end, and summarization.
3. Identify Logical Pairs
Once the opening sentence is identified, the next step is to find pairs of sentences that naturally follow each other. This can be done by recognizing continuity in ideas. Transition words like however, furthermore, therefore, hence, or pronouns such as he, she, and it, help in linking the sentences.
For example, if Sentence A introduces a topic and Sentence B expands on it with “For instance,” or “Moreover,” then B logically follows A.
4. Spot Transition Words and Pronouns
Transition words signal relationships between sentences, such as cause and effect, contrast, or continuation. Words like yet, but, consequently, or thus often indicate a connection between two sentences. Similarly, pronouns refer back to nouns mentioned in earlier sentences, so sentences with pronouns cannot come before the sentence that introduces the noun. Read More...