Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyay Solutions for Chapter: Paragraph Jumbles, Exercise 10: CAT 1998

Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences $1$ and $6$.

$1$. Why are horses the same?

(A) It may be old and lame, and in time, it will die.

(B) A particular horse 'flows', naturally.

(C) But there is something all horses have in common.

(D) You probably don't think they are at all.

$6$. But the ‘form' of the horse is eternal and immutable.

Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences $1$ and $6$.

$1$. Buddhism is a way to salvation.

(A) But Buddhism is more severely analytical.

(B) In the Christian tradition, there is also a concern for the fate of human society conceived as a whole, rather than merely as a sum or network of individuals.

(C) Salvation is a property, or achievement, of individuals.

(D) Not only does it dissolve society into indi- viduals; the individual in turn is dissolved into component parts and instants, a stream of events.

$6$. In modern terminology, Buddhist doctrine is reductionism.

Arrange the sentences A, B, C and D to form a logical sequence between sentences $1$ and $6$.

$1$. Matrilineal systems of land inheritance advantaged women in many respects, especially in granting them economic and social security.

(A) Women, in particular, were profoundly affected by these changes.

(B) The large joint family estates came to be par- titioned; there was an increasing penetration of market forces and patriarchal ideologies spread in influence.

(C) These systems, however, did not remain fixed over time.

(D) Interventions by the colonial and post-colonial states, and the processes of social change which these set in motion, eroded customary practices.

$6$. At the same time, their customary exclusion from major authority in public bodies meant that they were unlikely to be the ones directing the changes.

Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph, Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

(A) However, the real challenge today is unlearning, which is much harder.

(B) But the new world of business behaves differ- ently from the world in which we grew up.

(C) Learning is important for both people and organizations.

(D) Each of us has a ‘mental model that we've used over the years to make sense.

Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph, Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

(A) A large number of intellectuals believe that the North is using its military and economic powers to force unequal contracts on the South.

(B) The make-believe ethical issue of the sanctity of law camouflages the unethicality of the entire transaction, which is a travesty of the ethical concept of the greatest good for the greatest number.

(C) Once these contracts are made, the North uses the façade of legality and ethics to pin down the South.

(D) Thus, it suffers from the flaw that the law-one of the useful means to implement ethics—has fouled the ethicality of the ends.

Sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph, Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

(A) The fact that he could find absolutely noth- ing to substantiate their wild claims made no difference.

(B) We always gave the poor man a cup of tea, and he grew quite fond of some of the animals.

(C) The neighbors, now thoroughly indignant, kept bombarding the local health authorities.

(D) On an average, twice a week, the poor inspector was forced to come up to the house.