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CAT/1997

Question . 142

DIRECTIONS FOR QUESTIONS: Arrange sentences A, B, C, and D between sentences 1 and 6 to form a logical sequence of the six sentences.

1. India, which has two out of every five TB patients in the world, is on the brink of a major public health disaster. 

A. If untreated, a TB patient can die within five years.

B. Unlike AIDS, the great curse of modern sexuality, the TB germ is air-borne, which means there are no barriers to its spread.

C. The dreaded infection ranks fourth among major killers worldwide.

D. Every minute, a patient falls prey to the infection in India, which means that over five lakh people die of the disease annually.

6. Anyone, anywhere can be affected by this disease. 

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Method of solving this CAT Verbal Ability Question from Para Jumbles question

(a) Sentence C explains sentence number 1 and is followed by A which gives more details. D also gives more details and therefore follows A whereas B links to sentence number 6 and comes before it thus the logical sequence is CADB