CAT Verbal Ability Questions | CAT Para Jumbles questions
CAT/1998
Question . 127
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. A market for Indian art has existed ever since the international art scene sprang to life.
A. But interest in architectural conceits is an unanticipated fallout of the Festivals of India of the ‘80s’ which were designed to increase exports of Indian crafts.
B. Simultaneously, the Indian elite discarded their synthetic sarees and kitsch plastic furniture and a market came into being.
C. Western dealers, unhappy in a market afflicted by violent price fluctuations and unpredictable profit margins, began to look East, and found cheap antiques with irresistible appeal.
D. The fortunes of the Delhi supremos, the Jew Town dealers in Cochin and myriad others around the country were made.
6. A chain of command was established, from the local contacts to the provincial dealers and up to the big boys, who entertain the Italians and the French, cutting deals worth lakhs in warehouse worth corers.
Explanatory Answer
Method of solving this CAT Verbal Ability Question from Para Jumbles question
(c) The first choice will be A as it follows sentence number 1 and then comes sentence C which is in sequence of A, explaining the reason for exports of Indian crafts. This is followed by B which mentions event that occurred alongwith those mentioned in C simultaneously in the same era. This will then be followed by D, which explains the fortunes being made by people dealing in Antiques.