CAT Verbal Ability Questions | CAT Para Jumbles questions
CAT/1996
Question . 143
In the following question, the answer choices suggest alternative arrangements of four or more sentences (denoted by A, B, C, D, E, F). Choose the alternative which suggests a coherent paragraph.
A. However, the severed head could not grow back if fire could be applied at once to the amputated part.
B. To get rid of this monstrosity was truly a Herculean task, for as soon as one head was cut off, two new ones replaced it.
C. Hercules accomplished the labour through the aid of an assistant who cauterized the necks as fast as Hercules cut off the heads!
D. One of the Twelve labours of Hercules was the killing of Hydra, a water monster with nine heads.
Explanatory Answer
Method of solving this CAT Verbal Ability Question from Para Jumbles question
(c) D introduces us to the topic of the paragraph i.e. the killing of Hydra, one of the twelve labours of Hercules, B continues as it explains how the task was really Herculean. A follows as it states how the severed head could not grow back and C ends by explaining how Hercules accomplished the labour.