CAT Verbal Ability Questions | CAT Para Jumbles questions
CAT/1997
Question . 136
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. I sat there frowning at the checkered table cloth, chewing the bitter cud of insight.
B. That wintry afternoon in Manhattan, waiting in the little French restaurant, I was feeling frustrated and depressed.
C. Even the prospect of seeing a dear friend failed to cheer me as it usually did.
D. Because of certain miscalculations on my part, a project of considerable importance in my life had fallen through.
Explanatory Answer
Method of solving this CAT Verbal Ability Question from Para Jumbles question
(c) B begins the paragraph by talking about waiting in a French restaurant in Manhattan feeling frustrating and depressed. D continues showing why the author was frustrating and depressed i.e. because of certain miscalculations. C states that even the prospect of seeing a dear friend failed to cheer him and A concludes by stating that he sat there frowning at the checkered tablecloth.