CAT Verbal Ability Questions | CAT Para Jumbles questions
CAT/1997
Question . 137
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. Perhaps the best known is the Bay Area Writing Project, founded by James Gray in 1974.
B. The decline in writing skills can be stopped.
C. Today’s back-to-basics movement has already forced some schools to place renewed emphasis on the three Rs.
D. Although the inability of some teachers to teach writing successfully remains a big stumbling block, a number of programmes have been developed to attack this problem.
Explanatory Answer
Method of solving this CAT Verbal Ability Question from Para Jumbles question
(a) B introduces the topic i.e. how to stop the decline in writing skills. C states that the back-to-basics movement is forcing schools to put emphasis on the three Rs. D continues stating about the programs that have been developed to attack this problem. A is the final statement which talks about the Bay Area Writing Project.