CAT Verbal Ability Questions | CAT Para Jumbles questions
CAT/2001
Question . 88
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. But in the industrial era destroying the enemy’s productive capacity means bombing the factories which are located in the cities.
B. So in the agrarian era, if you need to destroy the enemy’s productive capacity, what you want to do is burn his fields, or if you’re really vicious, salt them.
C. Now in the information era, destroying the enemy’s productive capacity means destroying the information infrastructure.
D. How do you do battle with your enemy?
E. The idea is to destroy the enemy’s productive capacity, and depending upon the economic foundation, that productive capacity is different in each case.
F. With regard to defence, the purpose of the military is to defend the nation and be prepared to do battle with its enemy.
Explanatory Answer
Method of solving this CAT Verbal Ability Question from Para Jumbles question
(a) F begins the passage by telling us about the purpose of the military, D questions about how to battle with the enemy, E answers D by telling us that the idea is to destroy the enemy’s productive capacity. B is an example which tells us how to deal with the enemy in the agrarian era, A tells us about the destruction of the enemy in the industrial era, and C states about the destruction of the enemy in the information era i.e. in the present.