CAT Verbal Ability Questions | CAT Para Jumbles questions
CAT/2003
Question . 70
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. Surrendered, or captured, combatants cannot be incarcerated in razor wire cages; this ‘war’ has a dubious legality.
B. How can then one characterize a conflict to be waged against a phenomenon as war?
C. The phrase ‘war against terror’, which has passed into the common lexicon, is a huge misnomer.
D. Besides, war has a juridical meaning in international law, which has codified the laws of war, imbuing them with a humanitarian content.
E. Terror is a phenomenon, not an entity – either State or non-State.
Explanatory Answer
Method of solving this CAT Verbal Ability Question from Para Jumbles question
(d) C appears to be the leading sentence of the passage referring to the phrase ‘war against terror’ as a huge misnomer. E explains the meaning of the word terror, which is a phenomenon, not an entity. B questions how can a conflict waged against a phenomenon be called a war. D refers to the juridical meaning of war in international law and A refers to the incarceration of surrendered or captured combatants in razor wire cages.