CAT Verbal Ability Questions | CAT Para Jumbles questions
CAT/2003
Question . 77
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. The celebrations of economic recovery in Washington may be as premature as that “Mission Accomplished” banner hung on the USS Abraham Lincoln to hail the end of the Iraq war.
B. Meanwhile, in the real world, the struggles of families and communities continue unabated.
C. Washington responded to the favorable turn in economic news with enthusiasm.
D. The celebrations and high-fives up and down Pennsylvania Avenue are not to be found beyond the Beltway.
E. When the third quarter GDP showed growth of 7.2 % and the monthly unemployment rate dipped to 6%, euphoria gripped the US capital.
Explanatory Answer
Method of solving this CAT Verbal Ability Question from Para Jumbles question
(d) E begins the passage with the reference to the growth of the third quarter GDP and the dipping of the monthly unemployment rate. C refers to Washington’s enthusiastic response to the economic news. B talks about the real world where there is a struggle for the families and communities. D states the reality that the celebrations were not to be found beyond the Beltway. And A concludes by stating that the celebration of the economic recovery may be prematured.