CAT Verbal Ability Questions | CAT Para Jumbles questions
CAT/2003
Question . 78
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. To much of the labour movement, it symbolises the brutality of the upper classes.
B. And to everybody watching, the current mess over foxhunting symbolises the government’s weakness.
C. To foxhunting’s supporters, Labour’s 1991 manifesto commitment to ban it symbolises the party’s metropolitan roots and hostility to the countryside.
D. Small issues sometimes have large symbolic power.
E. To those who enjoy thundering across the countryside in redcoats after foxes, foxhunting symbolises the ancient roots of rural lives.
Explanatory Answer
Method of solving this CAT Verbal Ability Question from Para Jumbles question
(a) The statement in D about the large symbolic power of small issues begins the passage. E continues by talking about those who enjoy foxhunting which is a symbol of ancient roots of rural lives. A refers to the Labour movement to which foxhunting symbolises brutality of the upper classes. C states that to those supporting foxhunting the 1991 manifesto to ban it symbolises hostility to the countryside, and B concludes by stating that the current mess over foxhunting symbolises the weakness of the government.