CAT Verbal Ability Questions | CAT Para Jumbles questions
CAT/2003
Question . 79
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. In the case of king Merolchazzar’s courtship of the princess of the outer Isles, there occurs a regrettable hitch.
B. She acknowledges the gifts, but no word of a meeting date follows.
C. The monarch hearing good reports of a neighbouring princess, dispatches messengers with gifts to her court, beseeching an interview.
D. The princess names a date, and a formal meeting takes place; after that everything buzzes along pretty smoothly.
E. Royal love affairs in olden days were conducted on the correspondence method.
Explanatory Answer
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(c) E begins the passage by referring to Royal love affairs in olden days which were conducted on the correspondence method. C follows stating about the monarch who having heard of a neighbouring princess, dispatched messengers with gifts to her court. D tells us that having received the gifts the princess names a date which a formal meeting takes place. A refers to the courtship of the princess of the outer Isles by king Merolchazzar. B explains the hitch that the princess acknowledge the gifts but doesn’t give a meeting date.