CAT Verbal Ability Questions | CAT Para Jumbles questions
CAT/2007
Question . 59
In each question, there are five sentences/paragraphs. The sentence/paragraph labeled A is in its correct place. The four that follow are labeled B, C, D, and E, and need to be arranged in the logical order to form a coherent paragraph/ passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate option.
A. Indonesia has experienced dramatic shifts in its formal governance arrangements since the fall of President Soeharto and the close of his centralized, authoritarian “New Order” regime in 1997.
B. The political system has taken its place in the nearly 10 years since Reformasi began. It has featured the active contest for political office among a proliferation of parties at central, provincial, and district levels; direct elections for the presidency (since 2004); and radical changes in center-local government relations towards administrative, fiscal, and political decentralization.
C. The mass media, once tidily under Soeharto’s thumb, has experienced significant liberalization, as has the legal basis for non-governmental organizations, including many dedicated to such controversial issues as corruption control and human rights.
D. Such developments are seen optimistically by a number of donors and some external analysts, who interpret them as signs of Indonesia’s political normalization.
E. A different group of analysts paints a picture in which the institutional forms have changed, but power relations have not. Vedi Hadiz argues that Indonesia’s “democratic transition” has been anything but linear.
Explanatory Answer
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(b) AC and BDE are keys. C follows the opening statement A. Author has introduced the passage with some experiences of Indonesia due to dramatical shifts in its formal governance after the fall of President Soeharto. Statement C continuing with the changes in mass-media by stating its condition under Soeharto’s rule. D follows B, B talks about the changes taken place in political system in last 10 years and statement D throws light on the optimistic interpretation of some analysts about these political reforms. E should follow D because it represents an interpretation of different group of analysts. Hence, logical sequence forming coherent passage is CBDE.