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3 practice questions on Para Jumbles for CAT, with answers

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1. 1.Four sentences are given below. When properly sequenced, they form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order: 1. This phenomenon, known as linguistic relativity, suggests our native language shapes how we perceive reality. 2. However, recent neuroscience research indicates the relationship is more nuanced than previously thought. 3. For decades, linguists debated whether language determines thought or merely influences it. 4. Studies show bilinguals often shift their cognitive patterns when switching between languages.

   • (A)3-1-2-4
   • (B)1-3-4-2
   • (C)3-2-1-4
   • (D)1-2-3-4
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   Answer: (A) 3-1-2-4

   Solution: Sentence 3 introduces the debate (opening), 1 names the phenomenon, 2 provides a contrasting research finding ('However'), and 4 offers supporting evidence for the nuanced view.

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2. 2.Five sentences are given below, labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Arrange them to form a coherent paragraph. Choose the correct sequence. 1. However, this romanticized view overlooks the rigorous constraints placed upon artistic expression by patrons and religious institutions. 2. The Renaissance is often celebrated as a period of unbridled artistic freedom and creativity. 3. Thus, what we perceive as individual genius was frequently the outcome of negotiated compromises. 4. Many masterpieces were commissioned works that had to satisfy specific iconographic and thematic requirements. 5. Understanding these limitations provides a more nuanced appreciation of Renaissance art. What is the correct order?

   • (A)2-1-4-3-5
   • (B)2-4-1-3-5
   • (C)1-2-4-5-3
   • (D)4-2-1-5-3
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   Answer: (A) 2-1-4-3-5

   Solution: Sentence 2 introduces the topic, 1 contrasts that view, 4 provides evidence, 3 draws a conclusion, and 5 offers final insight, making 2-1-4-3-5 the logical sequence.

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3. 3.Five sentences are given below. When properly sequenced, they form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order: 1. Yet this narrative overlooks the sophisticated mathematical and astronomical knowledge required for such constructions. 2. The Antikythera mechanism, discovered in a Greek shipwreck, exemplifies this underestimated ancient ingenuity. 3. Modern scholarship increasingly recognizes that ancient civilizations possessed technological capabilities far exceeding previous assumptions. 4. Popular accounts often attribute megalithic structures to primitive trial-and-error methods. 5. This bronze device, dating to the 2nd century BCE, functioned as an analog computer predicting celestial events.

   • (A)4-1-3-2-5
   • (B)3-4-1-2-5
   • (C)4-3-1-5-2
   • (D)3-2-5-4-1
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   Answer: (B) 3-4-1-2-5

   Solution: Sentence 3 introduces the main idea (opening), 4 presents a contrasting popular view, 1 counters it ('Yet'), 2 provides a concrete example ('this underestimated ingenuity'), and 5 elaborates on the example ('This bronze device').

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