Parajumbles for CAT 2008

[libi]

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2.4
3.3
4.4

[zat]

Hi! I think these should be the correct answers.

Question 1

A.The first thing to say is that size (large or small) is not by itself an indicator of quality.
B.However, as you imply, the effects of the size of an MBA programme on students’ experience can be considerable.
C.Both large and small programmes have advantages and disadvantages.
D.The two oldest business schools in the world, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and the Tuck School at Dartmouth College, both in the US, respectively admit around 800 and 250 full-time MBA students each year, but both are generally acknowledged as “alike in dignity”.

Options
1.ABCD
2.ABDC
3.ADCB
4.ACDB
5.DACB

Question 2

A.The theories of such Nobel laureates as Milton Friedman, who won the prize in 1976 and whose ideas helped power a conservative policy revolution, have increasingly been accused of helping to pave the way for the current market mess.
B.The prize committee has been criticised in the past for focusing heavily on the neoclassical approach to economics, which in political terms is often equated with the market liberalism dominating mainstream economics today.
C.The current financial crisis is raising questions about the legacy of the Nobel economics award, with prized liberal market theories being blamed for the mess and some experts saying the turmoil will in future push the prize in a new direction.
D."I think the crisis is leading to a fundamental change in the philosophy. We've seen that unfettered markets can be a disaster," Joseph Stiglitz, a Columbia University professor who himself won the 2001 Nobel Economics Prize, said.

Options
1.ABCD
2.ADCB
3.CDBA
4.CBDA
5.ABDC

Question 3

A.The last thing a columnist should do is begin an argument on an apologetic note, and certainly that is not what readers of National Interest have come to expect.
B.Therefore the apologetic note.
C.But let this one be an exception, only because it concerns a group of the most honourable, most loved and admired Indians, our armed forces.
D.It has engaged, intellectually and professionally, with key issues concerning the armed forces, from the high strategy of war-fighting, to higher defence management, civil-military relations and even the benefits and welfare of professional soldiers. This newspaper’s commitment to the soldiers’ cause is also shared by its readers.
E.This newspaper under this editor, and under the leadership of his eminently worthier predecessors, has stood by the armed forces as has no other.

Options
1.EDACB
2.EDABC
3.ABCED
4.ACBED
5.ACBDE

Question 4

A.And that was the day that cricket presented itself as a perfectly packaged televised spectacle, with plenty of glitter and gloss, 100 overs long, with a definite result at the end of it.
B.For that was the day that Indian cricket viewers first watched the live telecast of a cricket game from Australia
C.My preferred date is March 3rd, 1985, when India played Australia at the MCG in the final Group A match of the Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket, held to commemorate the Victorian Cricket Association's Centenary.
D.It is commonplace amongst Indian commentators to trace the beginning of a particular kind of cricket mania to June 25th, 1983
E.I tend to agree, but only partially.

Options
1.ABCDE
2.CBAED
3.DECAB
4.DECBA
5.DCEAB

[implex]

Implex - PJ - 06.10.2008 - pg152 solutions

1)A is clearly the opening sentence and D continues it, so we have the link AD, thus options 1,2, 4 and 5 ruled out. Option 3)

2)C is clearly the most general statement and thus the opening candidate, D continues with it an example, we can again move to B and then to A. Option 3

3)A is clearly the opening sentence, explained by C, and then by B. We are left with option 4and 5. Clearly ED is an obvious link, hence option 4.

4)Clearly D is the opening sentence, the contrast in E and C, makes the link DEC obvious. The use of and makes it obvious link BA exists, hence option 4.


Hope you guys enjoyed it, my first attempt at framing va questions . I will try to do some more as soon as I read some good blogs

[vivekkahn]

1) 2.ABDC (AB is clear link...ABDC sounds better)
2) No attempt
3) 4.ACBED (AC, ED link)
4) 4.DECBA

[implex]

Implex - PJ - 06.10.2008 - pg153

Question 5

A.What exactly is an oracle and how does it work, we wonder.
B.Like our own fortune tellers, the oracle claimed to communicate the wish of the gods through the priestess.
C.In ancient Greece, common folk and royalty alike routinely consulted the oracle on things sublime and trivial. They would want to know, for instance, when to plant their crop, when to begin a journey, whether to go into battle, or whom to marry.
D.It is not unlike modern-day fortune tellers and astrologers whom the gullible and the troubled consult to get an inkling of what destiny holds in store for them.
E.The presiding deity at Delphi was Apollo, and he spoke to devotees through a priestess, called Pythia after a python that was slain by Apollo at the same spot.

Options
1.CEDAB
2.CEABD
3.CEDBA
4.ADBCE
5.ADBEC

Question 6

A.“It was so good,” he says, eyes glazed with flesh remembered, hands caressing belly. “But I was full. And there were still meats to sample.”
B.José wanted his money’s worth. So he excused himself, wandered to the bathroom and, like a teen suffering self-image issues, calmly turned his stomach inside out.
C.A normal man would cry no más. But José brims with machismo, stubbornness and, most crucially, a thrifty streak.
D.Every so often, my friend José likes to remind me of his brief flirtation with bulimia.
E.He was dining at Midtown’s Churrascaria Plataforma, a Brazilian meat circus where customers can chomp unlimited medium-rare barnyard animals.

Options
1.CBADE
2.DECBA
3.DEABC
4.DEACB
5.DAECB

Question 7

A.I don’t know how many of DeLillo’s young admirers he actually receives in person.
B.He holds particular appeal for a certain subset of college-aged males who discover in his books a matching and more articulate counterpart for their own mania for comprehension.
C.In 1971, Don DeLillo published his first novel, Americana, within which a novelist, not the main character, fantasizes about his future life.
D.But thirty-six years after Americana, his influence on succeeding generations of American novelists has become and remains tremendous.
E.He lives alone, in a remote place, venerated by the younger generation, sporadically visited by young admirers.

Options
1.ABCDE
2.ABDCE
3.CADBE
4.CEADB
5.CADEB

[HYgoldking]

Originally Posted by implex

Implex - PJ - 06.10.2008 - pg153

Question 5

A.What exactly is an oracle and how does it work, we wonder.
B.Like our own fortune tellers, the oracle claimed to communicate the wish of the gods through the priestess.
C.In ancient Greece, common folk and royalty alike routinely consulted the oracle on things sublime and trivial. They would want to know, for instance, when to plant their crop, when to begin a journey, whether to go into battle, or whom to marry.
D.It is not unlike modern-day fortune tellers and astrologers whom the gullible and the troubled consult to get an inkling of what destiny holds in store for them.
E.The presiding deity at Delphi was Apollo, and he spoke to devotees through a priestess, called Pythia after a python that was slain by Apollo at the same spot.

Options
1.CEDAB
2.CEABD
3.CEDBA
4.ADBCE
5.ADBEC

Question 6

A.“It was so good,” he says, eyes glazed with flesh remembered, hands caressing belly. “But I was full. And there were still meats to sample.”
B.José wanted his money’s worth. So he excused himself, wandered to the bathroom and, like a teen suffering self-image issues, calmly turned his stomach inside out.
C.A normal man would cry no más. But José brims with machismo, stubbornness and, most crucially, a thrifty streak.
D.Every so often, my friend José likes to remind me of his brief flirtation with bulimia.
E.He was dining at Midtown’s Churrascaria Plataforma, a Brazilian meat circus where customers can chomp unlimited medium-rare barnyard animals.

Options
1.CBADE
2.DECBA
3.DEABC
4.DEACB
5.DAECB

Question 7

A.I don’t know how many of DeLillo’s young admirers he actually receives in person.
B.He holds particular appeal for a certain subset of college-aged males who discover in his books a matching and more articulate counterpart for their own mania for comprehension.
C.In 1971, Don DeLillo published his first novel, Americana, within which a novelist, not the main character, fantasizes about his future life.
D.But thirty-six years after Americana, his influence on succeeding generations of American novelists has become and remains tremendous.
E.He lives alone, in a remote place, venerated by the younger generation, sporadically visited by young admirers.

Options
1.ABCDE
2.ABDCE
3.CADBE
4.CEADB
5.CADEB

Answer:

my take

5) CEABD (CE and AB are pair)
6) DEACB
7) CEADB (EA pair)

[ankaj]

Originally Posted by implex

Implex - PJ - 06.10.2008 - pg153

Question 5
2.CEABD

confusion with CEDAB/CEABD...going for second

Question 6
2.DECBA
BA is link...with start from D

Question 7
4.CEADB
EA is the link...with C as start

[Varun Khullar]

Question 5

A.What exactly is an oracle and how does it work, we wonder.
B.Like our own fortune tellers, the oracle claimed to communicate the wish of the gods through the priestess.
C.In ancient Greece, common folk and royalty alike routinely consulted the oracle on things sublime and trivial. They would want to know, for instance, when to plant their crop, when to begin a journey, whether to go into battle, or whom to marry.
D.It is not unlike modern-day fortune tellers and astrologers whom the gullible and the troubled consult to get an inkling of what destiny holds in store for them.
E.The presiding deity at Delphi was Apollo, and he spoke to devotees through a priestess, called Pythia after a python that was slain by Apollo at the same spot.

Options
1.CEDAB
2.CEABD
3.CEDBA
4.ADBCE
5.ADBEC

Question 6

A.“It was so good,” he says, eyes glazed with flesh remembered, hands caressing belly. “But I was full. And there were still meats to sample.”
B.José wanted his money’s worth. So he excused himself, wandered to the bathroom and, like a teen suffering self-image issues, calmly turned his stomach inside out.
C.A normal man would cry no más. But José brims with machismo, stubbornness and, most crucially, a thrifty streak.
D.Every so often, my friend José likes to remind me of his brief flirtation with bulimia.
E.He was dining at Midtown’s Churrascaria Plataforma, a Brazilian meat circus where customers can chomp unlimited medium-rare barnyard animals.

Options
1.CBADE
2.DECBA
3.DEABC
4.DEACB
5.DAECB

Question 7

A.I don’t know how many of DeLillo’s young admirers he actually receives in person.
B.He holds particular appeal for a certain subset of college-aged males who discover in his books a matching and more articulate counterpart for their own mania for comprehension.
C.In 1971, Don DeLillo published his first novel, Americana, within which a novelist, not the main character, fantasizes about his future life.
D.But thirty-six years after Americana, his influence on succeeding generations of American novelists has become and remains tremendous.
E.He lives alone, in a remote place, venerated by the younger generation, sporadically visited by young admirers.

Options
1.ABCDE
2.ABDCE
3.CADBE
4.CEADB
5.CADEB

[rocha]

Implex - PJ - 06.10.2008 - pg153

My take :

Question 5

A.What exactly is an oracle and how does it work, we wonder.
B.Like our own fortune tellers, the oracle claimed to communicate the wish of the gods through the priestess.
C.In ancient Greece, common folk and royalty alike routinely consulted the oracle on things sublime and trivial. They would want to know, for instance, when to plant their crop, when to begin a journey, whether to go into battle, or whom to marry.
D.It is not unlike modern-day fortune tellers and astrologers whom the gullible and the troubled consult to get an inkling of what destiny holds in store for them.
E.The presiding deity at Delphi was Apollo, and he spoke to devotees through a priestess, called Pythia after a python that was slain by Apollo at the same spot.

3.CEDBA


Question 6

A.“It was so good,” he says, eyes glazed with flesh remembered, hands caressing belly. “But I was full. And there were still meats to sample.”
B.José wanted his money’s worth. So he excused himself, wandered to the bathroom and, like a teen suffering self-image issues, calmly turned his stomach inside out.
C.A normal man would cry no más. But José brims with machismo, stubbornness and, most crucially, a thrifty streak.
D.Every so often, my friend José likes to remind me of his brief flirtation with bulimia.
E.He was dining at Midtown’s Churrascaria Plataforma, a Brazilian meat circus where customers can chomp unlimited medium-rare barnyard animals.

5.DAECB

Question 7

A.I don’t know how many of DeLillo’s young admirers he actually receives in person.
B.He holds particular appeal for a certain subset of college-aged males who discover in his books a matching and more articulate counterpart for their own mania for comprehension.
C.In 1971, Don DeLillo published his first novel, Americana, within which a novelist, not the main character, fantasizes about his future life.
D.But thirty-six years after Americana, his influence on succeeding generations of American novelists has become and remains tremendous.
E.He lives alone, in a remote place, venerated by the younger generation, sporadically visited by young admirers.

3.CADBE

[tyro.novice]

Implex - PJ - 06.10.2008 - pg153

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