Parajumbles for CAT 2008

[gvi.shekar]

Hi, my answers for 3, 4 and 5:

3. EACBD
4. EADBFC
5. ACDB

Please confirm

[vyomb]

101. A. To avoid this, the QWERTY layout put the keys most likely to be hit in rapid
succession on opposite sides. This made the keyboard slow, the story goes, but that
was the idea.
B. A different layout, which had been patented by August Dvorak in 1936, was
shown to be much faster.
C. The QWERTY design (patented by Christopher Sholes in 1868 and sold to
Remington in 1873) aimed to solve a mechanical problem of early typewriters.
D. Yet the Dvorak layout has never been widely adopted even though (with electric
typewriters and then PCs) the anti-jamming rationale for QWERTY has been defunct
for years.
E. When certain combinations of keys were struck quickly, the type bars often
jammed.

(1) BDACE (2) CEABD (3) BCDEA (4} AEBDC

102. A. Surrendered, or captured, combatants cannot be incarcerated in razor wire
cages; this 'war' has a dubious legality.
B. How can then one characterize a conflict to be waged against a phenomenon as
war?
C. The phrase 'war against terror', which has passed into the common lexicon, is a
huge misnomer.
D. Besides, war has a juridical meaning in international law, which has codified the
laws of war, imbuing them with a humanitarian content.
E. Terror is a phenomenon, not an entity -- either State or non-State.
(1) ECDBA (2) BECDA (3) EBCAD (4) CEBDA
103. A. I am much more intolerant of a human being's shortcomings than I am of an
animal's, but in this respect I have been lucky, for most of the people I have come
across have been charming.
B. Then you come across the unpleasant human animal -- the District Officer who
drawled, 'We chaps are here to help you chaps', and then proceeded to be as
obstructive as possible.
C. In these cases of course, the fact that you are an animal collector helps; people
always seem delighted to meet someone with such an unusual occupation and go out
of their way to help you.
D. Fortunately, these types are rare, and the pleasant ones I have met more than
compensated for them – but even so, I think I will stick to animals.
E. When you travel around the world collecting animals you also, of necessity, collect
human beings.
(1) EACBD (2) ABDCE (3) ECBDA (4) ACBDE

104. A. A few months ago I went to Princeton University to see what the young
people who are going to be running our country in a few decades are like.
B. I would go to sleep in my hotel room around midnight each night, and when I

awoke, my mailbox would be full of replies -- sent at 1:15 a.m., 2:59 a.m., 3:23
a.m.
C. One senior told me that she went to bed around two and woke up each morning

at seven; she could afford that much rest because she had learned to supplement
her full day of work by studying in her sleep.
D. Faculty members gave me the names of a few dozen articulate students, and I
sent them e-mails, inviting them out to lunch or dinner in small groups.
E. As she was falling asleep she would recite a math problem or a paper topic to
herself; she would then sometimes dream about it, and when she woke up, the
problem might be solved.
(1) DABCE (2) DACEB (3) ADBCE (4) CABDE

105. A. Four days later, Oracle announced its own bid for PeopleSoft, and invited the
firm's board to a discussion. B. Furious that his own plans had been endangered,
PeopleSoft's boss, Craig Conway, called Oracle`s offer "diabolical", and its boss,
Larry Ellison, a "sociopath".
C. In early June, PeopleSoft said that it would buy J.D. Edwards, a smaller rival.
D. Moreover, said Mr. Conway, he “could imagine no price nor combination of price
and other condition to recommend accepting the offer.
E. On June 12th, PeopleSoft turned Oracle down.

(1) CABDE (2) CADBE (3) ACBDE (4) CAEBD

[Iota]

Originally Posted by vyomb

101. A. To avoid this, the QWERTY layout put the keys most likely to be hit in rapid
succession on opposite sides. This made the keyboard slow, the story goes, but that
was the idea.

My take on this :

101. 2
102. 4
103. 1
104. 3
105. 1

[mahmood]

My answers are
101. 1
102. 3
103. 2
104. 3
105. 1

[dkny.jakhar]

hi my take on the answers

1. 2
2. 4
3. 1
4. 3
5. 1

regards

Jakhar

P.S. can we have the answers

Originally Posted by vyomb

101. A. To avoid this, the QWERTY layout put the keys most likely to be hit in rapid
succession on opposite sides. This made the keyboard slow, the story goes, but that
was the idea.
B. A different layout, which had been patented by August Dvorak in 1936, was
shown to be much faster.
C. The QWERTY design (patented by Christopher Sholes in 1868 and sold to
Remington in 1873) aimed to solve a mechanical problem of early typewriters.
D. Yet the Dvorak layout has never been widely adopted even though (with electric
typewriters and then PCs) the anti-jamming rationale for QWERTY has been defunct
for years.
E. When certain combinations of keys were struck quickly, the type bars often
jammed.

(1) BDACE (2) CEABD (3) BCDEA (4} AEBDC

102. A. Surrendered, or captured, combatants cannot be incarcerated in razor wire
cages; this 'war' has a dubious legality.
B. How can then one characterize a conflict to be waged against a phenomenon as
war?
C. The phrase 'war against terror', which has passed into the common lexicon, is a
huge misnomer.
D. Besides, war has a juridical meaning in international law, which has codified the
laws of war, imbuing them with a humanitarian content.
E. Terror is a phenomenon, not an entity -- either State or non-State.
(1) ECDBA (2) BECDA (3) EBCAD (4) CEBDA
103. A. I am much more intolerant of a human being's shortcomings than I am of an
animal's, but in this respect I have been lucky, for most of the people I have come
across have been charming.
B. Then you come across the unpleasant human animal -- the District Officer who
drawled, 'We chaps are here to help you chaps', and then proceeded to be as
obstructive as possible.
C. In these cases of course, the fact that you are an animal collector helps; people
always seem delighted to meet someone with such an unusual occupation and go out
of their way to help you.
D. Fortunately, these types are rare, and the pleasant ones I have met more than
compensated for them – but even so, I think I will stick to animals.
E. When you travel around the world collecting animals you also, of necessity, collect
human beings.
(1) EACBD (2) ABDCE (3) ECBDA (4) ACBDE

104. A. A few months ago I went to Princeton University to see what the young
people who are going to be running our country in a few decades are like.
B. I would go to sleep in my hotel room around midnight each night, and when I

awoke, my mailbox would be full of replies -- sent at 1:15 a.m., 2:59 a.m., 3:23
a.m.
C. One senior told me that she went to bed around two and woke up each morning

at seven; she could afford that much rest because she had learned to supplement
her full day of work by studying in her sleep.
D. Faculty members gave me the names of a few dozen articulate students, and I
sent them e-mails, inviting them out to lunch or dinner in small groups.
E. As she was falling asleep she would recite a math problem or a paper topic to
herself; she would then sometimes dream about it, and when she woke up, the
problem might be solved.
(1) DABCE (2) DACEB (3) ADBCE (4) CABDE

105. A. Four days later, Oracle announced its own bid for PeopleSoft, and invited the
firm's board to a discussion.
B. Furious that his own plans had been endangered,PeopleSoft's boss, Craig Conway, called Oracle`s offer "diabolical", and its boss,Larry Ellison, a "sociopath".
C. In early June, PeopleSoft said that it would buy J.D. Edwards, a smaller rival.
D. Moreover, said Mr. Conway, he “could imagine no price nor combination of price
and other condition to recommend accepting the offer.
E. On June 12th, PeopleSoft turned Oracle down.

(1) CABDE (2) CADBE (3) ACBDE (4) CAEBD

[dkny.jakhar]

dear puys,

can we have some more questions on PJ's ..that would be gr8...

regards

Jakhar

[nhvr]

here are my answers
1 2
2. 4
3. 1
4. 3
5. 1
Regards,
hema

[deepakraam]

My take on this

101. 2
102.4
103.3
104.3
105.1



-Deepak.

[Raj_Kingmaker]

Nice thread puys..Keep Posting

Thanks,
Raj

[david_c323]

hi.. my answer are
1.(d)BAFEDC
2.(a)EBADC
and for the third... i found it a bit confusing... also you made spellling mistake in option (d). plz correct it.
thnx