Parajumbles for CAT 2008

[mahi101987]

medulla-PJ9-1/7/2008-pg83

Q1] BCDA
Q2] ABCD

[medulla]

Hi Puys,

Sorry for late answers...

Ok ...

The answers are:

Q1] 1
Q2] 1

Lets discuss the answers...

I had marked Q1] as 3 and even Q2 as 3...

Can anyone explan what is wrong in Q1] -3 and Q2] 3....

[srikar2097]

Originally Posted by medulla

Hi Puys,

Sorry for late answers...

Ok ...

The answers are:

Q1] 1
Q2] 1

Lets discuss the answers...

I had marked Q1] as 3 and even Q2 as 3...

Can anyone explan what is wrong in Q1] -3 and Q2] 3....

Explanation:
Q.1) Reg. this. The links AD and BE are correct. So options 1 and 3 are in contention. But in option 3, DB link does not match (or there is no proper link to suggest DB). moreover D mentions 'liberalisation' and C mentions 'these changes'. So DC link. Hence BEADC

Q.2) I'm a bit surprised by this answer. Let me explain, why I find this faulty. Acc. to (1) we have DEBAC. Even if I accept D as the opening statement, E mentions 'recommendations' which is not even mentioned up until now. It's introduced in B. So I strongly feel (3) i.e. BEADC is correct. Any comments?

[gunjan-ahuja]

hi my take (3) and (3) plz tell me am i right

[milindagrawal]

Originally Posted by srikar2097

Explanation:
Q.1) Reg. this. The links AD and BE are correct. So options 1 and 3 are in contention. But in option 3, DB link does not match (or there is no proper link to suggest DB). moreover D mentions 'liberalisation' and C mentions 'these changes'. So DC link. Hence BEADC

Q.2) I'm a bit surprised by this answer. Let me explain, why I find this faulty. Acc. to (1) we have DEBAC. Even if I accept D as the opening statement, E mentions 'recommendations' which is not even mentioned up until now. It's introduced in B. So I strongly feel (3) i.e. BEADC is correct. Any comments?

@srikar2097
I totally agree with u on this....
'the recomendations' in D seems to come from nowhere in we take 1 to be the right answer. Thus, B has to precede D in an case.
this leaves us with the last two options.
Statement A 'they argue that it is this ...' So, B(which refers to the recommendations which are shown in positive light) cannot immediately precede A. So, A has to follow E. Hence, BEADC.

[shivam_01]

Lets do it regularly puys >>>>
i will post para jumbles on a daily basis
Answer at 4 pm do it lets c who does all correct

Directions for Questions 1 to 4: In each question, there are five sentences/paragraphs. The sentence/paragraph labelled A is in its correct place. The four that follow are labelled 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.
1.

1. In Mr. Depp’s portrayal, words come first in the shaping of a phrase.
2. But too many opera singers are overly focused on making beautiful sounds and sending notes soaring at the expense of crisp diction and textual clarity.
3. These principles of vocal artistry matter just as much onstage, as the best operatic artists understand.
4. They could learn something from Mr. Depp’s verbally dynamic singing.
5. Expression, nuance, intention and controlled intensity matter more than vocal richness and sustaining power.

BCDE BDCE BDEC ECBD DCEB
2.

1. Although the “cyber coolie” metaphor may be overdrawn, many voice and non-voice agents do report that they experience their work as contributing to exit and burnout.
2. Yet, the existing distinctive characteristics of the Indian BPO industry embody significant pressures: nocturnal call-handling for overseas customers, long commuting times, extended shifts and unpaid overtime, all of which have health and work-life balance implications.
3. The outcome of these imply increasing pressure on workers: longer shifts, shorter and fewer breaks and tighter targets.
4. In recent times, many employees have experienced an intensification of work, stemming from sharpened competition in the outsourcing market, affecting both captives and third parties, rising costs in India and reducing margins.
5. While companies have sought to realise cost savings through economies of scale, concomitant with this has been this focus on leveraging efficiencies through “managing productivity and utilisation”.

BCDE [BCED CDEB CBDE DECB


3.

1. The very meaning and mission of deconstruction is to show that things do not have definable meanings and determinable missions, that they are always more than any mission would impose, that they exceed the boundaries they currently occupy.
2. A “meaning” or a “mission” is a way to contain and compact things, like a nutshell, gathering them into a unity, whereas deconstruction bends all its efforts to stretch beyond these boundaries, to transgress these confines, to interrupt and disjoin all such gathering.
3. What is really going on in things, what is really happening, is always to come.
4. Whenever it runs up against a limit, deconstruction presses against it. Whenever deconstruction finds a nutshell the very idea is to crack it open and disturb this tranquility.
5. Every time you try to stabilise the meaning of a thing, to fix in its missionary position, the thing itself, if there is anything at all to it, slips away.

CDBE BECD BDCE BCDE CEBD


4.

1. Notably, same-sex relationships, whether between men or women, were far more egalitarian than heterosexual ones.
2. While the gay and lesbian couples had about the same rate of conflict as the heterosexual ones, they appeared to have more relationship satisfaction, suggesting that the inequality of opposite-sex relationships can take a toll.
3. Heterosexual married women live with a lot of anger about having to do the tasks not only in the house but in the relationship. That’s very different from what same-sex couples and heterosexual men live with.
4. With same-sex couples, of course, none of these dichotomies were possible, and the partners tended to share the burdens far more equally.
5. In heterosexual couples, women did far more of the housework; men were more likely to have the financial responsibility; and men were more likely to initiate sex, while women were more likely to refuse it or to start a conversation about problems in the relationship.

EDBC DBCE CDEB BCDE CDEB

[srikar2097]

Shivam, love the initiative. But the options are all coming as hyperlinks. Could you please format it?

Update: Never mind, at least I'm able to see the options at the end of the links

[milindagrawal]

shivam_01 pj1- 05-07-08

my take
1)BDEC
2)DECB
3)BDCE
4)EDBC

[td31]

shivam_01 pj1- 05-07-08

My Answers

1- BDEC
2- DECB
3- CEBD
4- EDBC

i think 2nd and 3rd were quite confusing

[nidhisoni24]

shivam_01 pj1- 05-07-08

my take is:

1)4. ECBD
2)5. DECB
3)2. BECD
4)3. CDEB