Parajumbles for CAT 2008

[MaskedMenace]

Implex - PJ - 06.10.2008 - pg153

My Take :

5) 4
6) 4
7) 4

[libi]

1.5
2.4
3.5

[shivam_01]

Implex - PJ - 06.10.2008 - pg153

5. 4
6. 2
7. 4

[naresh007]

Implex - PJ - 06.10.2008 - pg153

My Take:

5. 4 (ADBCE) : Link is BC
6. 4 (DEACB) : Link is ACB
7. 4 (CEADB) : Link is AD

[study_hard]

My answers:
4
2
1

[vivekkahn]

5) 4 (ADB link)
6) 3 (CB is not a link..so D def starts..DE/DA..C looks like conclusion..so 3)...thou i feel it shud be DEBAC...
7) 4 (EA link)

[implex]

Solution Implex - PJ - 06.10.2008 - pg153

1)Clearly A is the opening sentence and D continues it, so left with 2 options The CE link is also evident. Hence option 4


2)DE link is evident, we have 4 options left. A carries the thought in E and C introduces a new idea and B completes it. Option 4


3)C is the opening sentence, E continues it, only option with CE link is option 4

[zat]

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

[implex]

Implex - PJ - 08.10.2008 - pg155

Question 8

A."Most non-traditional pets pose a risk to the health of young children, and their acquisition and ownership should be discouraged in households with young children," they said in a report published in the October issue of Pediatrics.
B.While pediatricians know about pet-related hazards, only 5 percent say they regularly educate parents and children about such dangers, an attitude that should change, Dr. Larry Pickering of Emory University Medical School in Atlanta said in report for the American Academy of Pediatrics.
C.Most reptiles carry salmonella bacteria, for example.
D.Reptiles, monkeys, rodents and other exotic pets are growing in popularity but should be discouraged in homes with small children or people with immune system problems, according to a report published on Monday.

Options
1.ABCD
2.ABDC
3.DACB
4.DBCA
5.DBAC


Question 9

A."Origami helps in the study of mathematics and science in many ways," says Martin Kruskal, a mathematician at Rutgers University.
B.Origami-the ancient Japanese tradition of paper folding has been recognized as an art.
C.But now origami is providing the answers to real world problems in mathematics, engineering, and astronomy proving that origami is more than just child's play.
D.Kruskal found that origami is simpler to develop than most scientific theories and a lot easier to apply.

Options
1.BACD
2.BCDA
3.BDAC
4.BDCA
5.BCAD


Question 10

A.Non-Hispanic black adults in the U.S. have on average the best hearing of the three most prevalent race-ethnic groups in the nation.
B.Overall, the nation's hearing health remains about the same as it was 35 years ago, despite massive changes in society and technology.
C.The results were presented last week at the Acoustical Society of America's spring meeting in Providence, Rhode Island.
D.The recent study shows that women hear better than men in general.

Options
1.ABCD
2.ACBD
3.ABDC
4.ACDB
5.ADBC


Solutions tomorrow

[rkapoor9]

Implex - PJ - 08.10.2008 - pg155

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