Parajumbles for CAT 2008

[tarunceo]

@implex pj
my take
1.5
2.4
3.2

[bsaravanar]

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[naresh007]

Implex - PJ - 08.10.2008 - pg155

My Take:

Question 11: 5(BACED)

Question 12: 4(BCEDA)

Question 13: 2(BDAC)

[libi]

1.5
2.4
3.2

[devils_own]

my take: Implex - PJ - 09.10.2008 - pg157

Question 11
5.BACED

Question 12
4.BCEDA

Question 13
2.BDAC

[vivekkahn]

Implex - PJ - 09.10.2008 - pg157
11) 4.BACDE
(CD is link...mechanism discussed in D is referenced from C; AC also link)

12) 3.BACED
(ACED link...In A vivid images are mentioned, which are clarified further...ED also clear link)

13) 2.BDAC (BDA link..)

[piscean84]

Implex - PJ - 09.10.2008 - pg157

My take

11. 5
12. 4
13. 2

[implex]

Solution Implex - PJ - 09.10.2008 - pg157


11)B is the opening sentence, and there is an obvious AC link, out of DE and ED, ED looks better option 5

12)B is clearly the opener, There is a strong ED link and a strong DA link So BCEDA option 4

13)A real sitter this one, B is the opener, and a strong DA Link , option 2

[cuteynila]

11.5
12.4
13.2

Originally Posted by implex

implex - pj - 09.10.2008 - pg157

question 11
a.a research paper in nature magazine now links an ancient device known for tracking and predicting celestial events— to the original quadrennial observance of the games.
B.the four-year wait between each set of competitions in the modern olympics is based on the original four-year cycle of games in ancient greece.
C.called the antikythera mechanism, this device is a bronze machine built around the first or second century bce.
D.because of its state of disrepair, the mechanism has not revealed its secrets easily.
E. Possibly the most advanced ancient scientific device, it was fished out of the sea in 1901.


Options

1.abcde
2.acdeb
3.badce
4.bacde
5.baced


question 12
a.i still have vivid stage images in my head from it.
B.if my experience is anything to go by, opera is a very acquired taste.
C.i grew up in stoke and there wasn't much opportunity to hear it when i was a kid.
D.i hadn't a clue what was going on, and no one in my family was remotely into opera, but it was fantastical, fairytale-like, and epic - and i responded to it on those terms.
E.when i was quite young, i remember loving patrice chéreau's ring cycle, which was on the telly on sunday evenings.
Options
1.abcde
2.bacde
3.baced
4.bceda
5.bcead


question 13
a.one of the many plausible theories is that sex creates variation among offspring.
B.sexual reproduction first appeared about a billion years ago, evolved within ancestral single-celled eukaryotes.
C.sex helps in the spread of advantageous traits, and that sex helps in the removal of disadvantageous traits.
D.the reason for the initial evolution of sex, and the reason it has survived to the present, are still matters of debate.


Options
1.acbd
2.bdac
3.bdca
4.dbca
5.dbac

[Niki_10]

11.4
12.3
13.2