Hello
I've included below excerpts from my mail to a friend who required a little help in the VA section. I hope this is of some use to all of you.
Jumbled Sentences :
Jumbled sentences have been spotted in various issues of CAT

One of the ways of solving the jumbled sentences part would be to see for continuity in the sentences. At times, it is easier to spot the continuity, and at other times, it is not.
The other way would be to take a holistic view of all the sentences and try to arrange them in your head, till it sounds right. Although this is tough, it takes a little time to get used to, but it will help in getting a higher accuracy level.
Else, what is grammar for. If you know the rules about conjunctions, prepositions etc and their appropriate usage with all the rules, it too is possible.
A suitable technique would also be through elimination of the answers. This method can be used with high speed and accuracy once you get used to it. It should not take you more than 30 seconds to arrange a sentence of four using this technique.
You eliminate the options in different ways .
The most effective method would be to see a link between two sentences in the question. Once you are sure of the link , scan the answers and strike the ones out which don't have the link. Then it is easy to eliminate from the options and get it right.
Arranging the 6 sentences type :
It is actually easier when the 1st and 6th sentences are given as now you have more ways of solving the jumble.
Since the 1st sentence is given, it is not always tough to find the next sentence as it will logically follow. Use this method and then again go on an elimination spree.
Also, the 6th sentence is given. Once you get the flow of the sentence, to guess the preceding sentence is not again too very tough. So all you have to do is battle with the 3rd & 4th which again should fall in place once you have guessed the others right.
Do I make sense here ?
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