Parajumbles?

[RuchiraMalhotra]

Hey!!!

How is everybody's CAT preparation goin... I have already started gettin tensed!!
I need help to solve parajumbles...
Since it has always appeared in CAT, I wanna be good at it,
Please share your strategies and methods to attempt it..

Ruchira:confused:

[KumarJasapara]

Hi Ruchira,

This is a technique that Rahul Sir had once mentioned to us in Borivli branch; he gave us a few pointers (all of which I cannot recollect now), some of them were as follows:
1) In case the start and the end of a set of sentences is absent, identify which sentence has 2 b the starting point and/or the concluding point of the para;
2) Identify pairs of sentences; for e.g. in case there's option A,B,C,D,E,F and u identify that C shud follow A, or B shud b followed by F, u can easily eliminate options which do not have such combinations;
3) Identify which 2 sentences shud not preceed or succeed each other; u may consider it as the opposite view of the previous point; i.e. either C and D shud not go together etc.;so u can eliminate options that have C and D together.
4) In case u have either the first statement or the concluding statement or both, u can actually make out which sentence wud follow the first sentence or which sentence wud b before the concluding statement, making things easier.

My advice wud b to go by eliminating options.

Kumar.:cool:

P.S.: As soon as I find the notes that I had taken from Rahul Sir, I'll post those here ....

[AnilkumarBDaga]

Ruchira,

As Kumar has already pointed out the few pointers which I know of are:

Try to find the starting/ending sentences.
Eliminate options.
Try to find a link. The most important point over here is the use of common words in two or more sentences and words like "Howerver, Hence, Therefore, But, Since, Thus ,.........." which will give you and idea of the structure of the para.

Most often by doing the above we can eliminate 2 choices. The remaining two choices can be proof-read.

I hope it helps.

Regards,
Anil Daga

[NishaGhanshani]

hey

Great ideas.

Just have one more. Typically out of the 4 options, 2 will have a common begining eg. CBDAE and CDBEA. My idea is to always start with these two options.
90% of the time, the answer is one of these two options and not the other two

But honestly, with regards to verbal logic, its all about your instincts.
Polish 'em if you dun naturally have a flair for these questions.
Trust me, It'll work:)

cheers

[RuchiraMalhotra]

HI,

Thanks a lot Kumar, Anil, Nisha...
For Bright ideas, shortcuts and all....
I will try these out today..

Thanks again

Ruchira:)