Hi Gouravdeep, can you please clarify if the question is about rearrangement of sentences as in Para Jumbles or Seating arrangement questions in Reasoning? Thanks!

Hi Gouravdeep, can you please clarify if the question is about rearrangement of sentences as in Para Jumbles or Seating arrangement questions in Reasoning? Thanks!

Let the 8 people be numbered 1 to 8.

Number of people left unselected before the first person is selected = a
Number of people left unselected between the first and second selected persons = b
Number of people left unselected between the second and third selected persons = c
Number of people left unselected after the third person is selected = d
For example, if people numbered 1, 4 and 7 are selected, a = 0, b = 2, c = 2 and d = 1
Number of selected people = 3, number of unselected people = 5
So, a + b + c + d = 5 where a, d >= 0 and b, c >= 1
=> a + b + c + d = 3 where a, b, c, d >= 0
= $$^{3 + 4 - 1}C_{4 - 1} = ^6C_3 = 20$$
Number of ways of selecting any three people = $$^8C_3$$ = 56
Required probability = 20/56 = 5/14

Number of ways in which he can send invitations to three women = $$^5C_3$$ = 10 ways

For each man, he can either send the invitation or not. Number of ways of inviting men = $$2^5$$ = 32 ways

So, total number of ways in which the invitations can be sent = 10 * 32 = 320

5C3(5C5 + 5C4 + 5C3 + 5C2 + 5C1 +5C0)

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What should the strategy be while answering Reading Comprehension?

Try to answer four out of five RCs given in the section.
Every RC has an underlying topic. Choose the RC whose topic you are familiar with.
Identify the theme of every paragraph while reading the RC for the first time.
Identify the 'specific questions', as described above, and the paragraphs they are pertaining to. These can be answered with better accuracy
For the 'generic questions', try to eliminate the least likely options

How to improve in Reading Comprehension?

Daily reading of national newspapers like The Hindu, Indian Express helps as their editorials are very well written and cover a diverse set of topics. Some of the international newspapers like The Guardian and New York Times also help in improving RC.

Students should read every article from the point of view of the examination and try to grasp the relevance of each paragraph in the article and the 'tone' of the author. Making a short, 100 word summary of every article is encouraged in the initial days of preparation.

What are the types of questions that are asked in a Reading Comprehension?

There are two types of questions asked in an RC

Perspective Questions: These questions are based on the entire essay as a whole and are not limited to a single paragraph of the essay. Questions like

Suggest a title for the essay.
What is the most significant point in the essay?
What is the gist of the essay?
Specific Questions: These are comparatively easier to answer as they pertain to a specific paragraph in the essay. For example,

Why did Alexander not succeed in invading India?
Which of the following steps did India not take while pursuing green revolution?

Things to remember while answering a RC

What is the main point the author is trying to make?
What are the key arguments he/she puts forward to make that point?
What is the tone of the author? Eg: Mocking, Condescending, Respectful, Curious, etc
Are there any negative conjunctions? These words indicate a change in the tone of the author. - - So, the implication of the author is not what the initial statement suggests. Eg: But, however, nevertheless, in spite of, etc
Are there any negative qualifiers? These words create a doubt about fact being stated. Eg: Appears, somewhat, seems like, perhaps, etc

What are the skills tested in Reading Comprehension?

Managers of big companies read several documents a day and quickly grasp the important parts in each of them while filtering out the noise. This ability is tested in a student in the Reading Comprehension section of CAT. RC is a vital section in CAT and around 40% of the questions in the Verbal+LR section are from this topic. Improving RC is all the more important because a student who is good at RCs typically does well even in other related questions like Para-Completion and Para-Jumbles.

https://cracku.in/cat/verbal-ability/reading-comprehension/cheatsheet

How to prepare for Para Jumbles:

Practice, practice, practice!: A student can improve a lot in para jumbles by practicing. You get used to the process of looking for connectives and joining different threads together into a coherent chain of thought

Read: The skills used in Para Jumbles are the same as the skills used in Reading Comprehension. Therefore you should get into the habit of reading everyday. Read opinion articles in any of the major dailies. Analyze the information given in them and summarize each paragraph

Important points to note:

Main point of the paragraph: Read all sentences. Try to understand what is the main point of the paragraph. Find the sentence where the subject of the paragraph - person, event or idea is first introduced. This sentence is likely to be the first sentence or would at least be in the first few sentences.

Try to find verbal connectives: Verbal connectives like but, on the other hand, nevertheless etc provide important clues regarding the paragraph. If you find a negative connective like but, nevertheless etc find the idea being rejected in that statement. The line that states this idea would immediately precede this line. However, a note of caution : Some paragraphs can begin with connectives like However, but etc.

Try to find logical connectives: When a statement lists two reasons, or two concerns or any enumeration of this sort find the the two sentences with the reasons. These sentences should follow the line.

Analogies: If an analogy is given it should precede the real life example. For example if the author states that when a stone is dropped in water, its ripples are felt for some time after the event. If there is a sentence which gives the example of how we are still feeling the ripples of a great event, this line with the real life example must be after the line with the analogy

Definition of subject: Find lines where pronouns like he, it are used. They should immediately follow lines where this noun is defined.

How to prepare for Para Jumbles:

Practice, practice, practice!: A student can improve a lot in para jumbles by practicing. You get used to the process of looking for connectives and joining different threads together into a coherent chain of thought

Read: The skills used in Para Jumbles are the same as the skills used in Reading Comprehension. Therefore you should get into the habit of reading everyday. Read opinion articles in any of the major dailies. Analyze the information given in them and summarize each paragraph

Important points to note:

Main point of the paragraph: Read all sentences. Try to understand what is the main point of the paragraph. Find the sentence where the subject of the paragraph - person, event or idea is first introduced. This sentence is likely to be the first sentence or would at least be in the first few sentences.

Try to find verbal connectives: Verbal connectives like but, on the other hand, nevertheless etc provide important clues regarding the paragraph. If you find a negative connective like but, nevertheless etc find the idea being rejected in that statement. The line that states this idea would immediately precede this line. However, a note of caution : Some paragraphs can begin with connectives like However, but etc.

Try to find logical connectives: When a statement lists two reasons, or two concerns or any enumeration of this sort find the the two sentences with the reasons. These sentences should follow the line.

Analogies: If an analogy is given it should precede the real life example. For example if the author states that when a stone is dropped in water, its ripples are felt for some time after the event. If there is a sentence which gives the example of how we are still feeling the ripples of a great event, this line with the real life example must be after the line with the analogy

Definition of subject: Find lines where pronouns like he, it are used. They should immediately follow lines where this noun is defined.

Hi Vicky,

The best way to maximize your score in Verbal section is by improving in RC. Most of the other topics in Verbal such as Para Jumbles, Para completion etc. are based on the same skill set as Reading Comprehension - comprehension skills. So, if you improve your score in RC, you will observe that you automatically improve your score in the other topics as well.

Read a few articles everyday and make a summary of the important points in each article. Once this is done, compare it with the original article and check if you have missed any important points. This helps you improve your comprehension skills. Besides this, try to solve at least 2 RC passages everyday.

https://cracku.in/cat/quotient

All the best!

Hi Gaurav, calculation speed can be improved only by regular practise of arithmetic questions. Also, it is more important to not make calculation mistakes in the exam than to do faster calculations. All the best!