{"id":99263,"date":"2025-02-20T10:06:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T04:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cracku.in\/blog\/?p=99263"},"modified":"2025-02-24T10:52:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T05:22:52","slug":"how-to-solve-para-jumbles-in-cat-varc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cracku.in\/blog\/how-to-solve-para-jumbles-in-cat-varc\/","title":{"rendered":"How to solve Para Jumbles in CAT VARC \ud83e\udd14"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to solve TITA Para jumbles in CAT VARC? Excellent tips<\/span><\/h1>\n

Para Jumbles for CAT (without options), like the Reading Comprehension, also tests one’s comprehension skills. Over the past few years, we can observe that there are around three to four questions that are asked on Parajumbles, in the CAT exam. They involve rearranging the paragraph based on various clues and techniques. Let’s discuss some excellent tips to solve Para jumbles in CAT VARC. <\/span><\/p>\n

Like in RC’s the key here is to identify the chain of thought. Once the candidate is able to identify the central point and chain of thought, solving Parajumbles for CAT without options is not very tough.<\/span><\/p>\n

But it isn\u2019t as easy as it sounds. To get better at para jumbles, read good quality articles, essays or well-written books. The most effective way for a student to improve in the VARC is to practice as many questions as they can. The approach that\u2019s best recommended involves the following steps and is fairly straightforward.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Also, Try checking out previous year papers of CAT<\/strong><\/a> to know about the level of questions that appear in Para jumbles in the VARC section.<\/p>\n

Tips and Tricks to solve Parajumbles for CAT<\/span><\/h2>\n

The essential tools you must have in your toolkit to tackle Para Jumbles questions are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

Understand the chain of thought: <\/strong>This is a sure-fire way of solving Parajumbles (without options). If you understand the paragraph, its purpose, and the central idea, you will know how to order the sentences.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pick the Central theme of the passage:<\/strong> The first thing that you want to do when presented with a parajumbles question is to identify the central theme of the passage. This may seem trivial but having the correct theme for the passage goes a long way in solving the parajumble. If you identify the central idea, then there is only one logical way to order the sentences- the order that would convey that idea in the easiest way.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most sentences can be classified as the introduction to the idea, arguments for, arguments against, author\u2019s opinion or personal stand on the subject, information regarding a subject, etc. Identify the purpose of each statement, and it would determine its position in the paragraph.<\/span><\/p>\n

Identify the opening sentence: <\/strong>The opening sentence is most likely to be the one which introduces the subject, topic, place, of the passage. Though not necessarily true for every parajumble, it often lacks a pronoun like he, she, it, they, them, etc. since we have to introduce a subject first. If the passage is about the life of a particular person, the opening statement would mostly be the one in which he\/she is named. All subsequent sentences would use the pronoun \u2018he\/she\u2019 to refer to him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once you shortlist a couple of sentences for the opening sentence, investigate further. Look for proper nouns and names. Use of \u201cthe\u201d in the first sentence is uncommon. For example, if the sentence has \u201c the university\u201d it refers to a university that was already mentioned – so, that can’t be the first sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Highlight the clues in every sentence<\/strong>: Once the opening sentence is shortlisted, look for clues in every other sentence. Connecting phrases like- and, but, however, moreover, nonetheless, etc., and articles like- a, an and the., plus pronouns like- he, she it, they, them, etc., and adjectives like- heavier, lighter, poor, etc., give lots of hints about the order of the sentences. So, those are what we want to highlight now.<\/span><\/p>\n

Determine qulifier \/ qualified sentences<\/strong>: Qualifier is a sentence that gives a hint about the next sentence. The next sentence is called a qualified sentence. Using the hints we determine as many qualifiers and qualified sentences as we can. Piece them together to get a coherent paragraph.<\/span><\/p>\n

Identifying the concluding sentence: <\/span><\/strong>The sentence that either sums up the thoughts expressed in the paragraph or brings the chain of thought to its logical conclusion is most likely to be the last line of the paragraph. Sentences that are inferences are more likely to be the last line as compared to facts and judgements.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Identifying links<\/span><\/h3>\n

Links help you identify the internal structure of the paragraph. Try to make blocks of sentences by finding two or more sentences that are logically related. You can identify sentences that are linked by using the following clues:<\/span><\/p>\n