CAT 2002 — VARC Question 36
Fill the gaps in the passage below with the most appropriate word from the options given for each gap. The right words are the ones used by the author. Be guided by the author's overall style and meaning when you choose the answers.
In a large company, ______1______ people is about as common as using a gun or a switch-blade to ______2_______ an argument. As a result, most managers have little or no experience of firing people, and they find it emotionally automatic, as result, they often delay the act interminably, much as an unhappy spouse will prolong a bad marriage. And when the firing is done, it's often done clumsily, with far worse side effects than are necessary.
Do the world-class software organizations have a different way of firing people? No. But they do the deed swiftly, humanely, and professionally.
The key point here is to view the fired employee as a "failed product" and to ask how the process ______3_______ such a phenomenon in the first place.
The sentences given in each question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentences is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.
- Branded disposable diapers are available at many supermarkets and drug stores.
- If one supermarket sets a higher price for a diaper, customers may buy that brand elsewhere.
- By contrast, the demand for private-label products may be less price sensitive since it is available only our corresponding supermarket chain
- So, the demand for branded diapers at any particular store may be quite price sensitive.
- For instance, only SavOn Drugs stores sell SavOn Drugs diapers.
- Then, stores should set a higher incremental margin percentage for private-label diapers.
Answer & solution
- A
ABCDEF
- B
ABCEDF
ADBCEF
- D
AEDBCF
From the options, the paragraph begins with sentence A. Sentences A, B and D talk about branded diapers and hence are related. Only option 3 gives us this sequence (ADB). A contrast to the more price sensitiveness shown in B is given in C. An example of private-label product (introduced in C) is given in D, therefore CD is a pair. F concludes it (then) and therefore, the sequence is CEF.
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.