CAT 2003 Slot 2VARC Question 11

Logical & Chronological OrderEasy

Each of the questions below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from the options.

  1. Who can trace to its first beginnings the love of Damon for Pythias, of David for Jonathan, of Swan for Edgar?
  2. Similarly with men.
  3. There is about great friendships between man and man a certain inevitability that can only be compared with the age old association of ham and eggs.
  4. One simply feels that it is one of the things that must be so.
  5. No one can say, what the mutual magnetism was that brought about the deathless partnership of these wholesome and palatable foodstuffs.

Answer & solution

  • A

    ACBED

  • CEDBA

  • C

    ACEBD

  • D

    CEABD

Solution

Ham and eggs (sentence C) are palatable foodstuffs (sentence E). The association gives us the pair, CE.
Sentence D follows CE, as it gives the reason of why ham and eggs share a deathless relationship. That is followed by B- the analogy with men. That (CE DB) helps us eliminates options 1, 3 and 4.
Sentence A concludes the sequence by giving examples of great friendships.

Hence, the correct answer is option 2.

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