CAT 2003 Slot 2 — VARC Question 8
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.
- To, much of the Labour movement, it symbolises the brutality of the upper classes.
- And to everybody watching, the current mess over foxhunting symbolises the government’s weakness.
- To foxhunting’s supporters, Labour’s 1991 manifesto commitment to ban it symbolises the party’s metropolitan roots and hostility to the countryside.
- Small issues sometimes have large symbolic power.
- To those who enjoy thundering across the countryside in red coats after foxes, foxhunting symbolises the ancient roots of rural lives.
Answer & solution
DEACB
- B
ECDBA
- C
CEADB
- D
DBAEC
Sentence D begins this short passage.
Small issues like foxhunting have large symbolic power and that is exemplified in sentences A, C, E and B. Examples usually follow concepts. That eliminates options 2 and 3 (they do not begin with D).
Sentence B begins with ‘and’. And, this conjunction is in addition to sentences A, C and D. That is, sentences A, C and D talk about what foxhunting symbolizes to different people or unions or movements. Sentence B acts as the finale by adding ‘and’ and saying that it finally symbolizes what (government’s weakness) to whom (everybody watching). Therefore, B is the final sentence.
Hence, the correct answer is option 1.