CAT 2003 Slot 2 — VARC Question 9
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.
- In the case of King Merolchazzar’s courtship of the Princess of the Outer Isles, there occurs a regrettable hitch.
- She acknowledges the gifts, but no word of a meeting date follows.
- The monarch, hearing good reports of a neighbouring princess, dispatches messengers with gifts to her court, beseeching an interview.
- The princess names a date, and a formal meeting takes place; after that everything buzzes along pretty smoothly.
- Royal love affairs in olden days were conducted on the correspondence method.
Answer & solution
- A
ACBDE
- B
ABCDE
ECDAB
- D
ECBAD
Sentence E gives a general introduction of how correspondence was the beginning of royal affairs.
Sentence C continues the idea by describing what the monarch (the king) usually would do (send gifts after hearing good reports of a neighbouring princess).
Sentence D further continues it by describing how the princess typically would respond to the kind’s gifts (the princess names a date and they meet). Therefore, ECD is a sequence. Merolchazzer’s case is a case with a ‘hitch’. And, that hitch has been pointed out in B (the princess does not give any meeting date). Thus, AB is a mandatory pair.
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.