CAT Parajumbles Questions for Practice with Solutions and (PDFs)

Prepare for CAT parajumble questions with these sample practice questions, based on previous years’ exam papers. Also get downloadable PDFs of CAT VARC practice questions with solutions.

CAT parajumble questions for practice

CAT parajumble questions are often tricky. They are not easy to crack, but if one develops the right approach to see the sequence of sentences, they can crack it accurately in no time. CAT parajumble questions are like puzzles. Just like in puzzles you have to put the pieces in an order to complete the picture, in parajumbles you have to arrange information is an order that a complete story is created.

The best way of preparation of para jumbles for CAT is practice. There are usually 4-6 parajumble questions in CAT and thus it forms an important part of the CAT exam syllabus.

If you are preparing for CAT 2025 exam, here are a few CAT parajumble questions for practice with solutions. Also shared in this article are downloadable PDFs for CAT parajumble questions and other topics of VARC.  

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CAT Parajumble Questions for Practice with Solutions

Question 1. The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and choose the correct option.

1. What has only recently emerged, though, is that children's conviction about their own capacity to control what happens in their lives and this knowledge suggests a window of opportunity for inoculating them against depression before it strikes.
2. Just like adults, sceptical methods of deciphering defeats appear to take care of the feeling of helplessness and misery at the heart of youngsters' depression.
3. That individuals who are as of now discouraged think in these manners have long been known.
4. One line of evidence comes from studies of children's belief about their own ability to control what happens in their lives- for example, being able to change things for the better.
5. 4213
6. 1234
7. 2314
8. 3124

Solution: is C: ‘think in these manners’ connects 3rd with 2^nd sentence. ‘thought’ of 1^st sentence links it to 3rd. One line of evidence comes from 4^th sentence which connects to 'suggests' of 1. This brings us to the correct sequence which can only be 2314.

Question 2. The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and choose the correct option.

1. This harms aquatic ecosystems, human health and also pollutes major sources of freshwater.
   2. Harmful chemicals from pesticides not only pollute the soil and water around the farms but also reach rivers and oceans, a new study established.
   3. Globally, around 70,000 tonnes of potentially harmful chemicals find their way into aquifers every year, the report published in the journal Nature showed.
   4. The findings are based on an analysis of the geographical distribution of 92 common pesticides.
2. 4213
3. 2134
4. 2314
5. 3124

Solution is option B: The use of pronoun ‘this’ in the beginning of the first sentence gives a hint. 21 is a link here. Only A and B have this link. 4 is more of a concluding sentence. Hence, 2134 is the logical sequence.

Question 3. The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and choose the correct option.

1. In Tokyo, they built an expressway linking the international airport in Haneda to the centre, and widened some of the city’s major arteries.
   2. These infrastructure improvements helped to bring about the Japanese economic miracle over the next couple of decades.
   3. Tokyo 2020 was supposed to be a great economic stimulus, replicating the achievements of Tokyo 1964.
   4. It was thanks to hosting that Olympics that Japan invested in infrastructure such as the famous Shinkansen bullet train.
2. 4213
3. 2134
4. 2314
5. 3412

Solution is option D: 3 sentence starts the topic. The use of ‘it’ in 4^th makes 34 a link. Only B option correctly uses this link.

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Question 4. Four jumbled up sentences, related to a topic, are given below. Three of them can be put together to form a coherent paragraph. Identify the odd one out.

1. However, if we’re to be successful and create a world that remedies the situation we’re confronted with, everyone needs to step up and demand a better world.
2. A world free from the inequalities of climate change, a world free from the economic disparities created by the system that is to be held responsible for the climate crisis.
3. That will help meet our target of 60% of energy to come from low-carbon sources within 12 years.

4.We’re united under the banner of “system change, not climate change”.

1. Option 1
2. Option 2
3. Option 3
4. Option 4