Para Jumbles - Pain Tolerance
CAT 1996 Slot 1 · Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension · Medium · VARC
This is a medium Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension question from the CAT 1996 Slot 1 paper. It tests VARC. The full answer key and a step-by-step explanation are below — try it yourself first, then reveal the solution.
- It doesn't take a highly esteemed medical expert to conclude that women handle pain better than men. A. First the men would give birth, and then take six months to recover. B. As for labour pains, the human species would become extinct if men had to give birth. C. They do, however, make life hell for everyone else with their non-stop complaining about how bad they feel. D. The men in my life, including my husband and my father, would not take a Tylenol for pain even if their lives depends on it.
- And by the time they finish sharing their excruciating experience with their buddies, all reproduction would come to a halt.
- A.
ABDC
- B.
DCBA
- C.
CDBA
- D.
BACD
Answer
A
Explanation
Starts with telling how women handle pain better than men. Given example of child birth in A followed by consequences in B, D states that men in authors' life do not take painkillers, C tells about their complaining.
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