Para Jumble - Male Fiddler Crabs

CAT 2004 Slot 1 · VARC · Medium · Verbal Ability

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The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labeled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

A. The two neighbours never fought each other. B. Fights involving three male fiddler crabs have been recorded, but the status of the participants was unknown. C. They pushed or grappled only with the intruder. D. We recorded 17 cases in which a resident that was fighting an intruder was joined by an immediate neighbour, an ally. E. We therefore tracked 268 intruder males until we saw them fighting a resident male.

  1. A.

    BEDAC

  2. B.

    DEBAC

  3. C.

    BDCAE

  4. D.

    BCEDA

Answer

A

Explanation

B introduces the topic of fights involving three male fiddler crabs. E explains tracking intruder males fighting resident males. D follows E by detailing the 17 cases observed during this tracking. A and C then describe the behavior of the resident and neighbor towards the intruder. Thus, BEDAC is the logical sequence.

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