Para Jumble - Inequality and Gender

CAT 2005 Slot 1 · VARC · Medium · VARC

The sentences given below, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices.

A. Similarly, turning to caste, even though being lower caste is undoubtedly a separate cause of disparity, its impact is all the greater when the lower-caste families also happen to be poor. B. Belonging to a privileged class can help a woman to overcome many barriers that obstruct women from less thriving classes. C. It is the interactive presence of these two kinds of deprivation – being low class and being female – that massively impoverishes women from the less privileged classes. D. A congruence of class deprivation and gender discrimination can blight the lives of poorer women very severely. E. Gender is certainly a contributor to societal inequality, but it does not act independently of class.

  1. A.

    EABDC

  2. B.

    EBDCA

  3. C.

    DAEBC

  4. D.

    BECDA

Answer

B

Explanation

Sentence E introduces the main idea (gender and class). B elaborates on class privilege. D states the congruence of class and gender. C highlights the 'two kinds of deprivation'. A extends this to caste ('Similarly, turning to caste'). Hence EBDCA.

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