Para Jumbles - Marriage rates and education
CAT 2007 Slot 1 · VARC · Medium · Para Jumbles
In the question, there are five sentences/paragraphs. The sentence/paragraph labelled A is in its correct place. The four that follow are labelled B, C, D and E, and need to be arranged in the logical order to form a coherent paragraph/passage.
A. In America, highly educated women, who are in stronger position in the labour market than less qualified ones, have higher rates of marriage than other groups. B. Some work supports the Becker thesis, and some appears to contradict it. C. And, as with crime, it is equally inconclusive. D. But regardless of the conclusion of any particular piece of work, it is hard to establish convincing connections between family changes and economic factors using conventional approaches. E. Indeed, just as with crime, an enormous academic literature exists on the validity of the pure economic approach to the evolution of family structures.
- A.
BCDE
- B.
DBEC
- C.
BDCE
- D.
ECBD
- E.
EBCD
D
Explanation
E introduces the academic literature on the pure economic approach, comparing it to crime. C follows E ('And, as with crime, it is equally inconclusive'). B talks about work supporting/contradicting the Becker thesis, and D concludes with 'But regardless of the conclusion...'. Sequence is ECBD.
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