Para Jumbles - Indonesia governance transition

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. Indonesia has experienced dramatic shifts in its formal governance arrangements since the fall of President Soeharto and the close of his centralized, authoritarian "New Order" regime in 1997. B. The political system has taken its place in the nearly 10 years since Reformasi began. It has featured the active contest for political office among a proliferation of parties at central, provincial and district levels; direct elections for the presidency (since 2004); and radical changes in centre-local government relations towards administrative, fiscal, and political decentralization. C. The mass media, once tidily under Soeharto's thumb, has experienced significant liberalization, as has the legal basis for non-governmental organizations, including many dedicated to such controversial issues as corruption control and human rights. D. Such developments are seen optimistically by a number of donors and some external analysts, who interpret them as signs of Indonesia's political normalization. E. A different group of analysts paint a picture in which the institutional forms have changed, but power relations have not. Vedi Hadiz argues that Indonesia's "democratic transition" has been anything but linear.

  1. A.

    BDEC

  2. B.

    CBDE

  3. C.

    CEBD

  4. D.

    DEBC

  5. E.

    BCDE

Answer

E

Explanation

A introduces the shift. B elaborates on political system changes. C elaborates on media/NGO changes. D summarizes how 'Such developments' are seen optimistically by some analysts. E presents the contrasting view of 'A different group of analysts'. Sequence is BCDE.

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