NinetynineCAT 2018 Slot 1 VARC Q26 Para Jumbles
Question 26 of the Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section, CAT 2018 Slot 1, with CAT's official answer and a worked solution.
1. The eventual diagnosis was skin cancer and after treatment all seemed well.
2. The viola player didn’t know what it was; nor did her GP
3. Then a routine scan showed it had come back and spread to her lungs.
4. It started with a lump on Cathy Perkins’ index finger.
2. The viola player didn’t know what it was; nor did her GP
3. Then a routine scan showed it had come back and spread to her lungs.
4. It started with a lump on Cathy Perkins’ index finger.
TITA: type in the answer. There are no options and no negative marking.
Answer: 4213 Para Jumbles TITA
Solution
- Sentence 4 opens the story: 'It started with a lump on Cathy Perkins' index finger.'
- Sentence 2 ('The viola player didn't know what it was; nor did her GP') follows. Sentence 1 ('The eventual diagnosis ... all seemed well') comes next, and 3 ('Then ... it had come back') must come after the apparent recovery.
Shortcut. Strict chronology: symptom, confusion, diagnosis and treatment, recurrence.