NinetynineCAT 2023 Slot 1 VARC Q24 Para Summary
Question 24 of the Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section, CAT 2023 Slot 1, with CAT's official answer and a worked solution.
The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the passage.
Colonialism is not a modern phenomenon. World history is full of examples of one society gradually expanding by incorporating adjacent territory and settling its people on newly conquered territory. In the sixteenth century, colonialism changed decisively because of technological developments in navigation that began to connect more remote parts of the world. The modern European colonial project emerged when it became possible to move large numbers of people across the ocean and to maintain political control in spite of geographical dispersion. The term colonialism is used to describe the process of European settlement, violent dispossession and political domination over the rest of the world, including the Americas, Australia, and parts of Africa and Asia.
Colonialism is not a modern phenomenon. World history is full of examples of one society gradually expanding by incorporating adjacent territory and settling its people on newly conquered territory. In the sixteenth century, colonialism changed decisively because of technological developments in navigation that began to connect more remote parts of the world. The modern European colonial project emerged when it became possible to move large numbers of people across the ocean and to maintain political control in spite of geographical dispersion. The term colonialism is used to describe the process of European settlement, violent dispossession and political domination over the rest of the world, including the Americas, Australia, and parts of Africa and Asia.
- AColonialism surged in the 16th century due to advancements in navigation, enabling British settlements abroad and global dominance.
- BAs a result of developments in navigation technology, European colonialism, led to the displacement of indigenous populations and global political changes in the 16th century.
- CColonialism, conceptualized in the 16th century, allowed colonizers to expand their territories, establish settlements, and exercise political power.
- DTechnological advancements in navigation in the 16th century, transformed colonialism, enabling Europeans to establish settlements and exert political dominance over distant regions.
Answer: (D) Technological advancements in navigation in the 16^th century, transformed colonialism, enabling Europeans to establish settlements and exert political dominance over distant regions. Para Summary MCQ
Solution
- Core claim: colonialism is old, but 16th-century navigation technology transformed it, letting Europeans move people across oceans and keep political control over distant lands.
- D states exactly this.
- A wrongly limits it to the British; B dates displacement to the 16th century as its theme; C says colonialism was 'conceptualized' in the 16th century, contradicting 'not a modern phenomenon'.