NinetynineCAT 2024 Slot 1 VARC Q2 Para Summary
Question 2 of the Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section, CAT 2024 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.
Cartographers design and create maps to communicate information about phenomena located somewhere on our planet. In the past, cartographers did not worry too much about who was going to read their maps. Although some simple "usability" research was done—like comparing whether circle or bar symbols worked best—cartographers knew how to make maps. This has changed now, however, due to all kinds of societal and technological developments. Today, map readers are more demanding—mostly because of the tools they use to read maps. Cartographers, who are also influenced by these trends, are now more interested in seeing if their products are efficient, effective, and appreciated.
Cartographers design and create maps to communicate information about phenomena located somewhere on our planet. In the past, cartographers did not worry too much about who was going to read their maps. Although some simple "usability" research was done—like comparing whether circle or bar symbols worked best—cartographers knew how to make maps. This has changed now, however, due to all kinds of societal and technological developments. Today, map readers are more demanding—mostly because of the tools they use to read maps. Cartographers, who are also influenced by these trends, are now more interested in seeing if their products are efficient, effective, and appreciated.
- ANew technological developments have prompted cartographers to experiment with their maps by applying these new innovations.
- BModern mapmakers evaluate a map's effectiveness efficiency and satisfaction of the user through a series of experiments.
- CToday, cartographers also need to look into the usability of maps because of the new technological developments.
- DMaps are being used for a variety of reasons and therefore map readers have become more demanding.
Answer: (C) Today, cartographers also need to look into the usability of maps because of the new technological developments. Para Summary MCQ
Solution
- Core claim: cartographers once did not worry about map readers, but because of technological and societal change (more demanding readers using new tools), they now care whether maps are efficient, effective and appreciated, that is, about usability.
- C captures both the change and its cause.
- A is about experimenting with technology, B describes methods the passage does not mention, and D gives only one part of the passage and a different cause.