NinetynineCAT 2024 Slot 2 VARC Q1 Para Summary
Question 1 of the Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) section, CAT 2024 Slot 2, 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.
Recent important scientific findings have emerged from crossing the boundaries of scientific fields. They stem from physicists collaborating with biologists, sociologists and others, to answer questions about our world. But physicists and their potential collaborators often find their cultures out of sync. For one, physicists often discard a lot of information while extracting broad patterns; for other scientists, information is not readily disposed. Further, many non-physicists are uncomfortable with mathematical models. Still, the desire to work on something new and different is real, and there are clear benefits from the collision of views.
Recent important scientific findings have emerged from crossing the boundaries of scientific fields. They stem from physicists collaborating with biologists, sociologists and others, to answer questions about our world. But physicists and their potential collaborators often find their cultures out of sync. For one, physicists often discard a lot of information while extracting broad patterns; for other scientists, information is not readily disposed. Further, many non-physicists are uncomfortable with mathematical models. Still, the desire to work on something new and different is real, and there are clear benefits from the collision of views.
- APhysicists have successfully buried their differences on research methods applied in other fields in their desire to find answers to baffling scientific questions.
- BLarge data sets and mathematical models in physics research combined with the research methods of non-physicist collaborators have yielded important scientific findings.
- CThe desire to diversify their research and answer important questions has led to several collaborations between physicists and other social scientists.
- DDespite differences in their research styles, physicists' research collaborations with scholars from other disciplines have yielded important research findings.
Answer: (D) Despite differences in their research styles, physicists' research collaborations with scholars from other disciplines have yielded important research findings. Para Summary MCQ
Solution
- Core claim: cross-disciplinary work between physicists and others has produced important findings, even though their research cultures clash (physicists discard information to find broad patterns; others dislike mathematical models).
- D keeps both halves: the differences in research style and the valuable results of collaborating anyway.
- A says physicists 'buried their differences', but the passage says the cultures are still out of sync. B credits large data sets, which the passage never mentions. C drops the friction and narrows partners to social scientists.
Shortcut. A good summary keeps the 'despite X, Y' structure of the passage.