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Couples in Parajumbling

Para jumbling questions involve rearranging scrambled paragraphs by identifying relationships between sentences. There are six types of relationships that can be used to determine the correct order: 1) noun-pronoun, where a pronoun sentence comes after the noun it refers to; 2) cause-effect, where the cause precedes the effect; 3) chronology, using timeline words; 4) full form-abbreviation, with the full form preceding the abbreviation; 5) general to specific; and 6) question-answer, with the question preceding the answer. Identifying these relationships helps uncover the original paragraph structure.

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Couples in Parajumbling

Para jumbling questions involve rearranging scrambled paragraphs by identifying relationships between sentences. There are six types of relationships that can be used to determine the correct order: 1) noun-pronoun, where a pronoun sentence comes after the noun it refers to; 2) cause-effect, where the cause precedes the effect; 3) chronology, using timeline words; 4) full form-abbreviation, with the full form preceding the abbreviation; 5) general to specific; and 6) question-answer, with the question preceding the answer. Identifying these relationships helps uncover the original paragraph structure.

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Couples in Para Jumbling

Para Jumbling is one of the most important areas of all major bank entrance exams. In a Para jumble
question we would have a jumbled paragraph, with some clues in the sentences to indicate the order in
which they appeared in the original paragraph. In a standard question we have 6 to 8 sentences which we
are supposed to arrange. They may be in the form of ABCDEF or they have a number before them. The
main aim is to rearrange the sentences in the original sequence. The best thing about Para Jumble is that
one does not need to be very proficient in the English language to score well in this area. With a little logic
and an ability to find a link in the given sentences one can easily master this area.
The best way to rearrange a sentence is by identifying or making couples. Couple is a kind of pair in the
arrangement that has to come together and that cannot be separated.
There are around six types of couples which will help you in identifying the correct answer.
1. Noun Pronoun Clue:
In any given order a sentence referring to a pronoun will always come after a noun. Therefore whenever
we see a pronoun, we should immediately try and fix the noun that it refers to and then place the two
statements together. Also make sure that the noun and the pronoun should agree with each other in
terms of number and gender.
2. Cause Effect:
Look for cause (reason) and effect (result) relationship (if any) between the two sentences. The two
sentences that are in a cause and effect relation generally appear consecutively. The words like
if..then, when..then, whenever, the reason is, because, the cause is etc indicate cause
and effect relation.
Try rearranging these sentences.
A. This could result in the flooding of low lying coastal areas and cities, such as Egypt, the Netherlands,
and Bangladesh
B. Many problems could result from global warming. One of the biggest problems is rising sea level.
C. Some countries might even disappear completely
Now this in sentence A must be referring to some noun, and that noun is used in sentence B (biggest
problem). Thus A will follow B. And C will further follow A. Hence the correct order will be BAC.
3. Chronology:
In some questions the events mentioned in the paragraph can be arranged in a chronological order and
logically construct a paragraph. The timeline may be in hours, years, months or simply constructed using
transition words. The words like before, after, later, when etc indicate a timeline.
4. Full form - Abbreviation:
This trick is very useful in paragraphs in which both short form or abbreviations and full name are given.
In these cases where both the full form as well as the abbreviation is present in different sentences, then
the sentence containing the full form will obviously come before the sentence containing the abbreviation.
5. General to specific:

Sentence that talks about a specific detail will follow the sentence that gives a general description or the
order of the sentences will move from an introductory sentence to a specific detail provider.
6. Question Answer:
If there is sentence in the arrangement which is asking a question then try to figure out a sentence that
gives its answer. A sentence asking question will come before a sentence giving answer.

Best Wishes!!
Team Bulls Eye

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