Parajumbles Question 5 - CAT 2023
Question
- Contemporary African writing like āThe Bottled Leopardā voices this theme using two children and two backgrounds to juxtapose two varying cultures.
- Chukwuemeka Ike explores the conflict, and casts the Western tradition as condescending, enveloping and unaccommodating towards local African practice.
- However, their views contradict the reality, for a rich and sustaining local African cultural ethos exists for all who care, to see and experience.
- Western Christian concepts tend to deny or feign ignorance about the existence of a genuine and enduring indigenous African tradition.
Step-by-Step Explanation
- Correct Sequence: 4312
- Explanation: Sentence 4 serves as the topic opener, introducing the core conflict: Western Christian concepts denying the validity of indigenous African traditions. Sentence 3 offers a direct counter-statement using the transition word "However", clarifying that these Western views contradict a rich, existing reality. Sentence 1 provides a concrete contemporary literary example (3-1) of this exact dynamic, referencing how the book 'The Bottled Leopard' sets up this specific cultural juxtaposition. Sentence 2 builds a tight noun link with sentence 1 (1-2) by introducing the author of that book (Chukwuemeka Ike) and detailing how he frames the cultural conflict.
- FundaMakers Tip: Author-to-Work Proximity. When a parajumble introduces a book title in one sentence and the author's name in another, the sentence with the author's name will almost always follow the book introduction to expand on the work's specific thematic elements.
Parajumbles Shortcuts & Tricks
CAT Para Jumbles: Year-Wise & Slot-Wise Analysis (2020ā2025)
| CAT Year | Slot 1 | Slot 2 | Slot 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |