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5TrickstoSolveParajumbleQuestions

Parajumbles can be solved with the help of 5 tricks. You can use any of these tricks in isolation or in
combinationtosolveParajumblequestions.

Gothroughthe5trickshere:
1.Identifyingtheopeningsentence:
Thefirstthingthatyouneedtodoistoidentifytheopeningsentenceoftheparagraph.Ifyoucandothat,
thenyouwillbeabletofixatleastonesentenceinitsposition.Theopeningsentencegenerallyintroduces
youtothetopic.
2.Identifyingtheclosingsentence:
The second strategy to solve a parajumble question is to identify the sentence with which the paragraph
couldpossibleclose.Thisisactuallyalogicalextensionoftheabovepointonlyandformsacontinuationof
thesame.
3.Identifyingmandatorypairs:
One of the most important methods to solve a parajumble is by the way of identifying mandatory pairs.
Thesearebasicallygroupingswhichwilloccurinadefinedorder.Onceyouidentifysuchpairs,allyouneed
todoiscorelatethemwiththeansweroptions,voila,yourquestionissolved.
4.Identifyingtransitionwords:
Transitionwordsimplyashiftfromoneideatoanotherinaparagraph.Theyfunctionlikelogicalconnectors
in sentences. Observing the transition words found in a sentence will often lead you to the correct
mandatorypairforthequestion.Infact,fromourperspective,thatistheroleoftransitionwords,tohelpus
inidentifyingmandatorypairs.
A list of commonly used transition words is: also, again, as well as, besides, furthermore, in
addition, likewise, moreover, similarly, consequently, hence, otherwise, subsequently, therefore,
thus, as a rule, generally, for instance, for example, for one thing, above all, aside from, barring,
besides,inotherwords,inshort,instead,likewise,ononehand,ontheotherhand,rather,similarly,
yet,but,however,still,nevertheless,firstofall,tobeginwith,atthesametime,fornow,forthetime
being, in time, later on, meanwhile, next, then, soon, the meantime, later, while, earlier,
simultaneously,afterward,inconclusion,withthisinmind,afterall,allinall,tosumup.
5:Identifyingpronounantecedents:
Followingaresomeofthepersonalpronounsthatareused:he,she,it,him,her,they,you,youretc.Just
keep in mind that personal pronouns always refer to a person, place or thing etc. Therefore the use of
personal pronoun in a sentence can imply that the person or thing being referred to was mentioned in a
previous statement. You would have realized by now what this would do for so/you. Obviously, this can
provideuswithourallimportantmandatorypair.
WhilesolvingParajumblequestions,beonthelookoutfortheaboveandyouaremeant/Boundtodowell
inthesequestions.
Andyes,onefinaltip:makesureyourpracticeparajumblesregularlyanddonotleaveyourpreptothese
tipsalone.

BestWishes!!
TeamBullsEye

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