Para Completion Deciphered

Well I am back after a considerably long hiatus.This time I am going to give you all some dope on the Verbal Logic section.This is for all the CAT-08 aspirants who have been burning themselves out on questions from Para completion.This section has been quite ubiquitous in CAT for the past two years and is very probable in 2008 as well.The biggest challenge,that the takers face here is the ambiguity of the options.The point to be kept under consideration is that,the question will generally require you to "Choose the best possible answer" which insinuates that there exists a possibility of more than one correct answer.Now what to do?Again in a conundrum!There is no need to fret!Remember there are certain yardsticks that one can use as a checklist to strike-off the options that do not seem to fit in perfectly.For example,one or two options can be clearly negated on account of being"Out of Scope",i.e. not being in direct relation to the context.Same rule applies to an option that seems to regurgitate the same idea mentioned in the passage(That would rather qualify as the summary).Remember your correct option will NEVER be a restatement from the paragraph given.Narrow down your choice to the option that not only seems to take forward the main idea of the passage but also has the connotation of a closure(Alomost the same logic that we apply to locate the last statement in parajumbles.
All said and done the best way to crack this section is to practice as many questions as possible to identify the grey areas and I am sure you can start experimenting with the tips mentioned here in your MOCKS to overcome the ambiguity of the VERBAL section!!!!

Best of Luck for ALL-INDIA MOCK CATs starting 13th July,2008!