@ravi.theja said:This book's cover page is as beautiful as that of the book I purchased yesterday(c/ic)
Which one? :O
@Estallar12 said:Lol. C/IC = Correct / Incorrect bataana tha.
Oh :embarrassed:
@ravi.theja said:This book's cover page is as beautiful as that of the book I purchased yesterday(c/ic)
IC?
Why you guys Don't mention set number 
It is Confusing to search without a set number 
@Estallar12 said:Ab Error bhi toh bata do.
:P
@ravi.theja said:This book's cover page is as beautiful as that of the book I purchased yesterday(c/ic)
should have been
This book's cover page is as beautiful as that of the book I'd purchased yesterday(c/ic)
(although i could be wrong
😛 :neutral:)
(although i could be wrong
😛 :neutral:)@ravi.theja said:This book's cover page is as beautiful as that of the book I purchased yesterday(c/ic)
correct?
@cynara said:should have beenThis book's cover page is as beautiful as that of the book I'd purchased yesterday(c/ic)(although i could be wrong )
You use past perfect tense only when there exist two events in the past.
@ravi.theja said:This book's cover page is as beautiful as that of the book I purchased yesterday(c/ic)
c?
@ravi.theja said:This book's cover page is as beautiful as that of the book I purchased yesterday(c/ic)
ya correct lag rha hai ye to.
@ravi.theja said:This book's cover page is as beautiful as that of the book I purchased yesterday(c/ic)
c...?
OAs for last PJ set Maine bhi Set number nhi likha 
1.d
2.b
3.a
4.d
5.c
2.b
3.a
4.d
5.c
P.S-Don't forget to mention Set number 
Happy CATing 
@bs0409 said:SC-find the incorrect onesA)If a ship goes missing, or suffers a collision, there is danger ofB)this being misconstrued as hostile action.C)He argues that to prevent minor incidents escalating in this way, AsianD)countries need to invest a lot more time in discussions of regional securityE)and do more to replace mutual suspicions with co-operation and confidence-building.1)A2)B3)C4)D5)E
d
LOT MORE
TAG ME IN THE ANS
LOT MORE
TAG ME IN THE ANS
@ravi.theja said:This book's cover page is as beautiful as that of the book I purchased yesterday(c/ic)
CORRECT
@ravi.theja said:This book's cover page is as beautiful as that of the book I purchased yesterday(c/ic)
CORRECT
Verbal Ability Gyaan-
1)Parajumbles(PJ)- This is probably the easiest section of VA.In order to score very well in the VALR section,one has to be very good at it.Good PJ skill easily ensures atleast 6 marks in CAT.Just go through the PJ theory(even for a lazy bum,it will take 1 day max to go through all the rules).After that,practice alteast 7-8 PJs every day.That will be enough.
An article by Tanveer Sir-
http://www.pagalguy.com/news/solve-para-jumble-questions-using-chota-rajan-method-poriborton-strategy-other-easy-tricks-a-14818
2)Paragraph Completion(PC)- Simple section.5 rules to remember.Still many people get this wrong in CAT.The problem arises when one,after elimination of useless options,has to choose between the last two options.And this is where a good reading habit helps.Please read the article on PC by Tanveer Sir.
http://www.pagalguy.com/news/don-detectives-hat-solve-paragraph-completion-deleted-sentence-questions-a-16095
Also,the rules as given by GP Sir-
Rule 1: Scope of passage and answer choice should be the same
Scope loosely refers to the subject of the passage and the issues discussed in it. Scope of the correct answer choice should be the same as that of the passage. For example, if the passage discusses the benefits of Nuclear Energy, choices discussing Solar Power are unlikely to be correct. When a choice is out of scope, it is discussing issues or subjects that are different from those in the passage.Out of scope can be loosely translated as out of syllabus.
Rule 2: Scale of the passage and answer choice should be the same
Consider a passage on the outbreak of bird flu in a city, the correct answer choice will also focus on the city, it will not significantly change the scale (or size) of the problem. Thus any choice that extends the bird flu problem of the city to the country or reduces it to a small part of the city is unlikely to be correct.In other words the size of the problem will be the same in the paragraph and the correct answer choice.
Rule 3: Tone of the passage and the answer choice should be the same
If the author of the paragraph has a favourable opinion on an issue then the correct answer choice should also reflect it. The tone of the passage and the correct answer choice has to be the same.If the passage is laudatory, it is not possible for the correct answer choice to be critical.
Rule 4: Continuity
Just as Ganges flows from Gangotri to Rishikesh to Varanasi and cannot reverse its direction, an issue that has been discussed and closed in the paragraph will not be taken up again, remember from Rishikesh Ganges can flow only to Varanasi and not to Gangotri. It is the last thought or issue that has to be taken forward and not something that is dead and buried.
3)Sentence Correction(SC)-
There are around 16 topics in grammar that need to be covered for CAT.But even if one doesn't get the in-depth knowledge in most of the topics,the SC questions of CAT are quite manageable.I had started with Aristotle SC Grail and Wren and Martin(because Aristotle SC doesn't have all the chapters).One can use TIME/CL/IMS/Sujit Kumar's book to start the grammar portion.But the important thing to know is that no grammar book is exhaustive.So no matter with which one you start from,make sure you follow some other guides too!!!To go through the basics of grammar(2 books) would need around 2 months max.After that,all one needs is practice.Reading too helps tremendously to build a strong grammar.One comes across parallelism,modifiers,punctuation,SVA,articles and almost every other grammar topic.So while reading,pay attention to the grammatical structure as well.
4)Critical Reasoning-
This section is important from CAT/XAT point of view.Again,1 month max to get a hang of all the terms and tricks that are used in CR.Follow a standard GMAT book for CR to know about the basics.There are tonnes of pdfs too that are pretty good.
5)Confusing words-
There is no single exhaustive list that lists all the homonyms.Majority of them are available as pdfs.And the past mock papers are a good source too.Collect as much as you can.Not a difficult area.
6)Phrasal Verbs(PV)-This is one of the most dreaded sections of VA 😁 Unless you devote exclusive time to this section,you can't be sure of the answer in the exam.Keep practising 3-4 PVs a day,not more than that.And hope that you are asked easy ones in CAT.:P
7)Vocabulary-This is the section that takes the maximum time.I personally feel that till the very last day,one has to keep revising words and still cannot be sure what word will he/she encounter the next day.So start from now on.It is not imp to mug up 30 words in a day,but it is too important to mug up 30 words a day for the next 7-8 months of your preps!!!Now,you have got around 8 months to CAT 2013.If you read 10 words a day too,you will complete a 2400 wordlist before CAT.So start from today itself.Pick a standard wordlist and read 10 words every day IN THE MORNING itself.And then,keep revising them in your head throughout the day(this is the most important step),10 words will hardly take 10 mins to revise.No big deal.And the final revision should be done just before you sleep.If you are unable to recall some words,then refer to them then and there!!!Also,don't just read the words mechanically. Associate words with funny ideas/people/stories/mnemonics.Use mnemonics wordlists,audio wordlists etc etc.You can create a blog too where every day,you can write a short passage that includes all the words you had memorized that day.Your writing will improve too(we have WAT nowadays).
8)Reading Comprehension-
The name itself gives the clue as to what needs to be done to ace this section. J
Some other things to remember-
Develop a reading habit.”I get bored after 20 minutes”,”I only love tech,philosophy bores me” blah blah blah.Stop giving excuses and start reading.CAT/XAT people don't give a damn whether you like it or not.YOU HAVE TO DO IT.Please devote time to this.Make this a hobby rather than a method of sailing through CAT/XAT.After some months of dedicated reading,you yourself will see the difference.It helps in all areas of VA,be it RC,PC,SC,vocab,PVs,PJ.And don't restrict your reading to the likes of “3 mistakes of my life”,”I too had a love story”.Broaden your genre.Another thing is-make English your primary language of communication.Even when you are on FB,start commenting in English.And don't feel bad if someone corrects you.Be happy that atleast someone is there to help you become better.If possible,create a small group of friends who have CAT as a common goal.Interact with them in English.No Hindi/other regional language whatsoever.
All the very best!!!!Feel free to post your other VA related queries on this very thread.
1)Parajumbles(PJ)- This is probably the easiest section of VA.In order to score very well in the VALR section,one has to be very good at it.Good PJ skill easily ensures atleast 6 marks in CAT.Just go through the PJ theory(even for a lazy bum,it will take 1 day max to go through all the rules).After that,practice alteast 7-8 PJs every day.That will be enough.
An article by Tanveer Sir-
http://www.pagalguy.com/news/solve-para-jumble-questions-using-chota-rajan-method-poriborton-strategy-other-easy-tricks-a-14818
2)Paragraph Completion(PC)- Simple section.5 rules to remember.Still many people get this wrong in CAT.The problem arises when one,after elimination of useless options,has to choose between the last two options.And this is where a good reading habit helps.Please read the article on PC by Tanveer Sir.
http://www.pagalguy.com/news/don-detectives-hat-solve-paragraph-completion-deleted-sentence-questions-a-16095
Also,the rules as given by GP Sir-
Rule 1: Scope of passage and answer choice should be the same
Scope loosely refers to the subject of the passage and the issues discussed in it. Scope of the correct answer choice should be the same as that of the passage. For example, if the passage discusses the benefits of Nuclear Energy, choices discussing Solar Power are unlikely to be correct. When a choice is out of scope, it is discussing issues or subjects that are different from those in the passage.Out of scope can be loosely translated as out of syllabus.
Rule 2: Scale of the passage and answer choice should be the same
Consider a passage on the outbreak of bird flu in a city, the correct answer choice will also focus on the city, it will not significantly change the scale (or size) of the problem. Thus any choice that extends the bird flu problem of the city to the country or reduces it to a small part of the city is unlikely to be correct.In other words the size of the problem will be the same in the paragraph and the correct answer choice.
Rule 3: Tone of the passage and the answer choice should be the same
If the author of the paragraph has a favourable opinion on an issue then the correct answer choice should also reflect it. The tone of the passage and the correct answer choice has to be the same.If the passage is laudatory, it is not possible for the correct answer choice to be critical.
Rule 4: Continuity
Just as Ganges flows from Gangotri to Rishikesh to Varanasi and cannot reverse its direction, an issue that has been discussed and closed in the paragraph will not be taken up again, remember from Rishikesh Ganges can flow only to Varanasi and not to Gangotri. It is the last thought or issue that has to be taken forward and not something that is dead and buried.
3)Sentence Correction(SC)-
There are around 16 topics in grammar that need to be covered for CAT.But even if one doesn't get the in-depth knowledge in most of the topics,the SC questions of CAT are quite manageable.I had started with Aristotle SC Grail and Wren and Martin(because Aristotle SC doesn't have all the chapters).One can use TIME/CL/IMS/Sujit Kumar's book to start the grammar portion.But the important thing to know is that no grammar book is exhaustive.So no matter with which one you start from,make sure you follow some other guides too!!!To go through the basics of grammar(2 books) would need around 2 months max.After that,all one needs is practice.Reading too helps tremendously to build a strong grammar.One comes across parallelism,modifiers,punctuation,SVA,articles and almost every other grammar topic.So while reading,pay attention to the grammatical structure as well.
4)Critical Reasoning-
This section is important from CAT/XAT point of view.Again,1 month max to get a hang of all the terms and tricks that are used in CR.Follow a standard GMAT book for CR to know about the basics.There are tonnes of pdfs too that are pretty good.
5)Confusing words-
There is no single exhaustive list that lists all the homonyms.Majority of them are available as pdfs.And the past mock papers are a good source too.Collect as much as you can.Not a difficult area.
6)Phrasal Verbs(PV)-This is one of the most dreaded sections of VA 😁 Unless you devote exclusive time to this section,you can't be sure of the answer in the exam.Keep practising 3-4 PVs a day,not more than that.And hope that you are asked easy ones in CAT.:P
7)Vocabulary-This is the section that takes the maximum time.I personally feel that till the very last day,one has to keep revising words and still cannot be sure what word will he/she encounter the next day.So start from now on.It is not imp to mug up 30 words in a day,but it is too important to mug up 30 words a day for the next 7-8 months of your preps!!!Now,you have got around 8 months to CAT 2013.If you read 10 words a day too,you will complete a 2400 wordlist before CAT.So start from today itself.Pick a standard wordlist and read 10 words every day IN THE MORNING itself.And then,keep revising them in your head throughout the day(this is the most important step),10 words will hardly take 10 mins to revise.No big deal.And the final revision should be done just before you sleep.If you are unable to recall some words,then refer to them then and there!!!Also,don't just read the words mechanically. Associate words with funny ideas/people/stories/mnemonics.Use mnemonics wordlists,audio wordlists etc etc.You can create a blog too where every day,you can write a short passage that includes all the words you had memorized that day.Your writing will improve too(we have WAT nowadays).
8)Reading Comprehension-
The name itself gives the clue as to what needs to be done to ace this section. J
Some other things to remember-
Develop a reading habit.”I get bored after 20 minutes”,”I only love tech,philosophy bores me” blah blah blah.Stop giving excuses and start reading.CAT/XAT people don't give a damn whether you like it or not.YOU HAVE TO DO IT.Please devote time to this.Make this a hobby rather than a method of sailing through CAT/XAT.After some months of dedicated reading,you yourself will see the difference.It helps in all areas of VA,be it RC,PC,SC,vocab,PVs,PJ.And don't restrict your reading to the likes of “3 mistakes of my life”,”I too had a love story”.Broaden your genre.Another thing is-make English your primary language of communication.Even when you are on FB,start commenting in English.And don't feel bad if someone corrects you.Be happy that atleast someone is there to help you become better.If possible,create a small group of friends who have CAT as a common goal.Interact with them in English.No Hindi/other regional language whatsoever.
All the very best!!!!Feel free to post your other VA related queries on this very thread.
@ravi.theja Correct... The comparision is fine as we are comparing same identities of different objects..
Eg :- john's car is as beautiful as that of lily.
@miseera said:Easy Some1 A .The inner self provides us with a touchstone to evaluate our interface in nature. B. There is hierarchy of consciousness C. Stones, Planets, fish and human beings represent consecutively higher levels of consciousness. D. Interface with nature, which leads to the growth of higher consciousness, is desirable.a) DABC b) BCAD c) DBCA d) ABCD2 A. Senior Management is usually overwhelmed by the complexity of budget setting. B. They are rather bored by the budget process C. It is a misconception that the budget is set by the senior management D. Senior managers jump at a chance to accept a budget analysis recommendation for budget changesA) CDAB B) CABD C)ABDC D) ABCD3 A. Risk stemming from fluctuation in exchange rate loans hover constantly on the horizon of foreign investment B. In view of higher risk, a firm contemplating foreign investment would naturally expect a higher rate of return C. A multinational company may be accused of profiteering, even when it may simply be following the sound financial practice of asking a high rate of return commensurate with risks charactering the project D. In addition, foreign investment is subject to discriminatory treatment and selection control in various formsA) ADBC B) CDBA C) ACBD D) BACD4 1. Jinnah initially tried to win British support for a seat in the House of Commons but failed. A. He finally accepted fervent appeals from Muslim friends to return home and help them to revitalize the demoralized leaderless Muslim league. B. He was reelected to the expanded national assembly, which met for the first time in Delhi in January 1924. C. The khilafat movement launched by Gandhi in 1920 had by then collapsed and so had the final phase of Satyagraha in Gujarat. D. Most congress leaders remained in prison cells, while Jinnah reorganized his Muslim league as its president, and won the respect of ram say MacDonald 6. Jinnah advised MacDonald as soon as he became prime minister to draft a constitution for what Jinnah still hoped would emerge as a single nation-state of independent India, with safeguards and separate electorates for its Muslims and other minorities a) ADCB b)BCDA c)DBAC d)ABCD5 1. vertical solutions are customized to the needs of a particular customer A. cross industry solutions can be customized to the industry, and then to the customer that they are installed with B. it can be said that this set of procedures and the data structures that are maintained by them became the back bone of the business C. once either of these is in place, they literally define the way the business will be operated D.data relationship must be maintained 6.processes for updating the data need to be rigorously adhered to.a)ABCD b)DBAC c)ACDB d)BDACHappy CATing
1.d
2.b
3.a
4.a
5.c please tag me with the OA
@joyjitpal said:dLOT MORETAG ME IN THE ANS
@jai.tuteja said:@bs0409 E....
OA = E
Can anyone explain??
Can anyone explain??