Official Verbal Ability thread for CAT 2013

@praveen2010p said:
PK SC SET - 01 (sentence correction)Recent studies indicate that the ability of a soldier to remain calm under attack by enemies, internal or external, determine whether the soldier will be the victor or the vanquished. A) determine whether the soldier will be the victor or the vanquished. B) determines whether the soldier will be the victor and the vanquished. C) determine whether the soldier should be the victor and the vanquished. D) determines whether the soldier will be the victor or the vanquished. E) determine if the soldier will be the victor or the vanquished.
d?
@praveen2010p said:
PK SC SET - 01 (sentence correction)Recent studies indicate that the ability of a soldier to remain calm under attack by enemies, internal or external, determine whether the soldier will be the victor or the vanquished. A) determine whether the soldier will be the victor or the vanquished. B) determines whether the soldier will be the victor and the vanquished. C) determine whether the soldier should be the victor and the vanquished. D) determines whether the soldier will be the victor or the vanquished. E) determine if the soldier will be the victor or the vanquished.
d
@ChirpiBird d is the correct answer
OA- PK SC SET 01 --D
@praveen2010p said:
PK SC SET - 01 (sentence correction)Recent studies indicate that the ability of a soldier to remain calm under attack by enemies, internal or external, determine whether the soldier will be the victor or the vanquished. A) determine whether the soldier will be the victor or the vanquished. B) determines whether the soldier will be the victor and the vanquished. C) determine whether the soldier should be the victor and the vanquished. D) determines whether the soldier will be the victor or the vanquished. E) determine if the soldier will be the victor or the vanquished.
Option D
PK SC SET -02

The professor predicts that as students become more and more dependent on coaching classes in the coming years, coaching institutes have been mushrooming across the country.
A) coaching institutes have been mushrooming
B) coaching institutes will mushroom
C) coaching institutes are mushrooming
D) coaching institutes should mushroom
E) coaching institutes will be mushrooming
@praveen2010p said:
PK SC SET -02The professor predicts that as students become more and more dependent on coaching classes in the coming years, coaching institutes have been mushrooming across the country. A) coaching institutes have been mushrooming B) coaching institutes will mushroom C) coaching institutes are mushrooming D) coaching institutes should mushroom E) coaching institutes will be mushrooming
my take E???
or b
@praveen2010p said:
PK SC SET -02The professor predicts that as students become more and more dependent on coaching classes in the coming years, coaching institutes have been mushrooming across the country. A) coaching institutes have been mushrooming B) coaching institutes will mushroom C) coaching institutes are mushrooming D) coaching institutes should mushroom E) coaching institutes will be mushrooming
Option B

I she were here ,she would have certainly come to my rescue.


corrected sentence

I she were here ,she would certainly come to my rescue.

PS- IF condition of desire...
Remember the sentence- If i were a bird i would fly today
would + verb

How i wish there are more useful books in our college library !!


corrected sentence

How i wish there were more useful books in our college library.

PS - wish will always take were


How i wish there are more useful books in our college library !!


corrected sentence

How i wish there were more useful books in our college library.

PS - wish will always take were


Usage of Ought to and must


ought to - for moral obligations

one ought to be sympathetic towards the needy

must- for rules

you must follow the rules and regulations of your company

Nowadays the Internet is also being used for gaining access to confidential information
corrected sentence

Deliberate action - to + verb form

Nowadays the Internet is also being used to gain access to confidential information .


To gossip is common, but is a sin.


corrected sentence

Habitual action - ing form

Gossiping is common .but is a sin


@chandrakant.k option B is correct

@faizy89 said:
SCc-SET(1)Adult survivors of the child abuse traditionally have had little or no chance that they could get their symptoms recognized and treated.(A) that they could get their symptoms recognized and treated(B) to recognize and treat their symptoms.(C) of getting their symptoms recognized and treated.(D) of recognizing and treating symptoms.(E) of getting his or her symptoms recognized and treated.
C ?

The enemy soldiers were hot in pursuit;desperate.The fugitive sought ____ in the village church.
1.salvation 2.sanctuary 3.therapy 4.mercy

Select the pair that best expresses the relationship similar to the original pair:
clock:time
1.watch:wrist
2.radio:sound
3.odometer:speed
4.yardstick:distance

Choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word:

Resilient
1.unyielding 2. pungent 3.unsavory 4. foolish

@anitito123 said:
Select the pair that best expresses the relationship similar to the original pair:clock:time1.watch:wrist2.radio:sound3.odometer:speed4.yardstick:distance
3...i guess...