Official Verbal Ability thread for CAT 2013

@miseera said:
1-He did not vote for Lalu Yadav, like I did. (c/ic)2-His dress is like mine.C/IC3-Civil Branch is independent from all other branches of engineering. (c/ic)4-I don't like this dress; besides,it's too expensive. (C/IC)5-There was a big argument about if we should move to a new office.(c/ic)
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1- IC ( we never use 'Like' for comparing actions) it should be As. We use like when we compare Nouns
2-C
3-IC 'Of'
4-C
5- IC if never takes Preposition it should be whether
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OAs for SET (15) CW

21.
'Books embedded in an imbricated fashion' means that the embedded books were regularly arranged in an overlapping style.
The books are extant and not extinct, that is, they exist and are not lost. Extent is range, degree or amount.
Diffident is shy or hesitant. The time or era was 'difficult' or tough.
Hanged, as a past tense and a past participle of hang, is used in the sense of "to put to death by hanging”.
Hung is used in the sense of 'hung parliament' or 'a photograph was hung on the wall'. People who fought the injustices of their time would certainly be hardy, resilient or tough people.
Hardly means 'barely or to almost no degree'.
Hence, the answer is option 1.

22.
Abet (A) is 'to approve, encourage, and support'. Betted is the past form of bet and does not suit the context of the sentence.
The police interrogate (question) criminals. Celebrities and like or candidates seeking employment are interviewed.
From the second sentence, if the robber kept to himself, it indicates that he may be reticent (unforthcoming, uncommunicative) instead of reluctant (hesitant).
Taut is tight and if he wasn't very communicative, he was tight-lipped or taut-lipped (A). Tout is 'to advertise, publicize or flaunt'.
Site is a place or location. To cite is to quote or allude to and hence is our final word for this paragraph.
Hence, the answer is option 3.

23.
Moribund means 'dying'. From the second sentence, if the psychopath was thrilled then he was reading with morbid (sinister or gruesome) interest.
Palate is 'roof of the mouth' whereas palette is the board on which a painter mixes colours or which he uses while painting.
Here, the peasant's (not the pheasant as the character commits homicides or human murders) palate was pierced.
Pour is used in the sense of pouring (rain or water or financial aid). Here 'pored' is to be used. It means to read intently.
Prosecute is to initiate civil or criminal proceedings against someone in a court of law. Persecute is to annoy or harass.
Hence, the answer is option 1.

24
The correct usage in statement 1 is “equivalent” which means 'amounting to'. “Equal” to is literal as explained in a mathematical equation ' two plus two is equal to four'. Therefore, options 1
and 2 are eliminated.
In statement 2, “rather….than” is the correct grammatical usage.Therefore, option 4 is eliminated.
In statement 3, “older than” is correct usage. Alternatively it is 'elder to'.
In statement 4, “Veracious” means 'truthful', while “voracious” means 'ravenous'. “Veracious” fits in here in the context of the statement. A statement cannot possibly be “voracious”.
To “elicit” means 'to get information' and is the apt word here; “illicit” means 'illegal'. Therefore, option 3 is eliminated.
Hence, the correct answer is option 5.

25.
One of the meanings of 'cast' as a verb is to 'make suitable or accordant;' 'tailor'. 'Caste' is a noun which means 'a hereditary social group in Hinduism' and is inappropriate in this context.
Therefore, options 2 and 4 are eliminated.
'Claque' (n) means 'a group of persons hired to applaud an act or performer' and is the appropriate word here. 'Clack' (n) means 'chatter'.
'Faun' (n) means 'an imaginary creature, half man and half goat' and is the apt word here. 'Fawn' (v) means 'to show affection'; as a noun 'fawn' is 'a young deer'. Therefore, we can eliminate option 1. 'Greave' (n) means 'a piece of armour for the shin'. 'Grieve' (v) means 'to feel sorrow' and is not the appropriate word here.
One of the meanings of 'flare' (v) is 'to expand or open outward in shape'. 'Flair' (n) generally refers 'to skill or tendency'. 'Flare' is appropriate here. Therefore, we can eliminate option 5.
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.
Happy CATing


SET (16) Again CW

26.
1. The professor was too obtuse (A) / abstruse (B) to realize that his remarks were offensive.
2. Their precipitous (A) / precipitate (B) entry into the foreign markets led to disaster.
3. It was yellowish brown and seemed coated with a rough and half-dry mucus (A) / mucous (B)
4. They reached a settlement after months of tortulous (A) / tortuous (B) negotiations.
5. I sought out the few friends I knew who might be able to get me work; but they were either uninterested (A) / disinterested (B) or unable to find anything for me.

27. 1. The woman was at first a little brief and sullen in her answers, but care for her family soon rendered her more complaisant (A) / complacent (B).
2. The Patents Act provides an exhaustive code for determining who is entitled to the grant of a patent, the person entitled being the inventor or his/her successor in title, the inventor being the actual devisor (A) / deviser (B).
3. Many of these holes are as round and as cleanly cut as if they had been made with an auger (A) / augur (B).
4. No novelist has more magnificent power in dramatic scenes, as in the climatic (A) /climactic (B) series in 'Vanity Fair.
5. The professor inserts a caret (A) / carat (B) to indicate that something needs to be inserted in the text.

28.
We are not a republic of obtuse (A) /abstruse (B) men. We are affined (A) /affrayed (B) by a lot of responsibilities and obligations. Our forbears (A) /forebears (B) were gentlemanly men of dignity and honour. Nobody incriminates (A) /discriminates (B) us for our intelligent and logical war policy towards second strivers (A) /stringers (B).

29.
1. The new car was tested [A] / examined [B] by the Pollution Control Board to verify that it met the Euro 4 norms.
2. The Judge ruled [A] / resolved [B] in favour of the plaintiff.
3. The King rose from the throne to indicate that the matter had been certified [A] / settled [B].
4. He was assigned the chore [A] / job [B] of maintaining the records of the King €™s expeditions.

30.
1.The scholarship will take the form of a partial fee waver (A) waiver (B)
2. Be weary (A) wary (B) of emails claiming that you've won a prize.
3. My doctor prescribed antibiotics, which didn't work and made me feel very nauseous (A) nauseated (B).
4. Two bright new stars appeared on the horizon lightening (A) lightning (B) the gloom.
5. All this is the enemy equipment or materiel (A) material (B) captured or found on the battlefield.

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@saurav.kgp said:
Anyone provide me inputs on how to improve on the vocabulary part...how to improve my performance in the questions such as Verbal Analogies, Fill In The Blanks etc...
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28. BA_A_
29. BABA
30. BABAA
@miseera said:
SET (16) Again CW 26.


26)BAABB
27)ABABA
28)ABBBB
29)AABB
30)BBBBB

26 babba
27. aaaba
28.aabb_
29. babb
30.bbbab
SET (17) Para completion
5-
Q. There's perhaps something especially heartbreaking about the passing of Gil Scott-
Heron now when, after years of drug problems and jail spells, his career had been
put back on track thanks to I'm New Here, his stunning collaboration with XL
Recordings boss Richard Russell. In fact, Gil was only just back from touring Europe
when years of bad living finally caught up with
him._____________________________________.
(A) The fact is: bad living catches up with everyone, and fame offers no insulation
against such behaviour.
(B) Still, at least the man whose influence on the music world is immeasurable
(especially that of hip hop, rap and neo soul) had one final chance to remind a new
generation that his was a voice like no other.
(C) The man whose influence on the music world is immeasurable wasted another
chance offered to him by life.
(D) Life is one bitter pill: just when you think you have mastered it, it pulls the rug
under you.

6-
The experience of modern everyday life is marked by the diffusion of commodities
and ideas fostering a standardization of cultural expressions around the world. An
extreme interpretation of this process, often referred to as globalism, sees advanced
capitalism, boosted by wireless and Internet communications and electronic business
ransactions, destroying local traditions and regional distinctions, creating in their
place a homogenized world culture. According to this view, human experience
everywhere is in jeopardy of becoming essentially the same. This appears, however,
o be an overstatement of the phenomenon. _____.
OPTIONS
a) Some observers argue that a rudimentary version of world culture is already taking
shape among certain individuals who share similar values, aspirations, or lifestyles.
b) The result is a collection of elite groups whose unifying ideals transcend
geographical limitations.
c) There are global subgroups comprising cosmopolitans who nurture an intellectual
appreciation for local cultures.
d) Though homogenizing influences do exist, people are far from creating a single
overarching world culture.
e) Transnational workforce that circulates in a social world with multiple home bases
has gained access to a unique network of individuals, opportunities and cultures.


7-Satire, always as sterile as it in shameful and as impotent as it is insolent, paid them
that usual homage which mediocrity pays to genius - doing, here as always, infinite
harm to the public, blinding them to what is beautiful, teaching them that irreverence
which is the source of all vileness and narrowness of life, but harming the artist not at
all, rather confirming him in the perfect rightness of his work and ambition.
a) I call it our Renaissance because it is indeed a sort of new birth of the spirit of
man.
b) For to disagree with three- fourths of the British public on all points is one of the
first elements of sanity, one of the deepest consolations in all moments of spiritual
doubt.
c) Because this love of definite conception, this clearness of vision, this artistic sense
of limit, is the characteristic of all great work of art and poetry.
d) The heart contains passion but the imagination alone contains art,' says Charles
Baudelaire.

8-Technocrats can of course reliably make an electricity plant work better. The goal is
simple: to produce electricity at as low a price as possible. This is mostly a matter of
engineering, not politics. Economic policies are usually not technocratic in this sense.
They involve tradeoffs: some may lead to higher inflation but lower unemployment;
some help investors, others workers. Economists call policies where no one can be
made better off without making someone else worse off Pareto efficient.
_____________
OPTIONS
a) In reality, few policies are Pareto efficient.
b) If no one was made worse off by choosing one policy, the policy would indeed be
purely "technical."
c) Economic policies cannot be left to technocrats.
d) Banking "reform," is an example: it soon required government bail-outs, leaving a
ew people much richer, but the country much poorer.
e) Sometimes there are policies that can promote both growth and equality, and the
ob of good economists is to search for them.


9-
Global meat consumption is predicted to double by 2020. Yet in Europe and North
America, there is growing concern about the ethics of the way meat and eggs are
produced. The consumption of veal has fallen sharply since it became widely known
hat to produce so-called “white”- actually pale pink- veal, newborn calves are
separated from their mothers, deliberately made anemic, denied roughage, and kept
n stalls so narrow that they cannot walk or turn around. ___________
OPTIONS
a) Concern about how we treat farm animals is far from being limited to the small
percentage of people who are vegetarians or even vegans- eating no animal products
at all.
b) A common view is that we are justified in eating meat, only as long as the animals
have a decent life before they are killed.
c) Some collapse and, unable to reach food or water, soon die, their fate irrelevant to
he economics of the enterprise as a whole.
d) Defenders of these production methods argue that they are a regrettable but
necessary response to a growing population's demand for food.
e) As consumers, we have the power- and the moral obligation- to refuse to support
arming methods that are cruel to animals and bad for us.

10-
It's also what Vindi Banga employed when trying to figure out how to sell Unilever
products to rural Indian women. Instead of spending on advertising, the company
established the women as small-business operators, providing loans to buy Unilever
products and resell them in their communities. The women got jobs, and Unilever got
a new distribution channel, notes Banga. “These ladies became brand ambassadors,
brand teachers and brand distributors — all in one.” __________________
a Rural markets have come up in a big way in the past few years.
b It is astonishing that the potential of rural markets was discovered so late.
c In emerging markets, companies work very hard to get the value equation right.
d It is not surprising that Indian executives tend to pay particular attention to the
rural consumer.

Happy CATing
@miseera said:
SET (17) Para completion5-



sir jee iska OA plzz mrng me dena???

@Dexian said:
sir jee iska OA plzz mrng me dena???
yeah
@miseera : set 16
[26] AAABA
[27] A_ABA
[28] AABA_
[29] BABA
[30] BBBAA
@miseera said:
SET (17) Para completion5-

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C
A
D
C
D

@miseera said:
SET (17) Para completion5-
(B) Still, at least the man whose influence on the music world is immeasurable (especially that of hip hop, rap and neo soul) had one final chance to remind a new generation that his was a voice like no other.

@miseera said:
6-
d) Though homogenizing influences do exist, people are far from creating a single overarching world culture.

@miseera said:
7-a) I call it our Renaissance because it is indeed a sort of new birth of the spirit of man.

@miseera said:
8-
OPTIONS a) In reality, few policies are Pareto efficient.

@miseera said:



a) Concern about how we treat farm animals is far from being limited to the small percentage of people who are vegetarians or even vegans- eating no animal products at all.

@miseera said:

10-
a) Rural markets have come up in a big way in the past few years.
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@vijay_chandola and All
OAs for SET (16) CW

26.
“Obtuse” implies 'such bluntness as makes one insensitive in perception or imagination' and is the correct word here. “Abstruse” is 'difficult to understand'.
“Precipitous” means 'steep or perpendicular'. “Precipitate” implies 'reckless'.
“Mucus” is the noun- the secretion and is the correct word in this context; “mucous” is adjective as in 'mucous membrane'.
“Tortuous” among other things means 'intricate or circuitous'. “Tortulous” means 'swelled like a knotted cord'. “Tortuous” is the correct word contextually.
“Disinterested” means 'impartial or unbiased'; “uninterested” implies 'not interested- lacking in concern' and is the correct word here

27.
“Complaisant” means 'obliging' and is the appropriate word here; 'complacent' means 'unconcerned, self-satisfied'. Therefore, options 1 and 4 are eliminated.
“Devisor” means 'a testator; one, who bequeaths (through a will) one's real estate'. “Deviser” is 'a planner or contriver'. Therefore, option 5 is eliminated.
“Auger” is 'a tool' and is the appropriate word here; “augur” means 'to foretell'. Therefore, option 2 is eliminated.
“Climatic” is related to 'the climate'; “climactic” is related to 'the climax' and is the appropriate word.
A “caret” is '(^) mark made to show the place where something is to be inserted'; “carat” refers to 'purity/weight of gold diamonds etc'. 'Caret' is the appropriate word here.
Hence, the correct answer is option AAABA.

28.
If we take the first sentence independently, both the words can be accommodated independently. But the use of the word “intelligent” makes the use of the opposite meaning word- “obtuse” meaning 'stupid'- appropriate.
“Affined” is 'bound by responsibilities' whereas “Affray” is a 'breach of peace by fighting in a public place'.
“Forebears” refers to 'ancestors'. “Forbear” is to 'restrain' or 'hold back'.
“Discriminates” is to 'differentiate' whereas “incriminates” is to 'charge with a crime', or 'make a person appear guilty'.
“Second stringers” is idiomatic usage, which means 'less important workers'.
Hence, the correct answer is option AABAB.
29. Test means to put to the test, as for its quality, and examine means to observe carefully or critically. It is implied that tests would be conducted to ascertain conformity. Therefore, the correct answer would be tested.
Ruled means that the decision is handed down by someone in authority. Resolve on the other hand means one exercises a choice to make a decision In the context of a judge, the decision is handed down; therefore, the correct answer would beruled.
Certify means to guarantee as meeting a standard. Settle implies finality in the matter.
Chore is a routine or minor duty while a job is a regular activity in exchange for payment. Maintaining records would be a regular duty. Hence, the correct answer is job.
Hence, the correct answer is option AABB.

30.
“Waiver” means the act of relinquishing. “Waver” is a person who waves.
“Weary” means tired; “wary” means cautious. These words are not interchangeable.
Traditionalists insist that “nauseous” should be used to describe something that makes you want to throw up: something nauseating. When one feels like vomiting, one is “nauseated”.
“Lightening” means become lighter or less dark; brighten. “Lightning” goes with thunder.
One of the meanings of “Materiel” is arms, ammunition, and equipment in general. In the above context, enemy “material” has no meaning.
Hence, the correct answer is option BBBAA.
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SET (18) CWs

31.
1. He marshalled [A]/ marsheled [B] all his strength to complete the last stretch of the marathon.
2.Rick told my sister and myself [A]/ me [B] about her solo plane ride.
3. The committee was not prepared for the truncated [A] / trenchant [B] comments of the public.
4. His appeal for bail was mitigated [A] / militated [B] by all the evidence presented by the prosecution.
5. It is customary to greet the Emir with obeisance [A] / obsequiousness [B].

32.
1. The jeweller appraised(A)/ apprised(B) the customer about the value of the ornaments.
2. We were already(A)/ all ready(B) for the dinner at 9 pm.
3. The principal gave his assent(A)/ ascent(B) to the students €™ proposals.
4. She felt badly(A) bad/(B) after her dog €™s death.
5. The policies of the government were criticised for being backward(A)/ backwards(B).

33.
And a small damask (A) / arabesque (B) coloured snake coiled itself around my neck. What can such a dream betoken? Then the empress, conscious (A) /conscience(B) stricken, confessed the conspiracy with her brother. The emperor, knowing that no time was to be lost, immediately collected a force of troupes (A) / troops (B) and marched against his brother-in-law. He had entranced (A) / entrenched (B) himself behind palisades (A) / palaces (B) of timber and awaited the emperor's attack.

34.
1. It is time for a sneak peak (A) / peek (B) into the lives of your favourite celebrities!2. Why don €™t you (A) peer / (B) pier through the gap in the doors and try to eavesdrop on the conversation?3. The mayflower contained those original Englishmen who immigrated (A) / emigrated (B) from The United Kingdom to settle in America. 4. As the old man spoke of his dead daughter, tears (A) weld / (B) welled up in his eyes. 5. The Sahara desert (A) / dessert (B) was served with chocolate ice-cream to all the visitors to help them beat the heat.

35.
1. The animal (A) brayed / (B) braid all night, keeping all the residents of the small village awake.
2. The horse would cantor / (B) canter over the fallen logs easily.
3. Don Juan was very callus (A) / callous (B) when it came to the women in his life; he moved from one to another with remarkable ease.
4. Serena was intrepid; hardly anything ever seemed to (A) phase / (B) faze her.
5. The lion attacked the (A) moll / (B) maul, while the gangster was preyed upon by the hungry bear.


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@saurav205
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OAs for SET (17) PC

5.b
6.d
7.b
8.d
9.e
10.d

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SET (19) PC

11-
In the early 1940s, Venu Chitale, a Maharashtrian in Britain, used to broadcast radio
shows on Indian cooking for BBC's home service. Around then, writer Mulk Raj Anand
too had brought out a collection of Indian recipes in the UK. Curry may be a craze
among the British today, but few know about its history in Britain. Indian independence created a sort of collective amnesia about the history that India and
Britain shared. _______________________________
Add to my

aThe history of Indians in Britain is better known and remembered post-1950.
bThis shared history of the two countries can be compared to a long-term
relationship.
c'Making Britain: South Asian Visions of Home and Abroad' is a project funded by the
UK Arts and Humanities Research Council.
d'Beyond the Frame: India British Connections' is an archiving project that documents
the long history of Indian presence in Britain.

12-
Since the gods are super parents and super leaders, they must necessarily have large
houses in which to 'meet' with their followers. Anyone flying low over human
settlements in a spacecraft and ignorant of our ways would notice immediately that in
many of the villages and towns and cities there were one or two homes much bigger
than the rest.
a.These – the houses of the gods-the temples, the mosques, the churches and the
cathedral – are buildings apparently made for giants.
b.Mere mortals do not require buildings that large.
c.Their followers repeatedly visit them and bow down before them, but they
themselves are invisible.
d.The visitors would then imagine what purpose they would serve.
e.null

13-
Persons do not become a society by living in physical proximity, any more than a man
ceases to be socially influenced by being so many feet or miles removed from others.
A book or a letter may institute a more intimate association between human beings
separated thousands of miles from each other than exists between dwellers under the
same roof. Individuals do not even compose a social group because they all work for
a common end. The parts of a machine work with a maximum of cooperativeness for
a common result, but they do not form a community. If, however, they were all
cognizant of the common end and all interested in it so that they regulated their
specific activity in view of it, then they would form a community. But this would
involve communication. Each would have to know what the other was about and
would have to have some way of keeping the other informed as to his own purpose
and progress– thereby communicating overall progress. _______________.

a) Consensus demands communication.
b) There is a compelling reason to believe that within even the most social group
there are many relations which are not as yet social.
c) Individuals use one another so as to get desired results, without reference to the
emotional and intellectual disposition and consent of those used.
d) Not only is social life identical with communication, but all Communication, and
hence all genuine social life, is educative.
e) Society is thus made or marred by effective communication.

14-
Owned by the Wrigleys, this magnificent piece of art had walls made from Portland
stone. The open
lobby was about 40 feet by 32 feet with four pillars that supported the first floor.
Fifteen bedrooms
containing unique mahogany wood work, five splendid dining areas and a picturesque
lawn adorned
this property. It was an unknown architect's brilliant creation that displayed a refined
taste and superior
technical knowledge.
a. For centuries, the Wrigley family had bought numerous properties all over the
world.
b. The Wrigley's mansion was one of the best properties in this area.
c. The mansion was not too different from any others in this part of the country.
d. Its architectural beauty had drawn many admirers from all over the world.

15-
By turning over stones the naturalist may find ground-beetles in company with the
larvae of their own species. On the leaves of a willow tree he may observe leaf-
beetles (Phyllodecta and Galerucella) together with their grubs, all greedily eating the
foliage; or lady-bird beetles (Coccinella) and their larvae hunting and devouring the
'greenfly.' All of these insects are, however, Coleoptera, and the adult insects of this
order are much more disposed to walk and crawl and less disposed to fly than other
endopterygote insects. ________________________________
OPTIONS
a) Their heavily armoured bodies and their firm shield-like forewings render them less
aerial than other insects.
b) In many genera the power of flight has been altogether lost.
c) It is not surprising, therefore, that many beetles, even when adult, should live as
their larvae do; since the acquirement of complete metamorphosis they have become
modified towards the larval condition, and an extreme case of such modification is
afforded by the wingless grub-like female Glow-worm (Lampyris).
d) With most insects, however, the larva must be regarded as the more specially
modified, even if degraded, stage.
e) Miall (1895) has pointed out that the insect grub is not a precociously hatched
embryo, like the larvae of multitudes of marine animals, but that it exhibits in a
modified form the essential characters of the adult.


Happy CATing

@miseera said:
@Dexian@saurav205@karan20OAs for SET (17) PC 5.b 6.d 7.b 8.d 9.e 10.d Happy CATing
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