Official Verbal Ability thread for CAT 2013

@miseera said:
340.1.This is the high noon of the age of sponsorship.A.Even the daily weather report is .B.For several years now, we have become used to all kinds of events being sponsored.C.In many newspapers , every possible feature barring the editorial is sponsored.D.Student organisations now find corporate sponsors and get mass media exposure for such events.6.Maihar, the annual college fest held at St. Xavier's College in Mumbai is one such.1.ABDC 2.BCAD 3.DCAB 4.DCBA



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@pavimai said:
The paragraph given below is followed by a question. Choose the most appropriate answer to the question.Since children consistently imitate the behaviors they see on TV, continued exposure to aggressive programs will cause more children to consider aggression as an acceptable way of solving problems.In order to promote a peaceful society, the government should ban the broadcast of aggressive programs. Which of the following is most similar in logical structure to the paragraph?(a) A mother in a family insists that a father not smoke in front of his children so that they don't pickup the habit.(b) A father bans his teenage girl from watching television soaps after she is involved in a series ofbickering sessions with her classmates.(c) A mother hides the jar of candy she usually keeps on her kitchen shelf in order to prevent herchildren from gorging on it and ruining their lunch.(d) A tour guide does not reveal to his clients the location of the town's best souvenir shop becausehe has been upbraided by the shop's owners for sending in too large a crowd
A
@miseera said:
339.1.Madhya Pradesh social worker and anti-corruption campaigner Abhishek Chakrabarthy recently reitereated he would ensure that corrupt politicians will not hijack his party.A.For instance, at the last halt, he addressed a public meeting in Jabalpur which was attended by over 10000 people.B.On the platform were Abhishek 's advisors and supporters.C.The announcement came after his tour of the state and was clearly a reference to frequent occasions on which political parites used his platform for their purposes during the tour.D.They included a former IAS officer who was the personal secretary to the chief minister.6.There was also Kapil Patil who used to edit the popular Dainik Bhaskar.1.ABCD 2.DCAB 3.CBAD 4.CABD

3CBAD
@pavimai said:
The paragraph given below is followed by a question. Choose the most appropriate answer to the question.Since children consistently imitate the behaviors they see on TV, continued exposure to aggressive programs will cause more children to consider aggression as an acceptable way of solving problems.In order to promote a peaceful society, the government should ban the broadcast of aggressive programs. Which of the following is most similar in logical structure to the paragraph?(a) A mother in a family insists that a father not smoke in front of his children so that they don't pickup the habit.(b) A father bans his teenage girl from watching television soaps after she is involved in a series ofbickering sessions with her classmates.(c) A mother hides the jar of candy she usually keeps on her kitchen shelf in order to prevent herchildren from gorging on it and ruining their lunch.(d) A tour guide does not reveal to his clients the location of the town's best souvenir shop becausehe has been upbraided by the shop's owners for sending in too large a crowd
a..pls tag me with answer
@sails said:
a..pls tag me with answer
oa is A
@miseera PJ set 1
1.2)EBCAD
2.1)EABCD
3.4)ABCDE
4.4)ACEBD
5.3)ABCD

@karan20 @hiteshpratap @ThankYou @joyjitpal @sails and All :D
OAs for SET (9)
4,3,3,4,2

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SET (10) PC

The following question has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been
deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the
most appropriate way.

1-Visitors to Delhi often see a faded glory, like a grand carpet collecting dust. The city is
casually littered with history, much of it neglected or buried under the paraphernalia
of the present. But Delhi's past will surely be overshadowed by its future. There are
three times as many Indians alive today as there were at Independence in 1947, and
Delhi is home to over 16m of them. Over the next three decades India should begin
to regain the economic clout it lost over three centuries. __________.
OPTIONS
a) I first visited Delhi ten years ago, drawn not by the city but by one of its citizens.
b) Delhi can be grand, but it is rarely solemn.
c) In Delhi, the people can be rude, but never cold.
d) Many people mourn the lost elegance of Old Delhi, the city founded in the 17th
century by Shahjahan.
e) To visit Delhi in a mood of nostalgia, then, is to close your eyes to history in the
making.

2-One is sometimes asked about the “obstacles” that confront young writers who are
trying to do good work. I should say the greatest obstacles that writers today have to
get over, are the dazzling journalistic successes of twenty years ago, stories that
surprised and delighted by their sharp photographic detail and that were really
nothing more than lively pieces of reporting. The whole aim of that school of writing
was novelty—never a very important thing in art. They gave us, altogether, poor
standards—taught us to multiply our ideas instead of to condense them. They tried to
make a story out of every theme that occurred to them and to get returns on every
situation that suggested itself. They got returns, of a kind. But their work, when one
looks back on it, now that the novelty upon which they counted so much is gone, is
journalistic and thin.
Add to my
a) A best seller was a book which somehow sold well simply because it was selling
well.
b) The especial merit of a good reportorial story is that it shall be intensely interesting
and pertinent today and shall have lost its point by tomorrow.
c )Today, each new day demands new ideas and the writer can never be sure whether
he is going to come up with them or not.
d )But surprisingly the works they left behind are timeless.

3-Beauty is not the goal of competitive sports, but high-level sports are a prime venue
for the expression of human beauty. The relation is roughly that of courage to war.
The human beauty we're talking about here is beauty of a particular type; it might be
called kinetic beauty. Its power and appeal are universal. It has nothing to do with
sex or cultural norms. What it seems to have to do with, really, is human beings'
reconciliation with the fact of having a body. Of course, in men's sports no one ever
talks about beauty or grace or the body. Men may profess their “love” of sports, but
that love must always be cast and enacted in the symbology of war: elimination vs.
advance, hierarchy of rank and standing, obsessive statistics, technical analysis, tribal
and/or nationalist fervor, uniforms, mass noise, banners, chest-thumping, face-
painting, etc.

a) Regardless, the truth is that TV sports is to live sports pretty much as Mills & Boons
is to the felt reality of human love.
b) For reasons that are not well understood, war's codes are safer for most of us than
love's.
c)The real discussion is more about a spectator's experience of Sports, and its
context.
d) The more combative a sport is, the more we fall in love with it

4-For thousands of years millions of men have laboured to clear the forests, to drain the
marshes, and to open up highways by land and water. Every inch of soil we cultivate
in Europe has been watered by the sweat of several races of men. Every acre has its
story of enforced labour, of intolerable toil, of people's sufferings. Every mile of
railway, every yard of tunnel, ….

a.has seen innumerable stories of distress
b.has witnessed human agony and glory alike
c. has been possible only because of human sacrifices
d. has received its share of human blood
e. has witnessed this gory truth

5- 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.
Happy CATing





SET (10) ANSWERS (My Take)
1-e
2-a
3-d
4-c
5-a @miseera what are the answers ?

@miseera
Set 10
1.e)2.b)
3.d)
4.e)
5.d)

@ThankYou --y 4 is e ?
SET A :

Three of the sentences labelled A, B, C and D form part of a paragraph. One sentence is out of context. Choose the ODD sentence for your answer.

A. Expectedly, the riposte comes from the 'Prof Jagdish Bhagwati group' stressing the importance of high growth.
B. The inspiration seems to be a media statement by Prof Amartya Sen that in India we should end our "obsession with growth".
C. There is some truth in Prof Sen's statement about "obsession with growth."
D. In the last month or so, there has been a fascinating debate on the internet about the age-old issue of growth vs. equity.

from test funda qod !
@miseera said:
SET (10) PC

E
C
D
E
D
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@shinoda said:
SET A :Three of the sentences labelled A, B, C and D form part of a paragraph. One sentence is out of context. Choose the ODD sentence for your answer.A. Expectedly, the riposte comes from the 'Prof Jagdish Bhagwati group' stressing the importance of high growth.B. The inspiration seems to be a media statement by Prof Amartya Sen that in India we should end our "obsession with growth".C. There is some truth in Prof Sen's statement about "obsession with growth."D. In the last month or so, there has been a fascinating debate on the internet about the age-old issue of growth vs. equity.from test funda qod !
I THINK ans shud be C ...let's discuss @pavimai , @sails ,@ThankYou
@shinoda said:
SET A :Three of the sentences labelled A, B, C and D form part of a paragraph. One sentence is out of context. Choose the ODD sentence for your answer.A. Expectedly, the riposte comes from the 'Prof Jagdish Bhagwati group' stressing the importance of high growth.B. The inspiration seems to be a media statement by Prof Amartya Sen that in India we should end our "obsession with growth".C. There is some truth in Prof Sen's statement about "obsession with growth."D. In the last month or so, there has been a fascinating debate on the internet about the age-old issue of growth vs. equity.from test funda qod !
C
@shinoda said:
SET A :Three of the sentences labelled A, B, C and D form part of a paragraph. One sentence is out of context. Choose the ODD sentence for your answer.A. Expectedly, the riposte comes from the 'Prof Jagdish Bhagwati group' stressing the importance of high growth.B. The inspiration seems to be a media statement by Prof Amartya Sen that in India we should end our "obsession with growth".C. There is some truth in Prof Sen's statement about "obsession with growth."D. In the last month or so, there has been a fascinating debate on the internet about the age-old issue of growth vs. equity.from test funda qod !
ans should be C
@miseera said:
SET (10) PC The following question has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.1-Visitors to Delhi often see a faded glory, like a grand carpet collecting dust. The city is casually littered with history, much of it neglected or buried under the paraphernalia of the present. But Delhi's past will surely be overshadowed by its future. There are three times as many Indians alive today as there were at Independence in 1947, and Delhi is home to over 16m of them. Over the next three decades India should begin to regain the economic clout it lost over three centuries. __________. OPTIONS a) I first visited Delhi ten years ago, drawn not by the city but by one of its citizens. b) Delhi can be grand, but it is rarely solemn. c) In Delhi, the people can be rude, but never cold. d) Many people mourn the lost elegance of Old Delhi, the city founded in the 17th century by Shahjahan. e) To visit Delhi in a mood of nostalgia, then, is to close your eyes to history in the making.2-One is sometimes asked about the “obstacles” that confront young writers who are trying to do good work. I should say the greatest obstacles that writers today have to get over, are the dazzling journalistic successes of twenty years ago, stories that surprised and delighted by their sharp photographic detail and that were really nothing more than lively pieces of reporting. The whole aim of that school of writing was novelty—never a very important thing in art. They gave us, altogether, poor standards—taught us to multiply our ideas instead of to condense them. They tried to make a story out of every theme that occurred to them and to get returns on every situation that suggested itself. They got returns, of a kind. But their work, when one looks back on it, now that the novelty upon which they counted so much is gone, is journalistic and thin. Add to my a) A best seller was a book which somehow sold well simply because it was selling well. b) The especial merit of a good reportorial story is that it shall be intensely interesting and pertinent today and shall have lost its point by tomorrow. c )Today, each new day demands new ideas and the writer can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not. d )But surprisingly the works they left behind are timeless. 3-Beauty is not the goal of competitive sports, but high-level sports are a prime venue for the expression of human beauty. The relation is roughly that of courage to war. The human beauty we're talking about here is beauty of a particular type; it might be called kinetic beauty. Its power and appeal are universal. It has nothing to do with sex or cultural norms. What it seems to have to do with, really, is human beings' reconciliation with the fact of having a body. Of course, in men's sports no one ever talks about beauty or grace or the body. Men may profess their “love” of sports, but that love must always be cast and enacted in the symbology of war: elimination vs. advance, hierarchy of rank and standing, obsessive statistics, technical analysis, tribal and/or nationalist fervor, uniforms, mass noise, banners, chest-thumping, face-painting, etc.a) Regardless, the truth is that TV sports is to live sports pretty much as Mills & Boons is to the felt reality of human love. b) For reasons that are not well understood, war's codes are safer for most of us than love's. c)The real discussion is more about a spectator's experience of Sports, and its context. d) The more combative a sport is, the more we fall in love with it 4-For thousands of years millions of men have laboured to clear the forests, to drain the marshes, and to open up highways by land and water. Every inch of soil we cultivate in Europe has been watered by the sweat of several races of men. Every acre has its story of enforced labour, of intolerable toil, of people's sufferings. Every mile of railway, every yard of tunnel, …. a.has seen innumerable stories of distress b.has witnessed human agony and glory alike c. has been possible only because of human sacrifices d. has received its share of human blood e. has witnessed this gory truth 5- 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. Happy CATing
1)e
2)a
3)d
4)e
5)d
@shinoda said:
I THINK ans shud be C ...let's discuss @pavimai , @sails ,@ThankYou
i think option A
@iimxlri The paragraph is about all the hard work and sufferings of the people. So, in order to end the paragraph option E summarises the best.
@miseera what are the correct answers?
@shinoda said:
SET A :Three of the sentences labelled A, B, C and D form part of a paragraph. One sentence is out of context. Choose the ODD sentence for your answer.A. Expectedly, the riposte comes from the 'Prof Jagdish Bhagwati group' stressing the importance of high growth.B. The inspiration seems to be a media statement by Prof Amartya Sen that in India we should end our "obsession with growth".C. There is some truth in Prof Sen's statement about "obsession with growth."D. In the last month or so, there has been a fascinating debate on the internet about the age-old issue of growth vs. equity.from test funda qod !
Option A seems irrelevant, rest 3 can be put in a paragraph.