Official verbal ability thread for CAT 2014

Answer the question based on the following information. Examine each of the given statements and decide which of the following conclusions logically follows from it. Mark your answer as: a. If only conclusion I follows b. If only conclusion II follows c. If both the conclusions I and II follow d. If either conclusion I or II follows e. If neither conclusion I nor II follows Statements: Some dogs are faithful. Some dogs bark. Conclusions: I. Some faithful dogs bark. II. No faithful dog barks.


No object can be accelerated to reach the speed of light as its mass would become infinite at the speed of light and this is physically impossible. Why should the mass of an object depend on its speed? Mass is a measure of the inertia of an object, its resistance to change of its motion. The faster an object moves, the greater its resistance to change of its motion. According to this passage which factor helps to determine mass of an object? a. speed of light b. momentum of the object c. acceleration of the object d. resisting motion e. speed of the object


Which one of the following is grammatically correct ?

  • A number of anti social elements has to be rounded up
  • A number of anti social elements have been rounded up
  • A number of anti social elements is being rounded up
  • A number of anti social elements has been rounded up

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Which one of the following is grammatically correct ?


  • Either the master or his men failed in their duty
  • Either the master has failed or his men have failed in his duty
  • Either the master or his men failed in his duty
  • Either the master or his men have failed in their duty

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Compared to horses. humans are fast.

Is the above sentence correct?

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statement 

A large private bank has decided to retrench one third of its employees in view of the huge losses incurred by it during the past three quarters .

courses of action

1. the govt. should issue a notification to general public to immediately stop all transactions with the bank.

2. the govt. should direct the bank to refrain from retrenching its employees .

3. the govt. should ask the central bank of the country to initiate an enquiry into the banks activities and submit is report.

which decision is/are best to be taken for the improvement? 

a) none

b) only 1

c) only 2

d) only 3

e) only 1 and 3

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i am in need of an urgent help....currently i am preparing for my CAT 14 and i am not very good in verbal. i have done few things to improve my Vocab like noting down the difficult words from news paper or learning 5 new words daily, for the 1st few days i followed the routine but then failed to provide continuity  :,(  and now  i dont think i have enough time to improve it so if there is any way through which i can get a hold over it before the exam then please  :( let me know.

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out of 'not just' and 'just not' which one is correct??

Is there a solution (detailed) book  for arun sharma verbal ability RC ??



In a laboratory, three containers, A, B and C, have equal volumes of different mixtures of liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen. The concentration (by volume) of liquid oxygen in the three mixtures is 20%, 40% and 80% respectively. First, one-fifth of the contents of A are poured into B and then two-fifths of the contents of B are poured into C. The final concentration (by volume) of liquid oxygen in C is approximately

Hi Puys.. Any good links for reading comprehension?

Parajumble 


A. Scholars from various academic disciplines, particularly those interested in the area of information systems and decision technologies, are exploring new methodologies and techniques that create efficient front-line information system to effectively manage customer relationship.

B. Techniques such as collaborative filtering, rules-based expert systems, artificial intelligence and relational databases are increasingly being applied to develop enterprise level solutions for managing information on customer interactions.

C. Several software tools and technologies claiming solutions for various aspects of CRM have recently been introduced for commercial applications.

D. A majority of these tools promise to individualize and personalize relationship by providing vital information at every point of customer interface.

E. To provide a conceptual foundation for understanding the domain of customer relationship management, we have to develop a frame work for understanding the various aspects of CRM strategy and implementation.

(1) ACDBE (2) DBACE (3) EABCD (4) CDEAB

Parajumble 


A. He felt justified in bypassing Congress altogether on a variety of moves.

B. At times he was fighting the entire Congress.

C. Bush felt he had a mission to restore power to the presidency.

D. Bush was not fighting just the democrats.

E. Representative democracy is a messy business, and a CEO of the White House does not like a legislature of second guessers and time wasters.

(1) CAEDB (2) DBAEC (3) CEADB (4) ECDBA

Para Jumble

1. The concept of a 'nation-state' assumes a complete correspondence between the boundaries of the nation and the boundaries of those who live in a specific state.

A. Then there are members of national collectivities who live in other countries, making a mockery of the concept.

B. There are always people living in particular states who are considered to be (and often do not consider themselves to be) members of the hegemonic nation.

C. Even worse, there are nations which never had a state or which are divided across several states.

D. This, of course, has been subject to severe criticism and is virtually everywhere a fiction.

6. However, the fiction has been, and continues to be, at the basis of nationalist ideologies.

(1) DBAC (2) ABCD (3) BACD (4) DACB

Guys please suggest any good book for verbal prep, apart from the coaching center's study material. 


Choose the grammatically correct sentence.  


  • Neither she nor I is going to the party
  • Neither she nor I am going to the party.
  • Niether her nor I will be going to the party.
  • Neither she nor I shall going to the party.
  • Neither she nor I are going to the party.

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Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).

Investigating officers have found    


  • No error
  • a lot of gaps between
  • the information they gather on their own
  • and the version of events narrated by the accused.

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Read sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).



  • No error
  • of a well known restaurant after investigation proved that
  • it had chopped down a full gown tree simple because
  • The civic authorities had scrapped the trade license
  • the tree was blocking the view of the restaurant.

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Phrasal Verbs

1. Throws down the gauntlet 

=>Challenge

2. To eat humble pie

=> to apologize

3.To play fast and loose

=> to act unreliably

4. Play a score

=>Avenge an injury 

5. In the nick of time

=> At the exact time

6.Hand in glove 

=> in collusion

7. Get the better of : 

=> defeat

8. Fall foul of

=> quarrel

9. Bury the hatchet 

=> make peace

10. Stick to one's colours

=> refuse to submit

11.Account for

 => explain
      They had to account for all the money  that had gone missing.

12. Act on = take action because of something like information received

The police were acting on a tip from an informer and caught the gang red-handed.


13. Ask in = invite somebody into your house
      Jon's at door, ask him in.

14. Ask out = invite someone for a date
      He wanted to ask her out but was too shy.

15. Back away = retreat or go backwards
     The crowd backed away when the man pulled a knife.

16. Backed down = retract or withdraw your position or proposal in an argument
     She refused to back down and was fired.

17. Back out = fail to keep an argument or promise
      He backed out two days before the holiday so we gave the ticket to his sister.

18. Barge in = enter a place and interrupt people rudely
      They barged into my office without knocking and started talking even though I was on the phone.

19. Be along = arrive
     The next bus should be along in the next quarter of an hour or so.

20. Be away = be elsewhere; on holiday etc
      She is away on business for three weeks

21. Be cut up = be upset
      She was very cut up about coming second as she thought she deserved to win.

22. Be down = be depressed
      He has been down since his partner left him.

23. Be down = be reduced or less
      The firm's profits are down by ten percent this quarter.

24. Be down with = be ill
      Mahesh is down with some bug and is off work today.

25. Be in = be submitted, arrive
      The application form must be in by 3 PM on Friday.

26. Be out of = have no more left
      We are out of coffee so I shall have to go and get some.

27. Be shagged out = Be exhausted
      We were completely shagged out after we would carried the suitcases downstairs.

28. Be snowed under = have too much work
      We are completely snowed under at work because it's the end of the tax year.

29. Be up = be out of bed
     She's not up yet

30. Be up = have increased or risen
      The company's profits are up by fifteen percent

31. Be  up to = be good enough
      He is not up to the job, get someone else.

32. Be up to = doing something naughty or wrong
      What are those kids up to ?

33. Beat up = attack violently
      The mugger beat him up and stole his wallet.

34. Blaze away = fire a gun repeatedly
      The shooters blazed away at the peasants.

35. Blow down = when the wind forces something to fall
      A tree was blown down in the storm.

36. Blow out = extinguish candles, matches , etc
      She blew the candles out on her birthday cake.

37. Blow up = explode
      The bomb blew up without any warning.

38. Bog down = slow make progress
      Rajesh got bogged down in his research and did not finish the project in time.

39. Bog off = get lost
      He lost his temper and told her to bog off.

40. Bark up the wrong tree

=> accuse the wrong person

41.Put on an act

=>to pretend

42.To come off with flying colours

=> to be very successful

43.Blow hot and cold

=> to praise and then blame

44.Bottle away 

=> store up
He kept his feelings bottled away.

45.Bottle out 

=> Lack courage to do something
She was going to her boss exactly what she thought, but bottled out in the end.

46.Bottle up

=> not express your feelings
She bottled up her feelings even though she was furious with them and kept quiet.


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