Official verbal ability thread for CAT 2014


Answer the question based on the passage given below.

TV chefs are adding to obesity crisis by encouraging us to eat fatty dishes reports the Metro, with similar stories blaming celebrity chefs for our bulging waistlines in much of the media. The news is based on analysis of the nutritional values of randomly selected recipes created by celebrity chefs. Researchers found that most of the recipes analysed exceeded national healthy eating benchmarks on fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt intake.

The report that TV chefs are adding to obesity crisis assumes which of the following?

  • All of the above
  • These recipes are cooked and eaten frequently
  • People’s other recipes compare favorably in nutritional values
  • Unhealthy recipes lead to higher rates of obesity

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Sentence correction:

New theories propose that catastrophic impacts of asteroids and comets may have caused reversals in the Earth's magnetic field, the onset of ice ages, splitting apart continents 80 million years ago, and great volcanic eruptions.

A) splitting apart continents

(B) the splitting apart of continents

(C) split apart continents

(D) continents split apart

(E) continents that were split apart

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Synonym, n. — A word used in place of the one you can't spell.

Identify the errors in the sentences


(1)The name of the sixth accused, said to be a juvenile was not mentioned in the court.

(2) The police had said earlier that charges would be pressed in the fast track court against the sixth accused

(3)

oseph Stiglitz , two-times Nobel Prize winner, has made a strong case for limiting the powers of the central banks


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One more SC:


She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York compared to her native Germany, photographer Lotte Jacobi nevertheless earned a small group of discerning admirers, and her photographs were eventually exhibited in prestigious galleries across the United States.

(A) She was less successful after she had emigrated to New York compared to

(B) Being less successful after she had emigrated to New York as compared to

(C) Less successful after she emigrated to New York than she had been in

(D) Although she was less successful after emigrating to New York when compared to

(E) She had been less successful after emigrating to New York than in

Any good book for practicing verbal , other than that by arun sharma ? Thanks 

1. The teacher not only wants his students to keep quiet but also to do the task .

2. The teacher wants his students not only to keep quiet but also to do the task.

Which one is correct and why? Please explain.

Guys.. pls suggest any good books/links/online pdfs and other strategies to improve the Verbal Section. CAT is around the corner and my verbal section performance sucks a big time.

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Puys, help me out with this

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate pair of words from the given options. Being a/an __________ student who strove for perfection, he was __________ for the constant and careful attention he paid to every detail of the project. OPTIONS 1) assiduous, commended 2) industrious, admonished 3) ardent, reprimanded 4) acclaimed, liable .


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hey friends......I am having trouble in verbal section...specially with RCs and parajumbles....it would be very helpful if you plz suggest some strategies....how should I go for it...in aimcats I am scoring around 30....plz help


Can anybody suggest books to practise for VA? Thank you



 In the following question, the word at the top of the table is used in four different ways, numbered [A]  to [D]. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE. 25.      KNOCK [A]      He was knocking on 90 when he died. 

[B]      He thirstily knocked down his drink and ordered another one. 

[C]      My boss knocked every suggestion I made. 

[D]      I was knocked out by his perform 


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suggest me how to prepare for RCs... 😞

a) A wife may not be sure that what her husband is saying means the end.


b) She has found that  people's voices often get higher or shriller when they lie, and they are more likely to stumble over words.

c) According to De Paulo, changes in voice can be significant.

d) She should listen carefully, not only to what he says, but how he says it.

  • ACDB
  • ADCB
  • ADBC
  • ABCD

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In the next few years, the sophisticated satellites orbiting the Earth will generate enough data to determine
whether the continents are moving at all or not, ______________ the inchoate ____________ among geogra
phers about the truthfulness of the theory of continental drift.

PS-Don’t have the answers

  • resolving…schism
  • settling…disturbances
  • portending…rumors
  • forestalling…rift

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