Official verbal ability thread for CAT 2014

MBA CAT 2022
1821

. Enter the virtual assistants who are entrepreneurial partners - highly skilled in their profession and able to have an impact on the productivity of those they work with. 
B. But most of the small businesses started today will reach an impasse very quickly - they will be spending so much time on administrative tasks that they can no longer concentrate on growing their business. 
C. On the contrary, some believe that increasing numbers of small businesses will afford administrative support experts with entrepreneurial spirit opportunities that have never before been possible. 
D. Traditionally, the need for assistance has left the small business owner with several bleak options- hire an expensive "temp" for a band-aid-style solution, take on a great deal of expense and responsibility with a "permanent" employee, or-perhaps worst of all-turn away the work. 
E. Corporate downsizing and the move towards small, home-based businesses could appear to be bad news for the over 3 million people whose expertise lies in the administrative support arena

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a)DCABE

b)ECBDA

c) DBACE

d) EDCBA

e) CDEBA

1822

Largest among 2^1/2, 3^1/3 , 4^1/4 , 6^1/6 and 12^1/12..  ??  Method for such questions plz

1823

"Anyways" at the beginning of a sentence usually indicates that the speaker has resumed a narrative thread: "Anyways, I told Matilda that guy was a lazy bum before she ever married him." It also occurs at the end of phrases and sentences, meaning "in any case": "He wasn't all that good-looking anyways." A slightly less rustic quality can be imparted to these sentences by substituting the more formal anyway. Neither expression is a good idea in formal written English. The two-word phrase "any way" has many legitimate uses, however: "Is there any way to prevent the impending disaster?"

source : 

http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/anyways.html

on the other hand i read on crackthecat.wordpress.com , that anyways is not a word. It's always anyway.

@scrabbler  can u plz explain

1824

nice article

1825

Simcat-14

Can u tell me in question 6 in VA, the first statement says ''she has extra incentive to practise forming words & phrases''............. She was not forming words. She was imitating words & phrases. Im not happy with the answer. I though, unhappy with B, had to go with it. no option seemed reasonable. Wat u think ?


I mean if parrots were really capable of forming words (dats kk)) but phrases (meaningful combination of words) Really?, human species got competition ! may be we will soon have a shakespeare parrot.

1826

what right grammatically

this is a most unfortunate event.

this is the most unfortunate event.

1827

"These events helped me showcase my leadership skills" or "These events helped me to showcase my leadership skills" Which is correct?

1828

http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/simple-is-new-smart-29700418

1829

A Person covered distance from P to Q average speed of 40 kmph he coveredcovered three fifth of distance in two third of the total time.At what speed did he travel to complete remaining part if journey in remaining time

  • 44
  • 36
  • 48
  • 40

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1830

In how many of the given sentences is the highlighted word used CORRECTLY?

  1. He is the quintessential hero - a tall, dark and handsome man who looks dapper in a suit. 
  2. Turkey is the quintessential Thanksgiving dinner item. 
  3. A quintessential road trip is incomplete without a convertible. 
  4. The ability to maintain organized records is quintessential if you want to excel in your workplace.

OPTIONS  

1 All of the above

2 A and B

3 B and C

4) A, B and C

1831

can you suggest me any blog or material for maxima minima concepts for venn diagram its confusing

1832

Can anyone please provide me study material or any link or essay on :

ISIS

Indian Economy

Swacch Bharat

Financial Inclusion

Mangalyaan

1833

World Health Organization official: Seven years have passed since the Government started the Anti-Rubella Vaccination programme in Jharkhand, against the highly infectious virus. But now state hospitals have decided to startcutting costs and discontinue the programme. The health minister has defended the government's move by arguing that it has been several years now that any case of Rubella sprung up. But, we at WHO are skeptical. Imports of meat products in the state from other countries with cases of diseases pose a risk, even though vaccines may be available. A couple of years ago, when the government reduced the use of the Haemophilus influenza vaccines, there was a minor outbreak among children, which convinced the government to resume the vaccine's usage.

The WHO official's statements, if true, best support which of the following as a conclusion?

  • Rubella far surpasses Haemophilus Influenza in fatality rates and is hence much more deadly.
  • Studies have revealed improper refrigeration during shipping in the meat industry in Jharkhand.
  • There is a need to protect young children in Jharkhand against the risk of a possible Rubella outbreak.
  • State health agencies are not equipped to bear the undue cost of Anti-Rubella shots being provided to every citizen in Jharkhand.

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1834

American photorealist Audrey Flack has once said and I quote, "There is an instinct for realism, a powerful drive to reproduce oneself. The fascination of photorealistic paintings lies partly in their apparent replication of life, but these are not merely replications. These paintings are often out of life scale, varying from over life-size to under life-size, from brilliant, heightened color to pale, undertone hues

." Flack's thoughts sum up what Photorealism is all about. Known as a painting movement of the mid-20th century which began in the late 1960s, scenes are painted in a style closely resembling photographs in Photorealism. Artists painted from photographs or depicted objects and people as close to real life as possible, including every minute detail. However, the true subject of a photorealist's work is the way we unconsciously interpret photographs and paintings in order to create a mental image of the object represented.

The movement's center is located in the United States. Among the most highly-regarded American photorealist painters are Flack, Richard Estes, Chuck Close, Charles Bell, and Ralph Goings. Estes and Close are the leading members of the Photorealist movement. Estes specializes in street scenes with elaborate reflections in window-glass while Close does enormous portraits of neutral faces. The Photorealism movement was also strong in Europe from the late 1960s into the 1970s, where this type of illusionism is known principally as Superrealism. The style is tight and precisionistic. Some of the renowned Russian photorealists include Andrew Abramov, Soryn Codytsa and Arlette Steenmans.

Photorealists typically specialize in a particular subject matter. Very ordinary, as you might think but then, Photorealism will always be a part of our lives. After all, ordinary things and events around us are what make photorealism artists so great and impressive


1) Which of the following options can be inferred about Photorealism from the given passage?

(a) The paintings are realistic and powerful because of being out of scale with life, from over life-size to under life-size, from brilliant, heightened color to pale, undertone hues.

(b) The depth of photorealistic thought can be seen in the variety of ways the same painting is seen, interpreted, analyzed and discussed.

(c) The depiction of ordinary events, people and objects makes photorealistic paintings unique and impressive.

(d) The representation of the mental image created by the viewer of an object is the true subject of photorealistic work

2) It can be inferred that the main purpose of the third paragraph is to

(a) discuss the history of the Photorealist movement and inspirational artists from Europe.

(b) introduce Photorealism's supportive locations and also reputed photorealist painters.

(c) discuss the importance of the Photorealism movement in the United States.

(d) introduce the various specializations of renowned photorealists.

3)

According to the passage, the allure of Photorealism can be partly explained by which of the following statements?

(a) It presents before us an imitation of life.

(b) It is a representation of reality.

(c) It has every minute detail of the image from real life.

(d) It is versatile and allows for interpretations from all aspects of life.

1835

A. The recent communal violence in Hyderabad and in Bareilly a month ago has remained on the sidelines of national attention. 

B. In both cities, the present round of violence was preceded by mobilisations and speeches, primarily by Hindu fundamentalist groups. 
C. Fortunately, there was no death in the violence in Bareilly, while in Hyderabad only three people were killed. 
D. Yet, the scale, planning and causes behind the riots indicate a certain change in the morphology of the typical riot, a change which needs to be identified and understood if we want to keep religious sectarianism and violence in check. 
E. Communal violence has become so endemic to the polity of India that it has ceased to attract much attention outside its immediate area of impact, or unless it crosses very high levels of fatality and barbarity.

  a EACDB  b ABEDC  c EABCD  d ABCDE

Can anyone give me the source of this parajumble? ans to me seems c, but cl gives a. as the ans.

1836

One way to encapsulate the agreement in positions and values among feminist philosophers, regardless of their methodological inclinations, is to say that for feminist philosophers, both philosophy and gender matter - both are important to the lives of human beings. Feminists recognize that philosophy and philosophers are part of the wider set of institutions of culture in which human beings live, understand themselves, and, only sometimes, flourish. Among the many functions of philosophy are the following: to help us to understand ourselves and our relations to each other, to our communities, and to the state; to appreciate the extent to which we are counted as knowers and moral agents; to uncover the assumptions and methods of various bodies of knowledge, and so on. These kinds of philosophical insights- ones that concern our methods, assumptions, theories and concepts - can contribute to the oppression of human beings as well as to their liberation. Given the current imbalances of power and privilege with which people live, philosophy has social effects when it "leaves everything as it is." Feminists seek philosophy that can generically be called "engaged," that is, philosophy that is potentially useful to empower human beings rather than contribute to the perpetuation of a status quo in which people are subordinated by gender, race/ ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, and so on. This is not to say, of course, that feminist philosophers all agree over the appropriate ways to work this out, but they do agree that philosophy can influence lives and should influence them for the better. A second area of agreement among feminist philosophers is that gender has effects not only on our lives, but also on philosophy itself. Feminists criticize the misogyny of philosophers and the overt and covert sexism, andro-centrism, and related forms of male bias in philosophy. For example, philosophers have through the centuries made a variety of false and demeaning claims about "the nature of woman"; they have defined central concepts such as reason in ways that excluded women of their cultures; they have made allegedly universal claims about human nature, desire, or motivation that were, in fact, claims more likely to be true of men of their social class; and they have believed methods and positions to be "value-neutral" and "objective" that were instead promoting the interests of only the privileged groups. Once again, while feminist philosophers agree on the existence of such kinds of male bias, they differ over the best ways to criticize it, the extent to which various philosophical approaches can be reconstructed for feminist use, and so on.

42. What is the central idea of the passage? (a) Feminist philosophers' perspective on philosophy and gender (b) The common thought that exists between analytical feminists and feminine philosophers (c) Feminism and philosophy and their intertwined relationship with culture (d) The philosophy of feminism and the interrelationship with culture

43. It can be inferred from the passage that feminist philosophers would most likely agree with a philosophy that (a) allows for change to take place at its own pace. (b) overlooks the subordination of people according to their gender. (c) has a positive effect on the lives of human beings. (d) helps us understand ourselves better.

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44. According to the passage, the feminist philosophers' main point of criticism is (a) that philosophy has further demeaned the status of women in society. (b) that philosophy has many forms of male bias and incorrect assumptions made about women. (c) that philosophical thought has been dominated by men and women have been kept away from its annals. (d) the manner in which philosophical thought originates and the way in which it is presented.

45. According to the passage, the argument that has not been made by the feminist philosophers is that (a) philosophy has been distorted or limited by the absence of feminist influence. (b) although gender is only one facet, it is nevertheless an important one with a wide variety of implications for the way we should study philosophy. (c) a good philosophical theory or method would systematically disadvantage neither men nor women from any social group. (d) the philosophers have not appreciated the extent to which their theories and methods have perpetuated cultures that have prevented the flourishing of women.

1837


A. They launched guerrilla warfare and took six minutes of my time.
B. The two warriors of the 'sets' were tyros but very clever.
C. There was only one fighter holding the trigonometry banner.
D. He was quiet and brave and he bruised me.

a. BCDA  b. CDBA  c. ACBD  d. DABC

pl give the answer, with approach.


pl give the source of this parajumble


my problems is that 'they' in A can refer to all the three warriors. anyone who can resolve this?

1838

A. Her father, Bronson Alcott, was an educational reformer and founder of the famous Concord School of Philosophy (a small building at the back of the property).
B. Then we went to Orchard House, where Louisa May Alcott lived with her family while writing "Little Women."
C. She said when next-door neighbor Ralph Waldo Emerson was pressed for time, he'd cut through the woods in back of the property so he wouldn't have to stop to talk to Alcott.
D. This was a book that made a deep impression on me, and it was such a thrill to stand at her little writing desk.
E. He loved to talk so much, the guide said, that he offered an apple to any passerby who would listen to him for an hour


 a. BADCE  b. ABCDE  c. EBDAC  d. BDAEC

Surprisingly, I couldn't find the source of this parajumble. Could anybody help?

1839

Guys who all are having currently payment issues, till when will the previously paid fee be refunded back to our bank accounts?

Please reply

1840

CAT 2014 last minutes tips and tricks to crack the exam

Questions are framed from five broad areas namely - Verbal ability and reasoning, reading comprehension, quantitative skills, data interpretation and logical reasoning. All the questions would be of multiple-choice type with optional answer choices. The new change is that the test duration would be of 170 minutes this year as compared to last year's 140 minutes. Also, the time duration of the examination has been increased by 30 more minutes. This has also called for an increase in the number of questions that the paper would contain.