Official verbal ability thread for CAT 2014

Fill in the blanks.( Dissent,     Decent , Descent.)

1. Walk carefully because the ...........of the mountain is very steep.

2. He has already shown his.........to the proposal of the president.

3. He made very..........arrangements for hosting a party for us.

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Fill in the blanks Hale/Hail

1.I do not where he ..................from.

2. Now he is quite..........and heart.

3. All the crops were destroyed due to .........storm.

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Fill in the blanks Lightening/Lightning

1. The boss is considering .............of burden of work on his own seat.

2. The huge building was struck by......................

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Find out error in the sentence and mark the relative Sr. no. as answer.

1. Everybody among the guests 2. were enjoying drinking 3.when the theft took place.

1.Of the two wild beasts 2.this one seems 3. the most ferocious. 

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Out of given options choose the word nearest in meaning to the word in italics and bold letters.

During  recent years the organisation has witnessed an inexorable march of progress.

1.Relentless 2; inexhaustible 3.Comprehensive 4. Constant

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In the story I will tell, Systems 1 and 2 are both active whenever we are awake. System 1 runs automatically and System 2 is normally in a comfortable low-effort mode, in which only a fraction of its capacity is engaged. System 1 continuously generates sug_gestions for System 2: impressions, intuitions, intentions, and feelings. If endorsed by System 2, impressions and intuitions turn into beliefs, and impulses turn into voluntary actions. When all goes smoothly, which is most of the time, System 2 adopts the suggestions of System 1 with little or no modification.

When System 1 runs into difficulty, it calls on System 2 to support more detailed and specific processing that may solve the problem of the moment. System 2 is mobilized when a question arises for which System 1 does not offer an answer, as probably happened to you when you encountered the multiplication problem 17 x 24. You can also feel a surge of conscious atten_tion whenever you are surprised. System 2 is activated when an event is de_tected that violates the model of the world that System 1 maintains. Surprise then activates and orients your attention: you will stare, and you will search your memory for a story that makes sense of the surprising event. System 2 is also credited with the continuous monitoring of your own behavior-the control that keeps you polite when you are angry, and alert when you are driving at night.

The division of labor between System 1 and System 2 is highly efficient: it minimizes effort and optimizes performance. The arrangement works well most of the tune because System 1 is generally very good at what it does: its models of familiar situations are accurate, its short-term predictions are usu_ally accurate as well, and its initial reactions to challenges are swift and gener_ally appropriate. System 1 has biases, however, systematic errors that it is prone to make in specified circumstances. As we shall see, it sometimes answers easier questions than the one it was asked, and it has little understanding of logic and statistics. One further limitation of System 1 is that it cannot be turned off. If you are shown a word on the screen in a language you know, you will read it-unless your attention is totally focused elsewhere.

Question 1


What is the relationship between System 1 and System 2?

A)

System 2 is mobilized to increased effort when it detects an error is about to be made by System 1.

B)

System 2 minimizes the effort and optimizes the performance of System 1.

C)

The two systems are interchangeable in function, but one utilizes lesser energy and hence is usually the default mode of operation.

D)

System 1 turns to System 2 whenever it encounters a situation where it does not have any readymade answers.

Question 2


In an experiment, volunteers were asked to count the number of basketball passes members of a team wearing white uniforms made to each other. The other team members on the court were wearing black uniforms. During the course of the play a man wearing a black gorilla suit walks into the court and walks off.

After the observation phase is over volunteers are asked to tell the moderator how many basketball passes happened. They are then quizzed if they noticed the gorilla walk past. Most of them do not recollect the incident.

Based on your understanding of this passage, which of the following statements represents an adequate explanation for the experiment discussed above.

A)

Some attention is needed for a surprising stimulus to be detected.

B)

System 2 stops working when System 1 is active.

C)

You generally believe your impressions and act on your desires, and that is fine usually.

D)

Most of what you do originates in System 1, but system 2 takes over when things get difficult.

Question 3


All of the following represent a situation where System 2 listens to System 1 when it should not be doing so, except..

A)

Multiplication of 12 x 3.

B)

An estimation of the probability of two people in a room filled with 27 people, sharing the same birthday.

C)

A bat and a ball together cost Rs. 110. The bat costs Rs. 100 more than the ball. What is the cost of the ball?

D)

Without using a pen, read out the number which is formed by adding 3 to each of the digits of the number - 6413.

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Beneath the surface of conscious and volitional knowledge, however, lie the twin domains of the personal and 'collective unconscious' or "a structural layer of the human psyche containing inherited elements, distinct from the personal unconscious". Socrates is famous for, among other things, recognizing that one knows but knows not that one knows. Such knowledge forms part of the personal unconsciousness and the Socratic method is a traditional way of raising such knowledge to consciousness. _________________

  a)Another is the 'talk therapy' of analytic and Freudian psychology.  

b)Analytically, access to such collectively unconscious knowledge is through active imagination. 

 c)Ambiguity plagues analysis of knowledge due to its biological roots.  

d)Therefore, ultimately, all knowledge is personal & tacit.

Out of given options of sets of words choose the most suitable to be filled in blanks.

Labour is the most important............in the production process. this process .............some adverse effects on mental and physical health of the workers.

1.Element.....exhibits 2.Input...develops 3. ingredient....imposes 4.facility.....imposes 5.development.......injects.

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Find out error in the sentence and mark the relative Sr. no. as answer.

1. If I had realised 2.what a bad teacher you are 3. I had not come 4.to you for guidance.

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Find out error in the sentence and mark the relative Sr. no. as answer.

1. The youngman put his hand 2. into his pocket and 3. was astonished 4.to find his wallet missing

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The belief in temporary incarnation or inspiration is worldwide. Certain people are supposed to be possessed from time to time by a spirit or deity; while the possession lasts, their own personality lies in abeyance, the presence of the spirit is revealed by convulsive shivering and shaking of the man's whole body, by wild gestures and excited looks, all of which refer, not to the man himself, but to the spirit which has entered into him; and in this abnormal state all his utterances are accepted as the voice of the god or spirit dwelling in him and speaking through him. _____________________

In this respect, there was a striking resemblance between the military tactics of the Polynesians, and those of the celebrated nations of ancient Greece.  

Thus, for example, in the Sandwich Islands, the king, imitating the god, uttered the responses of the oracle from his concealment in a frame of wickerwork. 

As soon as the god was supposed to have entered a man, the latter became violently agitated, and worked himself up to the highest pitch of apparent frenzy.  

In this state, he often rolled on the earth, foaming at the mouth, and revealed his desires.

Find out error in the sentence and mark the relative Sr. no. as answer.

1. He told me that 2. he has completed the work 3. that I had given him the previous day.

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Find out error in the sentence and mark the relative Sr. no. as answer.

1. As a lawyer his reputation 2.in the profession is 3.greater than his brother.

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Out of given options choose the word nearest in meaning to the word in italicised bold letters.

ARCHAIC

1. Modern  2. Decent   3. Clumsy  4. Primitive

NASCENT

1. Initial    2. Sharp  3. Dull   4. obsolete

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Out of given options  words choose the most suitable to be filled in the blank.

The child is so ............that it easily catches cold.

1. Sensible  2, Apprehensive 3.Sensitive  4.Sensuous

1.Element.....exhibits 2.Input...develops 3. ingredient....imposes 4.facility.....imposes 5.development.......injects.

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Out of given options choose the most suitable set of words to be filled in the blanks.

The teacher is indignant...........his students .........their carelessness.

1. of.....due to  2. with....at   3. by....of  4. for........of

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when you will come?

when will you come?

which one is correct?

Fill in the blanks.

Do : Deed  ::  See :......?  Run:.........? Handle:...........? Speak:.......? Go:.....? Laugh :........?  Think:.........?  Fly :.......?  Flow:........? Fail:......?

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arrange

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