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CAT 08: Verbal Section Discussion
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CAT 08: Verbal Section Discussion - 16-11-2008, 09:57 AM

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This thread will be the place to discuss Verbal section.

Pour in your views/counter-views about the attempts, cut offs, solutions, difficulty level etc.

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Re: CAT 08: Verbal Section Discussion - 16-11-2008, 02:01 PM

40 questions

more towards vocab questions

not much difference except above than last year

easier passages if u choose the right one.....

12-13 attempts

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Re: CAT 08: Verbal Section Discussion - 16-11-2008, 02:04 PM

First one to post...Verbal was quite heavy in terms of number of questions.

Quantz and DI each had 25 question ...while VA had 40 questions

From my viewpoint,the questions were attend-able to a certain extent.

There were 4 passages,if my memory serves me right.

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Re: CAT 08: Verbal Section Discussion - 16-11-2008, 02:09 PM

Hi PAYsFeeling gud40 qs (hard in nerves)kept cool. decent 28 attemptscool section difficulty moderate to easy as compared to last year...Pls comment soon on my analysis
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Re: CAT 08: Verbal Section Discussion - 16-11-2008, 02:14 PM

did 33 questions..
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Re: CAT 08: Verbal Section Discussion - 16-11-2008, 02:22 PM

Dont you guys feel it was too word-list oriented?
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Re: CAT 08: Verbal Section Discussion - 16-11-2008, 02:28 PM

yup!!!i too found it moderate-levelled......though could not attempt many qs, becoz of di.....it took me arnd 1 hr to do 11 qs in DI....found it tuff
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Re: CAT 08: Verbal Section Discussion - 16-11-2008, 02:42 PM

I did 24 questions...should get a decent number correct


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Re: CAT 08: Verbal Section Discussion - 16-11-2008, 02:52 PM

what was the break up
in terms of no of rc, sentence correction etc....
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Re: CAT 08: Verbal Section Discussion - 16-11-2008, 03:07 PM

Each and every question was of 4 marks each and 1/4th negative marking.
I got form no 222.there were 4 RCs.I found them less lenghty and less difficult.Some vocab based questions were there and correct usage of english.With 40 questions,I managed to attempt only 21-22
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