VA Guide for CAT 2007

[crazylogic]

hi Tanvir, a great start ....a commendable effort.

my answers to the questions are

1. impasse
2.ethereal
3. maculate
4.ambivalent
5.epigram
6.enfeeble
7.exhume
8.negligence
9.obdurate
10.improvident

[crazylogic]

Hello to all my fellow mba aspirants.

i believe PG provides a good platform where one can get info, ssistance, and material for
preparing.

i would request all the users to tell me the link(s) for inferential reasoning based Q's??

Regards

crazylogic

[writetotanveer]

n. situation that has no solution or escape; standstill; hang-up; deadlock; dead-end street

(b)impasse

adj. very light; airy; heavenly; not earthly; delicate

(d)ethereal


adj. spotted; blotched; defiled; impure (opposite: immaculate)

(d)maculate

adj. undecided

(d)ambivalent


n. witty or satirical poem or statement; letter; ingenious saying; proverb; phrase

(a)epigram

v. to make weak; to weaken

(d)enfeeble

v. to unearth; to reveal

(a)exhume

n. carelessness; neglect

(d)negligence

adj. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; stiff-necked

(b)obdurate


adj. not providing for the future; wasteful; careless; not saving up for future needs
(c)improvident

[writetotanveer]

Originally Posted by MBA_007

hi tanveer

just one request here
while providing solution please give us the meaning of all the option so that we cud learn some more words

Thats is a great idea. and i would strongly recommend it to people looking to enhance their VA skill.

Unfortunately due to time constraints in offfice i am unable to post the word meanings of the incorrect options..

Any volunteers to do the research..and post the meanings..?

At the very least if you come across a new word ..do look it up in the web dictionary..and post the meaning..it will help others as well as you

Regards
Tanveer

[maulin]

Originally Posted by writetotanveer

It is true that the Verbal portion of the CAT has a shrunk to a great extent. But you never know what comes next with the CAT! Besides, a strong basic grounding in Verbal skills is essential for tackling Critical Reasoning questions as well!!!

For example one of the Questions in the RCs of 2006 required you to identify the differnt shades in the meaning of the words "hypothetical" and "imaginary".

Keeping all this in mind , this thread is dedicated to Verbal Acrobatics for CAT 2007.

Regards
Tanveer

p.s Also, I was getting a lot of queries regarding VA doubts. Those can be posted here now!!

yet another great initiative Tanveer Bhai
Have one question though
Is the purpose of this thread to prepare only for the questions of the types (VA Acrobatics) you mentioned..
OR Is it to prepare for all types of CAT VA Questions?
I suggest it would be better if this thread is used for solving different types of VA Questions...
Something like..
Monday - ParaJumbles
Tuesday - Sentence Completion
Wednesday - Critical Reasoning & so on...

I know there are different threads dedicated to this..
But, as the thread title suggests "VA Guide for CAT 2007" I felt like it would be good to have all the VA prep on one thread..

[maulin]

sorry..duplicate Post

[writetotanveer]

Originally Posted by maulin

yet another great initiative Tanveer Bhai
Have one question though
Is the purpose of this thread to prepare only for the questions of the types (VA Acrobatics) you mentioned..
OR Is it to prepare for all types of CAT VA Questions?
I suggest it would be better if this thread is used for solving different types of VA Questions...
Something like..
Monday - ParaJumbles
Tuesday - Sentence Completion
Wednesday - Critical Reasoning & so on...

I know there are different threads dedicated to this..
But, as the thread title suggests "VA Guide for CAT 2007" I felt like it would be good to have all the VA prep on one thread..

Thanks Maulin...

Why dont we do this ....for RC and Jumbled Paras ..stick to the currently running threads..for all other VA questions we can use this thread unless we have a specialised VA thread on any particular topic coming up in the future...??

How does that sound??
Regards
Tanveer

[n_pai24]

just a subscription thread!!
cheers,
nitin

[writetotanveer]

Originally Posted by n_pai24

just a subscription thread!!
cheers,
nitin

Just for your info.. and other newbies
You can always go to the top to thread tools menu and in that drop down select the" subscribe to thread" option..
you need not post to subscribe..

Regards
Tanveer

[writetotanveer]

1) Answer choices in which the word "being" is a verb are rarely correct. Pay special attention to where and how "being" is used at the end of the answer choices.

2) "There" constructions are rarely correct. If you see "there" WITH a comma before it, it's probably wrong

3) If you see "which" WITHOUT a comma before it, it's probably wrong.

4) Consider, regard....as, think of......as: there is no as after consider, while both regard and think of need the as.

5) To be/Being: In general, avoid the construction to be/being because they are usually passive. To be/being are commonly used in junk answer choices.

6)“after when” is WRONG

7) From x to Y - CORRECT, From x up to Y - INCORRECT

Rates for - CORRECT, Rates of – INCORRECT

9) If “who” is present it should refer to one before the comma.

10) “so much.....as” is preferred if it is preceded by a negative. Ex: She left not so much as a trace.

11) Have + verb (-ed) + present participle (-ing) is WRONG ex: “have elected retiring” should be “have elected to retire”

12) A relative pronoun (which, that or who) refers to the word preceding it. If the meaning is unclear, the pronoun is in the wrong position. The word "which" introduces non-essential clauses and "that" introduces essential clauses. "Who" refers to individuals; "that" refers to a group of persons, class, type, or species.

Wrong: The line at the bank was very slow, which made me late.
Right: I was late because of the line at the bank OR The line at the bank made me late.

13) “Less” and “amount” refer to non-countable things and answer: “How much?” [soup].

14) "Fewer" and "number" refer to countable things and
answer: "How many?" [people].

15) "if" vs. "whether" vs "whether or not". if these are being tested in one sentence choose "whether" almost 100% of the time!!!

16) Disinterested vs Uninterested

Disinterested: neutral, unbiased
Ex: The best judges are disinterested.

Uninterested: bored, not interested
Ex: Uninterested in his homework, Martin nodded off.

17) Who vs Whom

If you can’t get who and whom straight, try this trick: rephrase the sentence to get rid of who or whom.

If you find you’ve replaced who/whom with he, she, or they, then "who" is correct.

If you find you’ve replaced who/whom with him, her, or them, then "whom" is correct.

1 Conditional

The conditional might trip you up or give you pause, but it’s actually a wonderfully simple verb form to get right.

The formula always goes: If.....were.....would. That’s it! There’s nothing else to memorize.

Ex: If I were principal, I would let everyone leave at eleven a.m.

Note that it’s never correct to say if . . . was . . . were.

The title of the song “If I Were a Rich Man” is an excellent way to remember the use of were with the conditional.

Source: Compiled from the Net