kindly pour all your comments on it....this way we can avoid double posts and can have more participation..(and above all this thread is for CAT 2007 which has already been a debacle for many of us...so y to look in the past when we have our future in hand..;-))
As an intro, it'd be appropriate to remind everyone that CAT-2006 Verbal Ability was not a test of your verbal ability...it's a test of how lucky u can get under pressure.
On a more serious note, the junta who were giving the exam had never stressed on the questions given in the exam during the preparation phase...they never saw them coming.
One starting point for cracking the VA section of the CAT would be to get acquainted with the GMAT style, to which the CAT - 2006 verbal bore an uncanny resemblance.