VA Guide for CAT 2008

[shivam_01]

i will go with option 3 as it suits the best

[trustrajib]

Wil go for 3)..
In fact I am going with all puys..

[meenuv87]

3

[medulla]

Hi Puys,

All of you got the correct answer... Too good..

Answer is three. The reasons you have given are also correct...

[medulla]

Hi Puys,

Try the following question now...
I am sure you all are going to get it right...

It is a time to watch basic chemistry in action again with the sights and sounds of Diwali. The Chinese first developed pyrotechnics, the science- and art-of fireworks, more than a thousand years ago when they invented gunpowder. But it was not untill the Middle Ages - when it reached Europe- the black powder (as gupowder is also known) became popular for creating spectacular displays to mark important occassions. ___________

Options are:

1. Heat splits the chemical bonds in a pyrotecnic mixture and allows 'fuel' atoms to combine with atoms of the oxidiser.
2. Diwali is celebrated even in Japan.
3. Additives in the basic black powder mixture, packed in papier-mache shells, determine the colour of a firework.
4. Nevertheless, the appeal of fireworks for most of us is probably more instintive then intellectual.
5. The basic formula for making black powder - blending pottassium nitrate, charcoal and sulphur in the ratio of 75:15:10 - has remained unchanged through centuries.

All the best...
I will post the answers by 6pm tomorrow. (as everyone must be busy with mock cats)

[praveshnagra]

Originally Posted by medulla

Hi Puys,

Try the following question now...
I am sure you all are going to get it right...

It is a time to watch basic chemistry in action again with the sights and sounds of Diwali. The Chinese first developed pyrotechnics, the science- and art-of fireworks, more than a thousand years ago when they invented gunpowder. But it was not untill the Middle Ages - when it reached Europe- the black powder (as gupowder is also known) became popular for creating spectacular displays to mark important occassions. ___________

Options are:

1. Heat splits the chemical bonds in a pyrotecnic mixture and allows 'fuel' atoms to combine with atoms of the oxidiser.
2. Diwali is celebrated even in Japan.
3. Additives in the basic black powder mixture, packed in papier-mache shells, determine the colour of a firework.
4. Nevertheless, the appeal of fireworks for most of us is probably more instintive then intellectual.
5. The basic formula for making black powder - blending pottassium nitrate, charcoal and sulphur in the ratio of 75:15:10 - has remained unchanged through centuries.

All the best...
I will post the answers by 6pm tomorrow. (as everyone must be busy with mock cats)

I go with option 4.

[milindagrawal]

my take
4
reason: 1,2,3,5 seem utterly irrelevant.

[shivam_01]

Option 4 is correct according to me as others are irrelevant or seems to be repetitive

[madadi]

option 4 seems to suit the case best...
options 1, 3 and 5 are too scientific, and do not go with the style of writing of the paragraph..
option 2) sheer balderdash!
option 4, whereas, retains the flow....

[shashank3012]

2 ends the para with a joke
1,3,5 end the passage on a scientific note which somehow does not seem the author's idea.
So according to me 4 is the right option.