VA Guide for CAT 2008

[Varun Khullar]

Originally Posted by Varun Khullar

1. However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state.
(A) However much United States voters may agree that
(B) Despite the agreement among United States voters to the fact
(C) Although United States voters agree
(D) Even though United States voters may agree
(E) There is agreement among United States voters that

2. Idioglossia is a phenomenon, incompletely understood at best, where two persons develop a unique and private language with highly original vocabulary and syntax.
(A) where two persons develop a unique and private language with
(B) when two persons develop a unique and private language having
(C) in which two persons have unique and private language development with
(D) having two persons who develop a unique and private language that has
(E) in which two persons develop a unique and private language with

3. In 1933 the rubber, clothing, and shipbuilding industries put into effect a six-hour workday, believing it a seeming permanent accommodation rather than a temporary expedient for what many observers thought was an economy made overproductive by advances in technology.
(A) believing it a seeming permanent accommodation rather than a temporary expedient for what many observers thought was
(B) believing it a seeming permanent accommodation instead of a temporary expedient for what many observers thought was
(C) believing that it was not a temporary expedient but a seeming permanent accommodation to what many observers thought of as a
(D) not as a temporary expedient but as a seemingly permanent accommodation to what many observers thought was
(E) not as a temporary expedient but believing it a seemingly permanent accommodation for what many observers thought
4. In feudal Europe, urban areas developed from clusters of houses where peasants lived and commuted to farmlands in the countryside, unlike homesteading policies in the American West that required residency on the land itself in order to obtain eventual ownership.
(A) In feudal Europe, urban areas developed from clusters of houses where peasants lived and commuted to farmlands in the countryside, unlike homesteading policies in the American West that
(B) In feudal Europe, urban areas developed from clusters of houses where peasants lived and from which they commuted to farmlands in the countryside, but in the American West homesteading policies
(C) Unlike feudal Europe where urban areas developed from clusters of houses where peasants lived and commuted to farmlands in the countryside, the American West’s homesteading policies
(D) Unlike feudal Europe where urban areas developed from clusters of houses where peasants lived and commuted to farmlands in the countryside, the homesteading policies of the American West
(E) Urban areas developed from clusters of houses where peasants lived from which they commuted to farmlands in the countryside in feudal Europe, unlike the American West where homesteading policies


5. In his eagerness to find a city worthy of Priam, the German archaeologist Schliemann cut through Troy and uncovered a civilization a thousand years older as was the city Homer’s heroes knew.
(A) older as was the city Homer’s heroes knew
(B) more ancient than the city known to Homer’s heroes
(C) older than was the city known to Homer’s heroes
(D) more ancient of a city than Homer’s heroes knew
(E) older of a city than was the one known to Homer’s heroes

6. In the 1950s, when the Chrysler Corporation sponsored a live television show about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, it forbade the actors to mention Lincoln’s name or the name of the Ford Theater because it did not want to plug the competition.
(A) it forbade the actors to mention Lincoln’s name or the name of the Ford Theater because it
(B) they forbade the actors from mentioning Lincoln or the Ford Theater because they
(C) it was forbidden to mention Lincoln or the Ford Theater as they
(D) the actors were forbidden to mention Lincoln’s name or the name of the Ford Theater because they
(E) the actors were forbidden from mentioning Lincoln or the Ford Theater, since they

7. In the most common procedure for harvesting forage crops such as alfalfa, as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material, which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell to the ground.
(A) which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell
(B) the most nutritious of all parts of the plant, shatter and fall
(C) the parts of the plant which were most nutritious, will shatter and fall
(D) the most nutritious parts of the plant, shatters and falls
(E) parts of the plant which are the most nutritious, have shattered and fallen

8. It may be that by focusing primarily on a patient’s mental condition and on vague and often very speculative psychodynamic factors, predictions about the patient’s future behavior decrease in accuracy.
(A) predictions about the patient’s future behavior decrease in accuracy
(B) mental health professionals lessen the accuracy of their predictions about the patient’s future behavior
(C) the accuracy of predictions about the patient’s future behavior lessens
(D) a decrease in accuracy is seen in predictions about the patient’s future behavior can be predicted less accurately
(E) the patient’s future behavior can be predicted less accurately

9. It was because she was plagued by injuries that tennis celebrity Tracy Austin, who won the Italian and U.S. Opens at age 16 in 1979, sat out the years between 1984 to 1988, occasionally working as a television commentator.
(A) It was because she was plagued by injuries that tennis celebrity Tracy Austin, who won the Italian and U.S. Opens at age 16 in 1979, sat out the years between
(B) After winning the Italian and U.S. Opens in 1979 at the age of 16, injuries plagued tennis celebrity Tracy Austin and forced her to sit out from
(C) Tracy Austin, the tennis celebrity who, plagued by injuries, won the Italian and U.S. Opens at age 16 in 1979, sat out from
(D) Plagued by injuries, tennis celebrity Tracy Austin, who won the Italian and U.S. Opens at age 16 in 1979, sat out the years from
(E) Tennis celebrity Tracy Austin, who won the Italian and U.S. Opens at age 16 in 1979, was plagued by injuries when she sat out between

answer
these are the tough ones from 1000 SC.
answers in bold
1.A
2.E
3.D
4.B
5.B
6.A
7.D
8.B
9.D
feel free to ask doubts

[trustrajib]

Originally Posted by Varun Khullar

answer
these are the tough ones from 1000 SC.
answers in bold
1.A
2.E
3.D
4.B
5.B
6.A
7.D
8.B
9.D
feel free to ask doubts

Please help me with the First one.."However much United States voters may agree that" Is it the right usage??

[Varun Khullar]

Originally Posted by trustrajib

Please help me with the First one.."However much United States voters may agree that" Is it the right usage??

1. However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state.
(A) However much United States voters may agree that
(B) Despite the agreement among United States voters to the fact
(C) Although United States voters agree
(D) Even though United States voters may agree
(E) There is agreement among United States voters that
eliminate
(B) changes the meaning .. although x ....agree is too strong may agree .
D .. even though x .. unidiomatic .. if u look at the whole sentence.
E their is no agreement between them

[poojadatta]

Though right now I do not have answers I will post answer once I get...


The questions below has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

People are often in an ensemble of different players, on a stage with various props, costumes, scripts, and stage directions from producers and directors. Together, they comprise situational features that can dramatically influence behavior. What individuals bring into any setting is important, but so are the situational forces that act on them, as well as the systemic forces that create and maintain situations. _________.



1)What this means is that while most people are good most of the time, they can readily be led to act anti-socially.

2)What this means is that legal theory must reconsider the extent to which powerful situational and systemic factors should be taken into account in punishing individuals.

3)What this means is that the same situation that can inflame the hostile imagination and evil in some of us can inspire the heroic imagination in others.

4)What this means is that social situations have the power to dominate individual dispositions.

5)What this means is that individuals must consider fundamental strategies of resisting and challenging unwanted social influences.

My take is 2.

Please discuss....

[masoom]

Originally Posted by poojadatta

I am confused with the options.... Though right now I do not have answers I will post answer once I get...


The questions below has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

People are often in an ensemble of different players, on a stage with various props, costumes, scripts, and stage directions from producers and directors. Together, they comprise situational features that can dramatically influence behavior. What individuals bring into any setting is important, but so are the situational forces that act on them, as well as the systemic forces that create and maintain situations. _________.



1)What this means is that while most people are good most of the time, they can readily be led to act anti-socially.

2)What this means is that legal theory must reconsider the extent to which powerful situational and systemic factors should be taken into account in punishing individuals.

3)What this means is that the same situation that can inflame the hostile imagination and evil in some of us can inspire the heroic imagination in others.

4)What this means is that social situations have the power to dominate individual dispositions.

5)What this means is that individuals must consider fundamental strategies of resisting and challenging unwanted social influences.

My take is 2.

Please discuss....

well pooja.. i can explain it by the elimination process..

1 is out of window as anti-social is too strong a word and no such feeling is explained in the paragrapgh...

lets put 2 on hold...

in 3rd the sentence actually means that individual can mould the effect of sorrounding according to their character.. which is against the message what passage want to convey...

4th again is eliminated as no point of domination of one over another is raised..

and 5th is again not suiting the track..

so dunno know about the correct..

but 2 seems to be the most appropriate answer..

[shashank3012]

Hi pooja,
My take,
1)doesnt seem relevant.
2)brings a twist to the passage.The individuals in the para were referred to the criminals.
3)The passage is about different situations acting on the same individual rather than same situations acting on different individuals.
4)seems wrong as social situations are said to be contributory but not 'dominating'.
5)i think is correct as,after describing the social influences,the concluding part could be the way individual should react to these fluctuations.
My answer is (5)

[piyushpth]

Originally Posted by poojadatta

Though right now I do not have answers I will post answer once I get...


The questions below has a paragraph from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.
Please discuss....

I would go with answer 3.

[tyro.novice]

poojs-PC-21/08/2008-pg-150
My take option 2
1. doesn't suit coz it talks of people being readily led to act antisocially.
3. talks about one situation affecting individuals differently which is not the gist of the passage
4. talks of social situations dominating which is not the case as the paragraph talks of influence not dominance.
5. doesn't go with the line of thought of the passage.

[Varun Khullar]

Originally Posted by poojadatta

People are often in an ensemble of different players, on a stage with various props, costumes, scripts, and stage directions from producers and directors. Together, they comprise situational features that can dramatically influence behavior. What individuals bring into any setting is important, but so are the situational forces that act on them, as well as the systemic forces that create and maintain situations. _________.



1)What this means is that while most people are good most of the time, they can readily be led to act anti-socially.

2)What this means is that legal theory must reconsider the extent to which powerful situational and systemic factors should be taken into account in punishing individuals.

3)What this means is that the same situation that can inflame the hostile imagination and evil in some of us can inspire the heroic imagination in others.

4)What this means is that social situations have the power to dominate individual dispositions.

5)What this means is that individuals must consider fundamental strategies of resisting and challenging unwanted social influences.

My take is 2.

Please discuss....

i think 5 .. though 4 is also close..

[poojadatta]

Source explanation:

Options 1 and 2 talk only about dealing with the harm arising from the situation.
Option 4 is close, but eliminated because of the word ‘dominate’ which is unjustifiable - domination could be the other way round too.
Option 5 is eliminated because of the ‘must’. The writer’s purpose in writing the paragraph is not to communicate a ‘must.’
Option 3 balances individuals and situational/systemic forces without calling for further explanations or by bringing in any new ideas. The ‘hostile’ and ‘heroic’ arise from ‘ what individuals bring into ...’ .
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.