VA Guide for CAT 2008

[shruti15]

Originally Posted by naresh007

Well...Puy's find my quota of EU:


1. A “calendar stick” carved centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them on systematic astronomical observation.
(A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them

hi
my answers are
E
D
E
A
A

[naresh007]

@Iota...congrats for getting all correct.

@vars.jat.... well,you are very right in your explanation part..

Answers are:
1.E
2.A...it's a misleading walla, actually none of options will fit other than itself..
3.E
4.A
5.A ...this 1 too doesn't need any correction

Originally Posted by naresh007

Well...Puy's find my quota of EU:

1. A “calendar stick” carved centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them on systematic astronomical observation.
(A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them
(B) of the North American Indians who have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them
(C) of the development of advanced full-year calendars by North American Indians, basing them
(D) of the North American Indians and their development of advanced full-year calendars based
(E) that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year calendars based

2. A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes.
(A) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump
(B) reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping
(C) reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump
(D) reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump
(E) reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities

3. A collection of 38 poems by Phillis Wheatley, a slave, was published in the 1770’s, the first book by a Black woman and it was only the second published by an American woman.
(A) it was only the second published by an American woman
(B) it was only the second that an American woman published
(C) the second one only published by an American woman
(D) the second one only that an American woman published
(E) only the second published by an American woman

4. A common disability in test pilots is hearing impairment, a consequence of sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time.
(A) a consequence of sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time
(B) a consequence from sitting for long periods of time too near to large jet engines
(C) a consequence which resulted from sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time
(D) damaged from sitting too near to large jet engines for long periods of time
(E) damaged because they sat too close to large jet engines for long periods of time

5. A controversial figure throughout most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom.
(A) that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom
(B) that some Blacks return to the African land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him
(C) that some Blacks return to Africa which was the land which symbolized the possibility of freedom to him
(D) some Black’s returning to Africa which was the land that to him symbolized the possibility of freedom
(E) some Black’s return to the land symbolizing the possibility of freedom to him, Africa

[tzsrivastava]

Usage Part 2: JUST..happy reading
1)Time
'Just' often emphasizes the idea of 'at this moment' or 'close to the present'.

I'll be down in a minute-I am just completing my lunch.
Harry has just phoned.

In expressions such as 'just after', 'just before', and 'just when', just suggests closeness to the time in question.
I saw him just after lunch. (=very soon after dinner.)

2)'Only', 'scarcely'
Just can mean 'only', 'scarcely', 'nothing more than'.
Complete dinner set for just Rs 500/-.
I just want somebody to stay with him.
There was only just enough light to read by.

Could/Can I Just....? can make a request seem less demanding.
Could I just use your bicycle?

3)Exactly
What is the time by your watch?--It's just 2 o'clock.
Thanks. That's just what I wanted to know.

4)Emphasizer
Just can emphasize other words and expressions, with the sense of 'simply', 'there's no other word for it'.
You are just amazing.
I just love your bike.

[naresh007]

Here's 3rd Set...puys..

1. A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected radiation that preheats the fuel, making ignition much easier and flames spreading more quickly.
(A) flames spreading
(B) flame spreads
(C) flames are caused to spread
(D) causing flames to spread
(E) causing spreading of the flames

2. A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims from a one-page writing sample that it can assess more than three hundred personality traits, including enthusiasm, imagination, and ambition.
(A) from a one-page writing sample that it can assess
(B) from a one-page writing sample it has the ability of assessing
(C) the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing
(D) to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess
(E) being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,

3. A huge flying reptile that died out with the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago, the Quetzalcoatlus had a wingspan of 36 feet, believed to be the largest flying creature the world has ever seen.
(A) believed to be
(B) and that is believed to be
(C) and it is believed to have been
(D) which was, it is believed,
(E) which is believed to be

4. A Labor Department study states that the numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase in the past decade and accounted for more than sixty-two percent of the total growth in the civilian work force.
(A) numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent increase
(B) numbers of women employed outside the home grew more than thirty-five percent
(C) numbers of women employed outside the home were raised by more than thirty-five percent
(D) number of women employed outside the home increased by more than thirty-five percent
(E) number of women employed outside the home was raised by more than a thirty-five percent increase

5. A large rise in the number of housing starts in the coming year should boost new construction dollars by several billion dollars, making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago.
(A) making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
(B) and make the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
(C) making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than it was five years ago
(D) to make the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago
(E) in making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than it as five years ago


Keep Rockin...n...Keep Solvin

[tzsrivastava]

USAGE 3: Whether and if

1) Indirect questions

Whether and if both introduce indirect questions

I’m not sure whether/if I’ll have time.
I asked whether/if she had any mails for me.

2) After verbs that are more common in formal style, whether is preferred.

We discussed whether we should close the café..

3)In formal style, whether is preferred in two part question with or.

The Board Of Directors have not decided whether they will invest or not.

4)If indirect question is fronted, whether is used.

Whether I’ll have time I’m not sure at the moment.


rgds
tarun

[vars.jat]

@ naresh.
Please post your reasoning for 2nd and last one for second set .Unless we understand the reason why the other options are wrong ,we can not be gud in sentence correction.


I think we are posting in wrong thread,there is another link for SC for CAT-2008.All the SC questions should be posted there and the usages(as given vy tzshrivastva)or other thingslike FIJ should be posted in this thread i.e. VA Guide for CAT 2008.

@ all..

those who post the answers for the 3rd SC test should post in SC link.

http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/englis...at-2008-a.html (Sentence Correction for CAT 2008)

And that too with explanations .

[vars.jat]

"USAGE 3: Whether and if

1) Indirect questions
Whether and if both introduce indirect questions

I’m not sure whether/if I’ll have time.
I asked whether/if she had any mails for me."

I think in case of indirect questions when it involves one condition ,we should use whether instead of if,though using if is not wrong.
what say puys?

Also,if is used when we have more than one condition e.g

I don't know if i will go to movie or park or restraunt.

correct me if i am wrong.

[tzsrivastava]

can somebody tell me how do we post data in tabular format here...i tried..but i failed

[tzsrivastava]

frnds,

attached here is a doc containing the analysis of last few CAT's...since most of us preparing for the frst time i hope it will be usefull to them in strategizing their preperation...

[getintoiimb]

moi take for set 3
D
A
C
D
C