VA Guide for CAT 2008

[vyomb]

New season and a fresh start for Verbal Ability....
Well, this thread is dedicated for all kind of discussions ,comments and queries regarding Verbal ability including critical reasoning.Also try to follow the last year's thread on VA (VA Guide for CAT 2007) which itself is a repository for all kind of questions asked in Verbal Ability section...

So keep posting and discussing....

join and njoi

P.S.:Mods please let this thread be on the forum.

Happy CAT-ing
ALL the best for CAT-08

[krsh.vik]

Vyomb Once again for the nice intiative

The following topics can be discussed in this thread

1) Critical Reasoning
2) FIJ/UDLI
3) Paragraph Completion
4) Usage of words/idioms
5) Summary etc.,

I am not able to recollect any other topics now Come up with plans as to how best we can take this thread forward


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All the best to all '08 aspirants

[Iota]

@Krsh Bhai & @ vyomb,
Thanks a lot to both u for some grt initiation and for pouring valuable inputs to various threads in PG including this.
As i am puzzled ,i do seek some advice regarding VA. as per as i am concerned i made a blunder in '07 wen i solely dependent on RC to get thru the feline. Which proved to preposterous wen the socreterian CAT RCs for '07 was encountered .
So my concern is know the methodology to improve / work upon the VA part.
krshbhai is thr any material available from which i can start with?
though my questions sound quite humdrum it still remains my concern.
Thanks in advance.

[Iota]

To kick start the VA thread let us answer the following questions of Sentence Correction :

1. The Wallerstein study indicates that even after a decade young men and women still experience some of the effects of a divorce occurring when a child.
(A) occurring when a child
(B) occurring when children
(C) that occurred when a child
(D) that occurred when they were children
(E) that has occurred as each was a child

2. Since 1981, when the farm depression began, the number of acres overseen by professional farm-management companies have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado's size.
(A) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado's size
(B) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, about the size of Colorado
(C) has grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado
(D) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado's
(E) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, about Colorado's size

3. Some bat caves, like honeybee hives, have residents that take on different duties such as defending the entrance, acting as sentinels and to sound a warning at the approach of danger, and scouting outside the cave for new food and roosting sites.
(A) acting as sentinels and to sound
(B) acting as sentinels and sounding
(C) to act as sentinels and sound
(D) to act as sentinels and to sound
(E) to act as a sentinel sounding

4.. The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns.
(A) to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns
(B) if they are quickly processed into juice concen¬trate before warmer weather returns to rot them
(C) for them to be processed quickly into juice concentrate before the fruit rots when warmer weather returns
(D) if the fruit is quickly processed into juice concen¬trate before they rot when warmer weather returns
(E) to have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots the fruit

5. Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monu¬ments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years as old as any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors.
(A) as old as any of their supposed
(B) older than any of their supposed
(C) as old as their supposed
(D) older than any of their supposedly
(E) as old as their supposedly

[Iota]

Well the thread is taking its shape,lots of study stuff added. These are too useful to be lost .
So this is the post in which i will try to keep a track on the important posts in these threads.
As of now the post numbers goes as mentioned below. Will keep on adding with more updates. Till Then njoy learning


The important post numbers are :

Post #

20,33,35,59,69,81,82,83,87,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,10 4,105,106,110,121,122,123,126,127,128,129,130,131, 132,135,137,139,142

[naresh007]

Here's my Take on this very first VA Test:
1) D
2) C
3) B
4) E
5) B

I'm sure i cracked all...

Originally Posted by Iota

To kick start the VA thread let us answer the following questions of Sentence Correction :

1. The Wallerstein study indicates that even after a decade young men and women still experience some of the effects of a divorce occurring when a child.
(A) occurring when a child
(B) occurring when children
(C) that occurred when a child
(D) that occurred when they were children
(E) that has occurred as each was a child

2. Since 1981, when the farm depression began, the number of acres overseen by professional farm-management companies have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado's size.
(A) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado's size
(B) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, about the size of Colorado
(C) has grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado
(D) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado's
(E) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, about Colorado's size

3. Some bat caves, like honeybee hives, have residents that take on different duties such as defending the entrance, acting as sentinels and to sound a warning at the approach of danger, and scouting outside the cave for new food and roosting sites.
(A) acting as sentinels and to sound
(B) acting as sentinels and sounding
(C) to act as sentinels and sound
(D) to act as sentinels and to sound
(E) to act as a sentinel sounding

4.. The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns.
(A) to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns
(B) if they are quickly processed into juice concen¬trate before warmer weather returns to rot them
(C) for them to be processed quickly into juice concentrate before the fruit rots when warmer weather returns
(D) if the fruit is quickly processed into juice concen¬trate before they rot when warmer weather returns
(E) to have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots the fruit

5. Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monu¬ments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years as old as any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors.
(A) as old as any of their supposed
(B) older than any of their supposed
(C) as old as their supposed
(D) older than any of their supposedly
(E) as old as their supposedly

[neversaydie_001]

Originally Posted by Iota

To kick start the VA thread let us answer the following questions of Sentence Correction :

1. The Wallerstein study indicates that even after a decade young men and women still experience some of the effects of a divorce occurring when a child.
(A) occurring when a child
(B) occurring when children
(C) that occurred when a child
(D) that occurred when they were children
(E) that has occurred as each was a child

2. Since 1981, when the farm depression began, the number of acres overseen by professional farm-management companies have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado's size.
(A) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado's size
(B) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, about the size of Colorado
(C) has grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado
(D) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado's
(E) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, about Colorado's size

3. Some bat caves, like honeybee hives, have residents that take on different duties such as defending the entrance, acting as sentinels and to sound a warning at the approach of danger, and scouting outside the cave for new food and roosting sites.
(A) acting as sentinels and to sound
(B) acting as sentinels and sounding
(C) to act as sentinels and sound
(D) to act as sentinels and to sound
(E) to act as a sentinel sounding

4.. The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns.
(A) to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns
(B) if they are quickly processed into juice concen¬trate before warmer weather returns to rot them
(C) for them to be processed quickly into juice concentrate before the fruit rots when warmer weather returns
(D) if the fruit is quickly processed into juice concen¬trate before they rot when warmer weather returns
(E) to have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots the fruit

5. Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monu¬ments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years as old as any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors.
(A) as old as any of their supposed
(B) older than any of their supposed
(C) as old as their supposed
(D) older than any of their supposedly
(E) as old as their supposedly

My answers are:
1.(D)
2.(C)
3.(B)
4.(E)
5.(B)

[Iota]

puys thanks for all the sincere participation. i am currently in office and dont have the answers with me. Will post the answers as soon as i reach home.

[vyomb]

Originally Posted by Iota

@Krsh Bhai & @ vyomb,
Thanks a lot to both u for some grt initiation and for pouring valuable inputs to various threads in PG including this.
As i am puzzled ,i do seek some advice regarding VA. as per as i am concerned i made a blunder in '07 wen i solely dependent on RC to get thru the feline. Which proved to preposterous wen the socreterian CAT RCs for '07 was encountered .
So my concern is know the methodology to improve / work upon the VA part.
krshbhai is thr any material available from which i can start with?
though my questions sound quite humdrum it still remains my concern.
Thanks in advance.

iota...
great enthusiasm...

a loads u can find on the previous yrs thread .. which is mentioned in the very first post of this thread..
Though a one thing i would like to share is just identify the various topics ..covered in VA and practice ..practice and PRactice.. no other alternative. you will yourself develop a knack to handle such problems.. and a way of thinking in the right direction...

[vars.jat]

hi,

@ naresh and neversaydie.

Please post the explanations for your answers,especially for the last two.

thanks