My take on set 8 :

1.3
2Klueless
3.1

SET 8

1. Ten points are marked on a straight line and eleven points are marked on another straight line. How many triangles can be constructed with vertices from among the above points?
(1) 495 (2) 550 (3) 1045 (4) 2475

2. For a scholarship, at most n candidates out of 2n + 1 can be selected. If the number of different ways of selection at least one candidate is 63, the maximum number of candidates that can be selected for the scholarship is:
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 2 (4) 5

3. The speed of a railway engine is 42 Km per hour when no compartment is attached, and the reduction in speed is directly proportional to the square root of the number of compartments attached. If the speed of the train carried by this engine is 24 Km per hour with 9 compartments are attached, the maximum number of compartments carried by the engine is:
(1) 49 (2) 48 (3) 46 (4) 47

OA'S

1. OPTION 3
2. OPTION 1
3. OPTION 2

set 7

1. The number of positive integers valued pairs (x, y) satisfying 4x - 17y = 1 and x <= 1000 is
(1) 59 (2) 57 (3) 55 (4) 58

2. Let a, b, c be distinct digits. Consider a two digit number 'ab' and three digit 'ccb' both defined under usual decimal number system. If (ab) = ccb and ccb > 300, then the value of b is :
(1) 1 (2) 0 (3) 5 (4) 6

3. The remainder when 7^84 is divided by 342 is :
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 49 (4) 341

oa's

1. Option 1
2. Option 1
3. Option 2

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That should be 7^84 divided by 342.

Can you please explain first two questions?

Hi CDT Puys,

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ques 1: see first by number crunching find the solution of the eqn like here when y=3 x=13. Henceforth , just decrease the value of x by the coeff. of y (here =-17) and increase the value of y by the coeff of x(here =4) so the next solution would be x=13-(-17) y=3+4 . Repeat the process.Now since a condition is given that x ,=1000 we only find those multiples of 17 which on adding 13 are less than 1000 17x58=986 so x(max)=13+986=999 .Number of solutions =58+1(the first solution ;x=13) . you can use a formula also
no. of solutions = (x(max)/coeff of y) +1

ques 2 : this one was simple number crunching .Think of those squares that have the first 2 digits same .I can think of just one , 441 which is a sqr of 21 .hence b=1

ques 3: if it is 7^84 mod342 then the answer should be 1.
7^3=343 so
(343)^28 mod 342 which is 1

Hope this helped

3. The remainder when 784 is divided by 342 is :
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 49 (4) 341
I think the question is incomplete ..... because 784 divided by 342 gives 100 as remainder ..... you have missed the power of 784 IMO

That should be 7^84 divided by 342.

Can you please explain first two questions?

Hi CDT Puys,

Got a SMS from IMS regarding the Cat 500** must solve questions for CAT 2011. Is it worth taking that book?

SET 7

1. The number of positive integers valued pairs (x, y) satisfying 4x - 17y = 1 and x <= 1000 is
(1) 59 (2) 57 (3) 55 (4) 58

2. Let a, b, c be distinct digits. Consider a two digit number 'ab' and three digit 'ccb' both defined under usual decimal number system. If (ab) = ccb and ccb > 300, then the value of b is :
(1) 1 (2) 0 (3) 5 (4) 6

3. The remainder when 784 is divided by 342 is :
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 49 (4) 341

1. The number of positive integers valued pairs (x, y) satisfying 4x - 17y = 1 and x <= 1000 is
(1) 59 (2) 57 (3) 55 (4) 58

2. Let a, b, c be distinct digits. Consider a two digit number 'ab' and three digit 'ccb' both defined under usual decimal number system. If (ab) = ccb and ccb > 300, then the value of b is :
(1) 1 (2) 0 (3) 5 (4) 6

3. The remainder when 784 is divided by 342 is :
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 49 (4) 341
I think the question is incomplete ..... because 784 divided by 342 gives 100 as remainder ..... you have missed the power of 784 IMO

SET 7

1. The number of positive integers valued pairs (x, y) satisfying 4x - 17y = 1 and x <= 1000 is
(1) 59 (2) 57 (3) 55 (4) 58

2. Let a, b, c be distinct digits. Consider a two digit number 'ab' and three digit 'ccb' both defined under usual decimal number system. If (ab) = ccb and ccb > 300, then the value of b is :
(1) 1 (2) 0 (3) 5 (4) 6

3. The remainder when 7^84 is divided by 342 is :
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 49 (4) 341

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Set 6

My take

1. A
2.
3. A
4. A
5. :wow:
6. B
7. A
8. :wow:
9. C
10. A

1-c
2-
3-d
4-b
5-a
6-c
7-
8-d
9-c
10-a

My take on SET 5:

1. b
2. b
3. b

SET 6:

1. Vijay, Saral and Himanshu visited a shop to buy a certain article and each one of them bought
atleast one unit of the article. The shopkeeper gave a discount of 20% to Vijay, two successive
discounts of 20% and 25% to Saral and three successive discounts of 20%, 25% and 40% to
Himanshu. After selling 'x' units of the article he calculated that he had given an overall discount of
50%. If 8 x 20 , then how many values of 'x' are possible?
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 0 (d) None of these

2. ABCD is a parallelogram. E is a point on AB such that AE : BE = 2 : 3. A line EF is drawn parallel
to AD and it meets CD at F. G is a point on BC such that GB : GC = 1 : 4. What is the ratio of the
area of DEC to the area of EFG?
(a) 3 : 5 (b) 10 : 3 (c) 25 : 12 (d) None of these

3. In how many ways can 4 distinct balls be distributed into 3 identical boxes?
(a) 14 (b) 17 (c) 11 (d) 6

4. 'X' is the largest sum of rupees which can never be paid using any number of coins of denominations
Rs.4, Rs.8, Rs.13 and Rs.18. What is the sum of the digits of 'X'?
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) None of these

5. When '2' is added to each of the three roots of x3 - Ax2 + Bx - C = 0, we get the roots of
x3 + Px2 + Qx - 18 = 0. A, B, C, P and Q are all non-zero real numbers. What is the value of
(4A + 2B + C)?
(a) 10 (b) - 10 (c) 11 (d) Cannot be determined

6. On 1st January, 2000 the average age of a family of 6 people was 'A' years. After 5 years a child was
born in the family and one year after that the average age was again found to be 'A' years. What is
the value of 'A'? (Assume that there are no other deaths and births.)
(a) 25 (b) 35 (c) 37 (d) 39

7. Two different solutions of honey, milk and water are mixed with each other three times in varying
proportions. The concentration of honey and milk in the three resulting solutions are found to be
(10%, 16%), (12%, 12%) and (16%, x%) respectively. What is the value of x?
(a) 4 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 10

8. = Greatest integer less than or equal to x
{x} = x -
How many real values of x satisfy the equation 5 + 3{x} = 6 + x?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) More than 2

9. Fifty white marbles are placed in a row. What is the minimum number of black marbles that need to
be placed between the white marbles such that each marble (white or black) has at least one
neighbour of the other colour?
(a) 24 (b) 49 (c) 25 (d) 48

10. If log5log4log3(x2 - 11x + 1) = 0 (where x > 0) then what is the value of x?
(a) 16 (b) 13 (c) 20 (d) 8

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Set 5

My take

1. b
2. c
3. b

Puys wake up!!!!!!!

SET NO:5[
1. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
one.
A. Capping it all wa........
C. Literacy, infant mortality, life expectancy, poverty and every other social indicator was always far
worse in socialist India than in Asian miracle economies.
D. So, the socialist cage gave Indians neither economic growth no/QUOTE]

my take :

1-b(was seriously confused b/w d and b )
2-c
3-b

Set : 5:

My take

1.d
2.c
3.a

:splat:

Yeah 3rd shud be B :splat:

SET 5
1.b
2.c
3.b

OA for SET 5:

1. b There are two clues to solve this question. The first is the mandatory pair (A-B). Statement B has to come immediately after statement A as B is the response of the Labour party to the row about the legitimacy. mentioned in A. This leaves us with options (b) and (d). Here the difference is in the order of statements D& E. (D-E) would be the correct order as statement D introduces the event while statement E begins the description of the events that followed. Statement E also matches the tone of statement C.

2. c The paragraph has a mandatory pair (D-B) as B carries further the idea of opening of the cages, which gets introduced in D. (C-A) is another mandatory pair.Statement C compares Indias performance on social indicators with that of Asian economies. Statement A further compares Indias performance with that of poor African countries. Only options (c) and (d) have both mandatory pairs. Option (d) gets negated as the paragraph must start with C, which introduces the para. Option (c) aligns all the statements of the paragraph thereby making it coherent.

3. b Statement C clearly emerges as an introductory sentence an episode regarding the.. (A-E) is a mandatory pair as in statement E Akbar gives reasons to refute Hakim Alis argument. The only possible answer choice is (b).

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SET 5
1.b
2.c
3.b

Set : 5:

My take

1.d
2.c
3.a

:splat:

Yeah 3rd shud be B

Puys wake up!!!!!!!

SET NO:5[
1. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
one.
A. Capping it all wa........
C. Literacy, infant mortality, life expectancy, poverty and every other social indicator was always far
worse in socialist India than in Asian miracle economies.
D. So, the socialist cage gave Indians neither economic growth no/QUOTE]

my take :

1-b(was seriously confused b/w d and b )
2-c
3-b

Set 5

My take

1. b
2. c
3. b

Puys wake up!!!!!!!

SET NO:5
1. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
one.
A. Capping it all was a row about the legitimacy of holding election events in government property.
B. Not a problem, the Labour party insisted, for this was a PFI hospital and thus commercial
property.
C. Gordon Brown then set out his manifesto in front of a peculiar mixture of party supporters and
journalists, some of whom were jeered for asking impertinent questions.
D. The stage seemed set for a typical, if rather embarrassing, New Labour event.
E. In a Birmingham hospital, Soul Man blasted out while the likes of Pat McFadden and Bob
Ainsworth fumbled in choreographed order towards their seats.
(a) DEACB (b) DECAB (c) EBADC (d) EDCAB
2. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
one.
A. Far worse than even in some poor African countries.
B. This remains an area of grave concern: opening the cages will not solve the problems of basic
education and health so public private partnerships may be needed.
C. Literacy, infant mortality, life expectancy, poverty and every other social indicator was always far
worse in socialist India than in Asian miracle economies.
D. So, the socialist cage gave Indians neither economic growth nor social justice.
E. Vast sums of spent on health and education were wasted; teachers and health staff had an
absenteeism rate of 18 % to 58 % but were protected from disciplinary action by strong trade
unions.
(a) EDCAB (b) BACED (c) CAEDB (d) EDBCA
3. Five sentences are given below, labeled A, B, C, D and E. They need to be arranged in a logical
order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate
one.
A. Hakim Ali argued against the use of tobacco: "It is not necessary for us to follow the Europeans,
and adopt a custom, which is not sanctioned by our own wise men without experiment or trial."
B. Here instinct worked better than reason but worked well enough!
C. The fact that fact may not be infallible, especially in the presence of uncertainty, is well illustrated
by an episode regarding the then newly arrived practice of smoking tobacco.
D. Armed with that argument , Akbar tried smoking, but happily for him , he took an instant dislike
of it and never smoked again.
E. Akbar ignored this argument on the ground that "we must not reject a thing that has been
adopted by the people of the world, merely because we can't find it in our books; or else how
shall we progress."
(a) CEBDA (b) CAEDB (c) CADEB (d) AEBDC

SET 4

1. But ______ are now regularly written not just for tools, but well-established practices, organizations and institutions, not all of which seem to be ______ away.
(1) reports . . . withering (2) stories . . . trading
(3) books . . . dying (4) obituaries . . . fading

2. The Darwin who ______ is most remarkable for the way in which he ______ the attributes of the world class thinker and head of the household.
(1) comes . . . figures (2) arises . . . adds
(3) emerges . . . combines (4) appeared . . . combines

3. Since her face was free of ______ there was no way to ______ if she appreciated what had happened.
(1) make-up . . . realise (2) expression . . . ascertain
(3) emotion . . . diagnose (4) scars . . . understand

4. In this context, the ______ of the British labour movement is particularly ______.
(1) affair . . . weird (2) activity . . . moving
(3) experience . . . significant (4) atmosphere . . . gloomy

5. Indian intellectuals may boast, if they are so inclined, of being ______ to the most elitist among the intellectual ______ of the world.
(1) subordinate . . . traditions (2) heirs . . . cliques
(3) ancestors . . . societies (4) heir . . . traditions

OA FOR SET 4
1. OPTION 4 Reports, stories and books are not written for tools. Only obituaries can be written for someone or something. Fading fits in with this.

2. OPTION 3 The keywords here are world class thinker and head of the household. The sentence tells us that Darwin had both the above mentioned attributes and the appropriate word for the second blank would be combines. The first blank as per the choices could be either emerges or appeared. However emerges fits in appropriately.

3. OPTION 2 The keywords here are face free of , no way and appreciated. The sentence conveys the idea that the facial expression is the key to finding out reaction of people. The appropriate words here are expression and ascertain.

4. OPTION 3 The word affair in choice 1 does not fit into the blank as it does not convey any sense. In the same way activity.moving in 2 also does not convey any sense and is rejected atmosphere does not make sense when used along with British. Hence choice 4 is also rejected. experience fits in with labour movement and significant fits into the second blank to give a coherent sentence.

5. OPTION 4 The keywords here are intellectuals boast and elitist. The word intellectuals denotes a group and as such gives us a clue that the first blank should contain a word that refers to this group. Choices 2 and 3 contain plural words heirs and ancestors hence they are ruled out. The word subordinate does not qualify the word boast hence 1 is also rejected. heir in 4 refers to this group and traditions fits in with intellectual..world at the end of the sentence.

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SET 4:

(1)reports . . . withering
(2)emerges . . . combines
(3)expression . . . ascertain
(4) experience . . . significant
(5)not sure:splat:

Jpriya==> please post OA..

My Take on Set4:

4
3
2
3
2

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PGP 2011-2013 batch

Set- 4

1.4
2.3
3.2
4.3
5.2

:splat:

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PGP 2011-2013 batch

set 4

1. But ______ are now regularly written not just for tools, but well-established practices, organizations and institutions, not all of which seem to be _____

1-1
2-3
3-2
4-3
5-3

SET 4

1. But ______ are now regularly written not just for tools, but well-established practices, organizations and institutions, not all of which seem to be ______ away.
(1) reports . . . withering (2) stories . . . trading
(3) books . . . dying (4) obituaries . . . fading

2. The Darwin who ______ is most remarkable for the way in which he ______ the attributes of the world class thinker and head of the household.
(1) comes . . . figures (2) arises . . . adds
(3) emerges . . . combines (4) appeared . . . combines

3. Since her face was free of ______ there was no way to ______ if she appreciated what had happened.
(1) make-up . . . realise (2) expression . . . ascertain
(3) emotion . . . diagnose (4) scars . . . understand

4. In this context, the ______ of the British labour movement is particularly ______.
(1) affair . . . weird (2) activity . . . moving
(3) experience . . . significant (4) atmosphere . . . gloomy

5. Indian intellectuals may boast, if they are so inclined, of being ______ to the most elitist among the intellectual ______ of the world.
(1) subordinate . . . traditions (2) heirs . . . cliques
(3) ancestors . . . societies (4) heir . . . traditions

I start the initiative to discuss at least a set of questions a day and having discussions upon the various sections. I request the puys whoever posting the sets of questions or the answers to mention with the set number alone. This avoids quoting the entire post.

Here goes the first one with the verbal ability, a PJ set..

SET 1:

1. A. Although there are large regional variations, it is not infrequent to find a large number of people sitting here and there and doing nothing.
B. Once in office, they received friends and relatives who feel free to call any time without prior appointment
C. While working, one is struck by the slow and clumsy actions and reactions, indifferent attitudes, procedure rather than outcome orientation, and the lack of consideration for others.
D. Even those who are employed often come late to the office and leave early unless they are forced to be punctual.
E. Work is not intrinsically valued in India.
F. Quite often people visit ailing friends and relatives or go out of their way to help them in their personal matters even during office hours.
(1) ECADBF (2) EADCFB (3) EADBFC (4) ABFCBE

2. A. But in the industrial era destroying the enemy's productive capacity means bombing the factories which are located in the cities.
B. So in the agrarian era, if you need to destroy the enemy's productive capacity, what you want to do is burn his fields, or if you're really vicious, salt them.
C. Now in the information era, destroying the enemy's productive capacity means destroying the information infrastructure.
D. How do you do battle with your enemy?
E. The idea is to destroy the enemy's productive capacity, and depending upon the economic foundation, that productive capacity is different in each case.
F. With regard to defence, the purpose of the military is to defend the nation and be prepared to do battle with its enemy.
(1) FDEBAC (2) FCABED (3) DEBACF (4) DFEBAC

3. A. Michael Hofman, a poet and translator, accepts this sorry fact without approval or complaint.
B. But thanklessness and impossibility do not daunt him.
C. He acknowledges too - in fact he returns to the point often - that best translators of poetry always fail at some level.
D. Hofman feels passionately about his work, and this is clear from his writings.
E. In terms of the gap between worth and rewards, translators come somewhere near nurses and street-cleaners.
(1) EACDB (2) ADEBC (3) EACBD (4) DCEAB

4. A. Passivity is not, of course, universal.
B. In areas where there are no lords or laws, or in frontier zones where all men go armed, the attitude of the peasantry may well be different.
C. So indeed it may be on the fringe of the unsubmissive.
D. However, for most of the soil-bound peasants the problem is not whether to be normally passive or active, but when to pass from one state to another.
E. This depends on an assessment of the political situation.
(1) BEDAC (2) CDABE (3) EDBAC (4) ABCDE

5. A. The situation in which violence occurs and the nature of that violence tends to be clearly defined at least in theory, as in the proverbial Irishman's question: 'Is this a private fight or can anyone join in?'
B. So the actual risk to outsiders, though no doubt higher than our societies, is calculable.
C. Probably the only uncontrolled applications of force are those of social superiors to social inferiors and even here there are probably some rules.
D. However binding the obligation to kill, members of feuding families engaged in mutual massacre will be genuinely appalled if by some mischance a bystander or outsider is killed.
(1) DABC (2) ACDB (3) CBAD (4) DBAC

P.S: Attempts should be genuine without refering any material or dictionary

OA FOR SET 1
1. OPTION 3 As per the choices E and A are our possible starting sentence. Of the two E is a very generalized statement and as such apt to begin a para. Regional in A connects with India in E hence A follows E. A talks of people who are not doing anything and the idea is continued by those who are employed in D hence it follows A. office in B connects with office in D hence B follows D. EADBFC.

2. OPTION 1 As per the choices either F or D begin the para. Of the two F is a general statement and hence it is a suitable first sentence. battle in F connects with battle in D which poses a question. E gives an answer to this question hence E follows D. E speaks of destroying productive capacities and also states that these productive capacity is different in different cases. A, B and C all speak of these different cases however in terms of chronology agrarian in B should be followed by industrial in A and information age which is the latest comes next. FDEBAC.

3. OPTION 3 As per the choices E, A and D are possible first sentences. this sorry fact in A rules it out. Between E and D, E is a more generalized statement and thus it is more suitable. E states a fact and A which has the word fact in it follows next. He in C refers to Michael Hofman in A hence C follows A. impossibility in B connects with fail in C hence B follows C. EACBD.

4. OPTION 4 As per the choices the possible opening sentences are A, B, C or E. it in C rules it out and this in E also rules it out. Between A and B, A is a more general statement and hence it is the first sentence. ABCDE.

5. OPTION 1 D is a very general statement and is the first sentence. A continues the discussion about the nature of violence and how it is defined in theory. outsiders in B connects with can anyone join in in A hence it follows next. DABC.

SET 3:

25.cannot be determined
26.14
27.35



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Last week's scores


Both crossed the 3 digit mark !!

PM -8 109 ... 99.83 %

AIMCAT 1209 125 ... 99.89 %


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SET 3:
The following data pertains to the profiles of 100 students who have appeared for the 'Selection Process' of
a B-School, ISW College in the year 2009.
1. Each student has written exactly one of the two tests LAT or BAT, and every one of them has at

25 d
26 c
27 b:splat:

Set 3

My take

1. d Cannot be determined
2. c 14
3. b 14+21 = 35

Took hell a lot of time. Time factor is killing me

Set 2

My take

1. Pilot
2. Business
3. Cricket
4. Science

my take
1) pilot
2) business
3) cricket
4) science

solved it as follows

1 2 3 4 5
Prof. scientist pilot architect doc lawyer

Book Lit. Fiction Motiv. science business

TV Geo. news sports entertain. business

sports Ftbl tennis cricket chess badmin.

Hence
1) pilot
2) business
3) cricket
4)science

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SET 3:
The following data pertains to the profiles of 100 students who have appeared for the 'Selection Process' of
a B-School, ISW College in the year 2009.
1. Each student has written exactly one of the two tests LAT or BAT, and every one of them has at least
one of the two features - Good Academic Record (GAR) or Extra Curricular Activities (ECA).
2. No student who has written LAT has both GAR and ECA.
3. Sixty percent (60%) of the students who have appeared for the Selection Process have written LAT, of
which 40% have Work Experience.
4. Fifty percent (50%) of the students who have appeared for the Selection Process have Work Experience,
of which 30 students have GAR.
5. The number of students who have written BAT and also have both Work experience and GAR is 20.
6. The number of students who have written LAT and also have GAR is 25.
7. The number of students who have ECA but have no Work Experience is 35.

25. Out of all the students who have appeared for the Selection Process of ISW College, how many
have written BAT and have Work Experience and GAR, but no ECA?
(a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) Cannot be determined

26. Out of all the students who have appeared for the Selection Process of ISW College, what is the
maximum possible number of students who have GAR and who have also written BAT but have no
Work Experience?
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) Cannot be determined

27. Out of all the students who have appeared for the Selection Process of ISW College, what is the
total number of students who have written LAT and have ECA?
(a) 31 (b) 35 (c) 28 (d) Cannot be determined

solved it as follows

1 2 3 4 5
Prof. scientist pilot architect doc lawyer

Book Lit. Fiction Motiv. science business

TV Geo. news sports entertain. business

sports Ftbl tennis cricket chess badmin.

Hence
1) pilot
2) business
3) cricket
4)science

Set 2

My take

1. Pilot
2. Business
3. Cricket
4. Science

You are welcomed to participate in the discussions..

SET 2:
A group of five friends recently met in an alumni meet at their college. When asked about their whereabouts, likes and dislikes by their ex-professors, these friends tried to puzzle their professors by giving them certain clues.

These friends lived in Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad and had these cities labeled as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 not necessarily in that order and arranged on a piece of paper in ascending order of their city labels. Their professions were Architect, Lawyer, Pilot, Scientist and Doctor. These friends liked reading books on fiction, science, business, motivation and literature, played the games from among Football, Cricket, Tennis, Badminton and Chess and also had a special liking for the TV channels from among News, Sports, Business, Entertainment and Geography.

No two people had any of these parameters same i.e. no two of them were from the same city or of the same profession or liked reading the same variety of books or played the same games or had the same TV channel as their favorite.

Following were the clues given by the friends to their professors.

The Architect lives in Kolkata.
The Lawyer prefers business as his TV channel.
The Pilot reads books on fiction.
Chennai is placed to the immediate left of Mumbai.
The person from Chennai likes books on science.
The person who plays Cricket prefers sports channel.
The person from Delhi plays Football.
The person living in the city placed at the center prefers to read books on motivation.
The Scientist lives in the city labelled as number 1.
The person who plays Tennis is from the city adjacent to the one who likes watching geography channel.
The man who watches news channel lives in the city placed next to the city of the person who plays football.
The person who plays Badminton reads books on business.
The Doctor plays Chess.
The Scientist lives in the city placed besides Hyderabad.
The city of the person who plays Tennis is next to the person who likes reading literature.


Q1.What is the profession of the person who lives in Hyderabad?
Q2.Which TV channel does the person from Mumbai prefer to watch?
Q3.Which game does the person, who prefers reading books on motivation, play?
Q4.Which book does the Doctor prefer to read?

my take
1) pilot
2) business
3) cricket
4) science

Hi ALL,

I was not able to participate in the Meet yesterday since I had my proc mock yestday. I want to participate in all the discussions and also the conference scheduled for tonight(If I am allowed).

Strengths : LRDI, parajumbles,Numbers
Exams planning to write : CAT, XAT, NMAT
Date and slot on which you are planning to write: 28th October, morning slot, Everonn, perungudi, Chennai.

Set-1

My take.

1.3
2.1
3.1
4.1
5.4

Hi ALL,

I was not able to participate in the Dream Team and hence I am not a member but still I want to participate in all the discussions and also the conference scheduled for tonight(If I am allowed).

Strengths : QA and DI
Exams planning to write : CAT, XAT, IIFT
Date and slot on which you are planning to write: 12th November, afternoon slot,Everonn,Chennai

Sachin Fan Says

Would like to participate in the discussions here though not a member of CDT !! :grin:

You are welcomed to participate in the discussions..

SET 2:
A group of five friends recently met in an alumni meet at their college. When asked about their whereabouts, likes and dislikes by their ex-professors, these friends tried to puzzle their professors by giving them certain clues.

These friends lived in Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad and had these cities labeled as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 not necessarily in that order and arranged on a piece of paper in ascending order of their city labels. Their professions were Architect, Lawyer, Pilot, Scientist and Doctor. These friends liked reading books on fiction, science, business, motivation and literature, played the games from among Football, Cricket, Tennis, Badminton and Chess and also had a special liking for the TV channels from among News, Sports, Business, Entertainment and Geography.

No two people had any of these parameters same i.e. no two of them were from the same city or of the same profession or liked reading the same variety of books or played the same games or had the same TV channel as their favorite.

Following were the clues given by the friends to their professors.

The Architect lives in Kolkata.
The Lawyer prefers business as his TV channel.
The Pilot reads books on fiction.
Chennai is placed to the immediate left of Mumbai.
The person from Chennai likes books on science.
The person who plays Cricket prefers sports channel.
The person from Delhi plays Football.
The person living in the city placed at the center prefers to read books on motivation.
The Scientist lives in the city labelled as number 1.
The person who plays Tennis is from the city adjacent to the one who likes watching geography channel.
The man who watches news channel lives in the city placed next to the city of the person who plays football.
The person who plays Badminton reads books on business.
The Doctor plays Chess.
The Scientist lives in the city placed besides Hyderabad.
The city of the person who plays Tennis is next to the person who likes reading literature.


Q1.What is the profession of the person who lives in Hyderabad?
Q2.Which TV channel does the person from Mumbai prefer to watch?
Q3.Which game does the person, who prefers reading books on motivation, play?
Q4.Which book does the Doctor prefer to read?

Would like to participate in the discussions here though not a member of CDT !!

Set 1:

1.(2) eadcfb

2.(4) dfebac

3.(1) eacdb

4.(1) bedac

5.(2) acdb

Set 1

1. 3
2. 1
3. 3
4. 1
5. 2

My Take
1) 2
2) 1
3) 3
4) 1
5) 2

my take on the set

1 - 3
2 -1
3 -3
4 -1
5 -1

I start the initiative to discuss at least a set of questions a day and having discussions upon the various sections. I request the puys whoever posting the sets of questions or the answers to mention with the set number alone. This avoids quoting the entire post.

Here goes the first one with the verbal ability, a PJ set..

SET 1:

1. A. Although there are large regional variations, it is not infrequent to find a large number of people sitting here and there and doing nothing.
B. Once in office, they received friends and relatives who feel free to call any time without prior appointment
C. While working, one is struck by the slow and clumsy actions and reactions, indifferent attitudes, procedure rather than outcome orientation, and the lack of consideration for others.
D. Even those who are employed often come late to the office and leave early unless they are forced to be punctual.
E. Work is not intrinsically valued in India.
F. Quite often people visit ailing friends and relatives or go out of their way to help them in their personal matters even during office hours.
(1) ECADBF (2) EADCFB (3) EADBFC (4) ABFCBE

2. A. But in the industrial era destroying the enemy's productive capacity means bombing the factories which are located in the cities.
B. So in the agrarian era, if you need to destroy the enemy's productive capacity, what you want to do is burn his fields, or if you're really vicious, salt them.
C. Now in the information era, destroying the enemy's productive capacity means destroying the information infrastructure.
D. How do you do battle with your enemy?
E. The idea is to destroy the enemy's productive capacity, and depending upon the economic foundation, that productive capacity is different in each case.
F. With regard to defence, the purpose of the military is to defend the nation and be prepared to do battle with its enemy.
(1) FDEBAC (2) FCABED (3) DEBACF (4) DFEBAC

3. A. Michael Hofman, a poet and translator, accepts this sorry fact without approval or complaint.
B. But thanklessness and impossibility do not daunt him.
C. He acknowledges too - in fact he returns to the point often - that best translators of poetry always fail at some level.
D. Hofman feels passionately about his work, and this is clear from his writings.
E. In terms of the gap between worth and rewards, translators come somewhere near nurses and street-cleaners.
(1) EACDB (2) ADEBC (3) EACBD (4) DCEAB

4. A. Passivity is not, of course, universal.
B. In areas where there are no lords or laws, or in frontier zones where all men go armed, the attitude of the peasantry may well be different.
C. So indeed it may be on the fringe of the unsubmissive.
D. However, for most of the soil-bound peasants the problem is not whether to be normally passive or active, but when to pass from one state to another.
E. This depends on an assessment of the political situation.
(1) BEDAC (2) CDABE (3) EDBAC (4) ABCDE

5. A. The situation in which violence occurs and the nature of that violence tends to be clearly defined at least in theory, as in the proverbial Irishman's question: 'Is this a private fight or can anyone join in?'
B. So the actual risk to outsiders, though no doubt higher than our societies, is calculable.
C. Probably the only uncontrolled applications of force are those of social superiors to social inferiors and even here there are probably some rules.
D. However binding the obligation to kill, members of feuding families engaged in mutual massacre will be genuinely appalled if by some mischance a bystander or outsider is killed.
(1) DABC (2) ACDB (3) CBAD (4) DBAC

P.S: Attempts should be genuine without refering any material or dictionary

@bbwi:

http://groups.google.com/group/pgcdt2011
This is the link..

Hi people,
I have created a Google group. The name of the group is PG Chennai Dream Team 2011. The group id is pgcdt2011@googlegroups.com . I have sent an invite to all those who have posted their ids in the spreadsheet. Santosh sent me some materials. I am not able to upload them. So i've mailed it to all of you. Try uploading if possible. Whoever is interested in joining the group please send a request.

Regards,
Sriram.

Hi Chennaites, This is bbwi here. A 2009 passout. Currently working in IT. This is my first CAT attempt. Didn't join any coaching class for CAT.

How to subscribe to this google group?

The Chennai PG meet went on good. Thanks to vishal das for organising. We discussed various strategies upon all the sections and about the exams we had planned to give this season. It was wonderful to get to know about each other.. I would love to turn up to the next meet in october before CAT and hope many other Chennai puys who missed will also get to meet each other.. :)

P.S: We missed some of the senior puys like naga.. Hope they ll be in next meet sparing the time to inspire all of us...