hello everybody. i'm varatharaj doing pre final year in mechanical engineering in coimbatore(tamilnadu).Right from the day i know about cat i started dreaming being an IIM er! MBA is my passion. im preparing for CAT 2013. As i was from a lower middle class background i cant afford to pay the coaching class fee. now iam preparing for CAT using the books from my college library.
but those books are really confusing and deviated from the actual CAT questions.i dont have a pc too. so i cant refer any online materials. i spend 4 hours daily for preparing CAT. my friend advised me that 4 hours of such preparations=1 hour of preparation by using standard materials like TIME,IMS. i went to TIME and ask them whether i can get the materials alone for a cheaper price. they said they will provide material only along with a course. and that course costs 20000! i was heart broken! i desperately need some standard books. i would be greatly thankful if someone is will to donate extra materials or old materials! PG is my only hope. so please help me! thank you all

@dreamz007

B?

@yagnik4

FFIJ?

smy take is for option B or D

@angadsharma said:

Set-21) People may question the merits of returning to a 'golden era' of the gold standard, but it seems fair to say that the development of world trade was encouraged by the systematic linking of national currencies and price stability of the system.New discoveries of gold would generate discontinuous jumps in the price level, but the period of the gold standard was marked by a fairly stable stock of gold.Under a gold standard, currencies are valued in terms of a gold equivalent known as the mint parity price, that is, an ounce of gold was worth $20.67 in terms of the U.S. dollar over the gold standard period.If the government does not stand willing to buy and sell at the mint parity price, then the price will fluctuate with changes in the supply and demand relative to gold.A.IFFJB.JIFIC.JIIFD.IJFJ2) It often appears that financial market participants believe that some governments are lacking the credibility required to create confidence in the system.A currency board is a government institution that exchanges domestic currency for foreign currency at a fixed rate of exchange.The typical demise of a fixed exchange rate system comes when the central bank runs out of foreign currency to exchange for domestic currency and ends up devaluing the domestic currency.As a result of such foreign currency holdings, people believe that the currency board will always have an adequate supply of foreign currency to exchange at the fixed rate of exchange.A.IFIIB.JFIJC.FIJJD.JFII3) Indeed Walzer characterizes his claim in an open ended distributive principle, 'No social good x should be distributed to men and women who possess some other goody merely because they possess y and without regard to the meaning of x'.Wealth shouldn't bring with it access to political power and so unequal wealth shouldn't result in unequal power.When we have reached a position where distributions are appropriate to their goods and spheres are kept distinct then we will have a just society.Complex equality means that no citizen's standing in one sphere or with regard to one social good can be undercut by his standing in some other sphere, with regard to some other good.A.JFJIB.IJFIC.JIIFD.FIFJ

A for the next one.

@dreamz007 said:

Building codes required that all public building constructed after 1980 to have reinforced-steel bomb shelters installed.From which of the following can the statement above be inferred?

A. Public buildings had to be installed reinforced steel bomb shelters after 1980

B. No bomb shelters other than reinforced steel shelters were instilled in public buildings after 1980 but all public buildings constructed after 1980 were required to hav~ bomb shelters

C. Some public buildings constructed before 1980 had installed bomb shelters.

D. Bomb shelters were not required in pl.lblic buildings before 19080 but some were installed voluntarily.

E. Before 1980, public buildings had bomb shelters but not necessarily made of reinforced steel.

PROVIDE SOLUTION

Almost everyone in this thread is facing problems in differentiating judgement and inference.Is there any hard and fast rule to distinguish one from the other .

@dreamz007 said:

Between 1940 and 1945 gasoline consumption in the US dropped about 35 % because of the war time rationing. In the same period, lung cancer in the US white males declined by approximately the same percentage. Between 1914 and 1950 lung cancer mortality increased nineteen fold and the rate of gasoline consumption increased at the same rate. Which of the following facts, if true would weaken the above arguments?

A. For each of the years between 1939 and 1949, lung cancer among urban blacks in the US remained at the same rate.

B. The amount oflead in gasoline increased between 1916 and 1944.

C. After 1950 the gasoline consumption jumped.

D. During world war II, people suffering from cancer were forbidden to drive.

E. Women frrst began driving in large numbers between 1941 and 1951.

@dreamz007 said:

Between 1940 and 1945 gasoline consumption in the US dropped about 35 % because of the war time rationing. In the same period, lung cancer in the US white males declined by approximately the same percentage. Between 1914 and 1950 lung cancer mortality increased nineteen fold and the rate of gasoline consumption increased at the same rate. Which of the following facts, if true would weaken the above arguments?

A. For each of the years between 1939 and 1949, lung cancer among urban blacks in the US remained at the same rate.

B. The amount oflead in gasoline increased between 1916 and 1944.

C. After 1950 the gasoline consumption jumped.

D. During world war II, people suffering from cancer were forbidden to drive.

E. Women frrst began driving in large numbers between 1941 and 1951.

SET 2 PROVIDE SOLUTION

@HydRocker said:

I would go withd

@davidvilla7 said: A) So much of our day-to-day focus seems to be on getting things done, trudging our way through the tasks of living- it can feel like a treadmill that gets you nowhere; where is the childlike joy?

B) We are not doing the things that make us happy; that which bring us joy; the things that we cannot wait to do because we enjoy them so much.

C) This is the stuff that joyful living is made of- identifying your calling and committing yourself whole-heartedly to it.

D) When this happens, each moment becomes a celebration of you; there is a rush of energy that comes with feeling completely immersed in doing what you love most.

a) IIIJ

b) IFIJ

c) JFJJ

d) JJJJ

e) JFII

@[596646:davidvilla7]

@davidvilla7 said: A) So much of our day-to-day focus seems to be on getting things done, trudging our way through the tasks of living- it can feel like a treadmill that gets you n....

@ritika.amal said:

Quoting as Set-18

My Take:

d) JJJJ

@davidvilla7 said: A) So much of our day-to-day focus seems to be on getting things done, trudging our way through the tasks of living- it can feel like a treadmill that gets you nowhere; where is the childlike joy?

B) We are not doing the things that make us happy; that which bring us joy; the things that we cannot wait to do because we enjoy them so much.

C) This is the stuff that joyful living is made of- identifying your calling and committing yourself whole-heartedly to it.

D) When this happens, each moment becomes a celebration of you; there is a rush of energy that comes with feeling completely immersed in doing what you love most.

a) IIIJ

b) IFIJ

c) JFJJ

d) JJJJ

e) JFII

A) So much of our day-to-day focus seems to be on getting things done, trudging our way through the tasks of living- it can feel like a treadmill that gets you nowhere; where is the childlike joy?

Hi,

I have study CR till now

Need to start can any one send me doc describing Fact,Inference and Judgement clearly

Thanks and Regards,

Another Puy

Set 6 :
Ans :
B
Since last option ( D) can be verified in future ,it is Judgement so either option B or C will be right. first option is a personal opinion so it will be judgement.

option B will be right.

Set 5 :
Ans :
1

Set 4 :
Ans : 4

Ans : B

@shanky23305 said:

@victor11 said: Why not option 2 for second question?

@shanky23305 said:Set 17

My take:

26. 3

27. 4

28. 1

29. 2

30. 2

@HeCtEr said: SORRY for the delay people OAs 1) 3 2) 5

@HeCtEr said: SET 16 1. A. On an average, 200 Bollywood films are released every month. B. There are hardly any creative writers in Bollywood today. C. Considering the number of Bollywood films that are inspired by Hollywood films, it seems as if there is no confidence in original scripts. D. Every year at least 5 production companies from Hollywood file cases of plagiarism against Bollywood production houses 1)FJJF 2)IIIF 3) FJIF 4)FIJF 5)FJJI 2. A. Cockroaches are amongst the oldest surviving organisms on earth according to research conducted by the International Science Institute B.The long period of survival of cockroaches proves that they have adapted well to all conditions. C.Cockroaches shall outlive all species on earth. D.Cockroaches can survive in all climatic conditions other than those with temperatures lesser than -5 degree Celsius. 1)JFJJ 2)IIJF 3)JIJF 4)IFJF 5)FIJF

Set 17

Set-16

Set 17

26.
1. So much of our day-to-day focus seems to be on getting things done, trudging our way through the tasks of living - it can feel like a treadmill that gets you nowhere; where is the childlike joy?
2. We are not doing the things that make us happy; that which brings us joy; the things that we cannot wait to do because we enjoy them so much.
3. This is the stuff that joyful living ismade of - identifying your calling and committing yourself wholeheartedly to it.
4. When this happens, each moment becomes a celebration of you; there is a rush of energy that comes with feeling completely immersed in doing what you love most.
(1) IIIJ
(2) IFIJ
(3) JFJJ
(4) JJJJ
(5) JFII

27.
1. Given the poor quality of service in the public sector, the HIV/AIDS affected should be switching to private initiatives that supply anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) at a low cost.
2. The government has been supplying free drugs since 2004, and 35000 have benefited up to now oe though the size of the affected population is 150 times this number.
3. The recent initiatives of networks and companies like AIDS Care Network, Emcure, Reliance-Cipla-CII, would lead to availability of much-needed drugs to a larger number of affected people.
4. But how ironic it is that we should face a perennial shortage of drugs when India is one of the world's largest suppliers of generic drugs to the developing world.
(1) JFIJ
(2) JIIJ
(3) IFIJ
(4) IFFJ
(5) JFII

28.
1. According to all statistical indications, the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan has managed to keep pace with its ambitious goals.
2. The Mid-day Meal Scheme has been a significant incentive for the poor to send their little ones to school, thus establishing the vital link between healthy bodies and healthy minds.
3. Only about 13 million children in the age group of 6 to 14 years are out of school.
4. The goal of universalisation of elementary education has to be a pre-requisite for the evolution and development of our country.
(1) IIFJ
(2) JIIJ
(3) IJFJ
(4) IJFI
(5) JIFI

29.
1. We should not be hopelessly addicted to an erroneous belief that corruption in India is caused by the crookedness of Indians.
2. The truth is that we have more red tape - we take eighty-nine days to start a small business, Australians take two.
3. Red tape leads to corruption and distorts a people's character.
4. Every red tape procedure is a point of contact with an official, and such contacts have the potential to become opportunities for money to change hands.
(1) JFIF
(2) JFJJ
(3) JIJF
(4) IFJF
(5) JFJI

30.
1. Inequitable distribution of all kinds of resources is certainly one of the strongest and most sinister sources of conflict.
2. Even without war, we know that conflicts continue to trouble us - they only change in character.
3. Extensive disarmament is the only insurance for our future; imagine the amount of resources that can be released and redeployed.
4. The economies of the industrialized western world derive 20% of their income from the sale of all kinds of arms.
(1) IJJI
(2) JIJF
(3) IIJF
(4) JIIF
(5) IJIF

SET 16

Buddy please post OA's of this set.

Come on Puys...bring in some more sets on FIJ's.

SET 16


1) 1 FJJF


2) 5 FIJF

SET 16
1.

3) FJIF


2.
5) FIJF

SET 16

My take:

1. 3
2. 2