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The PG Guide to English - All kind of questions on VA Verbal

shrutz
Hey folks.
3 weeks to CAT..
VA/RC your bugbear? Ask any VA related query here...
I will do my best to answer them
I am jobless as it is :)
Shrutz
Edit 1: No questions like what is the superlative adjunct to the simple future that maybe used with an intransitive verb?... They do...
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Vignesh26
03 Jan
@Ammz If you are just starting out, I recommend Word Power Made Easy. If you don't need that and you feel you need an intensive course book, I recommend All About Words. All the best.
Ammz
03 Jan
Heyy..m fairly good in EUnd my vocab is avg.Whch buks shud i follow fr va??M hvng CL material bt i dint find d vocab buk to b vry gud...
DEVILISHANGEL
27 Sep '12
@pushkar12 : Read stuff online. Try guardian, nyt, washington post, la times etc... @Kumarshishir3 : I suggest against Time English Material. Try IMS instead. CL for some vocab stuff may be.
DEVILISHANGEL
27 Sep '12
@Infocurean : Qualified Support.
Clear answer.
DEVILISHANGEL
27 Sep '12
@sumitv : ABDC would be the logically correct answer if this question had come from a source which was cerebral enough.
But unfortunately this come from this source http://www.hindu.com/yw/2009/03/24/stories/2009032450010100.htm
A source which shall never be used for a CAT/XAT/GMAT question...
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DEVILISHANGEL
27 Sep '12
@ao4mba this is exactly why english is also gk It means its a perceptive problem whose diagnosis depends on how people want to look at it.
DEVILISHANGEL
27 Sep '12
@dna_lost : The best way to prepare for english in terms of questions is past cat/xat papers.
DEVILISHANGEL
27 Sep '12
@Revenous : Basics. Visibly Basics.
Revenous
27 Sep '12
Plz senior help me in Sentence correction and rc bcoz i am still making mistake and getting low marks ........specially in SC......can i get all marks in sc if yes then plz help me.thanx in advancereply soon bhai log
Snehashisc
11 Aug '12
puys why so much less activity in dis section!! more posts please!
roger.badsha
10 Aug '12
@[600855:dna_lost] : go for the one by sujit kumar. good explanations coupled with an array of questions of different flavor and difficulty levels..
dna_lost
07 Aug '12
Planning to buy a book for VA.
Please suggest which one's better? VA for CAT by sujit kumar
or
How to prepare for VA and RC by arun sharma
sonamaries7
06 Aug '12
puys..plz suggest where to practice the verbal kind of qs from?...books, material?..
ao4mba
06 Aug '12
Hi,
Can anyone explain the usage of the words in bold in this sentence?
The massive collapse in India's power grid earlier this week €” the worst in a decade, has become a bizarre Rorschach test.
Source : http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-08-05/news/33036328_1_grid-colla...
Toughluck2009
05 Aug '12
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misrakavi
01 Aug '12
ADC is a sequence which is a must. NOw B is a separate entity which cud be in the beging or at the end, so the only choice availabLe is BADC.
dreamz007
31 Jul '12
WHAT IS SUBJUNCTIVE ?? can anyone detail on it ??
lazyplayer
30 Jul '12
ABDC is the Answer
Snehashisc
28 Jul '12
@[585228:sputnik] yaa but seeing d paragraph a should be the first statement in this case! bcoz d 2nd statement fits beautifully after d first
sputnik
28 Jul '12
I agree totally with Azure09. There is no fixed rule in English as to the opening of a paragraph. Indeed you'll find many beginning with but, if, even and so on and so forth. Also one has to understand that the parajumble presented is often an excerpt from a larger paragraph or article.
The k...
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dreamz007
28 Jul '12
2. GRAIN:SALT
[A]. shard: pottery [B]. shred: wood[C]. blades: grass [D]. chip: glass
four pairs of related words, Select the pair which has the same relationship.
3. THRUST: PEAR
[A]. mangle: iron [B]. scabbard: sword[C]. bow:arrow [D]. fence: epee
6. WAN:COLOUR
A. corpule...
azure09
27 Jul '12
Sumit, there are no set rules to identify an opening statement. I have encountered some questions where the para starts with "It". If you refer to the source, the whole para in question might have been in the middle of another big para. So it's better to leave these kind of questions if you are ...
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sumitv
27 Jul '12
@snehashisc- I too had the same confusion regarding this. The first time i read the statement , i thought that it cannot be the first statement of the para by any means. I saw the answer and i got frustrated . People please tell how you choose the first statement of the para and give few tricks t...
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Snehashisc
26 Jul '12
@[585228:sputnik] but in 2nd statement it is written "yet another" dat means it cant b d first statement..
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Snehashisc
26 Jul '12
@[465481:Infocurean] how its D? the passage shows dat he supports.. no clue y it is d
azure09
26 Jul '12
If you read the sentences, 3 of them talk about "Mughal" this is the keyword hence those 3 sentences should be together, ADC is the link and there's only one option that has the link ADC..but if the question is to be made tougher we can add one more option "ADCB"..... And also B introduces the co...
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sputnik
26 Jul '12
@[529427:pratyushissinha]
Question- Arrange the following to form a para-
A. The most popular green set is the trio of Shalimar Bagh, Nishat Bagh and Chasham-e-Shahi, which collectively are called Mughal Gardens.
B. The tulip haven is yet another pearl in Srinagar's string of beautif...
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pratyushissinha
26 Jul '12
@[575409:sumitv] it's difficult to interpret badc as the answer..can anyone clarify please?
Infocurean
25 Jul '12
@[590571:Snehashisc]
Bro OA given was D
sumitv
25 Jul '12
Please suggest a good book for verbal ability questions
sumitv
25 Jul '12
@[547012:Nil253259]
Your answer is rite . It is C
I actually get very confused in jumbles para questions. Can u suggest some tricks or hints to solve these.
Snehashisc
25 Jul '12
@[465481:Infocurean] is it qualified support?? probably bcoz it supports n gives u reasons as to y 1 would go for LCD?
Snehashisc
25 Jul '12
@[575409:sumitv] ABDC looks good..:)
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Snehashisc
25 Jul '12
@[529427:pratyushissinha] i guess arun sharma is olways better..
rohit03
25 Jul '12
Ans is ABDC
Nil253259
24 Jul '12
BADC??? option 3?
AbdulSamad
24 Jul '12
My answer
ABDC
sumitv
23 Jul '12
Question- Arrange the following to form a para-
A. The most popular green set is the trio of Shalimar Bagh, Nishat Bagh and Chasham-e-Shahi, which collectively are called Mughal Gardens.
B. The tulip haven is yet another pearl in Srinagar's string of beautifully landscaped gardens.
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pratyushissinha
23 Jul '12
hi, please suggest me which one is better 1) VA and RC by Arun Sharma or 2) VA and RC by TIME..thnx..
ashumad
22 Jul '12
@[19676:shrutz]
Hi , Could u please suggest a way that how should i improve myself in evaluation of key argument n RC passages ? I really find it so difficult when any question is asked related to argument ....:(
It will be helpful if you provide me an approach that i can use in my dail...