chetan423 Says

Any idea how many ppl have registered for the exam?? and what was the no last yr??

h2441989 Says

ya k ..i nw it is completely unpredictable .but can u pls just approx

Hi,

I could not find the link to the admission portal for 2011-13 admissions. The link provided on the admissions page is for 2010-12 admissions portal.

Seniors, please let me know when the link would be updated.

Thanks,
Himanshu Gupta

Hi,
I need some help with the CAT 1996 paper. I have included the tabulated data as an attachment.

The questions based on this table are:

101. What is the percentage increase in investment of B, C, D and E from year1 to year 3?
a. 121% b. 321% c. 221% d. 300%

102. What is the ratio of investments of E to F for the years 1 to 3?
a. 31 : 19 b. 19 : 31 c. 20 : 29 d. 41 : 53

Kindly help me solve these.

in each question, there are five sentences/paragraphs. The sentence/paragraph labelled a is in its correct place. The four that follow are labelled b, c, d and e, and need to be arranged in the logical order to form a coherent paragraph/passage. From the given options, choose the most appropriate option.

1.

A. The most important part of the analytical engine was undoubtedly the mechanical method of carrying
the tens.
B. The difficulty did not consist so much in the more or less complexity of the contrivance as in the
reduction of the time required affecting the carriage.
C. At last i came to the conclusion that i had exhausted the principle of successive carriage.
D. On this i laboured incessantly, each succeeding improvement advancing me a step or two.
E. Twenty or thirty different plans and modifications had been drawn.

(a) cbde (b) becd (c) dbec (d) ecdb

2.

A. The vedic hymns are probably the earliest important religious documents of the human race.
B. Often the favours sought are of the nature of material blessings, such as long life, vigorous offspring,
cattle and horses, gold, etc.
C. The hymns of the rig veda, on the other hand, are often praises of various deities, who are frequently
mere personifications of the different powers of nature.
D. The prayers in these hymns are praises of the greatness and power, the mysterious nature, and the
exploits of these deities, as well as prayers for various favours.
E. The atharva veda contains among other things descriptions of charms for securing harmony and
influence in an assembly etc.

(a) ecdb (b) cebd (c) dbce (d) bdce

3.

A. By the turn of the century it did not seem extraordinary that managers should manage by walking
about.
B. The outside world filtered through via a secretary who, traditionally, sat like a guard dog in front of
their (usually closed) office door.
C. But in the 1950s many white-collar managers turned their offices into fortresses from which they
rarely emerged.
D. The technologies of mobile communications made it so much easier for them to both walk about
and stay in touch at the same time.
E. Edicts were sent out to the blue-collar workforce whom they rarely met face-to-face.

(a) cbde (b) bcde (c) dceb (d) dbce