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Congrats to everyone who converted or are in waitlist :)
Got Selected in IIM Ahmedabad. AIWSTAC coming soon. Thanks to PG community.
The EWS certificate expires on 31st March,2020.Do EWS candidates need to make new certificate for this F.Y. too in order to get admission.
Congratulations To All 🎉 Who Made It To IIM Ahmedabad. Wish You A Very Great Journey Ahead 😃
Anyone received result updates from IIM B or IIM C?
@Rajshekhar_Roy and His Mentored Students Who Made It To IIM A 😆 !
For people Continuously asking about AIWTSAC.
It is group on PG where the regular users who have cleared CAT, got their dream Bschools post the story of their journey of CAT!
For more check out last batch's group!
https://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/aiwtsac-2018-edition-5139768285855744
somebody please help him
Anyone here who has converted IIM-A and is considering to defer their admission or choose B/C/FMS if they convert those calls?
Good morning! I want to announce that I started a petition regarding the Online GMAT and the whiteboard-gate ...
Guys! 10/12/Engineering :: 94/86/73 Cat : OA 95.79 (sectionals above 92) Work ex : 15months GEM! WAT & PI was good! Any chances ( of coursein the later waitlists only)
- Trichy
- Ranchi
- More than one of the above
- Bodhgaya& lower IIMs
- None!
- Can’t say!
- Kashipur
- Raipur
- Udaipur
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RC Practice - 8th May | Microbiology 1
The past decade has seen a statistically significant uptick in reports of the bacterial strains known as “super-bugs,” so called not because of enhanced virulence, but because of their resistance to many antimicrobial agents. In particular, researchers have become alarmed about NDM-1 (New Delhi metallo-betalactamase), which is not a single bacterial species, but a transmittable genetic element encoding multiple resistance genes. A resistance “cocktail” such as NDM-1 could bestow immunity to a bevy of preexisting drugs simultaneously, rendering the bacterium nearly impregnable.
However, in spite of the well-documented dangers posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, many scientists argue that the human race has more to fear from viruses. Whereas bacteria reproduce asexually through binary fission, viruses lack the necessary structures for reproduction, and so are known as “intracellular obligate parasites.” Virus particles called virions must marshal the host cell’s ribosomes, enzymes, and other cellular machinery in order to propagate. Once various viral components have been built, they bind together randomly in the cellular cytoplasm. The newly finished copies of the virus break through the cellular membrane, destroying the cell in the process. Because of this, viral infections cannot be treated ex post facto in the same way that bacterial infections can, since antivirals designed to kill the virus could do critical damage to the host cell itself. In fact, viruses can infect bacteria (themselves complete cells), but not the other way around. For many viruses, such as that responsible for the common cold sore, remission rather than cure is the goal of currently available treatment.
While the insidious spread of drug-resistant bacteria fueled by overuse of antibiotics in agriculture is nothing to be sneezed at, bacteria lack the potential for cataclysm that viruses have. The prominent virologist Nathan Wolfe considers human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which has resulted in the deaths of more than thirty million people and infected twice that number, “the biggest near-miss of our lifetime.” Despite being the most lethal pandemic in history, HIV could have caused far worse effects. It is only fortunate happenstance that this virus cannot be transmitted through respiratory droplets, as can the viruses that cause modern strains of swine flu (H1N1), avian flu (H5N1), and SARS.. 1. The author’s main point in this passage is that
(A) The surge in recent times in the number of bacterial strains resistant to drugs, such as the NDM-1, poses a danger to the mankind like never before
(B) The human race faces an unprecedented danger posed by a host of both bacteria and viruses.
(C) Viral infections like the HIV could potentially wipe out the human race if we were not fortunate
(D) The mechanism of viral infections is well documented and is certainly better understood than the mechanism of bacterial strains
2. It can be inferred from the passage that infections by bacteria
(A) result from asexual reproduction through binary fission
(B) can be treated ex post facto by antimicrobial agents
(C) can be rendered vulnerable by a resistance cocktail such as NDM-1
(D) are rarely cured by currently available treatments, but rather only put into remission
3. According to the passage, intracellular obligate parasites
(A) are unable to propagate themselves on their own
(B) assemble their components randomly out of virions
(C) reproduce themselves through sexual combination with host cells
(D) have become resistant to antibiotics through the overuse of these drugs
4. The main aim of the author in this passage can be expressed most accurately by which of the following?
(A) To contrast the manner by which bacteria and viruses infect the human body and cause cellular damage.
(B) To explain the operations by which viruses use cell machinery to propagate.
(C) To argue for additional resources to combat drug-resistant bacteria and easily transmissible pathogenic viruses.
(D) To compare the relative dangers of two biological threats and judge one of them to be far more important.
5. Which of the following would weaken the author’s argument?
(A) Humans have survived through ages of bacterial and viral strains.
(B) The infections originating in host cells trigger immunological responses far more effective than the ones triggered by those originating outside the body
(C) Virions are more accessible to drugs than genetic elements in bacterial cocktails.
(D) The bacterial strains in human bodies that get infected by viruses are more dangerous than viral infections
6. The passage can best be called a/an
(A) Argument
(B) Report
(C) Review
(D) Recommendation
Solutions Video: https://youtu.be/wvqwXK-Pci4
I don't know how to feel right now. IIM-Ahmedabad. Wait-list No. 1!
Selection bhi ho gaya.. Breakup bhi ho gaya.. I dont know what I feel right now.. 😄
Congratulations to everyone who converted A! 😄 Since everyone is so eager to read about their journeys and others who'll convert their dream colleges in the coming days, I went ahead and made the AIWTSAC 19 group. Here's the link - https://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/all-i-wanted-to-speak-about-cat-2019-edition-aiwtsac-2019-75948146535137
Today I learned, that reserved candidates are given general seat if their total score is greater than a general candidate. Yeh kya bakchodi hain?
"Have you ever worked all your life for something, and have it not work out."
- Dave Chapelle, the night before he became the youngest comic to win the highest comedic honor there is.
Matter of fact, many people here know what that feels like. In the midst of people posting their selection/inspiratinal stories, I'd like to post something for the people who did not or might not get into their dream colleges.
It is safe to say that this has been a pretty shitty season, especially if you are a GEM like me. And for those of you who did get in or would get in, it is going to be a pretty shitty year ahead too. But do not let it break your spirit.. Instead, try to adapt to the shitstorm that is headed our way..
I can promise you one thing. It might not happen the way you imagined it, but if you give it your best, you would definitely find yourself content with what you did and where you are..
I hope this isn't taken in poor taste, especially today.. I am writing this with the sole purpose that if you need to hear this today or any other day in the near future, it helps you pull yourself back up..
And to the meme-lords, please do not stop. I am here only because of you.. 😂
I want to ask about my chances in some clg waitlist... But don't want to spoil the page amidst all the IIM A celebrations and heart touching rejections.Will come back and ask in few days.
Congratulations...
DILR ❤️