🐈 CAT Exam 2020-21 Preparation, Exam Dates, Results & Discussion – PaGaLGuY (Part 1)

MBA CAT 2024
28045

http://acad.xlri.ac.in/results/  XLRI OUT

28046

My 2019 season: Was scoring well in mocks and constantly getting above 95ile in ims and Cl with score touching 180 in last few mocks then came CAT, I performed miserably, got only 94ile, started preparing for XAT and scored 99.4ile in that but couldn't able to clear DM sectional cutoff. Because of Obc, I got CAP and IIT D(I'm from NIT). Didn't do well in CAP interview most probably will get rejected from TRU, IIT D interview was great but the interview was cancelled 😔. I'm 2019 passout with avg acads(90,90.7(both ap), 74(grad)) currently working in an IT company but hate the job. I could only hope to convert IIT D and don't know what to do if I fail to get an admission in IIT D. Guys, can you please suggest some countries where MBA is good and also affordable.

28047

Hey people.


Anyone recieved any update from IIM Bangalore regarding the PGP Offer Letter?

28048

CS 58.xx GEM, no waitlist lol. Kis kis ka kata?

28049

Expected movement in waitlist nos for general category at IIM Vizag? Does anyone know?

28050

Any one knows what's the expected movement for IIM Vizag NC OBC wait list, what are the chances of getting converted at waitlist no.230.

28051

Plz help!!

I am looking forward in doing cat 2020

Which one is better times online or ims online ??

Has anyone enrolled in times online?how is it ?


28052

What would be the better option? Please also give reasons for your selection.

  • IIM Vizag
  • IMT Ghaziabad

0 voters

28053

Hello guys, IIM Trichy shortlist will be declared by end of this week, as per the confirmation received from the Admissions Office. IIM Raipur results are expected to be released around the 4th week of may, as per the latest information provided by Admissions Office. Keep updated. Best wishes.

28054

Which one should I choose? Haven't decided the domain yet.

  • IIM Rohtak
  • SCMHRD

0 voters

28055

Can anybody having IMS material could share the link here.
The previous link are not working.
Thanks in advance

28056

Should IIM restructure cat exam rather than awarding academic and gender diversity marks for merit calculation ? Since they believe(or the data suggest?) that the current structure and syllabus of cat exam favours engineers and males. Structure it in such a way that it is a level playing field for everyone i.e aspirants have things in their hand and they know what they are in for.

28057

FMS! Tum to kuch bolne nahi wale. Hai na?

28058

so 

Hello guys,

 am 2017 passout mech engineer. NC OBC male. got accenture and joined. 

i scored 89 last year, didnt convert an except IMT and baby iims. thought of giving another shot as i was not willing to settle less than new IIMs. this year my work in company was pathetic and also i didnt prepare well due to over confidence.  i left my company thsi january as work was shit and had some issue with manager. 

this year i Scored 91 in CAT, and havent converted any till now.  and i didnt apply for nagpur, amritsar, IMT etc. due to over confidence.  and i am almost sure that i wil not convert any new IIMs. so practically i willl not convert any colleges which i have applied.

wht can i do ? i already have 31 month experience and left job. i am feeling very dejected and even getting suicidal thoughts. and i am from poor background and its aching me. i dont have good profile also. 89/86/78 with no CV points.


Can anyone suggest what should be my approach now? pls give me your input. it may end up save me going nuts 

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RC Practice - 20th May | CAT 2019 Slot 1 | Passage 5 Arabian Nights

In the past, credit for telling the tale of Aladdin has often gone to Antoine Galland . . . the first European translator of . . . Arabian Nights [which] started as a series of translations of an incomplete manuscript of a medieval Arabic story collection. . . But, though those tales were of medieval origin, Aladdin may be a more recent invention. Scholars have not found a manuscript of the story that predates the version published in 1712 by Galland, who wrote in his diary that he first heard the tale from a Syrian storyteller from Aleppo named Hanna Diyab . . .

Despite the fantastical elements of the story, scholars now think the main character may actually be based on a real person’s real experiences. . . . Though Galland never credited Diyab in his published translations of the Arabian Nights stories, Diyab wrote something of his own: a travelogue penned in the mid-18th century. In it, he recalls telling Galland the story of Aladdin [and] describes his own hard-knocks upbringing and the way he marveled at the extravagance of Versailles. The descriptions he uses were very similar to the descriptions of the lavish palace that ended up in Galland’s version of the Aladdin story. [Therefore, author Paulo Lemos] Horta believes that “Aladdin might be the young Arab Maronite from Aleppo, marveling at the jewels and riches of Versailles.” . . .

For 300 years, scholars thought that the rags-to-riches story of Aladdin might have been inspired by the plots of French fairy tales that came out around the same time, or that the story was invented in that 18th century period as a byproduct of French Orientalism, a fascination with stereotypical exotic Middle Eastern luxuries that was prevalent then. The idea that Diyab might have based it on his own life — the experiences of a Middle Eastern man encountering the French, not vice-versa — flips the script. [According to Horta,] “Diyab was ideally placed to embody the overlapping world of East and West, blending the storytelling traditions of his homeland with his youthful observations of the wonder of 18th-century France.” . . .

To the scholars who study the tale, its narrative drama isn’t the only reason storytellers keep finding reason to return to Aladdin. It reflects not only “a history of the French and the Middle East, but also [a story about] Middle Easterners coming to Paris and that speaks to our world today,” as Horta puts it. “The day Diyab told the story of Aladdin to Galland, there were riots due to food shortages during the winter and spring of 1708 to 1709, and Diyab was sensitive to those people in a way that Galland is not. When you read this diary, you see this solidarity among the Arabs who were in Paris at the time. . . . There is little in the writings of Galland that would suggest that he was capable of developing a character like Aladdin with sympathy, but Diyab’s memoir reveals a narrator adept at capturing the distinctive psychology of a young protagonist, as well as recognizing the kinds of injustices and opportunities that can transform the path of any youthful adventurer.”

Q.20 Which of the following does not contribute to the passage’s claim about the authorship of Aladdin?

Ans 

1. The narrative sensibility of Diyab’s travelogue.

2. The story-line of many French fairy tales of the 18th century.

3. The depiction of the affluence of Versailles in Diyab’s travelogue.

4. Galland’s acknowledgment of Diyab in his diary.

Q.21 All of the following serve as evidence for the character of Aladdin being based on Hanna Diyab EXCEPT:

Ans 

1. Diyab’s narration of the original story to Galland.

2. Diyab’s cosmopolitanism and cross-cultural experience.

3. Diyab’s humble origins and class struggles, as recounted in his travelogue.

4. Diyab’s description of the wealth of Versailles in his travelogue.

Q.22 Which of the following, if true, would invalidate the inversion that the phrase “flips the script” refers to?

Ans 

1. Galland acknowledged in the published translations of Arabian Nights that he heard the story of Aladdin from Diyab.

2. Diyab’s travelogue described the affluence of the French city of Bordeaux, instead of Versailles.

3. The description of opulence in Hanna Diyab’s and Antoine Galland’s narratives bore no resemblance to each other.

4. The French fairy tales of the eighteenth century did not have rags-to-riches plot lines like that of the tale of Aladdin.

Q.23 Which of the following is the primary reason for why storytellers are still fascinated by the story of Aladdin?

Ans 

1. The story of Aladdin is evidence of the eighteenth century French Orientalist attitude.

2. The archetype of the rags-to-riches story of Aladdin makes it popular even today.

3. The traveller's experience that inspired the tale of Aladdin resonates even today.

4. The tale of Aladdin documents the history of Europe and Middle East.

Q.24 The author of the passage is most likely to agree with which of the following explanations for the origins of the story of Aladdin?

Ans 

1. The story of Aladdin has its origins in an undiscovered, incomplete manuscript of a medieval Arabic collection of stories.

2. Galland received the story of Aladdin from Diyab who, in turn, found it in an incomplete medieval manuscript.

3. Basing it on his own life experiences, Diyab transmitted the story of Aladdin to Galland who included it in Arabian Nights.

4. Galland derived the story of Aladdin from Diyab’s travelogue in which he recounts his fascination with the wealth of Versailles.


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Hello eveyone 

I have been a silent observer on PG for 6-7 months.

Last nights XL rejection has made me devastated after having an exceptionally well PI for both the courses and had made me restart CAT prep.


I need advises on what else should I be doing except for prep for a better profile(some courses or skills may be ) to get better shortlists next season.


CAT'19-96.53(sectionals 94+)

IIFT'19-137(miseed by a mark)

XAT'20- 97.38


GEM fresher

branch -food tech tier2 college

10/12/grad-82/84/55

I am still working on grad %

Will cross the 60 mark by the time graduation ends


3 internships

1 NGO

Certis of leading as a cap thrice during school(Does this help?)

Have certis from school to state level sports and a few others.

Involved in family business so if anyone could also tell how to get it done as work ex,would benefit a lot.

Highly inclined towards ops 


Please give your suggestions on what all should I do to feel less pain of the GEM tag and bad acads.

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I know IIML results are yet to come out.

If you converted all three, which one would you go for.

Considering batch size, placements, politics in campus (if any XD), relations between faculty and students.

  • IIM K
  • SPJIMR
  • IIM L

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28063

Button Dabayen, Ek Career Bachayen. 🙏

  • Poll Check
  • IMT
  • IIM Vizag

0 voters

28064

If anyone of you like to play games, Epic Games is giving away GTA 5 premium edition, costing $25.99 for free. Recommended for those who are frustrated like me and would like to kill and shoot people and cause mayhem!

28065

Does it make sense to leave NM Mumbai Core for IIM Amritsar/Vizag ? Mention the reasons as well.

  • Yes
  • No

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