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

[aspirant12321]

Fiction books like the movie A Space Odyssey 2001??

[mrb1971 (The Name is Bond)]

Man is basically a beast, a sinner, weak and evil. Give man a chance and he will commit a crime. Man has to be policed. We have all assembled inside this ancient and insane theatre to propagate our lust for life and flee the swarming wisdom of the street. No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.

[pallav13]

Who is a mature baby?

• IIM Jammu
• IIM Sambalpur
• IIM Sirmaur
• IIM Bodh Gaya

[djiwndh]

The Placement report of Udaipur is audited, there is much more transparency. They do not add bonus to CTC, which is perhaps why their Avg Salary is lower than Ranchi. Is Ranchi still a better choice then?

• IIM UDAIPUR
• IIM RANCHI

[badmash321 (Badmash)]

😐

[mesarang]

Odd Man out Verbal Lesson prepared by CAT Topper 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IliKzLc3nKU

[naruto20 (Uzumaki Naruto)]

Suggest some novels... Genre wise..

[rahul_kansal]

That's why BLACKIS reject you guys at even 99.xx +

[ggwp_007]

Hello people I got a 99.46 percentile(GEM) this time with 95% in 10th (CBSE) and 97.9% in 12th (state board). I was not shortlisted by the BLACKI IIMs and currently have converted only Udaipur I didn't apply for MDI, SPJAIN, NITIE (although in hindsight, I should have and that's my fault) Is it advisable to take CAT this year ? Or should I just go for Masters in Quantitative Finance/Financial engineering? There is no telling what the criteria might be this year. It's going to be biased against GEMs anyway. Although this year I'll be a work ex of more than an year. Please suggest TIA

[ayushverma30 (Ayush Verma)]

Bhai IIM L ki second list kab aegi ?

I believe 2nd June was last date for reserving seat for the first list candidates.

so kab aegi 2nd list ?

• 3rd June
• 4th June
• Sirf Bhagwaan jaanta hai (poll check)

[rahulram01]

Pls choose

• Baby IIMs
• Poll Check
• Irma

[rahulram01]

Pls Choose 

• Baby IIMs
• IMT G
• POLL CHECK

[amit_prakash573 (Amit Prakash)]

Please choose

• Poll check
• IIM Trichy
• VGSOM
• IIM Ranchi
• SJMSOM (first year online)
• IIM Udaipur

[botarmy]

Reply if you actually have an idea as I am asking for a friend!

Is IMTNagpur worth joining?(Dont take the covid situation into consideration)

• yes
• no

[star22 (harwinder singh chahal)]

harwinder singh

[cvti]

This is so worrying.

Out of total 152 seats of SJMSOM, only 62 seats nelong to General

thats approx 40%

means in an institute of such quality, 60% seats are Reserved.

And then they say our country is not developing.

[heelakshaynew]

Cyclone Nisagra about to hit Mumbai. Meanwhile, Le NITIE, SJMSOM, SPJIMR, NM, JB selected candidates-

[heelakshaynew]

Someone posts a genuine doubt about a college on PG. Waitlist warriors for that college be like-

[shivangi_1711]

Tbh, Got lucky in CAT19. 97.5 % Starting from scratch this year for CAT 20. Converted vgsom.. should I join or leave? Idk if I'll regret the opportunity. Below is my profile. 95/92.4/78, GEF. 12 MONTH work ex.

[theverbalmentor]

RC Practice- 3rd June 2020 (Missed 2nd June) | EASY

In explaining the foundations of the discipline known as historical sociology—the examination of history using the methods of sociology—historical sociologist Alexander Frank argues that, while people are made by society as much as society is made by people, sociologists’ approach to the subject is usually to focus on only one of these forms of influence to the exclusion of the other. Frank insists on the necessity for sociologists to move beyond these one-sided approaches to understand society as an entity constructed by individuals who are at the same time constructed by their society. Frank refers to this continuous process as “structuring”.

Frank also sees history as the result of structuring. People, both individually and as members of collectives, make history. But our making of history is itself formed and informed not only by the historical conditions we inherit from the past, but also by the prior formation of our own identities and capacities, which are shaped by what Frank calls “contingencies”—social phenomena over which we have varying degrees of control. Contingencies include such things as the social conditions under which we come of age, the condition of our household’s economy, the ideologies available to help us make sense of our situation, and accidental circumstances. The ways in which contingencies affect our individual or group identities create a structure of forces within which we are able to act, and that partially determines the sorts of actions we are able to perform.

In Frank’s analysis, historical structuring, like social structuring, is manifold and unremitting. To understand it, historical sociologists must extract from it certain significant episodes, or events, that their methodology can then analyze and interpret. According to Frank, these events are points at which action and contingency meet, points that represent a cross section of the specific social and individual forces in play at a given time. At such moments, individuals stand forth as agents of history not simply because they possess a unique ability to act, but also because in them we see the force of the specific social conditions that allowed their actions to come forth. Individuals can “make their mark” on history, yet in individuals one also finds the convergence of wider social forces. In order to capture the various facets of this mutual interaction, Frank recommends a fourfold structure to which he believes the investigations of historical sociologists should conform: first, description of the event itself; second, discussion of the social context that helped bring the event about and gave it significance; third, summary of the life history of the individual agent in the event; and fourth, analysis of the consequences of the event both for history and for the individual.

1. Given the passage’s argument, which one of the following sentences most logically completes the last paragraph?

(A) By adhering to this structure, Frank believes, historical sociologists will be able to better portray the complex connections between human agency and history.

(B) Only if they adhere to this structure, Frank believes, will historical sociologists be able to counter the standard sociological assumption that there is very little connection between history and individual agency.

(C) Unless they can agree to adhere to this structure, Frank believes, historical sociologists risk having their discipline treated as little more than an interesting but ultimately indefensible adjunct to history and sociology.

(D) By adhering to this structure, Frank believes, historical sociologists can shed light on issues that traditional sociologists have chosen to ignore in their one-sided approaches to the formation of societies.

2. The passage states that a contingency could be each of the following EXCEPT:

(A) a social phenomenon

(B) a form of historical structuring

(C) a condition controllable to some extent by an individual

(D) a partial determinant of an individual’s actions

3. Which one of the following is most analogous to the ideal work of a historical sociologist as outlined by Frank?

(A) In a report on the enactment of a bill into law, a journalist explains why the need for the bill arose, sketches the biography of the principal legislator who wrote the bill, and ponders the effect that the bill’s enactment will have both one society and on the legislator’s career.

(B) In a consultation with a patient, a doctor reviews the patient’s medical history, suggests possible reasons for the patient’s current condition, and recommends steps that the patient should take in the future to ensure that the condition improves or at least does not get any worse.

(C) In an analysis of a historical novel, a critic provides information to support the claim that details of the work’s setting are accurate, explains why the subject of the novel was of particular interest to the author, and compares the novel with some of the author’s other books set in the same period.

(D) In a presentation to stockholders, a corporation’s chief executive officer describes the corporations’ most profitable activities during the past year, introduces the vice president largely responsible for those activities, and discusses new projects the vice president will initiate in the coming year.

4. The primary function of the first paragraph of the passage is to

(A) outline the merits of Frank’s conception of historical sociology

(B) convey the details of Frank’s conception of historical sociology

(C) examine the roles of key terms used in Frank’s conception of historical sociology

(D) identify the basis of Frank’s conception of historical sociology

5. Based on the passage, which one of the following is the LEAST illustrative example of the effect of a contingency upon an individual?

(A) the effect of the fact that a person experienced political injustice on that person’s decision to work for political reform

(B) the effect of the fact that a person was raised in an agricultural region on that person’s decision to pursue a career in agriculture

(C) the effect of the fact that a person lives in a particular community on that person’s decision to visit friends in another community

(D) the effect of the fact that a person’s parents practiced a particular religion on that person’s decision to practice that religion