Official Verbal Ability thread for CAT 2013

Aretha Franklin is-----to Lata Mangeshkar in America and----as a cultural icon a)compared,lauded b)ditto,glorified c)equivalent,appreciated d)akin,reverted

This _____ a treat a)calls at b)calls against c)calls d)calls for

MR.Robinson was a------- romantic while his wife was quite the----- a)hopeless,realist 2)bright,materialist 3)mercy,mythic 4)deprecate,cynic

Katrina is exhausted. She .............. a) is runnung b) has been running c) had been running d) was running

one of the four dinosaurs............. to have gone missing. a) seem b)seems c)do seem d)does seems

.............. my essay, i turned it on. a) finishing b) i finished c) having finished d) i finishes

The rapacity with which the Indian politicians devour the country of its wealth is just staggering.



Is the usage of the underlined word correct?

Which one is correct: (With explanation)


1. They serve meals on many of the buses that run from A to B.
2. Meals are served on many of the buses that run from A to B.
@scrabbler do u say 'A Yorkshire Tragedy' or the 'A Yorkshire Tragedy' and do u plaster a wall or apply plaster to a wall..

I know a concept that says that an inanimate object doesnt take possesive.. consider the sentence:
A star's light is the brightest light in the universe. Is this sentence correct then?

Also consider the sentence:

The girl I saw yesterday in the supermarket reminded me of my boyhood classmate. Is this sentence correct? shouldnt it be 'childhood' instead of 'boyhood'

Mark the part where the sentences r wrong (ignore spelling errors). Provide xplanations:

1. Brilliant in concept and original in staging(1), the performance nonetheless (2) offered less and less reasons, as the evening wore on (3), for us to invest in the production. (4)
2. The city of Dresden (1), that was virtually (2) burnt to the ground (3) during the war, now flourishes again. (4)
3. No sooner had (1) he arrived (2), when he was taken (3) straight up to (4) the stranger.
4. I can well afford to (1) disregard him who is (2) capable of (3) making such statements.

I help trying establishing a healthy team spirit among us.

correct/wrong?


Solve these 3 PC's.

1. Given the poor quality of service in the public sector, the HIV/AIDS affected should be switching to private initiatives that supply anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) at a low cost.2. The government has been supplying free drugs since 2004, and 35000 have benefited up to now – though the size of the affected population is 150 times this number.3. The recent initiatives of networks and companies like AIDSCare Network, Emcure, Reliance-Cipla-CII, would lead to availability of much-needed drugs to a larger number of affected people.4. But how ironic it is that we should face a perennial shortage of drugs when India is one of the world's largest suppliers of generic drugs to the developing world.

1.JFIJ2.JIIJ3.IFIJ4.IFFJ5.JFII

can any one please suggest what are the good books for verbal ability

what are the reasons for the falling rupee rate?

  • other (please specify)
  • the inefficient ruling of the current govt.?
  • or the black money that goes around and comes around cos of our politicos
  • the food bill (which god knows would do what good to the poor)
  • deregulation of interest rates

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which is correct usage in Pjs...

1. Starting sentence noun...noun...pronoun... OR

2. Starting sentence noun...pronoun...noun..


Bhagwad Gita was written by...... Gita contains....... It has....

Bhagwad Gita was written by...... It contains....... Gita has....

Which One..??




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in times prep material . i got dz que..

the digits of a two digit number differ by six. find the difference of the number and the number formed by reversing its digit??


a)45
b)81
c)54
d)63

on trying this que. i found there is not enough information. is der any chance of getting such questions in cat exam?