Official Verbal Ability thread for CAT 2013

MBA CAT 2024
2344

Select the sentence / sentence parts or part of the sentence that is / are incorrect

A. Fine Indian varieties, off shore

B. floating wines and bees trained to sniff bad corks.
C. are among prediction for the future
D. wine-making as the effect of climate change
E. transform the ancient industry

There is no spelling mistake.. if there is a typographical error.. its not an error

Plz answer.. i have a doubt in this one
  • c and b
  • c and D
  • A and E
  • A and D
  • None of these
  • a and b

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2345

Select the appropriate pronouns in the given sentences


a. She is the woman who/whom we employed last year.
b. Of who/whom were you speaking?
c. Who/whom do you think will do the work best?
d. I will vote for whoever/whomever you suggest?

e. Give the information to whoever/whomever requests it
f. Tonight we shall find out whoever/whomever one.
g. We intend to notify whoever/whomever ranks highest on the list.
h. These are a few good politicians who/whom I feel , you should acknowledge

i. The prize will be given to whoever/whomever writes the best essay.
j. Give the recipe for the vegetarian chilli to whoever/ whomever calls for it
k. Books have been discovered that/ which address the horrors of Auschwitz.
l. That book about Auschwitz, that/which was discovered in the basement of the library , will be published next year

m. That is a book that/which I have not yet read.
n. The law that/which banned logging sandalwood began at the grass roots level.
o. the law to ban logging sandalwood, that/which began at the grassroots level, has gained the attention of lawmakers at the national level.

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2346

"There is no science but tells a different tale, when viewed as a portion of a whole, from what it is likely to suggest when taken by itself, without the safeguard, as I may call it, of others." is d sentence grammatically correct?


2347

why dentist/1 in toothpaste ads have/2 stethoscope around their neck?/3 none /4

  • 1
  • 3
  • 2
  • 4

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2348

STATEMENT : LIKE A MAD MAN,I DECIDED TO FOLLOW HIM..

ASSUMPTION 1: I AM A MAD MAN

ASSUMPTION 2: I AM NOT A MAD MAN

WHICH OF THE ABOVE IS IMPLICIT?

2349

A paragraph is given below from which the last sentence has been deleted. From the given options,

choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate way.

Former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki said that perhaps Azarenka and Wimbledon champion

Petra Kvitova had taken the power game in women's tennis to another level. Martina Navratilova

called it the rivalry (Azarenka-Kvitova) of the future which would perhaps leave the likes of Sharapova

behind. They are very talented players with intense personalities. They're very professional about

how they go about things. If they stay healthy, that's the rivalry to come.

__________________________________

(a) Azarenka herself said that the one noticeable difference in her game was her fitness.

(b) It wasn't so long ago that Azarenka herself debated on turning her back on the sport.

(c) Radwanska, who has already lost to Azarenka thrice this year, said, “I think she's more

consistent.”

(d) Wozniacki, recovering from a shoulder injury, has not won a Grand Slam title in the last two

years.

2350

A. Researchers say they may soon be able to identify babies at high risk of autism as early as 6

months old.

B. Currently, clinicians can't diagnose autism until toddlers are about 2, when the first behavioral

and language symptoms of the developmental disorder become noticeable.

C. There is a push to identify at-risk babies earlier, though, since early intervention may be critical

for halting abnormal development.

D. But while scientists are developing more sophisticated screening tests there is still no reliable

way to diagnose the condition in younger infants.

E. Now, reporting in the American Journal of Psychiatry, researchers says that they may have a

tool that will select out the highest risk infants at just six months old.

(a) ABCDE (b) AEBCD (c) BEACD (d) ABCED

2351

infeasible or unfeasible which one is correct? If both are correct then which one is better?


2352

The following question presents 4 statements of which 3, when placed in appropriate order would form a contextually complete paragraph. Pick the statement that is not part of that context.

a. Burning coal or diesel releases sulphur dioxide, which causes respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.

b. Air pollution doesn't discriminate between rich and poor, though children and the elderly are particularly vulnerable.

c.It also emits pollutants such as hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, lead and other suspended particulate matter which are injurious to our health.

d.For a relatively quick fix, government should beef up enforcement of existing regulations on emission levels and later bring them in line with more stringent international standards.

2353



Have you ever had an argument with someone about a vexatious issue and been frustrated because they only drew on evidence that _____ their evidence and ignored anything on the _____?

a cancelled, opposition

b supported, contrary

c favoured, support

d neutralized, extreme

e rejected, contrary



2354

is there any thread for RC??/

2355

Hi puys,


I am looking for few philosophy passages. I am struggling to overcome this arduous task. Please share the link or pdf.. Help help help..

Thanks in advance :-)
2356

Poverty - caused by the low income productivity of farmer's labour - is the primary source of hunger in Africa and the problem is only getting worse. But what is so tragic about this is that we know from experience how to fix the problem. Whereever the rural poor have gained access to improved roads, modern seeds, less expensive fertilizer, electrical power, and better schools and clinics, their productivity and income have increased. _______.

a. But when it comes to Africa, the rich countries take a 'worry-later' approach and try to address hunger problems with increasingly expensive shipments of food aid.

b. Without such facilities the 'food insecure' people in Africa will increase by thirty percent over the next decade.

c. But the elite circles oppose providing such facilities to traditional farmers because they oppose linking those farmers more closely to international markets.

d. But recent efforts to provide such facilities have been undercut by deeply misguided advocacy against agricultural modernisation and foreign aid.

2357

In contrast to traditional analyses of minority business, the sociological analysis contends that minority business ownership is a group-level phenomenon, in that it is largely dependent upon social-group resources for its development. Specifically, this analysis indicates that support networks play a critical role in starting and maintaining minority business enterprises by providing owners with a range of assistance, from the informal encouragement of family members and friends to dependable sources of labor and clientele from the owner's ethnic group. Such self-help networks, which encourage and support ethnic minority entrepreneurs, consist of “primary” institutions, those closest to the individual in shaping his or her behavior and beliefs. They are characterized by the face-to-face association and cooperation of persons united by ties of mutual concern. They form an intermediate social level between the individual and larger “secondary”institutions based on impersonal relationships. Primary institutions comprising the support network include kinship, peer, and neighborhood or community subgroups.

A major function of self-help networks is financial support. Most scholars agree that minority business owners have depended primarily on family funds and ethnic community resources for investment capital. Personal savings have been accumulated, often through frugal living habits that require sacrifices by the entire family and are thus a product of long-term family financial behavior. Additional loans and gifts from relatives, forthcoming because of group obligation rather than narrow investment calculation, have supplemented personal savings. Individual entrepreneurs do not necessarily rely on their kin because they cannot obtain financial backing from commercial resources. They may actually avoid banks because they assume that commercial institutions either cannot comprehend the special needs of minority enterprise or charge unreasonably high interest rates.

Within the larger ethnic community, rotating credit associations have been used to raise capital. These associations are informal clubs of friends and other trusted members of the ethnic group who make regular contributions to a fund that is given to each contributor in rotation. One author estimates that 40 percent of New York Chinatown firms established during 1900-1950 utilized such associations as their initial source of capital. However, recent immigrants and third or fourth generations of older groups now employ rotating credit associations only occasionally to raise investment funds. Some groups, like Black Americans, found other means of financial support for their entrepreneurial efforts. The first Black-operated banks were created in the late nineteenth century as depositoriesfor duescollected from fraternal or lodge groups, which themselves had sprung from Black churches. Black banks made limited investments in other Black enterprises. Irish immigrants in American cities organized many building and loan associations to provide capital for home construction and purchase. They,in turn, provided work for many Irish home-building contractor firms. Other ethnic and minority groups followed similar practices in founding ethnic-directed financial institutions.


1.Based on the information in the passage, it would be LEAST likely for which of the following persons to be part of a self-help network?

(A) The entrepreneur's childhood friend

(B) The entrepreneur's aunt

(C) The entrepreneur's religious leader

(D) The entrepreneur's neighbor

(E) The entrepreneur's banker



2.Which of the following illustrates the working of a self-help support network, as such networks are described in the passage?

(A) A public high school offers courses in book-keeping and accounting as part of its open-enrollment adult education program.

(B) The local government in a small city sets up a program that helps teen-agers find summer jobs.

(C) A major commercial bank offers low-interest loans to experienced individuals who hope to establish their own businesses.

(D) A neighborhood-based fraternal organization develops a program of on-the-jobtraining for its members and their friends.

(E) A community college offers country residents training programs that can lead to certification in a variety of technical trades.


3. It can be inferred from the passage that traditional analyses of minority business would be LEAST likely to do which of the following?

(A) Examine businesses primarily intheir social contexts

(B) Focus on current, rather than historical, examples of business enterprises

(C) Stress common experiences of individual entrepreneurs in starting businesses

(D) Focus on the maintenance of businesses, rather than means of startingthem

(E) Focus on the role of individual entrepreneurs in starting a businessechnical trades.


4.The passage best supports which of the following statements?

(A) A minority entrepreneur who had no assistance from family members would not be able to start a business.

(B) Self-help networks have been effective in helping entrepreneurs primarily in the last 50 years.

(C) Minority groups have developed a range of alternatives to standard financing of business ventures.

(D) The financial institutions founded by various ethnic groups owe their success to their unique formal organization.

(E) Successful minority-owned businesses succeed primarily because of the personal strengths of their founders.


5.The passage best supports which of the following statements?

(A) A minority entrepreneur who had no assistance from family members would not be able to start a business.

(B) Self-help networks have been effective in helping entrepreneurs primarily in the last 50 years.

(C) Minority groups have developed a range of alternatives to standard financing of business ventures.

(D) The financial institutions founded by various ethnic groups owe their success to their unique formal organization.

(E) Successful minority-owned businesses succeed primarily because of the personal strengths of their founders.


APPROACH PLEASE......


2358

Government service should be made compulsory only in situations of national crisis. For this reason the Health Ministry's proposal, to make it compulsory for all medical graduates to serve at least 2 years in the grossly under-manned rural govt. hospitals, should not be implemented.Which one of the following validates the ministry's proposal?

a. Service to the people in a crisis is the duty of every citizen.

b.The government implements only such proposals and policies as are crucial to the well-being of the people.

c.There are few private practitioners or hospitals in rural areas; the govt is the only healthcare provider.

d.Catering to the welfare of the people is the matter of utmost importance in any government's list of priorities.

2359

In the following paragraph , if there is one error -mark a, two errors- mark b, three errors - mark c, four errors - mark d. If there is no error mark e.


Beavers were a natural part of the British countryside until they were hunted to extinction for their fur and the secretion from their scent glands that was believed to have medicinal properties. They mostly died up in the 16th century although there is evidence some hung in until the 18th century in some northern rivers.


a. a

b. b

c. c

d. d

e. e

2360

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2361

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2362

RC

Why are women paid less than men? Why were there riots in some northwestern English cities in 2000 but not in London? What is the significance of bloggers, or of the World Social Forum? One of the strange features of our times is that well-educated people can get by with very little idea of how to answer questions like these. Over the last few decades, we have witnessed great progress in the public's level of scientific understanding, thanks to many brilliant expositors. In history, too, some of the most original minds are also first rate communicators. Much of economics has permeated into common sense, particularly of decision-makers around the world. But sociology has faded from view. Its heyday a generation ago feels like another era. As a result, many people rely on very simple interpretive frameworks to make sense of what they see around them or on the evening news. So conflicts between Muslims and Christians are attributed to culture or history. Gender pay gaps are seen as the result of misogyny. The internet is ascribed with magical powers to turn the tables on multinational corporations or governments. Some of the reasons for sociology's retreat from public awareness lie in the discipline itself, which took a turn towards abstract theory in the 1970s and away from observation, description and detailed historical analysis.Some of the reasons lie in the shape of professional careers which enabled sociologists to progress without having to do primary observation. Within sociology very good work is continuing to be done, and sense is being made of complex issues. But little of it is penetrating the public consciousness. Charles Tilly is probably the outstanding contemporary exponent of an engaged but theoretically rigorous sociology. It is a symptom of sociology's relative detachment that he remains largely unknown outside academic circles in Britain, even though he is by some margin the most fertile thinker in the American social sciences, covering topics as diverse as the rise of the state in 18th-century Europe to racial inequality, political violence to the conditions for democracy in central Asia. In some ways he is old fashioned—he offers explanations and shows how some things cause other things to happen. His accounts contain real people, history and drama, and have lessons for how change might be achieved more successfully. Like all the best sociologists, his work starts with close observation. A good example is pay inequality, which Tilly investigated along with many other kinds of inequality in his book Durable Inequality. Economists have found it hard to explain why gender pay gaps are so persistent, since in a properly functioning labour market, employers should have incentives to reward women as much as men for their skills. Tilly points out that close observation of how pay and jobs work in the real world soon shows that the most important determinant of pay is the jobs that people take. Pay differences between the sexes within the same jobs are now small (although a combination of men's greater pushiness and some lingering discrimination means they have not entirely disappeared). “Since compensation varies systematically by job more than it varies by gender within jobs, the big question we have to ask is not, 'How come individual bosses discriminate against women?' but, 'What is the process by which women stream into some occupations and men into others?'” he says.


1. What does the author mean by “sociology has faded from view”?

a That there is no reasoning in our actions.

b That religious conflicts are on the rise.

c That there is breakdown in the human society.

d That women are subject to gender bias.

2.

The author cites the turn towards abstract theory to imply:

a a shift in core sociology.

b a drift away from historical analysis.

c the superficiality of modern day careers.

d the change in the professional objectives.

3.

What does the author imply by stating that Tilly's accounts have real elements and they contain lessons for achieving change successfully?

a That Tilly is an advocate of theory based sociology.

b That Tilly is one of the most fertile thinkers.

c That offering explanations is considered old fashioned.

d That learning by models is passé.



2363

1. The wind had savage allies.

A. If it had not been for my closely fitted helmet, the explosions might have shattered my eardrums.

B. The first clap of thunder came as a deafening explosion that literally shook my teeth.

C. I didn't hear the thunder, I actually felt it – an almost unbearable physical experience.

D. I saw lighting all around me in every shape imaginable.

6. It was raining so torrentially that I thought I would drown in mid air.

(a) BCAD (b) CADB (c) CBDA (d) ACDB