Official Verbal Ability thread for CAT 2013

Word of the day: Predicament







A very happy and a prosperous Diwali to all of you. May god shine health and wealth to all and bless you with good results this year.

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If asked to name a favourite musical group, the Beatles would be the choice for many, no matter what types of music are actually preferred.


(A) the Beatles would be the choice for many, no matter what types of music are actually preferred

(B) the Beatles will be chosen by many people, no matter what types of music they actually prefer

(C) the choice for many people, whatever kinds of music they actually prefer, would be the Beatles


(D) many people, who actually preferred different types of music, choose the Beatles

(E) many people, no matter what types of music they actually prefer, would choose the Beatles

The shift from traditional dentistry to cosmetic dentistry is due to adults getting fewer cavities and becoming more conscious of their looks

. (A) dentistry to cosmetic dentistry is due to adults getting fewer cavities and becoming


(B) dentistry to cosmetic dentistry is happening because fewer adults are getting cavities and they are also becoming


(C) dentistry to cosmetic dentistry is because of adults who are getting both fewer cavities and becoming


(D) dentistry to cosmetic dentistry is taking place because adults are getting fewer cavities and are also becoming


(E) dentistry to cosmetic dentistry occurs because of adults getting fewer cavities and becomes

The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is to process them quickly into juice concentrate beforethey rot when warmer weather returns.



(A) to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns


(B) if they are quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns to rot them(


C) for them to be processed quickly into juice concentrate before the fruit rots when warmer weatherreturns


(D) if the fruit is quickly processed into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns


(E) to have it quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots the fruit

Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monuments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years as old as any oftheir supposed Mediterranean predecessors.


(A) as old as any of their supposed

(B) older than any of their supposed

(C) as old as their supposed(D)

older than any of their supposedly

(E) as old as their supposedly

However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the governmentas a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimalstate.


(A) However much United States voters may agree that


(B) Despite the agreement among United States voters to the fact


(C) Although United States voters agree


(D) Even though United States voters may agree


(E) There is agreement among United States voters that

Ethel Lambston, the gossip columnist, had a/an _____ nature that _____ the sadistic streak that was found in her writings.

cheerful . . . contradicted

pleasant . . . falsified

charming . . . belied

endearing . . . disguised

I am better acquainted / with the country / than you are./ NE

  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D

0 voters

He was trying for admission in the Engg college/ even though his parents / wanted him to take up medicine./ NE.

  • A
  • D
  • C
  • B

0 voters

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Choose the one that bests completes the paragraph!!


Every election registers some flicker of change on the barometer. In the Congress case, the chicken came before the egg and produced a farmful of votes. With the BJP, the egg must come before the chicken. This egg has to be fertilised in the mind. It is important therefore that the most significant statement of the campaign so far was Narendra Modi's remark that the only religion of a politician must be the Constitution of India. ________________

a) Onions, like the Constitution of India, have no religion either.

b) There is little point discussing whether Muslims will vote for the BJP if Narendra Modi is named its candidate for Prime Minister.

c) This may be only the opening line of a chapter yet to be written, but it is already a huge variant on conventional perception.

d) Economics is not complicated once the human being gets more attention than statistics.

Statements:All golds are silvers.Some silvers are not bronzes.All bronzes are coppers.Some coppers are zincs.


Conclusions:I. Some bronzes are not gold.II. Some coppers are gold.III. No zinc is silver.



Only III follows.

Only I and III follow.

Either II or III follows.

Either I or II follows.

None of these

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Statements:All B's are A's.Some C's are A's.All D's are C's.Some E's are B's


.Conclusions:I. Some E's are A's.II. No B is D.III. Some A's are D's.


Only I follows.

Only II and III follow.

I and either II or III follow.

All follow.

None of these


Find the grammatically incorrect part/s or sentence/s and mark the appropriate option

A. But on the other hand, whenever I told people what i do,
B. they pulled pained, sympathetic expressions and
C. automatically began treating me alike some kind of adult baby, as though
D. I'd suddenly started wheeling myself around the room on an undersized
E. tricycle, gurgling and suckling on a dummy.

Plz answer and explain
Ignore any spelling and punctuation errors
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Indicate whether the verb in the following sentences is transitive active, transitive passive , intransitive linking or intransitive complete

1. Sanjay was the captain of the ship.
2. Aanya has a new digital camera !

Plz answer and explain it
Thanku 😁

Q1)To accept anything as true means to incur the risk of error. If I limit myself to knowledge that I consider true beyond doubt, I minimize the risk of error, but at the same time I maximise the risk of missing out on what may be the subtlest, most important and most rewarding things in life. Saint Thomas Aquinas taught that the slenderest knowledge that may be obtained of the highest things is more desirable than the most certain knowledge obtained of lesser things. β€œSlender” knowledge is here put in opposition to 'certain' knowledge, and indicates uncertainty. May be it is necessarily so that the higher things cannot be known with the same degree of certainty as the lesser things. __________

(1) But the gaining of even the slenderest knowledge about the higher things should not be given up.(2) In such a case it would be a very great loss indeed if knowledge were limited to things beyond the possibility ofdoubt.(3) After all, matters that are beyond doubt are in a sense dead, they constitute no challenge to the living.(4) Even then it is irrational to doubt the existence of higher things, which have no physical proof of existence.(5) And this uncertainty is mainly because of our inability to prove the existence of the higher things.



Q2)The Indian toy industry has never been in a state of good health, but the past two decades have been particularly bad. What little drive there was to invent and innovate got washed away by the flood of Chinese toys. They came in millions. They were colourful and diverse, loud and crude, but their greatestattraction was their low price. __________

(1) Even in the International Trade Fair, the presence of Chinese toys has grown to overwhelming proportions.(2) The public will soon realise, however, that they are not built to last.(3) But some still feel that the wooden toys of Saharanpur and the musical string toys of Delhi are immeasurablysuperior to the cacophonic, garish electronic toys imported from China.(4) The heavy import of Chinese toys had always been hurting the Indian toy manufacturing trade.(5) But now the Indian government has decided to encourage indigenous production of toys and has imposed a ban on the import of Chinese toys.



Q3)Elliot, a photographer, surveyor and developer, had been looking for an unusual site to work on for some time. When he viewed a plot in Highgate, complete with a 70s building in blue aluminium, Elliot was certain he had found what he was looking for. His surveyor advised against buying such a steep bit of land;his mother thought he was crazy. __________

(1) But the first time she visited the site, she understood him completely.(2) But Elliot was fascinated with the history of the place.(3) It was just 45 mts from the historic Highgate cemetery in North London.(4) But he felt he belonged to the place.(5) To him it was a peaceful place away from the noise of the city.




Q4)Kiton – which employs 330 tailors who create its garments by hand – produces only a few thousand pieces a year. It takes 25 hours to make a jacket. Fans of Kiton clothes, and it is a devoted cult, say the garments are soft, light and exquisitely made. __________

(1) Small and fine details of sartorial workmanship mark this brand.(2) They are absolutely wrinkle-free and can be crushed into the crevice of an airline seat.(3) They are said to fit like a second skin.(4) Once you start wearing it you won't feel like switching over to anything else.(5) Customers searching for value end up buying Kiton clothes.


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The more I thought about the vibrant___________ Scottish nationalists driving a debate north of

the border about what kind of relationship it wants with England, the more I grimly

____________the fallout on this side of the border.

(a) rejuvenated, contemplated (b) empowered, sustained

(c) imaginative, learned (d) outspoken, ascertained