Official Verbal Ability thread for CAT 2013

An essay on Socialism and Capitalism. Do read it and pay attention to the grammatical structures. 😃






correct?

These people are more hardworking than I am.

Correct?

If I had to start now, I would not get a job even as a peon.

correct?

Things would never be the same as it used to be before.

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1. The operation is what has to be done to one

proposition in order to make other out of it.

2. Structure of proposition stands in internal

relations to one another.

3. In order to give prominence to these internal

relations we can adopt the following mode of

expression: we can represent a proposition as

the result of an operation that produces it out

of other propositions (which are bases of the

operation).

4. An operation is the expression of a relation

between the structure of its result and of its

bases.

A. 2 - 3 - 4 - 1 B. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

C. 4 - 3 - 1 - 2 D. 2 - 1 - 3 - 4

E. 4 - 1 - 2 - 3

Mark Twain was responsible for many striking,

mostly cynical ____, such as “ Always do right.

That will gratify some of the people, and astonish

the rest”. ________ can sometimes end up as

_____, but rarely would someone use them as

an________.

A. epitaphs, Epitaphs, epigrams, epigraph

B. epigraphs, Epigraphs, epitaphs, epigraph

C.epigrams, Epigrams, epigraphs, epitaph

D.epigrams, Epitaphs, epigrams, epigraph

E. epitaphs, Epitaphs, epigraphs, epigram

Question No. (19 to 20): According to recent reports,

CEOs of large organisations are paid more that CEOs

of small organizations. It does not seem fair that just

because a CEO is heading a big organization s/he should

be paid more. CEOs salary should be related to

performance, especially growth in terms of sales and

profits. Of course, big organisations are more complex

than the small, but all CEOs require significant amount

of energy and time in managing organisations. There is

no proof then CEOs of small organisations. All CEOs

should be paid according to their performance.

19. A person seeking to refute the argument might

argue that

A. CEOs should be paid equally.

B. Managing big organisation is more challenging

that small .

C. If CEOs of small companies perform well, the

company would become big and so would be

CEOs salary.

D.CEOs who travel more should be paid more.

E. Highly qualified CEOs should be paid more

because they have acquired difficult education.

Goodricke Group Ltd is planning to give top priority

to core competence of production and marketing

of tea in 2007. The company intends to increase

the production of orthodox varieties of tea.

Goodricke is planning to invest Rs. 10 crore to

modernise the factories. The company has

announced a net profit of Rs. 5.49 crore for 2006

as against Rs. 3.76 crore in 2005.

Which of the following can be deduced from the

caselet?

A. Production and marketing is core competence

of Goodricke Group.

B. Increase in production of existing products

enhances core competence.

C.Core competence leads to modernization.

D. Goodricke has given top priority to production

because it has earned net profit of Rs. 5.49

crore.

E. Core competence can be used for furthering

company's interests.

The author reflects on the concept of Blue Ocean

Strategy. He explains that this concept delivers

an instinctive framework for developing

uncontested market space and making the

competition irrelevant. The author remarks that

the Blue Ocean Strategy is about having the best

mix of attributes that result in creation of

uncontested market space and high growth, and

not about being the best.

The above paragraph appears to be an attempt

at

A. reviewing an article or a book on Blue Ocean

strategy.

B. defining Blue Ocean strategy.

C.developing the framework for Blue Ocean

strategy.

D.highlighting how Blue Ocean strategy leads

to better returns.

E. None of above.


DM is apparently falling too hard upon me :X:X:X


Directions (Qs. 3 to 5) : Answer these questions on the basis of the information given in the following case.

Due to increased competition, Ginger Automobiles, the Indian subsidiary of Pepper Automobile Company (PAC) reported lower sales and profits. PAC expects its new model Limo, developed especially for value conscious customers of India and China, would revive its fortunes. In order to prevent customers from buying competing products, PAC announced the launch of Limo six months before schedule. Due to unrest in its Indian supplier's plant, deliveries of essential components for its main plant was- hampered, and hence it decided to launch Limo in China only as per the original plan. Within a short span of time, Limo captured 30% market share in China, which was 200% higher than expected. Indian customers who had looked forward to purchasing Limo were becoming increasingly unhappy to the non-availability of Limo in India. Ginger's dealers were worried about loss of business from the customers who might switch to other cars.



5. Mr. Murugan from Chennai experienced the comfort of Limo during his visit to China. He was willing to deposit an approximate price of Limo to . buy the first available unit from Mr. Ahmed, a dealer in Chennai, known for fair dealing. Ginger Automobile is yet to announce the actual price, and the process for allocation of the vehicles. In order to maximise his cash flow, Mr. Ahmed should

A. collect the amount from Mr. Murugan. Later when the delivery is delayed, blame it on PAC's problems.

B. collect 50% as advance and the remaining 50% after the confirmation of launch date by Ginger Automobiles.

C. collect the amount Mr. Murugan is willing to deposit after clarifying that delivery is subject to the company policy.

D. not collect the amount, but suggest to Mr. Murugan to write to Ginger Automobiles. E. collect the amount and transfer it to the account of Ginger Automobiles, instead of keeping it in his personal account.


The city of Nagar has a population of 10 million,

2 millions amongst whom are rich, 3 million poor

and 5 million belong to the middle class.

Saundarya Cosmetics manufactured and sold

beauty product to the rich class at a premium

price. Its products were very popular with

customers. Many people from the middle and poor

segments of the population aspired to buy these

products but could not afford because of the high

prices. Of late, sales growth has been stagnating

in the rich segment. Which of the following is the

best option for Saundarya Cosmetics to maximize

long-term profits?

A. Sell the same products at lower prices to middle

and poor classes.

B. Sell similar products, of different quality

standards with different brand names, to middle

classes and poor classes.

C. Sell its products under different brand names

to middle and poor classes.

D.Continue to target rich only and hope that

today's middle class would be tomorrow's rich

class.

E. Target middle class as it is the largest segment

and forget about the rich.

correct ?

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Verbal ability mock !


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cat exam is EASY OR TUFF?

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  • 3.LOGICAL ORIENTED

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1. Political interference has been blamed as one of the reasons why the police force has not been able to do its job effectively. This has affected investigation of cases, including those of crime against women.2. The state home minister has taken over the task of police transfers instead of allowing police chiefs to do their jobs.

1. Statement 2 can be derived from statement 1.

2. Statement 1 can be derived from statement 2.

3. Statement 2 is the casue for the effect in statement 1.

4. Statement 1 is the casue for the effect in statement 2.

5. Statements 1 and 2 are independent.

1. It is impossible to define Indian democracy as liberal, participatory or deliberative, because it is a blend all of these at the same time.2. Democracy would thus, appear differently to different classes of India – to the more privileged classes of society it means the freedom of enterprise and to the lower orders it means equality and representation.3. It's noteworthy that despite everything, India has sustained a fairly stable democracy, while the countries with comparable and in some cases much less serious problems have abandoned democracy for authoritarian form of rule.

1. Statement 2 is an illustration of statement 1 while statement 3 is independent.

2. Statement 3 is a facilitating condition for statement 1.

3. Statement 3 states a condition under which statement 1 would be invalid.

4. Statement 2 can be deduced from statement 3 but independent of statement 1.

5. Statements 1, 2 and 3 are necessarily independent.

(A) __________ all the encumbrances, he came out with flying colours.(B) What _____________ me most is why such a gentle dog should have bitten the stranger.(C) I am ______________ in your story and shall not be taken in this time.(D) Could you tell me who ____________ the telescope?

1. In spite of, disturbs, disinterested, invented

2. Despite, perturbs, disinterested, discovered

3. Despite, disturbs, uninterested, discovered

4. Despite, perturbs, uninterested, invented

5. In spite of, disturbs, uninterested, invented