Official Verbal Ability thread for CAT 2013

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No option for q. 36

Need some insights on differences b/w SIMPLE, SIMPLISTIC AND SIMPLETON?
Its forms, usage and meanings! Appreciate some thoughts and insights!


Where to use of "Than" .

Part-1

"THAN" is used in comparative degree ,But with words like SUPERIOR,INFERIOR,SENIOR,JUNIOR,PRIOR,ANTERIOR,PREFER etc ...."TO" is used.

Examples :-

I prefer reading than sleeping (wrong ) [reading to sleeping is correct].
Ravi is senior than others (Wrong) [senior to others is correct].


Part-2

Whenever comparison is made by using 'THAN",the word "OTHER" must be used to exclude the thing with which it is compared

Example:-He is stronger than any man (wrong) [stronger than any OTHER man].


Part-3

In some case comparison is subtle and must be given proper attention:

The climate of Ranchi is better THAN Gaya (wrong)

The climate of Ranchi is better THAN THAT of Gaya. (or better THAN climate of Gaya)


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hey puys.....here are some PJs for u..

1.

(A) Not a plastic tray or all-you-can-eat dessert bar in sight.

(B) Becky, whose idea of great dining is to graze the free sample aisle at cafes, immediately had questions.

(C) The Restuarant was amazing.

(D) A distinguished-looking waiter with an elegant accent presented our menus.

(E) "How can they charge this much for food?"

(a) CDABE (b) ADCBE (c) EDBCA (d) CADEB (e) ABCDE

2.

A. The pope becomes chief pastor because he is Bishop of Rome: he does not become Bishop of Rome because he has been chosen to be head of the universal Church.

B. Thus, an election to the papacy is, properly speaking, primarily an election to the local bishopric. The right to elect their bishop has ever belonged to the members of the Roman Church. They possess the prerogative of giving to the universal Church her chief pastor; they do not receive their bishop in virtue of his election by the universal Church.

C. The supreme headship of the Church is, we have seen, annexed to the office of Roman bishop.

D. The choice of a bishop belongs to the clergy: it may be confined to the leading members of the clergy. It is so in the Roman Church at present.

E. This is not to say that the election should be by popular vote of the Romans.

Choose one answer.

a. ABCDE b. CDEAB c. CABED d. ECABD e. EABCD

3.

A.No intelligent designer would have put the genomes of living organisms together in the way that evolution has.

B. That is because, unlike an engineer, evolution cannot go back to the drawing board, it can merely play with what already exists.

C. And there is no sense of organization or hierarchy.

D. Some parts overlap, meaning that they cannot change jobs independently of one another.

E. Others have lost their function but have not been removed, so they simply clutter things up.

1. BDEC 2. DECB 3. DEBC 4. EBDC 5. BDCE

4.

A. Joining the small car bandwagon, Korean auto-manufacturer Hyundai Motor on Friday said it was planning to launch $3,500 car in India by 2011.

B. The project is now in the development stage at our research and development centre in Korea.

C. Hyundai said that pricing was crucial for them as they wanted to deliver an affordable product to their customers.

D. Indias second largest carmaker would also be introducing a new variant of its newly launched hatchback i10 in the next couple of months.

E. though Hyundai has no immediate plans to take on Tata's Nano, they were planning a new small car, keeping in mind consumer's demand in India.

1. DCEB 2. CEDB 3. DBCE 4. BCDE 5. DECB

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what is the remainder when 45 ! is divided by 47 ?

  • none of these
  • 37
  • 0
  • 47

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which one is correct:



  • The solution to the problem was relatively simple.
  • The solution of the problem was relatively simple.

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Word Interpretation: While the state's juggernaut finally rumbled to life and responded to nature's frothing revenge of its wanton destruction along the flood-plains of the Mandakini - a revenge that flattened the surreal township built around the ancient temple of Kedarnath - merely rescuing pilgrims and rural communities wedged along the craggy Himalayas must not occasion self congratulation. Juggernaut- is the author referring to trucks or the empire ? Not getting the meaning of frothing and wanton in this context. TOI article: http://tinyurl.com/llbteoo


Types of killings:


Suicide - the intentional taking of one's own life.
Fratriced - killing one's brother
Sororicide - killing one's sister
Uxoricide - a man who murders his wife
Infanticide - killing an infant
Parricide - killing one's father, mother, or other close relatives

Regicide - killing of a king
Genocide - deliberately killing a nationality or ethnic group
Homicide - killing of one human being by another
Murder - involve intentional killing
Manslaughter - killing resulting from negligence

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Can someone explain the difference between a equivocal answer, ambiguous answer and double entendre answer in a debate ??

Some body ping me...the links for good articles....

Linguistics is the scientific study of language. It endeavours to answer the question what is language and how it is represented in the mind? Linguists focus on describing and explaining language and are not concerned with the prescriptive rules of the language (i.e. do not split infinitives). Linguists are not required to know many languages and linguists are not interpreters. The underlying goal of the linguist is to try to discover the universals concerning language. That is, what are the common elements of all languages. ____________________

RC

After the end of World War II, a pervasive, but unfortunately fallacious, economic perspective took hold. Based on the United States' successful emergence from the Depression, the idea that war was good for an economy became fashionable. However, linking the United States economic recovery with its entry into World War II is a prime example of flawed economic thinking.

Supporters of the war benefits economy theory hold that a country at war is a country with a booming economy. Industry must produce weapons, supplies, food, and clothing for the troops. The increased production necessitates the hiring of more people, reducing unemployment.

More employment means more money in the pockets of citizens, who are then likely to go out and spend that money, helping the retail sector of the economy. Retail shops experience an increase in business and may need to hire more workers, further reducing unemployment and adding to the economic momentum. While this scenario sounds good in theory, it does not accurately represent what truly happens in a war time economy.

In reality, the government can fund a war in a combination of three ways. It can raise taxes, cut spending on other areas, or increase the national debt. Each of these strategies has a negative impact on the economy. An increase in taxes takes money out of an individual's hands, leading to a reduction in consumer spending. Clearly, there is no net benefit to the economy in that case. Cutting spending in other areas has its costs as well, even if they are not as obvious.

Any reduction in government spending means the imposition of a greater burden on the benefactors of that government spending. Cutbacks in a particular program mean that the people who normally depend on that program now must spend more of their money to make up for the government cuts. This also takes money out of consumers' hands and leaves the economy depressed. Of course, a government could go into debt during the war, but such a strategy simply means that at some point in the future, taxes must be increased or spending decreased. Plus, the interest on the debt must be paid as well.

1 . The "pervasive €Śeconomic perspective" mentioned in line 1 took hold because

A. observers took the appearance of one phenomenon with another to indicate that one caused the other

B. the U.S. would not have emerged from the Depression had it not entered World War II

C. the booming economy during wartime created thousands of jobs in the U.S.

D. most people are not trained to think in economic terms

E. economists confused an event that was necessary for an outcome to occur with one that is merely sufficient to bring about that outcome.

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2. Which of the following situations best mirrors the effect that cutting spending in government programs has, as detailed in the passage?

A. Government cutbacks on public works maintenance lead to a deterioration of roads, which creates more work for private construction firms.

B. A decrease in the federal education budget causes certain schools to close, which forces families to send their children to schools that are farther away.

C. A federal decrease in unemployment payments causes some individuals who would otherwise remain on unemployment to seek jobs.

D. Government cuts in housing subsidies results in fewer houses being built.

E. A reduction in the federal spending on food safety inspections leads to a rash of illnesses and an increase in the amount of money spent on medicine.

3. The passage implies which of the following about a government that funds a war by increasing the national debt?

A. It is no worse off than it would be funding a war by cutting spending or increasing taxes.

B. The initial costs it incurs are less than with the other two methods, but the future costs are greater.

C. It must increase taxes in order to pay off the interest on the debt.

D. If the government does not increase taxes or decrease spending, its economy will not recover.

E. It receives a net benefit to the economy greater than it would achieve with either of the other two methods.

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4. The second paragraph of the passage performs which of the following functions?

A. It describes the common economic benefits of a wartime economy.

B. It provides the background information necessary to understand the information in the third paragraph.

C. It explains what happened to the United States' economy during World War II.

D. It presents a possible objection to the author's main thesis.

E. It helps explain why individuals might hold the viewpoint presented in the first paragraph.

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birds migrated from north america to south america..wats wrong in dis???read it today in some forum.

Some men and two women contested in a scrabble tournament with each person playing exactly one game with each other.The number of games played between two men were 52 more than the number of games played between a man and a woman.How many participants there in all ??
Share ur approach..don't have OA.

Para completion

Like many a good philosopher, Socrates (470-

399 BCE) was obsessed with truth and the

correct way to stumble into it. In fact, in his

effort to find truth, Socrates placed value not

just on knowledge, but also on how we know

knowledge, and his inquisitive teaching style

reflected it. For one thing, Socrates never

lectured. Instead, he asked questions on top

of questions (a teaching method still used

to this day). The more his students answered,

the more they knew or, more accurately,

learned what they didn't know.

1) As a master philosopher, Socrates' great

est rhetorical tool was irony.

2) Unfortunately for Socrates, endless questioning

was also extremely annoying, and

the barefoot philosopher's inquisitiveness

made him powerful enemies.

3) For example, when you ask yourself, 'Do

I hate my job because I'm awful at it, or

am I awful at my job because I hate it?'

you're being Socratic in your search.

4) Such methods of learning were rare in

the ancient world, and consequently

Socrates was hailed as a genius by his

students.

5) If this did not work out, he reverted back

to the lecturing method.

Para completion

India's past investments in large water infrastructure

have yielded spectacular results

with enormous gains in food security and in

the reduction of poverty. However, much of

this infrastructure is now crumbling. Shortfalls

in financing have led to an enormous

backlog of maintenance. The implicit philosophy

has been aptly described as Build-Neglect-

Rebuild. Much of what currently masquerades

as 'investment' in irrigation or

municipal water supply is in fact a belated

attempt to rehabilitate crumbling infrastructure.


1) Today, 70 percent of India's irrigation

needs and 80 percent of its domestic water

supplies come from groundwater, a

commendable fact nevertheless.

2) Faced with poor water supply services,

farmers and urban dwellers alike have

resorted to helping themselves by pumping

out groundwater through tube wells.

3) A number of areas are already in crisis

regarding housing infrastructure: among

these are the most populated and economically

productive parts of the country.

4) Severe water shortages have already led

to growing political mudslinging in Parliament.

5) Estimates reveal that by 2020, India's

demand for water will exceed all sources

of supply.

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Para completion India's past investments in large water infrastructure



have yielded spectacular results



with enormous gains in food security and in



the reduction of poverty. However, much of



this infrastructure is now crumbling. Shortfalls



in financing have led to an enormous



backlog of maintenance. The implicit philosophy



has been aptly described as Build-Neglect-



Rebuild. Much of what currently masquerades



as 'investment' in irrigation or



municipal water supply is in fact a belated



attempt to rehabilitate crumbling infrastructure.



1) Today, 70 percent of India's irrigation



needs and 80 percent of its domestic water



supplies come from groundwater, a



commendable fact nevertheless.



2) Faced with poor water supply services,



farmers and urban dwellers alike have



resorted to helping themselves by pumping



out groundwater through tube wells.



3) A number of areas are already in crisis



regarding housing infrastructure: among



these are the most populated and economically



productive parts of the country.



4) Severe water shortages have already led



to growing political mudslinging in Parliament.



5) Estimates reveal that by 2020, India's



demand for water will exceed all sources



of supply.



PJ

334.

The sentence/paragraph labelled A is in its

correct place

A. The 'uncanny valley' hypothesis, intro

duced by Japanese roboticist Masahiro

Mori in 1970, holds that when robots and

other facsimiles of humans look and act

almost like actual humans, it causes a

response of revulsion among human

observers.

B. The name captures the idea that a robot

which is 'almost human' will seem overly

'strange' to a human being and thus will

fail to evoke the empathetic response

required for productive human-robot

interaction.

C. Mori's hypothesis states that as a robot

is made more humanlike in its appearance

and motion, the emotional response from

a human being to the robot will become

increasingly positive and empathic, until

a point is reached beyond which the

response quickly becomes that of strong

repulsion.

D. This area of repulsive response aroused

by a robot with appearance and motion

between a 'barely human' and 'fully human'

entity is called the uncanny valley.

E. However, as the appearance and motion

continue to become less distinguishable

from a human being, the emotional

response becomes positive once more and

approaches human-to-human empathy

levels.

1) BDEC 2) CBDE

3) CEDB 4) DBCE

5) DEBC