Official Verbal Ability thread for CAT 2013

Directions: In the following question some statements have been provided. These statements form a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these statements

.A. They ravaged in Neustria as they ravaged in England; and a large part of the northern coast, including the mouth of the Seine, was given by Charles the Bald to Rolf or Rollo, one of their leaders, whose land became known as the Northman land, or Normandy.

B. He and his family became Counts (i.e., judges and protectors) of Paris, and Dukes (or leaders) of the Franks.

C. What most checked the ravages of these pirates was the resistance of Paris, a town which commanded the road along the river Seine; and it was in defending the city of Paris from the Northmen, that a warrior named Robert the Strong gained the trust and affection of the inhabitants of the Neustrian kingdom.

D. Three generations of them were really great men-Robert the Strong, Odo, and Hugh the White; and when the descendants of Charles the Great had died out, a Duke of the Franks, Hugh Capet, was in 987 crowned King of the Franks.

E. The great danger which this Neustrian kingdom had to meet came from the Northmen, or as they were called in England the Danes.

The Manners and ____ of the nouveau riche is a recurrent _____ in the literature.

(CAT 2000)



  • morals, theme
  • style, motif
  • morals, story
  • wealth, theme.

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A.The principal contradiction of human life is that between the individual and the society

B.In order to achieve the ideal state, one must understand the causes of the downfall of the colonized world

C. Highle developed production and self material well-being cannot by themselves make men happy if their 'spiritual civilization' is low.

D. Down the centuries, the rulers and dominant caste neglected the interests of the simple people and that was one of the greatest social evils and without support of the lower class, there should be no question of serious reference.

E.The law for humanity is to pursue its upward evolution towards the expression of the 'divine' in mankind.


Which one is correct?
a. there is a bad effect of cinema on children.
b. there is a bad effect on children of cinema.

(came in upsc exam, still posted here as it seemed interesting to me. I do not have the ans)

Difference betweeen the usage of critic and critique ..?

Directions: Four parts of the sentence given below have been underlined. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).(1) Unlike ethnographers, ethno historians (2) make systematic observations, but they (3) also gather data from documentary and oral (4) sources. (5) No error

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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Is the below sentence grammatically correct ?
When I was ten, my mother took me to the circus.😠

Statements: Some dogs are faithful. Some dogs bark.
Conclusions: I. Some faithful dogs bark. II. No faithful dog barks.

a. If only conclusion I follows

b. If only conclusion II follows

c. If both the conclusions I and II follow

d. If either conclusion I or II follows

e. If neither conclusion I nor II follows
kindly explain.


Recent years have brought minority owned businesses in united states _____________________ opportunities - as well as new and ____________ risks.


unprecedented, significant
preternatural, vast
unparalleled,conventional
idiosyncratic,sententious

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Directions for question: Identify the incorrect sentence or sentences.


(a) A few pleasures rival a relaxing soak in the bath.(b) The Roman emperor Gordian I, took four or five dips a day.(c) Another imperial bather, Napolean Bonaparte, used to retreat to a piping-hot bath in the middle of the night, much to the horror of his doctor.(d) From ablution to absolution, the bath is a force to be reckoned.


When should the world population be used in its singular form and when should it be used in its plural form "populations"?

Hi Puys! Folks any pdf for PHRASAL VERBS ? A comprehensive list will be greatly appreciated

as 2-3 questions are being asked in each mock exam(i can't find a comprehensive list myself. 😞 )

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complete list of phrasal verbs😁

what does freedom mean to you?

what does freedom means to you?

  • 1st is correct
  • 2nd is correct

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Visitors to Delhi often see a faded glory, like a grand carpet collecting dust. The city is

casually littered with history, much of it neglected or buried under the paraphernalia

of the present. But Delhi's past will surely be overshadowed by its future. There are

three times as many Indians alive today as there were at Independence in 1947, and Delhi is home to over 16m of them. Over the next three decades India should begin to regain the economic clout it lost over three centuries. __________

  • Many people mourn the lost elegance of Old Delhi, the city founded in the 17thcentury by Shahjahan
  • In Delhi, the people can be rude, but never cold
  • I first visited Delhi ten years ago, drawn not by the city but by one of its citizens
  • Delhi can be grand, but it is rarely solemn
  • To visit Delhi in a mood of nostalgia, then, is to close your eyes to history in themaking

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Hi All, could anyone suggest any book for Grammar (for sentence correction questions) ?
P.S. : My grammar is very poor.

I am preparing for CAT 2013.

I need to know if apart from sectional cutoff is there any sub section cutoff too?
Do institutes look to the scores of subsections like RC, VL, Quant , LR and DI differently?
  • No
  • Yes

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Hey Guys, Can u plz help me with verbal ability? Pls tell me how to prepare for VA as i m weak in this section, wat all to prepare and how????kindly help😠