cat 2017 verbal + lr bootcamp
TRANSCRIPT
CAT 2017 Verbal Strategy
#IIMorNothing
Reading Comprehension
PASSAGE – 1
Scarce diamonds are more valuable than the cluster of smaller crystals known as bort or carbonado. These diamonds are large single crystals of genuine crystalline carbon.Diamonds are found in diamentiferous earth that is located in both open air pits and underground mines. To retrieve the diamonds, the earth is crushed and concentrated. The concentrated material is then sorted by passing it over streams of water on greased tables. Since diamonds are water repellent they will stick to the grease while the other minerals will absorb water and pass over the grease. The diamonds are then removed from the grease and cleaned, examined, sorted and graded. The best diamonds are noted for their cleavage, their translucence and their colour.All diamonds have a natural line of cleavage along which they may be split and it is essential to split them before they are cut and polished. Before they are cut and polished, they look like tiny blue grey stones; they do not twinkle or shine yet. A perfectly cut and polished diamond has 58 faces arranged regularly over its surface. It will be translucent and colourless,blue,white,green or yellow. The value of a jewel diamond depends largely on its colour or water as it is called professionally. A stone of the finest water is blue-white.
Q1. Which of the following most probably
was the subject of the paragraph
preceding the passage ?
a.A discussion of scarce diamonds
b.A discussion of bot and carbonado
c.A discussion of various colors of
diamonds
d.A discussion of means of mining
diamonds
PAGE NO138
#IIMorNothing
Reading Comprehension
PASSAGE – 1
Scarce diamonds are more valuable than the cluster of smaller crystals known as bort or carbonado. These diamonds are large single crystals of genuine crystalline carbon.Diamonds are found in diamentiferous earth that is located in both open air pits and underground mines. To retrieve the diamonds, the earth is crushed and concentrated. The concentrated material is then sorted by passing it over streams of water on greased tables. Since diamonds are water repellent they will stick to the grease while the other minerals will absorb water and pass over the grease. The diamonds are then removed from the grease and cleaned, examined, sorted and graded. The best diamonds are noted for their cleavage, their translucence and their colour.All diamonds have a natural line of cleavage along which they may be split and it is essential to split them before they are cut and polished. Before they are cut and polished, they look like tiny blue grey stones; they do not twinkle or shine yet. A perfectly cut and polished diamond has 58 faces arranged regularly over its surface. It will be translucent and colourless,blue,white,green or yellow. The value of a jewel diamond depends largely on its colour or water as it is called professionally. A stone of the finest water is blue-white.
Q2. The relationship between the cleavage
and translucence of a diamond most
similar in relationship between the style of
a car and its:
a.Colour
b.Size
c.Price
d.Speed
PAGE NO138
#IIMorNothing
Reading Comprehension
PASSAGE – 1
Scarce diamonds are more valuable than the cluster of smaller crystals known as bort or carbonado. These diamonds are large single crystals of genuine crystalline carbon.Diamonds are found in diamentiferous earth that is located in both open air pits and underground mines. To retrieve the diamonds, the earth is crushed and concentrated. The concentrated material is then sorted by passing it over streams of water on greased tables. Since diamonds are water repellent they will stick to the grease while the other minerals will absorb water and pass over the grease. The diamonds are then removed from the grease and cleaned, examined, sorted and graded. The best diamonds are noted for their cleavage, their translucence and their colour.All diamonds have a natural line of cleavage along which they may be split and it is essential to split them before they are cut and polished. Before they are cut and polished, they look like tiny blue grey stones; they do not twinkle or shine yet. A perfectly cut and polished diamond has 58 faces arranged regularly over its surface. It will be translucent and colourless,blue,white,green or yellow. The value of a jewel diamond depends largely on its colour or water as it is called professionally. A stone of the finest water is blue-white.
Q3. The word ‘genuine’ underlined
could best be replaced by which of
the following ?
a.Palpable
b.Spurious
c.Real
d.Accurate
PAGE NO138
#IIMorNothing
Reading Comprehension
PASSAGE – 1
Scarce diamonds are more valuable than the cluster of smaller crystals known as bort or carbonado. These diamonds are large single crystals of genuine crystalline carbon.Diamonds are found in diamentiferous earth that is located in both open air pits and underground mines. To retrieve the diamonds, the earth is crushed and concentrated. The concentrated material is then sorted by passing it over streams of water on greased tables. Since diamonds are water repellent they will stick to the grease while the other minerals will absorb water and pass over the grease. The diamonds are then removed from the grease and cleaned, examined, sorted and graded. The best diamonds are noted for their cleavage, their translucence and their colour.All diamonds have a natural line of cleavage along which they may be split and it is essential to split them before they are cut and polished. Before they are cut and polished, they look like tiny blue grey stones; they do not twinkle or shine yet. A perfectly cut and polished diamond has 58 faces arranged regularly over its surface. It will be translucent and colourless,blue,white,green or yellow. The value of a jewel diamond depends largely on its colour or water as it is called professionally. A stone of the finest water is blue-white.
Q4. Which of the following
statements best describes the
organisation of this passage ?
a.Comparison and Contrast
b.Chronological Order
c.Statements and Illustration
d.Cause and Result
PAGE NO138
#IIMorNothing
Reading Comprehension
PASSAGE – 4
Of the many aspects of public administration, the ethical aspect is perhaps the most important but least codified. While administrative rules and procedures have been codified in various public documents and manuals, there is no manual for the ethics of public servants.While organizational behaviour analyses the factors which influence the behaviour of individuals in an organization, ethics refers to those norms and standards which behaviour of the people in the organization must confirm to. While behaviour analysis deals with factual aspects, ethics relates to normative aspects of administration. The normative aspects are of the greatest significance. Just as for an individual if charter is lost, everything is lost, so also for an administrator if ethics is lost, everything is lost. Neither efficiency nor loyalty could be substitute for high ethical standards. In India though there is no ethical code for public
administrators, there are what are called, the Government Servants’ Conduct Rules. These rules lay down what constitutes misconduct for public servants. It is apparently implied that such misconduct, which is not permitted, is also unethical conduct.
Q1. As per the passage, the
organizational behavior is:
a.Same as ethics in organizations
b.Different from ethics in
organizations
c.Human behavior in organizations
including ethics
d.None of these
PAGE NO139
#IIMorNothing
Reading Comprehension
PASSAGE – 4
Of the many aspects of public administration, the ethical aspect is perhaps the most important but least codified. While administrative rules and procedures have been codified in various public documents and manuals, there is no manual for the ethics of public servants.While organizational behaviour analyses the factors which influence the behaviour of individuals in an organization, ethics refers to those norms and standards which behaviour of the people in the organization must confirm to. While behaviour analysis deals with factual aspects, ethics relates to normative aspects of administration. The normative aspects are of the greatest significance. Just as for an individual if charter is lost, everything is lost, so also for an administrator if ethics is lost, everything is lost. Neither efficiency nor loyalty could be substitute for high ethical standards. In India though there is no ethical code for public
administrators, there are what are called, the Government Servants’ Conduct Rules. These rules lay down what constitutes misconduct for public servants. It is apparently implied that such misconduct, which is not permitted, is also unethical conduct.
Q2. Ethics is to an administration,
what character is for:
a.An administrator
b.An official
c.An individual
d.None of These
PAGE NO139
#IIMorNothing
Reading Comprehension
PASSAGE – 4
Of the many aspects of public administration, the ethical aspect is perhaps the most important but least codified. While administrative rules and procedures have been codified in various public documents and manuals, there is no manual for the ethics of public servants.While organizational behaviour analyses the factors which influence the behaviour of individuals in an organization, ethics refers to those norms and standards which behaviour of the people in the organization must confirm to. While behaviour analysis deals with factual aspects, ethics relates to normative aspects of administration. The normative aspects are of the greatest significance. Just as for an individual if charter is lost, everything is lost, so also for an administrator if ethics is lost, everything is lost. Neither efficiency nor loyalty could be substitute for high ethical standards. In India though there is no ethical code for public
administrators, there are what are called, the Government Servants’ Conduct Rules. These rules lay down what constitutes misconduct for public servants. It is apparently implied that such misconduct, which is not permitted, is also unethical conduct.
Q3. Government Servants’ Conduct Rules are
meant for:
a.Guiding the ethical conduct of government
servants
b.Guiding what constitutes misconduct for public
c.Guiding what constitutes misconduct for
government servants
d.None of these
PAGE NO139
#IIMorNothing
Reading Comprehension
PASSAGE – 4
Of the many aspects of public administration, the ethical aspect is perhaps the most important but least codified. While administrative rules and procedures have been codified in various public documents and manuals, there is no manual for the ethics of public servants.While organizational behaviour analyses the factors which influence the behaviour of individuals in an organization, ethics refers to those norms and standards which behaviour of the people in the organization must confirm to. While behaviour analysis deals with factual aspects, ethics relates to normative aspects of administration. The normative aspects are of the greatest significance. Just as for an individual if charter is lost, everything is lost, so also for an administrator if ethics is lost, everything is lost. Neither efficiency nor loyalty could be substitute for high ethical standards. In India though there is no ethical code for public
administrators, there are what are called, the Government Servants’ Conduct Rules. These rules lay down what constitutes misconduct for public servants. It is apparently implied that such misconduct, which is not permitted, is also unethical conduct.
Q4. The underlined word manual in the context of
the given passage means
Hand operated
physical
Guide book
None of these
PAGE NO139
#IIMorNothing
Reading Comprehension-HumanitiesAs you set out for Ithaka hope the voyage is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians and Cyclops, angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them: you’ll never find things like that on your way as long as you keep your thoughts raised high, as long as a rare excitement stirs your spirit and your body. Laistrygonians and Cyclops, wild Poseidon—you won’t encounter them unless you bring them along inside your soul, unless your soul sets them up in front of you. Hope the voyage is a long one. May there be many a summer morning when, with what pleasure, what joy, you come into harbours seen for the first time; may you stop at Phoenician trading stationsto buy fine things, mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,sensual perfume of every kind—as many sensual perfumes as you can;and may you visit many Egyptian cities to gather stores of knowledge from their scholars. Keep Ithaka always in your mind. Arriving there is what you are destined for. But do not hurry the journey at all.Better if it lasts for years, so you are old by the time you reach the island,wealthy with all you have gained on the way, not expecting Ithaka to make you rich. Ithaka gave you the marvellous journey. Without her you would not have set out. She has nothing left to give you now. And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you. Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,you will have understood by then what these Ithaka mean.
Q1. Which of the following best reflects the tone
of the poem?
A.Consoling
B.Pleading
C.Exhorting
D.Prescribing
#IIMorNothing
Reading Comprehension-HumanitiesAs you set out for Ithaka hope the voyage is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians and Cyclops, angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them: you’ll never find things like that on your way as long as you keep your thoughts raised high, as long as a rare excitement stirs your spirit and your body. Laistrygonians and Cyclops, wild Poseidon—you won’t encounter them unless you bring them along inside your soul, unless your soul sets them up in front of you. Hope the voyage is a long one. May there be many a summer morning when, with what pleasure, what joy, you come into harbours seen for the first time; may you stop at Phoenician trading stationsto buy fine things, mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,sensual perfume of every kind—as many sensual perfumes as you can;and may you visit many Egyptian cities to gather stores of knowledge from their scholars. Keep Ithaka always in your mind. Arriving there is what you are destined for. But do not hurry the journey at all.Better if it lasts for years, so you are old by the time you reach the island,wealthy with all you have gained on the way, not expecting Ithaka to make you rich. Ithaka gave you the marvellous journey. Without her you would not have set out. She has nothing left to give you now. And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you. Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,you will have understood by then what these Ithaka mean.
2. What does the poet mean by ‘Laistrygonians’ and ‘Cyclops’?
Problems that one has to face to derive the most from one’s journeyIntra-personal obstacles that hinder one’s journeyMythological characters that one should not be afraid ofCreatures which along with poseidon, one finds during a journey
#IIMorNothing
Reading Comprehension-HumanitiesAs you set out for Ithaka hope the voyage is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians and Cyclops, angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them: you’ll never find things like that on your way as long as you keep your thoughts raised high, as long as a rare excitement stirs your spirit and your body. Laistrygonians and Cyclops, wild Poseidon—you won’t encounter them unless you bring them along inside your soul, unless your soul sets them up in front of you. Hope the voyage is a long one. May there be many a summer morning when, with what pleasure, what joy, you come into harbours seen for the first time; may you stop at Phoenician trading stationsto buy fine things, mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,sensual perfume of every kind—as many sensual perfumes as you can;and may you visit many Egyptian cities to gather stores of knowledge from their scholars. Keep Ithaka always in your mind. Arriving there is what you are destined for. But do not hurry the journey at all.Better if it lasts for years, so you are old by the time you reach the island,wealthy with all you have gained on the way, not expecting Ithaka to make you rich. Ithaka gave you the marvellous journey. Without her you would not have set out. She has nothing left to give you now. And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you. Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,you will have understood by then what these Ithaka mean.
3. In the poem, Ithaka is a symbol of
Life’s distant goalThe path to wisdomYour inner selfThe divine mother
#IIMorNothing
Reading Comprehension-HumanitiesAs you set out for Ithaka hope the voyage is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians and Cyclops, angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them: you’ll never find things like that on your way as long as you keep your thoughts raised high, as long as a rare excitement stirs your spirit and your body. Laistrygonians and Cyclops, wild Poseidon—you won’t encounter them unless you bring them along inside your soul, unless your soul sets them up in front of you. Hope the voyage is a long one. May there be many a summer morning when, with what pleasure, what joy, you come into harbours seen for the first time; may you stop at Phoenician trading stationsto buy fine things, mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,sensual perfume of every kind—as many sensual perfumes as you can;and may you visit many Egyptian cities to gather stores of knowledge from their scholars. Keep Ithaka always in your mind. Arriving there is what you are destined for. But do not hurry the journey at all.Better if it lasts for years, so you are old by the time you reach the island,wealthy with all you have gained on the way, not expecting Ithaka to make you rich. Ithaka gave you the marvellous journey. Without her you would not have set out. She has nothing left to give you now. And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you. Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,you will have understood by then what these Ithaka mean.
4. The poets recommends a long journey, which of the following is the most comprehensive reason for it?
You can gain knowledge as well as sensual experienceYou can visit new cities and harboursYou can experience the full range of sensualityYou can buy a variety of the things.
#IIMorNothing
Reading Comprehension-Humanities
As you set out for Ithaka hope the voyage is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians and Cyclops, angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them: you’ll never find things like that on your way as long as you keep your thoughts raised high, as long as a rare excitement stirs your spirit and your body. Laistrygonians and Cyclops, wild Poseidon—you won’t encounter them unless you bring them along inside your soul, unless your soul sets them up in front of you. Hope the voyage is a long one. May there be many a summer morning when, with what pleasure, what joy, you come into harbours seen for the first time; may you stop at Phoenician trading stationsto buy fine things, mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,sensual perfume of every kind—as many sensual perfumes as you can;and may you visit many Egyptian cities to gather stores of knowledge from their scholars. Keep Ithaka always in your mind. Arriving there is what you are destined for. But do not hurry the journey at all.Better if it lasts for years, so you are old by the time you reach the island,wealthy with all you have gained on the way, not expecting Ithaka to make you rich. Ithaka gave you the marvellous journey. Without her you would not have set out. She has nothing left to give you now. And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you. Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,you will have understood by then what these Ithaka mean.
5. Which of the following best reflects the central theme of this poem?
If you don’t have high expectations, you will not be disappointedDon’t rush to your goals: the journey is what enriches youThe longer the journey the greater the experiences you gatherYou cannot reach Ithaka without visiting Egyptian Ports.
#IIMorNothing
Logical Reasoning
Seven friends Kiran, Mahesh, Rajesh, Abhi, Ganesh, Prasad and Parveen are sitting in a circle. Kiran, Mahesh, Rajesh, Abhi, Prasad and Parveen are sitting at equal distances from each other. Rajesh is sitting after two places right of Prasad, who is sitting one place right of Abhi. Kiran forms an angle of 90 degrees from Ganesh and an angle of 120 degrees from Mahesh. Mahesh is just opposite Parveen and is sitting on the left of Ganesh.
Who is the only person sitting between Rajesh and Mahesh ?Who is sitting opposite to Kiran ?
Each of these questions are based on the information given below :8 persons E, F, G, H, I, J, K and L are seated around a square table - two on each side.There are 3 ladies who are not seated next to each other.J is between L and F.G is between I and F.H, a lady member is second to the left of J.F, a male member is seated opposite to E, a lady member.There is a lady member between F and I.
Who among the following is to the immediate left of F ?Who among the following are three lady members ?Who among the following is seated between E and H ?
You have a pile of 3,000 bananas. You wish to transport them to a place 1,000 miles away on the back of a camel; however, the camel can only carry a maximum of 1,000 bananas, and will eat one banana every mile it travels. What is the most bananas you can bring over to your destination?
All the Best !
Andheri /Borivali / Powai / Churchgate / Vile Parle / Pune and Online
Get the Real CAT Level Mocks to Crack CAT 2017For more details contact: 8999-11-8999 http://catking.in/get-started-cat-prep/