Hacking the Verbal Code

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Our Agenda Today
Dealing with - Perceptions
Ability v/a Performance
Decoding the CAT paper
Breaking up the VA challenge
Comparative analysis
Understanding the master code
Getting down the business of LOGIC
Understanding the quest you conquered
Words of wisdom


Perceptions
I am not good in English so VA isn't my cup of tea
I talk good English but dont understand the technical
aspects like grammar
Its all about language and no logic (Fact CAT: 21 Qs
VA/ 9 Qs LR)
Boring
Sometimes Engineering students feel Logic dealt with
not language
Dont need practice. It is not Math.
Ability v/s Performance

CAT Paper break up
2 sections
30 Questions in each section
70 minutes for each section
QA & DI first section [21 QA & 9 DI]
VA & LR second section [20 VA & 10 LR]
Primarily testing accuracy & performance not only speed
& ability
CAT Paper Pattern [VA break up]
RC (3 3 3 ) or (3 3 4)

SIQ/DQ - Inference based
Implied Idea based - Assumption based
Title - Source
Tone - Theme/Central Idea
Vocab based - Further Idea based

CAT Paper Pattern [VA break up]
Verbal Logic 5-6 Questions

Para Jumbles - Para Completion
Critical Reasoning - Para Summary
FIJ - Deductive Logic
Logical Consistency
CAT Paper Pattern [VA break up]
Grammar & Vocabulary

Word Usage - Fill in the blanks
Sentence Correction - Homophones
Relationship words - Idioms & Phrases

CAT XAT SNAP
Topics RC
Para Jumbles
Sentence (s)
Error Correction
Vocabulary
Grammar


RC
Para Jumbles
FIJ
CR
Vocab
Word Usage
Grammar
RC
Para Jumbles
Vocabulary
heavy
Word usage
Grammar
SC
Questions 20-21 32 avg 40
Difficulty Level Moderate Moderate -
Tough
Easy - Moderate
Quick Comparative Analysis
VA section
The one common key


LOGIC
Warm up
- How can I put a normal sheet of newspaper on the ground so that
when two people stand on it they cannot touch each other?

Place the newspaper sheet under a door

- There are three boxes in a table. One of the boxes contains Gold
and the other two are empty. A printed message contains in each
box. One of the messages is true and the other two are lies.
The first box says 'The Gold is not here'.
The Second box says 'The Gold is not here'.
The Third box says 'The Gold is in the Second box'.
Which box has the Gold?

As the message contains one truth, the third says that the gold is in
the second box, if it is to be true, then the first box message will
also become true. So Gold cannot be in second and third boxes.
Gold is in the first box.

Test your mettle [XAT]
1) It is not _____ democratic that the parliament should
be _____ on issues & resort to passing _______ rather
than have an open debate on the floor of the house.

A. Quite, quite, ordinances
B. Quite, quiet, ordnances
C. Quiet, quite, ordnances
D. Quiet, quiet, ordinances,
E. Quite, quiet, ordinances
Key
Answer: E

Quiet - Making little or no noise: "the car has a quiet,
economical engine
Quite - absolutely; completely: "it's quite out of the
question
Ordinance - decree order
Ordnance - Military weapons, ammunition,
Test your mettle
Q2)
If a person makes the statement: I never speak the truth.
The person can be said to be ________

A. Speaking the truth
B. Lying
C. Lying as well as speaking the truth
D. Making a logically contradictory statement
E. Partially speaking the truth & partially lying
Key
Answer : D

A) If it is true then it means that the person never speaks
the truth so he should be lying, but we started with the
premise that he is speaking the truth this time
B) If it is false then it means that the person always speaks
the truth but we have established the statement as
being false already


Test your mettle
Q3)
1] In the concept, universality, particularity, and individuality are
understood as being immediately identical to each other.
2] As immediately identical, these moments of the concept cannot
be separated.
3] This means that they must be thought of as a single unit, that none
of these can be understood apart from others, since in the concept
their identity is posited, each of its moments can be grasped
immediately on the basis of and together with the others.
4] The interrelation of universality, particularity & individuality is
otherwise in judgment.

A. 1,2,3,4 B. 3,2,4,1 C. 4,1,2,3 D. 2,3,1,4 E. 2,3,4,1


Key
Answer: A
- Statement 1 is an obvious opener.
- The pronoun this in 2 refers to an idea in 1. Hence 1-2
become a mandatory pair.
- 3 conclusion drawn from 1 & 2. & 4 makes an exception
to 3.
Test your mettle
Q4)
I. We all value having freedom
1) which many of us fail to honour
2) to make the choices we want in our careers
3) But with great freedom comes great responsibility
4) So most companies fall prey to the policies which
become rigid
II. and thats probably one reason we find most companies
not following what they preach.

(a) 1,3,4,2 (b) 2,3,1,4 (c) 1,4,2,3 (d) 3,2,1,4

Key
Answer: (b)
Q5) bat who fell upon ground and was caught
by weasel pleaded to be spared his life.
weasel refused, saying that he was by nature
enemy of all birds. bat assured him that he
was not bird, but mouse, and thus was set
free.

A. a, the, a, the, the, the, the, a
B. a, the, a, the, a, the, a, a
C. the, a, a, the, the, a, the, the
D. a, the, a, the, the, the, a, a
E. the, a, a, a, the, the, a, a
Test your mettle
Key
Answer: D

Simple grammar or simple Logic

Test your Mettle
Q6) Randomness has to be dealt with successfully to ensure
a better control over ones life. Before one can deal
effectively with randomness, one must acknowledge its
existence.
The above statement imply the following except
A. Randomness can be dealt with effectively
B. If one acknowledges the existence of randomness, one
will be able to deal with it effectively
C. One can deal effectively with randomness if and only if
one acknowledges its existence
D. Every ne lives in a random world
E. If one does not acknowledge the existence of
randomness, one cannot deal with it effectively
Key
Answer B
Logical Consistency
Your key take away from this
session

Logic & its application in 90% and more of the CAT paper.

Topics covered
- RC Question types
- VL samples
- Grammar Question
Our Advice
Competition propels excellence
Functions & Concepts are unavoidable
Approach & Practice not debatable
It isn't all about language so dont fret.
Its just a method, requires to be practiced.
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