Verbal Ability for the CAT

✍ Scribed by Kumar, Sujit

• Publisher: Pearson
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 326
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This user-friendly book prepares students for the language and verbal ability section of the Common Admission Test. Designed to clear the confusion and chaos involved in mastering English, the lucid, step-by-step approach of concepts and their applied aspects in this text makes for an easy learning experience. The words and their multiple usage help students to develop their vocabulary, which will help them successfully attempt various vocabulary based and verbal reading based questions asked in the CAT. Each chapter ends with a comprehensive test to reinforce the concepts and offer more practice. Special Features: Deals with the verbal ability section exclusively Methods and tips to solve questions easily and quickly Practice exercises for students Exhaustive word list for reference Table Of Contents: Preface Introduction Last Sentence of a Paragraph Paragraph Summary Critical Reasoning Fact, Inference, Judgment Sentence Completion and Cloze Paragraph Jumbles Logical Set Theory Word Usage Spot the Error Confusable Words Reading Comprehension Analogy/Odd Word Out Word List

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
How to Solve......Page 16
Practice Questions......Page 19
Answers and Explanations......Page 37
How to Solve......Page 44
Practice Questions......Page 49
Answers and Explanations......Page 66
Examle......Page 72
Conclusion and Inference......Page 73
Conclusion/Inference Question......Page 74
Assumption Question......Page 75
Srenghten/Weaken the Argument......Page 77
Recapitulation......Page 79
Practice Questions......Page 80
Answers and Explanations......Page 95
How to Solve......Page 102
Practice Questions......Page 103
Answers and Explanations......Page 116
How to Solve......Page 122
Practice Questions......Page 124
Answers and Explanations......Page 136
How to Solve......Page 144
Practice Questions......Page 145
Answers and Explanations......Page 159
How to Solve......Page 164
Practice Questions......Page 168
How to Solve......Page 178
Practice Questions......Page 179
Answers and Explanations......Page 182
Solutions to Logical Consistency......Page 188
How to Solve......Page 190
Practice Questions......Page 191
Answers and Explanations......Page 198
Chapter 9: Spot the Error......Page 204
How to Solve......Page 205
Practice Questions......Page 206
Answers and Explanations......Page 220
How to Solve......Page 228
Practice Exercise......Page 229
Answers and Explanations......Page 237
How to Solve......Page 242
Practice Exercises......Page 244
Answers and Explanations......Page 271
How to Solve......Page 280
Practice Questions......Page 281
Answers and Explanations......Page 291
Word List......Page 298