CAT TESTS SYLLABUS – VERBAL ABILITY

CAT (COMMON ADMISSION TEST) IS THE PREMIER ALL INDIA MANAGEMENT ENTRANCE EXAM CONDUCTED BY IIMS

TYPE OF QUESTIONSVOCABULARY BASED

GRAMMAR

SENTENCE CORRECTION

CLOZE PASSAGE

ANALOGIES

PARA JUMBLES

FILL IN THE BLANKS

MEANING-USAGE MATCH

SUMMARY QUESTIONS

VERBAL REASONING

FACTS/INFRENCE/JUDGEMENTS

READING COMPREHENSION

VOCABULARY

VOCABULARY QUESTIONS TEST THE CANDIDATE’S KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRIMARY MEANINGS OF WORDS, SECONDARY SHADES OF MEANING, USAGE, IDIOMS AND PHRASES,

ANTONYMS, RELATED WORDS, ETC.

GRAMMAR

GRAMMAR-BASED QUESTIONS TEST THE CANDIDATE’S ABILITY TO SPOT AND CORRECT GRAMMATICAL

ERRORS. CAT GENERALLY TESTS KNOWLEDGE OF HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL GRAMMAR AND INCLUDES AREAS LIKE

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT, USE OF MODIFIERS, PARELLEL CONSTRUCTION, REDUNDANCY, PHRASAL

VERBS, USE OF ARTICLES, PREPOSITIONS, ETC.

VERBAL REASONING

VERBAL REASONING QUESTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO TEST THE CANDIDATE’S

ABILITY TO IDENTIFY RELATIONSHIPS OR PATTERNS WITHIN GROUPS OF WORDS

OR SENTENCES.

SENTENCE CORRECTION

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND HIGH SCORING SECTION IN VERBAL ABILITY PORTION OF ANY TEST, SC IS GENERALLY TAKEN BY STUDENTS TO BE ENGLISH GRAMMAR. THIS IS A MISCONCEPTION AS THE QUESTIONS ASKED IN THIS SECTION ARE BASED NOT ONLY ON THE FUNDAMENTALS OF GRAMMAR BUT ALSO ON CORRECT USAGE OF VARIOUS WORDS. THE STUDENTS FIND IT DIFFICULT TO CRACK

THESE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SUBTLE NUANCES OF THE LANGUAGE

READING COMPREHENSION

READING COMPREHENSION, ON THE SURFACE, IS A SIMPLE EXERCISE. IT SIMPLY ASKS A STUDENT

TO READ THE PASSAGE AND SOLVE THE QUESTIONS ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION IN THE PASSAGE. SEEMS A SIMPLE EXERCISE BUT

THIS SIMPLE TASK CAN CAUSE A LOT OF PAIN.

PARA JUMBLES

PARAJUMBLES ARE JUMBLED PARAGRAPHS. BASICALLY, YOU ARE GIVEN A PARAGRAPH - BUT THE SENTENCES ARE NOT IN THE RIGHT ORDER. IT'S UP TO YOU TO UNTIE THIS KNOT AND REARRANGE THE

SENTENCES SO THAT THEY LOGICALLY MAKE SENSE. NORMALLY INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS TYPE OF QUESTIONS WILL READ "CHOOSE

THE MOST LOGICAL ORDER OF SENTENCES FROM AMONG THE GIVEN CHOICES TO CONSTRUCT A COHERENT PARAGRAPH".

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