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AIMCAT DISCUSSION (1320 – 1317)
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READING COMPREHENSION WORKSHOP
Verbal in CAT Verbal in CAT
�Reading Comprehension
�Verbal Ability�Verbal Ability
�Verbal Reasoning
Verbal Ability Verbal Ability Word Based questions Grammar Based Questions
Vocab : synonyms Error spotting
antonyms Sentence correction
analogies Multiple usage
odd man out
Usage based : Fill in the blanks
Multiple usage
Choose the appropriate words : homophones/misused words
Verbal Reasoning Verbal Reasoning
Conceptual Non-conceptual
Critical Reasoning Para Jumbles
Fact/Inference/Judgment Para Completion
Upstream and Downstream Argument Summary Based
Logical and far – fetched conclusion Restatement of an idea
Overview of the Overview of the AimcatsAimcatsAimcat RC questions Grammar Word based VR
1320 3Passages / 3 questions each
passage
Error Spotting
FIB / Multiple Usage PJ/PC
1319 3Passages / 3 questions each
Error Spotting
Choose the appropriate word
PJ/PCquestions each
passage Spotting appropriate word
1318 3Passages / 3 questions each
passage
Error Spotting
Choose the appropriate word
PJ/PC
1317 3Passages / 3 questions each
passage
Error Spotting
Multiple Usage PJ
Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension
CAT No. of questions
in the Verbal section
RC Grammar Word based PJ/PC
2007 (PP) 25 3P * 4Q 3 ErrorIdentificatio
n
3 (choose the appropriate word)/
PJ = 4/PC = 3
2008 (PP) 40 4P * 5Q 4 Error 4 (choose the PC=42008 (PP) 40 4P * 5Q 4 ErrorIdentificatio
n
4 (choose the appropriate word)/4
DB/4 MU
PC=4
2009 (OL) 20 3P * 3Q ----- ----- -----
2010 (OL) 20 3P * 4/3/2 ----- ----- -----
2011 (OL) 30 (21 V + 9 LR)
3P4/3/2/
------- -------- --------
Reading Speed Exercise Reading Speed Exercise
Read the passage 2 from AIMCAT 1320
Write down the summary of the passage without revisiting the passage without revisiting the passage
� Assuming a student gives equal time per section at the outset
� And also that a student tries to maximize his/her attempts in the verbal section
Time allocationTime allocation
Time per passage : 10-12 minsReading time : 5 mins
Time taken to solve the questions : 7 mins
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Factors that make passages difficult Factors that make passages difficult to read to read
Read the passages in AIMCAT 1320 Read the passages in AIMCAT 1320
Factors that make passages difficult Factors that make passages difficult to read to read
� Subject
� Style � Style
� Language : words / jargons used
sentence construction
AIMCAT 1320Passage I : Social trends : marriage trends among
black women in AmericaPassage II : Others : way of living Passage III : Others : Various facets of travel
RC subjects in the RC subjects in the AimcatsAimcats
Passage III : Others : Various facets of travel AIMCAT 1319 Passage I : Books: theme : modern horror Passage II : Deep water drilling for oil
explorationPassage III : Natural Disaster management
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� AIMCAT 1318Passage I : Economics : trade in capital vs trade
in goodsPassage II : Literature : analysis of Mabanckou’s
works Passage III : Geology : changes in the ecosystem
RC subjects in the RC subjects in the AimcatsAimcats
Passage III : Geology : changes in the ecosystem� AIMCAT 1317Passage I : Internet : Authenticity Passage II : Capital punishment Passage III : Economics: the feeding pattern
among the poor
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Year Subject
2002 IPR,abstractionism,technology,music(arts)
2003 Education,history,culture,anthropology,sociology
2004 Social anthropology, fine arts , economics (capitalism), medicine, ecology
2005 Psychology,economics,language
Sub areas asked in CAT in the last 10 Sub areas asked in CAT in the last 10 yearsyears
2005 Psychology,economics,language
2006 Politics (communism),sociology , psychology
2007 Science,history,sociology (human interaction)
2008 Language,sociology,fine arts
2010 Abstraction, sociology (changing trends in society, problems people face),ecology (snow /ice masses),langage,economics,feudalism,plato,urbanism,nationalism,spiritual healing,
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� http://samsmithessays.blogspot.com/2006/06/practicing-anthropology-without.html(anthropology)
� http://www.economist.com/node/15172496?story_id=15172496&source=hptextfeature(anthropology)
� http://beta.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article432445.ece (Sociology)
� http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/06/gobekli-tepe/mann-text/1 (anthropology)
Anthropology /Sociology/CultureAnthropology /Sociology/Culture
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� http://www.sydneyline.com/Historical%20Truth%20and%20Postmodernism.htm(history)
� http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12522848 (history)
� http://www.historynet.com/the-war-over-plunder-who-owns-art-stolen-in-war.htm/1(history)
� http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/opinion/07friedman.html?_r=3&ref=thomaslfriedman (politics)
History/PoliticsHistory/Politics
dman (politics)
� http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/africa_china/61408 (politics)
� http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/john-gilmers-last-stand/ (politics)
� http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/books/review/adam-kirsch-on-new-books-about-world-war-ii.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all (world politics)
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� http://www.theamericanscholar.org/how-longfellow-woke-the-dead/ (literature)
� http://www.guernicamag.com/blog/2734/julianne_escobedo_shepherd_8_c/(literature)
� http://www.city-journal.org/2011/eon0517hm.html (education)
� http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/most+influential+history/4788014/story.html (literature)
Language/Arts/LiteratureLanguage/Arts/Literature
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� http://hinduism.about.com/od/vivekananda/a/vivekananda_speeches_2.htm (philosophy)
� http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_Monkey_Theorem (philosophy)
� http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation (philosophy)
� http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/0517/Questions-about-God-Don-t-assume-all-religions-offer-similar-answers (religion)
� http://www.thehumanist.org/humanist/articles/dawkins.html (religion)
� http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/06/gobekli-tepe/mann-text/1 (religion)
� http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6711.html (morality)
Religion/PhilosophyReligion/Philosophy
� http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6711.html (morality)
� http://www.douglasadams.com/dna/980707-05-a.html (technology)
� http://grammar.about.com/od/classicessays/a/virhapmill.htm (philosophy)
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� Factual
� Analytical
� Argumentative
Style Style
� Narrative
� Descriptive
� Abstract
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� Read the passages in AIMCAT 1319 and identify the various styles of writing
Tone is the author’s attitude towards the central idea or the subject being discussed
Types of tonesPositiveNegative
TonesTones
NegativeNeutral : unbiased
disinterestedobjective
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üOptimisticüAssertiveü EuphemisticüAdvisory
ü Laudatoryü EulogisticüCritical Appreciation
Positive tonesPositive tones
üAdvisoryü SurpriseüDidacticüNostalgicü Passionateü Ethical
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üNegativeü PessimismüCondescendingüCritical
Acerbic
ü IndignantüConsternationüCynicalüDerisive
Disparaging
Negative tonesNegative tones
üAcerbicüCausticüVitriolicü Ironicü Paradoxicalü Shock
üDisparagingüDogmaticü SophistryüCasuistryü Incendiary
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Positive : when used for entertainment (PG Wodehouse);light-hearted, tongue in cheek, witty
Negative : when used to point out the fallacies in an individual or society
Negative humour tones:
HumourHumour
Negative humour tones:üSarcasmüMockeryüSatireüSpoof
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Guess the tone ? Guess the tone ?
Guess the tone? Guess the tone?
Guess the tone?Guess the tone?
Guess the tone?Guess the tone?
(A politician needs) the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Guess the tone?Guess the tone?
However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.
Tones Exercise Tones Exercise
� Read the passages in AIMCAT 1318 and identify the tone of the writer
� Direct questions : word based/phrase based / sentence based/quote based
� Partial Inferential : ‘except clause’
Types of Question Types of Question
� Partial Inferential : ‘except clause’
� Inferential : central idea , style , tone
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� Classify the various questions in AIMCAT 1317 in to the above categories
Questions from AIMCAT 1317Questions from AIMCAT 1317
Direct Questions Partially Inferential Inferential Questions
VERBAL ABILITY : VERBAL ABILITY : WORD BASED QUESTIONS :
MULTIPLE USAGE
Objective of these kind of questions in any entrance examinations
§ The words given in these type of question
Multiple Usage questionsMultiple Usage questions
§ The words given in these type of question are the commonly used words also called the high frequency words
§ The objective of this question is to evaluate a student’s language proficiency unlike vocabulary based questions
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Steps to be followed while solving these questionsü check the usage of the word in terms of the part
of speech [there are eight parts of speech : noun,pronoun,verb,adverb,adjective,preposition,conjunction,interjection]
ü The word in question could either be used as a
How to solve these questions?How to solve these questions?
ü The word in question could either be used as a noun or a verb.
E.g. the word nurse can be used in the following ways :
She works as a nurse in hospital. [noun]She nursed me throughout my illness. [verb]Do you nurse political ambitions ? [verb]
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ü if the word in question is used as a noun then check for the usage of the article [a,an,the] ; the error could be with the usage of article
E.g. Firm
Multiple usage continuedMultiple usage continued
E.g. Firm§ Lie on a firm mattress to avoid a backache.§ The new firm had several plans for
expansion.§ This is a residential school and kids here
need a firm hand to make them behave.
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ü If the word is used as a verb then the error could be with the preposition following it : a concept called ‘phrasal verbs’
E.g. Deal1. You begin a game by dealing 7 cards to each
player.
Multiple usage Multiple usage contdcontd
player.2. Parents find it difficult to deal with their
children’s hostile and stubborn attitude.3. The nuclear deal between India and the US has
sparked off a controversy.4. Judges usually deal in harsher sentences to
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Idioms : the error could be idiomatic (the incorrect idiom in terms of the meaning conveyed or in terms of the structure)
What are idioms?
If these don’t work then ….If these don’t work then ….
They are phrases grammatically with an implied meaning [a phrase is a group of words without a finite verb]
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