CAT Paragraph Summary, also known as CAT para summary, has now become a regular feature of CAT Verbal Ability. There were three questions from CAT paragraph summary both in CAT 2017 and CAT 2018, making this topic an important one. Aspirants, particularly the ones who are weak in RC, can no longer afford to miss […]
Before we move on to the main concept of subject verb agreement, we will discuss the definition of a sentence. A sentence is a group of words that make complete sense. A sentence also must have an appropriate punctuation mark. Without an appropriate punctuation mark, the sentence may be considered grammatically incorrect or incomplete. Let’s […]
CAT Grammar Importance We all ponder over this question: is grammar for CAT really important? When you go to an institute to learn a new language, what is the first thing that it teaches you? Grammar and always Grammar! We must not forget that grammar defines the logic of language. CAT English Grammar is not […]
Odd One sentence out is a recent addition to CAT Verbal Ability Section; it did not exist until CAT 2012; and because it did not exist until CAT 2012, we have little practice odd sentence out questions available. Many are not even aware of what exactly the question demands. The students must get accustomed to reading the […]
The significance of Para Completion or Paragraph Completion Para Completion (PC) has been a regular feature of CAT papers since 2005. Before we solve the Para Completion questions, we must try to understand what the questions test. Para Completion Questions test the candidate’s thought process, their ability to conclude, summarize, continue or keep track of […]
To answer the question as to how to read a CAT Reading Comprehension passage, we have to have a look at the passages that have been coming in the CAT Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension section for the past few years. What are the sources of CAT RC Passages? I have observed that the CAT […]
Why is reading comprehension important in CAT? Reading Comprehension is one of the scoring areas in the CAT exam. Since 2015, in the CAT verbal ability section, the no of questions coming from this area has been more than 70%. Thus we see that CAT RCs are one of the most critical areas on which […]
Inference based CAT Reading Comprehension questions are one of the most challenging kinds of RC questions. To better understand the nuances of inference based problems, the aspirant must realize how inference based reading comprehension questions are different from other types of CAT reading comprehension questions. Different types of CAT Reading Comprehension Questions: For each CAT […]
The CAT reading comprehension passages, in general, have two broad types of questions. One whose answers are not directly stated in the RC passage and the other whose answers can be found in the RC passage. In the former case, it is important that the aspirant comprehends the passage well in order to answer the […]
How to identify author’s tone or tone of the RC passage? Look for the author’s participation Authors write things for a variety of reasons. They may just write to report, simply putting down what they take to be the facts, giving no indication of their own feelings, either positive or negative, about those facts. Or […]