Saturday, August 25, 2012

Friday, August 24, 2012

GMAT Tips useful for CAT - Business Week

GMAT Verbal reading vs everyday reading: Reading Comprehension tips

http://www.mbacrystalball.com/blog/2012/05/29/gmat-preparation-gmat-verbal-reading/

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

CAT and CMAT - Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation - Content and Guide

Content

Content is being explained under these topics by various coaching institutes and books on CAT

Number Theory
Basic Arithmetic Operations
Properties of Numbers
Variable
Inconsistance
Ratio
Proportion
Percentage
Profit and Loss
Calendar
Average
Simple and Compound Interest
Time, Speed and Distance
Work and Time
Indices and Surds

Progression
Quadratic
Functions
Logarithms
Binomial Theorem
Permutations and Combinations

Plain Geometry
Circular Geometry
Solid Geometry

Probability

Set Theory
Number Systems

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Revision Notes - Intermediate or 11 and 12 Classes Content

Progression
Quadratic Equations
Functions
Logarithms
Binomial Theorem
Permutations and Combinations

Plain Geometry
http://iit-jee-maths.blogspot.com/search/label/Cartesian%20system
http://iit-jee-maths.blogspot.com/search/label/Family%20of%20lines
http://iit-jee-maths.blogspot.com/search/label/Properties%20of%20triangles
Circular Geometry
Solid Geometry

Probability

Set Theory
Number Systems

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MBA Universe Notes

Number Theory
Basic Arithmetic Operations
Properties of Numbers
Variable
Inconsistance
Ratio
Proportion
Percentage
Profit and Loss
Calendar
Average
Simple and Compound Interest
Time, Speed and Distance
Work and Time
Indices and Surds
Progression
Quadratic
Functions
Logarithms
Binomial Theorem
Plain Geometry
Circular Geometry
Solid Geometry
Permutations and Combinations
Probability
Set Theory
Number Systems

____________________________

http://www.mbauniverse.com/mba-exam-preparation/quantitave_aptitude.php
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2012

How I attempted Mock 5
http://careerlauncher.com/gpspeaks/?p=169
Interesting analysis of questions and answers and sequence of answering.

Samples Questions

Number theory and Number systems
http://questions.ascenteducation.com/iim_cat_mba_free_sample_questions_math_quant/number_theory/

Percentages and Fractions
http://questions.ascenteducation.com/iim_cat_mba_free_sample_questions_math_quant/percentages/

Profit, Loss and Discounts
http://questions.ascenteducation.com/iim_cat_mba_free_sample_questions_math_quant/profit_loss_discounts/

Progressions
http://questions.ascenteducation.com/iim_cat_mba_free_sample_questions_math_quant/arithmetic_geometric_progressions/ap_gp_210403.shtml
http://questions.ascenteducation.com/iim_cat_mba_free_sample_questions_math_quant/arithmetic_geometric_progressions/arithmetic_progression_series_170406.shtml

Simple and Compound interest
http://questions.ascenteducation.com/iim_cat_mba_free_sample_questions_math_quant/simple_compound_interest/

Speed, Time and Distance
http://questions.ascenteducation.com/iim_cat_mba_free_sample_questions_math_quant/speed_time_distance/

http://questions.ascenteducation.com/

Drive into the Big League Contest of SMEs of India

Vodafone is organizing this content for the second time in 2012.

For contest done in 2011, around 80,000 applications have come.

Companies having a turnover between Rs 10 to 250 crore and employee strength not exceeding 1,000 are eligible.

From all the applicants 100 entries will be selected and asked to make presentations in a city nearest ot them in 10 cities. From this round 20 companies will be selected and they make presentations and answer questions which will be telecasted through ET Now. The winner will get his brand name on the vehicle on Formula I race in India. The whole event will provide excitement to an SME and as they go up in the event will provide publicity.

Last for the entry. 25 August.

https://microsite.vodafone.in/vmm2012/TheBigLeague.aspx

https://microsite.vodafone.in/vmm2012/LastSeason.aspx

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Communication Skills - Text Book - Full Online View

A Text Book Of Professional Communication

Subhash Ranade, Sunanda Ranade
Sarup & Sons, 01-Jan-2006 - 635 pages

http://books.google.co.in/books?id=FKudbVCe4HMC

CAT - Passage Comprehension - Economic Times Editorials - July - August 2012

Exodsu alarm: The state must act against divisive forces, and be non-partisan
18 August
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/editorial/exodsu-alarm-the-state-must-act-against-divisive-forces-and-be-non-partisan/articleshow/15538955.cms

Higgs Boson: Small is big in the world of particle physics
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/editorial/higgs-boson-small-is-big-in-the-world-of-particle-physics/articleshow/14761933.cms

For civil servants to work well, political bosses must reform first
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/editorial/for-civil-servants-to-work-well-political-bosses-must-reform-first/articleshow/14793542.cms

Policy paralysis: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh must act to keep the India growth story intact
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/editorial/policy-paralysis-prime-minister-manmohan-singh-must-act-to-keep-the-india-growth-story-intact/articleshow/14725647.cms

India needs sweeping reforms in many areas to resolve power crisis
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/editorial/india-needs-sweeping-reforms-in-many-areas-to-resolve-power-crisis/articleshow/14702515.cms

Restricting FDI in domestic pharmaceutical companies makes no sense
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/editorial/restricting-fdi-in-domestic-pharmaceutical-companies-makes-no-sense/articleshow/14702506.cms
6 July 2012

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Prepositions

A preposition is a word placed before a noun or a pronoun to show in what relation the person or thing denoted by it stands in regard to something else.

The noun or pronoun that follows the preposition is called its object (object of the preposition). The noun or pronoun is in accusative case and is said to be governed by the preposition.

Phrasal verbs: Sometimes a very is followed by a preposition and has a particular meaning which is different from the meaning of the verb, when it is used alone or others prepositions. Such multi-word verbs, with a particular meaning are called phrasal verbs.

Certain verbs, nouns, adjectives and participles are always followed by particular prepositions. Lists of those words.

Verbs followed by Particular Prepositions

Verbs That Take Preposition "in" After Them
Verbs That Take Preposition "for " After Them
Verbs That Take Preposition "from " After Them
Verbs That Take Preposition "of " After Them
Verbs That Take Preposition "on" After Them
Verbs That Take Preposition "to" After Them
Verbs That Take Preposition "with" After Them

YouTube Videos for Learning Prepositions

http://nraoll.blogspot.com/2012/08/learn-english-prepositions-youtube.html

Verbs That Take Preposition "on' After Them

comment

decide
deliberate
depend
determine
dwell

embark
encroach
enlarge

impose
insist
intrude

resolve
subsist

trample

Verbs That Take Preposition "in' After Them

acquiesce

dabble
delight

employ
enlist
excel

fall

glory

increase
indulge
involve

persevere
persist

Verbs That Take Preposition "for" After Them

alone

canvass
care
clamour

feel

hope

mourn

pine

start
stipulate
sue

wish

yearn

Verbs That Take Preposition "of' After Them

acquit

beware

boast

complain

despair
die
disapprove
dispose
divest
dream

heal

judge

repent

taste

Phrasal Verbs

A phrasal verb is a verb plus a preposition or adverb combination which has a meaning different from the original verb.

More about phrasal verbs

Some Phrasal Verbs

back up: to support, to sustain
bear down: to over throw, to overcome
bear with: to tolerate
break out: to escape from a place or a situation
break in: to enter a building by force

call for: to demand
call up: recall
come by: to obtain
come upon: to find by accident

fall back: to retreat, to recede
fall off: to drop off, to withdraw
fall upon: attack

give forth: announce
go about: to start working on something, to tackle
go by: to be guided by

hang back: to hesitate to proceed
hang on: to depend on

lay about: to attack someone violently
lay out: to plan some thing

live for: to devote one's life to
live on: depend on
look down upon: despise
look up to: respect

make away with: to squander, to steal

play with: to trifle with

set about: took steps towards
set down: to record
stand out against: refuse to yield
stand for: defend

take after: to resemble

Phrasal Verb Lists

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Main page for phrasal verb lists
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/

YouTube Videos

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Verbs That Take Preposition "with' After Them

associate

bear

clash
coincide
cmply
condole
cope
correspond
credit

deluge
disagree
dispense

expostulate

fill

grapple

intrigue

meddle

part

quarrel

remonstrate

side

sympathize

trifle

vie

Verbs That Take Preposition "from" After Them

abstain
alight

cease

debar
derive
derogate
desist
detract
deviate
differ
digress
dissent

elicit
emerge
escape
exclude

preserve
prevent
prohibit
protect

recoil
recover
refrain

Verbs That Take "to" After Them

accede
adapt
adhere
allot
allude
apologize
appoint
ascribe
aspire
assent
attain
attend
attribute

belong

conduce
conform
consent
contribute

lead
listen

object

prefer
pretend

refer
revert

stoop
succumb
surrender

testify

yield

Friday, August 17, 2012

CAT - CMAT - English Grammar - Main Page

English Grammar Schemes

__________

Sentence and Its Parts

1. Subject - Predicate
2. Phrases and Clauses

Types of Sentences

Structure - Simple, Complex, and Compound
Semantic - Assertive, Imperative, Interrogative,Exclamatory, Affirmative, Negative
Conditionals

English Words - Parts of Speech

Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection,

Verbs - Finite verbs, Nonfinite verbs, Phrasal verbs

English - Correct use of Words and Frequently Made Errors

Correct use of Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection,
Correct use of Articles and Punctuation.
Words often Confused - Diction or Choice of Correct Word

English Sentence Structures

Indirect objects
Embedded questions
Parallelism
Question tags

Style - Types of Sentences

Voice - Active voice and Passive voice

Speech - Direct speech and Indirect speech

Style - Wordiness

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English Grammar Pages for Various Topics

Nouns that take singular person verbs always and nouns that take plural person verbs always

Good suggestion by MBA Rendezvous

Regular and continuous practice is the key to success. After every Grammar lesson in the class, this is what you should be doing,

Refer to your grammar book and go to the related chapter. Solve the exercise problems given at the end of the chapter. Just mugging the rules will not be sufficient. You have to do the practice questions and learn the application of rules.

Use online resources for additional practice.

If you are really serious about the CAT – keep open a word doc into which you copy paste all the material that you come across on various sites on the particular topic. Save the word document with the relevant name e. g. -Subject Verb agreement and you have a ready-reckoner for revision when the CAT is just round the corner.

http://www.mbarendezvous.com/Verbalability.php

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Logarithms - CAT Questions

Convert the number 1982 from base 10 to base 12. The result is

1) 1182 2) 1912 3) 1192 4) 1292

CAT 2000

Answer 1192

This is not a logarithms problem. But it appears like it. This problem is discussed in explaining binary arithmetic.

Triangles - Geometry - CAT Questions

If a,b,c are sides of a triangle, and a^2 +b^2+c^2 = ab + bc + ca then the triangle is

1) equilateral 2)isocles 3) right angled 4) obtuse angled

2000 CAT

Equations and Simultaneous Equations - CAT Questions

Two full tanks , one shaped like cylinder and the other like a cone, contain jet fuel. The cylindrical tank holds 500 litres more than the conical tank. After 200 litres of fuel has been pumped out from each tank the cylindrical tank contains twice the amount of fuel in the conical tank. How many litres of fuel did the cylindrical tank have when it was full?

1) 700 2) 1000 3) 1100 4) 1200

CAT 2000

Answer 1200

Time, Speed and Distance - Quantitative Ability - CAT Questions

A truck travelling at 70 kmph uses 30% more fuel to travel a certain distance that it does when it travels at the speed of 50 kilometers per hour. If the truck can travel 19.5 kilometres on a litre of diesel at 50 kmph, how far can the truck travel on 10 litres of diesel at a speed of 70 kmph?

1) 130 2) 140 3) 150 4) 175

CAT 2000
Answer 150

CAT and CMAT - English Vocabulary Guides

Alphabetical Lists of Words

Selected words

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Advanced word learning lists

100 words
http://www.world-english.org/improve_vocabulary.htm

Detailed Vocabulary

More detailed vocabulary lists

Vocabulary tests

Advanced vocabulary testing
http://www.world-english.org/adv-vocabulary.htm

Advanced vocabulary lists and exercises
http://www.eflnet.com/vocab/advanced_vocabulary.php

Difficult word exercises
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/dynamic_multiple_choice_adv_web.html

SAT vocabulary in context
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/dynamic_multiple_choiceB2.html

SAT and GRE words
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_vocab_sat.htm

CAT Previous Test Papers

CAT 2000 pdf 55 pages

CAT 2000 online

CAT 2001 - pdf file

In the site
http://testfunda.com/ExamPrep/Downloads/PastQuestionPapers.aspx

CAT 2000 to 2008 papers available
XAT 2008 to 2012 papers available
IIFT 2007 to 2012 available
JMET 2008 to 2012 available

http://examdownloads.blogspot.in/2011/08/cat-solved-papers.html
number of papers are there

Six Months Plan for CAT

Six Month Map to Crack the Code

My views on mergers and acquisitions by Indian corporate sector were published in May 2007 issue of Career Economy.

In the same issue an article with the above title is published in pages 53 to 56. The important points of the article are:

1. Believe that you require only knowledge of 10th class mathematics to clear the cutoffs of quants portion.

1st month: In X class textbook revise the easy chapters like Equations, numbers, percentages. profit & loss, time & work, time & distance, ratios, proportions, averages, mixtures & alligation etc. Then develop some basic skills for faster calculations. Learn multiplication tables up to 30, squares and cubes up to 20 and inverses up to "15" by heart.

2nd month: Try to answer chapter wise problems in CAT guides and have a target of 1 to 1.5 minutes for each question.

3rd month: Start answering longer tests.

4th month: Join a test series and answer 30 to 35 mock test series. Get practice, practice, practice

5th month: If you are not clearing cutoffs in mock tests, go expert consulting. Now start studying chapters like mensuration, logarithms, surds and indices, permutations and combinations, probability and functions. They will contribute 3 to 4 extra marks.

6th month: Take limited number of tests and prepare based on their analysis. During the last 10 days before CAT, take proper rest. Don't try to learn new areas, but try to increase depth of your known topics.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

CAT and CMAT - A - English Vocabulary

aasvogel
abaca
abbey
abbot
aberration
abettor
abeyance
ablution
abnegation
aborigine
abscess
abstinence
abstract
abyss

accolade
accomplice
accord
accretion
acerbity
acme
accoustics
acronym

adage
adhesive
adipose
adjutant
adobe
adulation
advent
adversary
adversity
advocate

aegis
aeon
aerialist

affidavit
affinity
affray

agenda
agglomeration
aggregate

alliteration
alteracation
alumna

amateur
amazon
ambience
amble
amigo
amity
amnesia
amulet

anaemia
anaesthetist
analogy
anarchist
anathema
animosity
annals
antipathy
antithesis

aperture
aphasia
aphorism
apiary
aplomb
apogee
apoplexy
apostate
apothecary
apothegm
apparition
appelation
appurtenance

arbiter
arcade
archaeology
archetype
archipelago
archives
archivist
arrears
arroyo
artifact
artifice

ascendancy
asperity
aspersion
assessment
astigmatism

atavism
atelier
atrocity
attrition

augury
auscultation
autocracy
autopsy

aviary
axiom

____________________

- listening to internal body sounds
- a large cage or enclosure for keeping birds
- a universally received principle
_____________________

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - B - English Vocabulary

bagatelle
bailiwick
bait
ballyhoo

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - C - English Vocabulary

cabal
cache
cacophony

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - D - English Vocabulary

dean
dearth
debacle
debenture
debris
debut
decadence
declivity

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - E - English Vocabulary

effervescence:
efficacy
effluvium

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - F - English Vocabulary

fauna
faux paus
feint
flora

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - G - English Vocabulary

galleon
gambit
gargoyle

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - H - English Vocabulary

hap
hawser
hedonism

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - I - English Vocabulary

idiosyncracy
idyll
ignominy

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - J - English Vocabulary

Nouns

jeopardy
jeremiad
jester
juggernaut

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - K - English Vocabulary

Nouns

ken
kin
kingpin
kiosk
kith

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - L - English Vocabulary

Nouns

labyrinth
lackey
larceny
lassitude
latitude
laureate
lectern
leeway
legacy
legatee
legend
legerdemain
lesion
lethargy
levity
lexicographer
liason
libation
libertine
libido
lieu
limbo
lineage
lineaments
litany
literati
litotes
lode
longevity
lope
lout
lubricity
lucre
lull
luminary
lustre

__________

Match with the above words:

- an arrangement of tortuous paths or alleys in which one will find it difficult to find the way out, a maze
- attendant, hireling, minion
- burglary, robbery, theft
- distribution of gifts, generosity
- exhaustion, fatigue, weariness
- freedom, liberty
- a person honoured outstanding intellectual achievement
- a person without professional or specialized knowledge in a particular subject
- a reading-desk
- freedom, liberty, range, scope,
- a bequest of personal property, inheritance, reputation
- the recipient of a legacy
- code, inscription, key, slogan
- deceit, sleight-of-hand, trickery
- an injury or wound, an abnormal change in the body tissue
- indolence, languor, laziness
- frivolity, lightness of temper or conduct, thoughtlessness
- a person who writes a dictionary
- a secret or illicit love affair, connection, union
- a pouring forth of wine or other liquid in honour of a god or goddess
- pleasure seeker, debauchee, individualist
- vital urge
- used in the phrase in lieu of (in place of)
- a midget, a very short person
- an uncertain or intermediate state, prison
- ancestry, family tree
- distinguishing features especially on the face
- a prayer of supplication
- the learned class, men of letters
- one engaged in a lawsuit
- meiosis, understatement
- an open ditch, a reach of water
- great length of life
- an ill mannered man or youth, an awkward person, an idiot
- slipperiness, smoothness, instability
- clear, comprehensible, understandable
- funds, resources, riches, wealth
- calm, quiet, soothe
- celestial body, celebrity, dignitary, noble
- brightness, luminous, shining
__________

Verbs

lacerae
lampoon
lave
limn
lionize
liquidateloathe
loiter
loll
lope

Adjectives

lachrymose
lackadaisical
lacklustre
laconic
lagagrd
lambent
languid
lank
lascivious
latent
laudable
lecherous
libelous
licentious
lilliputian
limber
linguistic
lissom
listless
lithe
livid
loath
lofty
loquacious
lucent
lucrative
ludicrous
lugubrious
luminous
lunar
lupine
lurid
luscious
lustrous
luxuriant

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - M - English Vocabulary

Nouns

machination
maelstrom
maestro
magnate
malapropism

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - N - English Vocabulary

Nouns

nemesis
neologism
neophyte
nepotism
nettle
nexus

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - O - English Vocabulary

Nouns

oaf:
obeisance:
obituary:
objective:
obliquity
oblivion:

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - P - English Vocabulary

Nouns

panacea:
panache:
pandemonium
panegyric
panjandrum

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - Q - English Vocabulary

Nouns

quack:
quarduped:
quagmire:
qualms:
quandary:

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - R - English Vocabulary

Nouns

rabbi
raconteur
ragamuffin
raillery
ramification

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - S - English Vocabulary

Nouns

sarcasm
satire
savoir-faire
schism
scion

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - T - English Vocabulary

Nouns

tariff:
tattle:

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - U - English Vocabulary

Nouns

ukase
ultimatum: final proposal
unction:
unguent:
upshot
urchin
usury
utopia

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - V - English Vocabulary

nouns

valet
vampire
vanguard
vantage
vassal

vellum
vendetta
veneer: layer
venison
vent
ventriloquist
venue
verbiage
verge
verdigris
verisimilitude
vertex
verve
vex

viands: An item of food
vicissitude
victuals
viglance
vignette
virago
virtuoso
visage
vivisection
vixen

voucher: document establishing the payment of money
vogue
volition
votary

Verbs

validate
vandal

veer
vegetate
venerate

vent
ventral
verbalize
vex

vie
vilify
vindicate
vitiate

vouchsafe

vying

Adjectives

valedictory
vapid
variegated
vehement
venal: susceptible to bribery
venerable
venial : venial sin and mortal sin
venturous
venturesome
veracious
verbatim
verbose
verdant
vermicular
vernal
versatile
vertiginous
viable
vicarious
vindictive
virile
virtual
virulent
visceral
viscid
visionary
vitreous
vitriolic
vivacious
vociferous
volatile
voluble
voluminous
voluptuous
voracious
vulnerable
vulpine :

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - W - English Vocabulary

Nouns

waif
warranty
wastrel
waylay

welt
welter

whelp
whit
whorl
willow: tree of genus Salix; it provides timber for used for cricket bats
windfall
witticism
wizard

wont

wraith
wrath

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - X - English Vocabulary

Nouns

xystus: covered portico used by ancient Greek athletes for exercise

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - Y - English Vocabulary

Nouns

yak
yen
yeoman
yoke
yokel: country bumpkin, rustic
yore

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

CAT and CMAT - Z - English Vocabulary

Nouns

zeal:
zealot:
zen
zenith
zephyr
zillion: indefinite large number

Adjectives

zany:

Online Dictionaries

http://oxforddictionaries.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

Verbal Ability for CAT and CMAT - Content and Guidelines

Content

Reading Comprehension

Vocabulary-based questions

Grammar-based questions

Sentence completion questions

Verbal reasoning
Para-jumbles and deductive logic
Critical reasoning and para completion

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http://www.mbauniverse.com/mba-exam-preparation/varble-ability-reading-comprehension.php

Notes from MBA Universe

Choosing an appropriate title for the given passage

Central Idea of the Passage

Tone of the Passage

Tone of the Passage - II

Improving Your Vocabulary-I

Learning Vocabulary through Roots-Part I

Learning Vocabulary through Roots-Part II

Learning Vocabulary through Roots-Part III

Improving your Vocabulary through knowing interesting Word-origins-I

Improving your Vocabulary through knowing interesting Word-origins-II

Who is the Author of a Passage-Part I

Who is the Author of a Passage-Part II

Improving your Grammar-I

Improving your Grammar-II

Improving your Grammar-III

Improving your Grammar-IV

Improving your Grammar-V

Improving your Grammar-VI

From Where has the Passage been taken?-Part I

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2012

6 Rules to excel in CAT VA
http://careerlauncher.com/gpspeaks/?p=103#more-103 Interesting ideas

How I attempted VA/LR in Mock Test - Questions and answers given - Logic given - interesting
http://careerlauncher.com/gpspeaks/?p=140#more-140

My approach to Mock Test 6 VA/LR
http://careerlauncher.com/gpspeaks/?p=278#more-278

Para completion tips
http://careerlauncher.com/gpspeaks/?p=251

Tip for Cracking Vocabulary and Grammar in the next 60 days.
Now don't try and memorize the entire grammar and vocabulary. Try to concentrate on frequently asked words and grammar questions. Do go through all past CAT and XAT question papers and mock tests given to you and learn the questions thoroughly.
http://careerlauncher.com/gpspeaks/?p=224

GMAT Verbal reading vs everyday reading:
Reading Comprehension tips
http://www.mbacrystalball.com/blog/2012/05/29/gmat-preparation-gmat-verbal-reading/

CAT and CMAT - Arithmetic for Quantitative Ability - Text Books

Practical arithmetic - Full view Google book
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=T-5YPHo3QesC

Business Arithmetic - PDF Doc
http://djm.cc/library/Business_Arithmetic_Bookman_edited.pdf

Advanced arithmetic
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b278278;page=root;view=image;size=100;seq=1

http://donpotter.net/math.htm

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

CAT Preparation - Suggestions and Tips - Blogs and Sites

http://grockit.com/blog/iimcat/

  http://grockit.com/blog/iimcat/2012/06/01/statistical-analysis-on-the-iim-cat/
  http://grockit.com/blog/iimcat/2012/05/30/iim-cat-how-to-calculate-speed-time-distance/
  http://grockit.com/blog/iimcat/2012/05/28/seeing-in-three-dimensions-solids-and-the-iim-cat/

CAT 2012 Model Questions and Mock Test Papers

Questions for CAT
http://cat.jumbotests.com/

CAT Sample Questions
http://www.bestsamplequestions.com/cat-questions/cat-questions.html

Quant - topics
http://iim-cat-questions-answers.2iim.com/

CAT 2012 Paper Pattern and Topics

http://cat.learnhub.com/lesson/20661-cat-2012-paper-pattern-and-syllabus

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Event Coverage and Videos in Online Media - IPL India

IPL 5 had more viewers than the ICC World Cup
http://www.rediff.com/cricket/report/ipl-5-had-more-viewers-than-icc-world-cup-shukla/20120612.htm

Big growth in Online viewership for IPL5 - 2012
From 72 million video views to 113 million video views.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-01/news/31958007_1_highest-single-day-viewership-online-viewership-ipl

Amul India - London Olympics 2012 Campaign

Review by Shilpi Choudhury
http://www.business2community.com/online-marketing/amul-india-london-olympics-2012-campaign-review-0247410

http://www.campaignindia.in/Video/306262,amul-goes-3d-to-establish-olympics-connect-with-youth.aspx

http://www.adforum.com/creative-work/ad/playlist/8352/34476623//

London Olympics - Online Viewers

According to IMRB, 1.08 million users watched YouTube for Olympics video between 25th July and 6th August. Additional 4.51 million users visited other sites like Yahoo, Indiatimes, NBAolympics and various blogs. I also created number of news and video posts. They attracted around 500 page views per day.

http://nrao-games-sports.blogspot.in/

Digital advertising is growing at the rate 30% per year. It is expected to go up to Rs.1,990 crore in 2012 fromRs.1,540 crore in 2011. It is expected to go up to Rs.5,700 crore in 2018.

It is interesting to note that 113 million users watched IPL season 5 compared to 72 million users in the season before.

http://www.livemint.com/2012/08/10220946/London-Olympics-online-media.html?atype=tp