By now, you must be aware of 50% topics of the verbal ability section- vocabulary & RC. Let’s move on to another crucial part of VA, i.e. Verbal Reasoning. As the name states itself, this section intends to assess your reasoning skills. One of the most important types of questions in this section is based on paragraph summary. So, what is a paragraph summary? If someone asks you to summarise a 3-hour movie, how would you do that? And if it’s your favourite movie? Well, that’s the very purpose of summary questions. All you need to do is understand the paragraph and then, figure

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Rules and Prizes Every week, on Friday, we will post a set of 5 questions.  Answers need to be submitted by midnight of the following Thursday. 3 lucky winners will get cash prizes of Rs. 500, Rs. 300, and Rs. 200 (via PayTM). 5 lucky winners will get a 50% discount voucher on Handa Ka Funda GK course. Everyone who answers all questions correctly gets a 10% discount voucher on Handa Ka Funda GK Course. A quiz is open to everyone above the age of 18. You will need to submit an identity proof in case you win a cash prize. General Knowledge / Current Affairs Weekl

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It can be argued that Quantitative Aptitude is the section that makes the most amount of difference in the CAT results every year. If you look at the data from the past few years, you would realize that the Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation section has remained the toughest section. You normally need to do only 9 questions in it to score a 90%ile. Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension has remained the easiest section over the years where you have needed to score around 16-18 questions to get a 90 %ile. Quantitative Aptitude, on the other hand, varies a lot. You would need around

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IIM Lucknow Admission Process: The Indian Institute of Management Lucknow is an autonomous public business school in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was established in 1984 as the fourth Indian Institute of Management by the Government of India. IIM Lucknow offers post-graduate diploma, fellowship and executive programs in management. IIM Lucknow Admission Process / Selection Criteria - Summary: Whether you will get an interview call from IIM Lucknow or not, it would depend upon the following factors (on a 100 point scale): CAT Score: 60 points 12th marks: 10 points Graduatio

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IIM Calcutta Admission Process / Selection Criteria - Summary: Whether you will get an interview call from IIM Calcutta or not, it would depend upon the following factors (on a 100 point scale): CAT Score: 56 points 10th marks: 10 points 12th marks: 15 points Graduation marks: 15 points Gender Diversity: 4 points (Female CAT aspirants get 4 points)   Whether you will get admission into IIM Calcutta or not, it would depend upon the following factors (on a 100 point scale): CAT Score: 30 points Written Ability Test: 10 points Personal Interview: 48 points Academic Di

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IIM Ahmedabad Admission Process: Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad is a public business school located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Established in 1961, the institute offers Masters Degree programmes in management and agri-business management, a fellowship programme and a number of executive training programmes. IIM Ahmedabad Admission Process / Selection Criteria - Summary: Whether you will get an interview call from IIM Ahmedabad or not, it would depend upon the following factors (on a 100 point scale): CAT Score: 65 points 10th marks: 10 points 12th marks: 10 points

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IIM Bangalore Admission Process / Selection Criteria - Summary: Whether you will get an interview call from IIM Bangalore or not, it would depend upon the following factors (on a 100 point scale): LRDI Score in CAT: 16 points VARC Score in CAT: 14 Points Quant Score in CAT: 10 points 10th marks: 20 points 12th marks: 10 points Graduation marks: 20 points Work Experience: 8 points (3 years or more gets you full 8 points) Gender Diversity: 2 points (Female CAT aspirants get 2 points)   Whether you will get admission into IIM Bangalore or not, it would depend upon the fo

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Rules and Prizes Every week, on Friday, we will post a set of 5 questions.  Answers need to be submitted by midnight of the following Thursday. 3 lucky winners will get cash prizes of Rs. 500, Rs. 300, and Rs. 200 (via PayTM). 5 lucky winners will get a 50% discount voucher on Handa Ka Funda GK course. Everyone who answers all questions correctly gets a 10% discount voucher on Handa Ka Funda GK Course. A quiz is open to everyone above the age of 18. You will need to submit an identity proof in case you win a cash prize. General Knowledge / Current Affairs Weekl

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In the earlier part of trigonometry series, we had seen basic concepts and some questions. In this part we will see some additional Examples to understand how to deal with CAT questions Example 1: 5sinx + 12cosx + s is always greater than or equal to 0. What could be the possible smallest value of s? a.) 13 b.) 10 c.) 6 d.) 2 Solution: 5sinx + 12cosx ≥ -s ⇒ 13(5/13sinx+12/13cosx) ≥ -s                  (Since 5,12 and 13 are Pythagorean triplets,) ⇒ 5/13 = cosA ⇒ 12/13 = sin A ⇒ 13(sinx cosA + sinA cosx) ≥ -s ⇒ 13(sin(x + A))

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