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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".
THANKYOU