Verbal Ability And Reading Comprehension For CAT by Arun Sharma & Meenakshi Upadhyaya

ABOUT THE BOOK :

Overview

How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for CAT, 10th edition is authored by the acknowledged CAT trainers Arun Sharma and Meenakshi Upadhyay. The main emphasis of the book is on how to tackle the verbal ability and reading comprehension section of CAT and other MBA entrance examinations with ease. With many helpful and time-saving tips and tricks, it gives clear guidance to the aspirants on how to attempt various types of questions. A must-have for aspirants appearing for all MBA entrance examinations, the book includes questions based on the latest pattern of CAT.

Salient Features

1. Revised and updated content as per the current exam trends

2. Revamped LOD 1 and 2 with detailed solutions in Reading Comprehension section of Part 1

3. Fresh questions in the Type I and II Exercises on Paragraph Jumbles chapter

4. Inclusion of the new TITA Type Questions in Paragraph Jumbles section of Part 2

5. Mock tests available online for the aspirant’s benefit

5. Additional Solved CAT Papers available online with detailed analyses  

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Part 1: Building Skills for Reading Comprehension1 Introduction Read More and More2 The Seven Dimension Approach to Better Reading Skills3 Theory of Reading Comprehension4 Illustrative CAT Passages (Solved)5 Level of Difficulty- I6 Level of Difficulty-II7 Previous Years’ Questions from CAT Part 2: Verbal Ability1 Word List I—High Frequency Words 2 Word List II—Medium Frequency Words 3 Word List III—Low Frequency Words 4 Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes and Foreign Words5 Words and Phrases often Confused 6 Synonyms 7 Antonyms 8 Odd Man Out 9 Analogies10 Fill in the BlanksBlock 1: TheoryBlock 2: LODs and CAT Questions11 Level of Difficulty—I 12 Level of Difficulty—II13 Previous Years’ Questions from CAT Block 1: Theory  14 Paragraph JumblesBlock 1: LODs and CAT Questions15 Level of Difficulty—I 16 Level of Difficulty—II 17 New TITA Type Questions18    TYPE I AND II Exercises on Paragraph Jumbles19 Previous Years’ Questions from CAT20 Sentence Correction21 Fact, Inference, and Judgement 22A Phrasal Verbs22B Phrasal Verbs23 Paragraph Completion/ Last Sentence of the Paragraph 24 Irrelevant Statement Questions 25 Summary of the Passage QuestionsPart 3: Verbal Reasoning1 Critical Reasoning/Paragraph Comprehension2 Previous Years’ Questions from CATPart 4: CAT Papers (Real and Sample)1 CAT Paper 2017 (Shift 1) VARC Section Questions and Solutions2 CAT Paper 2017 (Shift 2) VARC Section Questions and Solutions 3 CAT Paper 2018 (Shift 1) VARC Section Questions and Solutions4 CAT Paper 2018 (Shift 2) VARC Section Questions and Solutions5 CAT Paper 2019 (Shift 1) VARC Section Questions and Solutions6 CAT Paper 2019 (Shift 2) VARC Section Questions and Solutions7 CAT Paper 2020 (Shift 1) VARC Section Questions and Solutions8 CAT Paper 2020 (Shift 2) VARC Section Questions and Solutions9 CAT Paper 2020 (Shift 3) VARC Section Questions and Solutions10 CAT Paper 2021 (Shift 1) VARC Section Questions and Solutions11 CAT Paper 2021 (Shift 2) VARC Section Questions and Solutions12 CAT Paper 2021 (Shift 3) VARC Section Questions and Solutions