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Want to study in US? Now you can follow these 4 easy steps and fulfil your dream

1) Get your passport made.

2) Acceptance of the applicant by an institution of learning for a full course of study is essential. Evidence in support of this requirement consists of a Form I-20 (Certification of Eligibility)
filled out by the accepting school, and signed by the applicant and presented with the visa application.

3) You may need to show the proof of financial support if you or your parents are going to fund your studies in USA. A bank letter may be necessary. You might want to find out from your embassy about the types of documents they may accept regarding the proof of financial support.

Get an “Affidavit of Support” form from the U.S. Embassy or Consulate if the studies are going to be sponsored by your relatives or others who are currently in USA. Complete this form with information about your sources of financing (letter of sponsorship), and submit it along with your other documents. The embassy may require a letter from the bank that holds the funds.

4) Obtain all the necessary documents mentioned above. Now, you are ready to go to the U.S. Consulate for a visa interview. If your visa is rejected twice, you may need to apply by mail. You can apply for a student Visa not earlier than 90 days before the registration date specified on the FORM I-20. If the registration date is already passed or the applicant cannot reasonably expect to arrive at the school by the registration date, the applicant should obtain an amended I-20 or a letter of extension from the issuing institution stating by what date the applicant may arrive.

If you prove to the Consular Official’s satisfaction that you intend to come to the U.S. solely for the purpose of study and will return to India upon completion of the program, a visa stamp will be affixed to a page in your passport. You should apply for a multiple entry F-1 student visa. With a multiple entry visa you can travel between US and India during the duration of your stay in the Unites States. See article about proof of non-immigrant intent

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The accuracy is highest in such questions, and the time spent solving them can be quite less if one has done a good amount of practice. The questions that are asked in logical reasoning require one to find out whether the given conclusion is valid or not. For example:

1. All drunken drivers meet with an accident.
Salman is a drunken driver.
Conclusion – Salman will meet with an accident
This one is pretty straightforward. Since Salman belongs to a group, all members of which meet with an accident, he would meet with an accident.

2. Most males are intelligent.
Mr. X is a male
Conclusion – Mr. X may or may not be intelligent
Here there are two possibilities. Either Mr. X is a part of the group of intelligent males or he is not. Hence, it follows that he may or may not be intelligent.

In the exam the questions that are asked have two statements followed by two conclusions and you have to determine which conclusion is correct. Obviously the questions are not so easy as the above examples and may require one to draw venn diagrams to solve the questions. E.g.

1. Statements –
some students are smart
all students are hardworking

Conclusions – (i) some hardworking students are smart
(ii) some smart students are hardworking
Solution – Both the conclusions are correct, as some students are definitely both smart and hardworking.

2. Statement–
tennis players get married only to models

Conclusions – (i) Madhu is married to a tennis player
(ii) Madhu is not married to a tennis player
Solution – Here either Madhu can be married to a tennis player or to someone who is not a tennis player. So either conclusion (i) or (ii) follow but not both.

3. Statements –
some roses are red
some red are black.

Conclusions – (i) no black is a rose.
(ii) no rose is a black
Solution – Here both the statements are possibilities. It may be that some roses are black or no roses are black. Hence neither of the conclusions follows.

by Jasveen Grewal *

If you are one of the aspirants looking forward to “bell” the CAT this year, I’m sure you’ve already started with the preparations of brushing-up your “sectional” skills. As a teacher of verbal ability, I often come across students who are befuddled about why this particular examination has questions on ENGLISH USAGE! Through this article I hope to satisfy such queries.

An MBA from the IIMs or other top-rung B-schools is a dream worth pursuing. A couple of years of rigorous training and you emerge dynamic managers with strong personalities - ready to conquer the world!

And today, as aspiring MBAs, you are awestruck by the corporate leaders. But, what if you are listening to the speech by a manager (someone with an aura, someone you have admired for his persona & are glad to be able to listen to) and he makes the mistake of saying ‘oversee’ in place of ‘overlook’. (To ‘oversee’ & to ‘overlook’ - two seemingly similar words, aren’t they? But the meaning of these two words is totally different. The two words are almost antonyms.)

The demi-god image of the manager shatters right in front of you, does it not? The situation analysis, I guess, answers the most vital question of most of the students taking various competitive exams, that is, why do we have the English Usage as a part of any competitive examination? The answer simply lies in the fact that competitive exams, especially CAT, select or reject a candidate by gauging him upon parameters, which are necessary for the candidate to be successful in the field he wishes to pursue.

Believe me, no one would like to opt for you as a student in one’s college if one has to build you up right from the scratch. One would prefer to shape you up & galvanize your skills. The drive should be present in you already! Therefore, to check your potential for the future you plan to have for yourself, you get various questions in the examination, including the questions on English Usage.

You need to adopt different approaches for different passages.
These are as follows:

Read Passage –> Answer Questions:

This is the traditional way or reading the passage first and then approaching the questions.

Answer Questions -> Read Passage –> Answer Questions:

This approach most commonly used is to have a look at the questions first and then read the passage, underlining part of the passage where an answer to the questions read may be found. After reading the passage, one can go to the questions and if need be just revisit the underlined part. However, while one is reading the questions, one must not waste a lot of time reading any inference-based questions and just keep a look out for names, events and terms that can be found in the passage.

Answer Questions -> Read Passage -> Answer Questions -> Read Passage:

In this approach, one never ends up reading the passage. A question is taken one at a time and its answer is searched for in the passage. Obviously not many inference-based questions can be answered in this way, so these questions will have to be left. But if it were a fact-based passage, these types of questions would be minimal. Also one can take advantage that usually the answers to the questions would lie sequentially in the passage.

You could also follow this approach. Around one-third of the passage is read, which gives one a fair idea of the structure of the passage. Then questions are looked at and all those questions whose answers lie in the part of passage read are attempted. Then for the remaining passage the same approach is followed. This also helps in saving time searching for the answers as the amount of passage unread is less and also one understands the flow of the passage. A few inferential questions can also be answered using this approach.

The above approaches coupled with a proper selection of the passages to be attempted should help one comfortably clear the cut-offs of the Reading Comprehension section.

Selecting the correct passages:

The number of passages asked will be minimum five. If 3 are attempted it is a fair attempt. Passages should be selected based on the following.
1. The Comfort level with the topic of the passage
2. Degree of Difficulty level of the language used
3. Trying Understanding the structure of the passage
4. Knowing Length of the passage and number of the questions asked

Management:

1. Any Edition of Harvard Business Review
2. Case Studies of Businessworld Magazine
3. What They Don’t Teach You At Harvard Business School - Mark H. McCormack

Physics/Science:

1. Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
2. Any work of Isaac Asimov
3. The Tao of Physics - Fritjof Capra

Philosophy:

1. Zen And The Art of Motor Cycle Maintenance
2. The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand

Abstract Topic:

Futureshock, Power Shift, Third Wave - Alvin Toffler

Literary Works:

1. God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
2. Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie

Business:

Made In Japan - Akio Morito

Religion:

Any book written by Swami Vivekanand

Sports:

Idols - Sunil Gavaskar

General:

Uncommon Wisdom - Fritjof Capra

Law:

Any of John Grisham’s works

Medical:

Doctors - Erich Segal

Anthropology/Sociology:

1. Manwatching
2. The Naked Ape - Desmond Morris

Note: The above list is just an indicative list.

Lessons in Imperative Sentences-
Study the following base form of the verbs and see how they are used in the imperative sentences. Imperative sentences are the sentences, which express commands, advice, and suggestions. The second person ‘you’ is always addressed in the imperative sentences.

In the following sentences, ‘you’ is the subject, though understood: -

1. Believe in God.
2. Worship Ma Sarswatiji, Ma Durgaji, Ma Luxmiji.
3. Don’t be superstitious.
4. Don’t deceive anyone.
5. Always speak the truth.
6. Vishwamitra said to Rama, “Send Ram and Lakshman with me. Don’t suspect my intention.”
7. Get up early in the morning. Have a long walk. Do exercises and yoga to keep yourself fit.
8. Never lose your patience. Be brave and courageous.
9. Don’t pluck flowers, as they enhance the beauty of nature.
10. Drink eight glasses of water daily, as it is very conducive to health.
11. Never tease the poor and the weak.
12. Do justice to get justice from God.
13. Don’t advise anyone unless you are asked for.
14. Work at the behest of your conscience.
15. The officer said to the servant, “Bring a glass of water. Always keep the office neat and clean.”
16. Be considerate to others and never think negatively.
17. The principal told the students, “Discipline yourself at every step of your life. Attend your classes regularly and punctually. Don’t come late. Pay attention to what your teachers teach you.”
18. Be honest, as honesty always pays; sooner or later.
19. Try to understand the motive of your opponents before you take any step against them.
20. Mother said to her son, “Mend your ways, if you want me to lead a happy life.”

Pay Attention: In the above-mentioned sentences, the verbs in their base form are “believe, worship, be, deceive, speak, send, get up, lose, do, pluck, drink, tease, advise, work, bring, keep, think, discipline, attend, come, pay, try, mend”.

Lessons in Modal Auxiliaries-

Modal Auxiliaries:

The modal verbs are - shall, will, can, may, must, should, would, could, might, ought to, need, dare.

Pay Attention: Most of the modal verbs are always followed by the first form (bare infinitive) of verbs in Active Voice, and be + 3rd form of the verb in Passive Voice.

A.. ‘Will’ and its past form ‘Would’

It (will) is used with second and third persons (you, thou, he, she, they, all the nouns).

in Future Tense -

1. Time will decide what will happen in coming days.
2. What will you decide in my absence?
3. The best students of our college will be awarded by the manager.
4. The problems regarding the condition of the poor will be discussed later on.
5. Who will feed you if you don’t work?
6. Nothing will be done if we await the right time.
7. I asked my friend when he would go to Mumbai.

Pay Attention: Conjunctions showing time and condition are not followed by ’shall’ or ‘will. Such conjunction are - if, till, provided, in case, supposing, unless, until, till, as long as, so long as, as if, as though, before, when, as soon as, since, while, after. The past form of ‘will’ or’ shall’ (would, should) is also not used.

1. Will you take your bath before you leave for your office?
2. As long as atom-bombs continue to be made, threats of war will remain.
3. The students will continue their agitation till the Government takes its decision back.
4. We shall hold a meeting after the students have gone home.
5. As soon as we discard ‘laziness’, we shall find that we shall be able to do a lot.

1. Etihad Airways is the name of the national airlines of…

a. Afghanistan
b. Iraq
c. Kuwait
d. United Arab Emirates

2. Who was the chairman of the twelfth finance commission of India?
a. MS Ahluwalia
b. C Rangarajan
c. Rakesh Mohan
d. Bimal Jalan

3. General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC) is chaired by…
a. N Rangachari
b. RK Joshi
c. MK Garg
d. Ashok Lahiri

4. This site/search engine was in the news in January 2005 as it had plans to offer the famous libraries of the world online. Can you identify the name of the engine in question from the given options?
a. Yahoo. com
b. Google.com
c. Altavista. com
d. AOL

5. Aramco is one of the world’s biggest….
a. Cement firm
b. Steel firm
c. IT firm
d. Oil firm

6. Mukand Steel is the key company owned by…
a. Birlas
b. Bajajs
c. Tatas
d. Ruias

7. ‘Cottons’ is the name of garment collection by….
a. Madura Garments
b. Century Textiles
c. Indigo Nation
d. Raymond

8. Servo is an oil brand from….
a. HPCL
b.IOC
c. BPCL
d. None of these

9. Progeon is the name of the BPO arm of this Indian software giant. Identify it from the given operations.
a. Wipro Technologies
b. Infosys Technologies
c. HCL Technologies
d. Polaris Softwares

10. According to the Union Budget 2005-2006, which of the following represents the outlay for the defence sector?
a. Rs. 66,000 cr
b. Rs. 77,000 cr
c. Rs. 83,000 cr
d. Rs. 90,000 cr

11. ‘Mahila card’ is an international debit card meant exclusively for women. This card belongs to the stable of …
a. ICICI Bank’
b. UTI Bank
c. Induslnd Bank
d. Canara Bank

12. Which of the following represents the limit of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the construction sector?
a. 49 per cent
b. 66 per cent
c. 74 per cent
d. 100 per cent

13. Who is the chairman of IDBI?
a. M. Damodaran
b. VP Shetty
c. PP Vora
d. KV Kamath

14. You would associate Corp Kisan Card with …
a. Canara Bank
b. Corporation Bank
c. ICICI Bank
d. HDFC Bank

15. Itz Cash, a pre-paid card, belongs to the stable of…
a. Tatas
b. Essel group
c. Essar group
d. None of these

16. Who among the following is the CMD of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)?
a. VP Sinha
b. b. C P Jain
c. AK Purwar
d. PS Shenoy

17. ‘Aapka Fayda’ is the punch line that you would associate with….
a. Sahara Samay
b. NDTV India
c. CNBC TV 18
d. Zee Business

18. ‘Data One’ is the name of the broadband service of ….
a. Reliance Infocomm
b. BSNL
c. MTNL
d. Tata Indicom

19. Food-World, Giant, Health 8′ Glow and Music World are all retail outlets of …
a. Pantaloon
b. RPG
c. Shopper’s Stop
d. HLL

20. Sarthak Behuria is the chairman-cum-managing director of…
a. ONGC
b. lac
c. BPCL
d.HPCL

Answer Key:

1. d. United Arab Emirates
2. b. C. Rangarajan
3. b. RK Joshi
4. b Google.com
5. d. Oil firm
6. b. Bajajs
7. b. Century Textiles
8. b. 10C
9. b. Infosys Technologies
10. c. Rs. 83.000 cr
11. c. Induslnd Bank
12. d. 100 per cent
13. b. VP Shelly
14. b. Corporation Bank
15. b. Essel Group
16. b. CP Jain
17. d. Zee business
18. b. BSNL
19. b. RPG
20. b. 10C

1. Mat expands to…

a: Medium Advisory Tax
b. Minimum Accounted Tax
c. Minimum Automated Tax
d. Minimum Alternate Tax

2. This company was i.n the news in march 2005 as ‘U’ was planned to be its new logo. Can you identify the name of the company from the given options?
a. P&G
b. HLL
c. Nestle
d. Dabur

3. What is the expected GDP growth rate in 2005-2006, according to the Union Budget 2005-2006?
a. 6 per cent
b. 6.1 per cent
c. 6.3 per cent
d. 6.9 per cent

4. Identify the indirect tax from the given options.
a. Wealth Tax
b. Gift Tax
c. Sales Tax
d. Corporation Tax

5. Which of the following represents the expansion of ‘R’ in RFID?
a. Regional
b. Radio
c. Recorded
d. Reliance

6. This bank, in collaboration with NGOs, launched the ’social card’ for those people who want to contribute to the welfare of the society but either do not have time to do so or do not know which cause they would like to support. Can you identify the name of the bank in question from the given options?
a. Canara Bank
b. SBI
c. Punjab National Bank
d. Bank of India

7. Kishore Biyani, who is considered India’s largest retailer owns….
a. Shoppers Stop
b. Pantaloon
c. West Side
d. RPG Enterprises

8. The year in which the World Bank was incorporated in the UN system was….
a. 1994
b. 1946
c. 1947
d. 1949

9. The United Nations named the year 2005 as…
a. Year of savings
b. Year of investments
c. Year of micro finance
d. Year of macro finance

10. The name of the Air India’s budget airline, that was launched in April 2005, is …
a. Air l.ndia Aviator
b. Air India Express
c. Air India Smarty
d. Air India Genie

11. Which of the following represents the expansion of ‘T’ in ‘TIN’?
a. Trade
b. Tax
c. Transmission
d. Total

12. Which of the following personalities is the author ofJeh: A Life of JRD Tata?
a. RM Lala
b. BK Dadabhoy
c. Dwijendra Tripathi
d. BK Karanjia

13. Which of the following represents the worth of the deal in which Adhikari brothers sold the SAB TV brand to the Sony TV in March 2005?
a. $7 million
b. $10 million
c. $13 million
d. $15 million

14. Which city hosted the G-20 meet in the third week of March 2005?
a. Lahore
b. Sau Paulo
c. New Delhi
d. Phuket

15. Identify the incorrect match. Automobile company Car Model
a. Fiat Automobiles Panda
b. Skoda Automobiles Fabia
c. Honda Automobiles Civic
d. All of them are matched properly

16. This personality was the FORBES Asian Businessman of the year 2004. Can you identify him from the given options?
a. Ratan Tata
b. Anil Ambani
c. KV Kamath
d. Nusli Wadia

17. According to a survey conducted by Hewitt Associates, which of the following companies was adjudged as the best employer of 2004?
a. P & G India
b. NTPC
c. Bharti Televentures
d.TCS

18. Awaz is the Hindi business news channel that belongs to the stable of …
a. NDTV
b. CNBC TV 18
c. Zee News
d. Sony TV

19. ‘Make your own road’ is the catchphrase that you would associate with….
a. Chevrolet Tavera
b. Tata Safari
c. Tata Sumo
d. Ford Endeavor

20. The maximum revenue to the government comes from….
a. Service tax
b. Custom duty
c. Excise duty
d. Income tax

Answer key:

1. d. Minimum Alternate Tax
2.b.HLL
3. d. 6.9 per cent
4. c. Sales Tax
5. b. Radio (RFID: RadioFrequency. Identification)
6. b. SBI
7. b. Pantaloon
8. c.1947
9. c. Year of micro finance
10. b. Air India Express
11. b. Tax(TaxlnformationNetwork)
12. b. BK Dadabhoy
13. c. $13 million
14. c. New Delhi
15. d. All of them are matched properly
16. a. Ratan Tata
17. d. TCS
18. b. CNBC TV 18
19. b. Tata Safari
20. c.. Excise Duty

Directions : For questions in this section mark

(a) If condition (i) alone is sufficient
(b) If condition (ii) alone is sufficient
(c) If both conditions together are sufficient
(d) If condition (i) alone & (ii) alone are sufficient
(e) information not sufficient

1. How many rolls of wall paper are necessary to cover the walls of a room whose floor and ceiling are rectangles 12 feet wide and 15 feet long
(i) A roll of paper covers 20 sq feet
(ii) There are no windows in the walls

Ans: (e)

2. Two pipes A and B emptied into a reservoir , pipe A can fill the reservoir in 30 minutes by itself. How long it will take for pipe A and pipe B together to fill up the reservoir.
(i) By itself, pipe B can fill up the reservoir in 20 minutes
(ii) Pipe B has a larger cross-sectional area than pipe A

Ans: (a)

3. Fifty students have signed up for atleast one of the courses GERMAN & ENGLISH, how many of the 50 students are taking GERMANI but not ENGLISH?
(i). 16 students are taking GERMANI & ENGLISH
(ii). The number of students taking ENGLISH but not GERMAN is the same as the number of students taking GERMAN

Ans: (c)

4. Find x+2y
(i). x+y=10
(ii). 2x+4y=20

Ans: (b)

5. Was Melissa Brown’s novel published?
(i). If Melissa Brown’s novel was published she would receive atleast $1000 in royalities during 1978
(ii). Melissa Brown’s income for 1978 was over $1000

Ans: (e)

6. A man 6 feet tall is standing near a light on the top of a pole What is the length of the shadow cast by the man.
(i) The pole is 18 feet high
(ii) The man is 12 feet from the pole

Ans: (c)

7. How much does John weigh? Jim weighs 200 pounds.
(i) Toms weight plus Moes weight equal to John’s weight.
(ii) John’s weight plus Moe’s weight equal to Twice Tom’s weight.

Ans: (c)

9. x and y are integers that are both less than 10. Is x>y?
(i). x is a multiple of 3
(ii). y is a multiple of 2

Ans: (e)

10. Is angle BAC is a right angle
(i) AB=2BC
(2) BC=1.5AC

Ans: (e)

11. Is x greater than y
(i) x=2k
(ii) k=2y

Ans: (e)

12. A piece of string 6 feet long is cut into three smaller pieces. How long is the longest of the three pieces?
(i). Two pieces are the same length.
(ii) One piece is 3 feet 2 inches lone

Ans: (b)

13. Does every bird fly?
(i) Tigers do not fly.
(ii) Ostriches do not fly

Ans: (b)

14. K is an integer. Is K is divisible by 12
(i) K is divisible by 4
(ii) K is divisible by 3

Ans: (c)

15. What is the distance from A to B
(i) A is 15 miles from C
(2) C is 25 miles from B

Ans: (e)