Thursday, 30 July 2015

Verbs and Tenses

Verbs’ is the most easy grammar topic and the most interesting as well! After all who does not like a bit of action!

I’m sure every one of you is an expert at identifying the verb in any given sentence; the problem arises when identifying errors in a sentence when coupled with tenses!

From the exam point of view, verbs are tested on in sentence corrections/error detection; but verbs are the life line of any sentence as verbs show the happening of anything – it is the action grammar.

There are types of verbs and rules of verbs and they are all confusing and not very interesting; we will instead revise and rehash verbs along with tenses and see if at the end of this session everything is easy and everything makes sense.

So, today I’ll be doing verbs along with tenses, and your objective will be to learn to identify the tenses and how the verbs are used along with them.

Possessive noun

Noun is a name of a person, thing, place or action.

Possessive noun shows ownership of one noun on another by adding "an apostrophe" and a "s".

Noun

What is a noun? A noun is any word that names a person, a place or a thing. Thus, Noun = name of person, place or a thing. Simple as that!

There are two broad types of nouns, namely countable (which can be counted) and uncountable noun (which cannot be counted).

A countable noun is again classified into Proper, Common and Collective nouns; whereas, Un-countable nouns are Material and Abstract nouns. Thus in total you’re going to learn about 5 different types of Nouns.

Adverbs

An Adverb a word which modifies a verb or an adjectives or another adverb.

FOR EXAMPLE

In the example above ‘danced’ is a verb which is being modified by the adverb “beautifully”.

Types of Articles:

1. Definite (the)

2. Indefinite (a/an)

World

1. Portend (V):- शकुन,आगे से बताना या जताना, पूर्वाभास या पूर्वसूचना देना
Portend means to show a sign that something calamitous is about to happen.
Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate
Uses: These signs bode bad news.
Trick : When we reached the port's end (sea port) we saw some dead bodies, which gave a sign that something bad was going to happen.

2. Splurge (V):- पैसे उड़ाने की धुन,
To splurge is to indulge yourself. You can also go on a splurge if you spend a lot or act extravagantly in another way.
Synonyms : flash, flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank
Uses: Greece had got into the habit of splurging on borrowed money.
Trick : when that special girl urges you to buy something prodigal, you buy it

3. Vilifier (N):- one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel.
Synonyms: backbiter, defamer, libeler, maligner, slanderer, traducer.
Uses: Let us watch with jealous care the honor of our country, and scorn the aspersions of its vilifiers.

4. Conundrum (N):- a difficult problem.
Synonyms: brain-teaser, enigma, riddle, dillema.
Uses: Europe's conundrum
Trick: drum ke andar kaun hai.

5. Prospect (N):- A prospect is the possibility that something fabulous will happen.
Synonyms: chance
Uses: The prospect of sanctions on Iranian oil being lifted has depressed prices further.

square of a number

There are many ways with which we can find out square of a number within seconds. Let’s see how we can find out square of a number faster using Vedic Mathematics (Nikhilam method)

Example 1: Find out the square of 12

Step 1

We need to take the nearest power of 10. So here 10 is the nearest power of 10 which we can take as our base. The deviation to the base = 12-10 = 2

(To find out the deviation, just remove the left most digit "1" and you will get it quickly)

Now the Left Hand Side of the answer (LHS) will be the sum of the number and deviation. Hence the Left Hand Side of the answer (LHS) = 12 + 2 = 14

Step 2

Our base is 10 which has a single zero. This means that our Right Hand Side of the answer (RHS) will have a single digit and that can be obtained by taking the square of the deviation.

Hence the Right Hand Side of the answer (RHS) = 2² = 4

Hence the answer = 144

English

Directions (Q. 1-10): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningful.

English

Directions: In each of the following sentences there are two blank spaces. Below each sentence there are five pair of words denoted by numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Find out which pair of words can be filled up in the blanks in the sentence in the same sequence to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

Reasoning

Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions :

A word arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule the following is an illustration of input and rearrangement.

Input :19 out 10 full 18 13 lust evil 5 point 15 appear 23 ice.

Step - I : appear 5 19 out 10 full 18 13 lust evil point 15 23 ice.

Step -II: appear 5 evil 13 19 out 10 full 18 lust point 15 23 ice.

Step -III: appear 5 evil 13 ice 19 out 10 full 18 lust point 15 23.

Step -IV: appear 5 evil 13 ice 19 out 23 10 full 18 lust point 15.

Step -V: appear 5 evil 13 ice 19 out 23 point 10 full 18 lust 15.

Step -VI: appear 5 evil 13 ice 19 out 23 point 10 lust 15 full 18.

Direction: Following line graph shows the percentage growth in population of six cities A, B, C, D, E and F from 2011 to 2012 and 2012 to 2013.

Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions :

Five players Sachin, Rohit, Shikhar, Virat and Gautam are playing for different IPL teams – KKR, M.I, D.D,
CSK and RCB, but not necessarily in the same order. The owner's of these teams are Rajat, Ashish, Jagan,
Mohan and Neetu. Rajat is the owner of KKR but Sachin and Gautam are not playing for KKR. Virat is
playing for the team owned by Neetu. Shikar playing for D.D. Gautam is playing for RCB, which is not
owned by Ashish. CSK is owned by Mohan.

Reasoning

Direction : Study the following information and answer the questions given below :

Four Maruti Suzuki's cars - Ertigo,Celerio, Swift and Wagon'r and four Hyundai's cars - I-10,
Verna, I-20 and Santa Fe are on a display in a circular auto expo centre. two Maruti Suzuki's cars
and two Hyundai's cars are not facing the centre of the auto expo centre. Swift is placed second to
the left of Verna, which is not placed immediate next to Celerio. I-10 is third to the left of Santa Fe and one of them is not facing centre of the auto expo centre. Ertigo is third to the right of Celerio, which is facing the centre of the auto expo centre. I-20 and Wagon'r are facing each other and both are not placed immediate next to Celerio or Santa Fe. No three Hyundai's car's are placed together.

Reasoning

1. In a certain code ‘CAREFUL’ is written as ‘SBDDMVG’. How is ‘SECURED’ written in that code?
DFTTEFS

2. W walked 30 m towards North, took a left turn and walked 20 m. He again took a left turn and walked
30 m. How far is he from the starting point?
None of these

Reasoning

Directions (Q. 1-5) Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

A word and number, arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following an illustration of input and rearrangement.

Input: 96 gain 63 forest 38 78 deep house

Step I: deep 96 gain 63 forest 38 78 house

Step II: deep 38 96 gain 63 forest 78 house

Step III: deep 38 forest gain 96 63 78 house

Step IV: deep 38 forest 63 gain 96 78 house

Step V: deep 38 forest 63 gain 78 96 house

Step VI: deep 38 forest 63 gain 78 house 96

And step VI is the last step of the rearrangement of the above input.

As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input.

Quant

1. Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and
his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. What are the marks obtained by them?

Let their marks be (x+9) and x.
Then, x+9 = 56/100(x + 9 +x)
=> 25(x+9)=14 (2x + 9)
=>25x+225=28x+126

=>3x=99

=> x = 33.
So, their marks are 42 and 33

Quant

Q.1-5.Study the following graph carefully and answer the questionsgiven below it.
The following graphs represent percentage of five types of employees in an organization for two consecutive years.

Quant

Q.1-5.Study the following graph carefully and answer the questions given below it.

Distribution of total voters in six different cities and detail of female.voters in these cities

Numbers of total voters = 64000

Ratio of male and female voters = 5 : 3

Reasoning

Directions : Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions :

Eight persons, viz S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Each of them has a different hobby, viz Singing, Acting, Dancing, Cycling, Swimming, Tracking, Painting and Reading, not necessarily in the same order. S, who likes reading, sits third to the left of W. The one who likes painting sits on the immediate right of S. V, who likes acting, sits second to the right of T. T is not on immediate neighbour of W. U, who likes dancing, sits exactly in the middle of the persons whom hobbies are swimming and painting. Y who likes singing, sits second to the left of Z, who likes tracking.

English passage

Directions (Q.1-10): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them.

An independent, able and upright judiciary is the hallmark of a free democratic country. Therefore, the process of judicial appointments is of vital importance. At present, on account of the Supreme Court’s last advisory opinion, the role of the executive and its interference in the appointment of judges is minimal, which, in light of our previous experience, is most welcome. However, there is a strong demand for a National Judicial Commission on the ground of wider participation in the appointment process and for greater transparency. The composition, the role and the procedures of the proposed National Judicial Commission, must be clearly spelt out, lest it be a case of jumping from the frying-pan into the fi0

English Passsage

Online shopping is the process of researching and purchasing products or services over the Internet. Basically online shopping is divided into 2 categories: Travel/Tourism and Online Retail Business. Travel/Tourism websites are like Makemytrip.com, IRCTC.com, Bookmyshow.com, Paytm.com and Yatra.com. These all sites provide some kind of either tickets or service. Like Paytm.com helps to do online recharge while makemytrip.com helps us to make Air/Bus/Rail ticket. Online Retail Websites are those, from where we purchase a product and the product is delivered to our doorstep. Like Flipkart.com, eBay.com and Amazon. in. These websites have a wide range of variety of products and brand. They deliver the purchased goods to our doorstep. Online Ticketing/Tourism/Services contribute 75% to the total revenue.

Quant Quiz

Direction : Following line graph shows the ratio of imports to exports of two companies over the years:

Reasoning

Directions (1-4): Read the following information carefully and give the answer of the following questions:

In a family, Q is the daughter of M who is the son of J who is the wife of K who is the father of O who is the mother of P. D is the son of C who is the wife of N who is the son of L who is the brother of K. P is not a male person.

Time & Work

English

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number.
Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate
words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.

Reasoning

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :

In a family of eight persons F, G, H, I, J, K, L and M – there are four males and four females. There are three married couples and two unmarried person. Each of them watching a different channel viz. colors (HD), colors, star cricket, star plus, zee tv, discovery national geographic channel and star cricket (HD). No couple watch both the version of the same tv. In the family of two generations, each female member except M has two sisters one brother. L is the father–in–law of H and the one, who watch colors. G, who watch star cricket (HD), is the son–in–law of M. J, who watch star plus is unmarried sister of K, who does not watch discovery. No male watch star cricket or zee tv. F does not watch zee tv. M has no daughter–in–law. K is G's brother–in–law. I is the sister–in–law of H but she does not watch national geographic, discovery and zee tv.

Reading Comprehensive

Children find themselves amidst વચ્ચે a complex society that is undergoing breathtaking changes. Concepts, relationships, lifestyles are metamorphosed પરિવર્તન to accommodate the new

Reasoning

Directions (Q. 1-5) Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. World’s largest religious congregation Sinhastha Kumbh Mela has begun at Trimbakeshwar, Nashik district of.........?

Maharashtra

MARKETING

1. The Process of Marketing a product experimentally in some selected areas before releasing the product in a wide range is called as?

Test Marketing

English

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Numerical Ability

Syllogism

Directions (Q. 1-20): In each question below there are three statements followed by four
conclusions numbered, I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if
they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

1. Statements:

a. No Cloud is Bird.

b. Some Goats are Birds.

c. All Cars are Goats.

Reasoning

Directions (Q. 1 - 5): Study the information carefully and answer the following questions:

A building has eight floors from 1 to 8 in such a way that ground floor is numbered 1, the above floor is
numbered 2 and so on. The top most floor is numbered 8. Eight persons G, P, M, R, Q, A, D and C

CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. Recently, which among the following has launched the countries first contactless debit and
credit card?

ICICI Bank

Reasoning

Directions (Q. 1-5): In each of the following questions a question is followed by information given in three
statements. You have to study the question along with the statements and decide the information given in
which statements(s) is sufficient to answer the questions:

Quant

A can do a piece of work in 12 days and B in 15 days. Find how much time they will take to complete the
work under the following conditions.

1. Working alternately starting with A

Work starting with A
So Work done in 2 day = 1/12+1/15 = 9/60
total work done in 12 day = 54/60
remain work =1/10
work done by A on 13th day .
after 13day remain = 1/60
on 14th day B have to work 1/4 th time of day.

Current Affairs

1. Which country has won South America’s most prestigious football trophy, the Copa America title 2015 for the first time?

1)Chile

2. Which country claimed the South Asian Basketball Championship (SABA) title?

India

Reasoning

Direction (1–5) : Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.

Eight friends A, B, C, D, P, Q, R and S are sitting in two circles in such a manner that each member of
the inner circle sits exactly opposite the member of the outer circle. The members sitting in the outer
circle are P, Q, R and S and all of them are facing towards the centre while the members of the inner
circle are A, B, C and D and they are facing away from the centre. Each of them likes a different colour,
viz Red, Yellow, nBlue, Green, White, Black, orange and Purple, but not necessarily in the same order.

Numerical Ability

Ques (1-5) Study the following graph carefully to answer these questions?

Details about the distribution of employees and expenditure of an organization

(Distributed Proportionately across the departments)

Annual Expenditure on Different items

Total Expenditure = Rs. 12 Crores

Cheque & Types of Cheque

It is an instrument in writing containing an unconditional order, addressed to a banker, sign by the person who has deposited money with the banker, requiring him to pay on demand a certain sum of money only to or to the order of certain person or to the bearer of instrument."

Types of Cheque

1. Bearer Cheque or open Cheque

When the words "or bearer" appearing on the face of the cheque are not cancelled, the cheque is called a bearer cheque. The bearer cheque is payable to the person specified therein or to any other else who presents it to the bank for payment. However, such cheques are risky, this is because if such cheques are lost, the finder of the cheque can collect payment from the bank.

2. Order Cheque

When the word "bearer" appearing on the face of a cheque is cancelled and when in its place the word "or order" is written on the face of the cheque, the cheque is called an order cheque. Such a cheque is payable to the person specified therein as the payee, or to any one else to whom it is endorsed (transferred).

3. Crossed Cheque

Crossing of cheque means drawing two parallel lines on the face of the cheque with or without additional words like "& CO." or "Account Payee" or "Not Negotiable". A crossed cheque cannot be encashed at the cash counter of a bank but it can only be credited to the payee's account.

4. Ante-Dated Cheque

If a cheque bears a date earlier than the date on which it is presented to the bank, it is called as "anti-dated cheque". Such a cheque is valid upto three months from the date of the cheque.

5. Post-Dated Cheque

If a cheque bears a date which is yet to come (future date) then it is known as post-dated cheque. A post dated cheque cannot be honoured earlier than the date on the cheque.

6. Stale Cheque

If a cheque is presented for payment after 3 months from the date of the cheque it is called stale cheque. A stale cheque is not honoured by the bank.

7. A self cheque

A self cheque is written by the account holder as pay self to receive the money in the physical form from the branch where he holds his account.

Marketing

1).KYC stands for?

d) Know Your Customer

2).Which of the following comes under FMCG?

Tobacco Products

Computer

1. Track Ball and Light pen are examples of

Input devices

Thursday, 30 July 2015

FOR EXAMPLE

Types of Articles:

Example 1: Find out the square of 12

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Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions :

Direction: Following line graph shows the percentage growth in population of six cities A, B, C, D, E and F from 2011 to 2012 and 2012 to 2013.

Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions :

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