CAT Question of the Day #4

Question of the Day August 10th, 2009

The question below contains a paragraph followed by alternative summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the paragraph.

Animals Spirits is the colourful name that Keynes gave to one of the essential ingredients of economic prosperity: confidence. According to Keynes, animal spirits are a particular sort of confidence, “naive optimism”. He meant this [...]

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Wordlist #4

Articles, Vocabulary, wordlists August 10th, 2009

judicious [  joo-DISH-uh’ s ]

[ adjective ]

MEANING :

1. discreet or prudent
2. well-advised, sagacious, wise or sensible

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

The logging company initiated a program for judicious forestry operations in order to conserve forest resources.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

There have been suggestions that candidates could produce impressive-sounding applications by dint of some judicious cutting and pasting from the [...]

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Wordlist #3

Vocabulary, wordlists August 9th, 2009

jocular [ JOK-yuh’-ler ]

[ adjective ]

MEANING :

1. habitually jocund, humorous or playful
2. given to or characterised by joking

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

The master of ceremonies opened the party with a jocular statement that set the trend for the evening.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

People didn’t want to confront the brutal idea, so found jocular alternatives.
BBC, Roll over Roget, Peter Jackson, [...]

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CAT Question of the Day #3

Competitive Exams, Question of the Day August 9th, 2009

The function f(A, B) is a function of two positive integers A and B. It is known that f(1, 0) = f(0, 1), that f(0, k) = k + 1 (for natural number k) and that f(A, B) = f(A − 1, f(A, B − 1)). What is the value of f(1, 1500)?

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Competitive Exams, FMS August 8th, 2009

Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi conducts an entrance exam for admission to its full time MBA programs: MBA & MBA(MS). FMS-DU started in 1954 and since then is a premium institute for management education in India. It is constantly ranked amongst the top ten B-Schools of India. Therefore getting admission in its MBA [...]

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