CAT IIM MBA

IIM Case analysis case study

2008-07-06T05:55:00.000-07:00

Case analysis is one of the hurdle to be tackled in second stage of the admission process for MBA in IIM after CAT exam, IIM-A, L being significant one.
Skills for case study
A case study, just like a group discussion, is designed to assess certain group performance skills of a individual.The difference stems from the fact that a case study a larger & slightly different skill set as compared to a normal group discussion. The following is a list of special traits, which a evaluator look while assessing a IIM aspirant.

1. Analytical Skills
The core competence of an MBA is analysis of situation breaking down data, formulating it into a pattern that makes sense & deriving a sensible conclusion or recommendation. You should display this skil through efficient, targeted & accurate piecing together of the data while wrestling the group towards a solution to the case. After self analysis you should clearly & logically present the findings & recommendaions for the group to discuss further.
2.Quantitative Skills
Some case studies involve working with numbers to reach an effective solution. In that situation, a quick on the side of rough sheet enables you to present relevant figures for the group stands in a very good light with evaluator.
3. Flexibility
This refers to the ability of the candidate to consider the opposing oint of view in light of facts/figures presented in the case. There is no singal solution to the case & thus a flexible candidate should not leave out good options on his analysis even if they were presented with an opposing point of view.
4. Leadership Skills
Leadership is demonstrated by taking charge of the discussion & trying to achieve a consensus solution. This consensus solution need not to be best one according to you; instead it should aim to incorporate all the viewpoints.
5. Presentation/ Communication Skills
Like a GD, effective communication forms an integral part of a case study too. The skills tested are articulation in presentation, fluancy, body language, eye contact, coherence. Remember: when you are speaking, slow down & smile. It is always better to take a very small pause rather than babble.
6. Behavioural/ Personality traits
The personality traits being evaluated are attitude, controlled aggression, team membership, patience, amenability & assertiveness.
7.Goal orientation
This parameter is avalutaed through the candidate's willingness to arrive at a solution & intelligent use of others content.
8. Confidence
Last but not the least, the level of the confidence, proactiveness & action orientation form an important part of candidate's evaluation.

English Vocab Game

2008-06-29T02:18:00.000-07:00

Friends we will start some kinda of english vocab game. English vocab is very important in CAT exam. Many of aspirants scored 100% in maths but 0 in english. So make your vocab grow. Here I will post some words & their meaning, but the last 3 words are not with meaning. One of reader give their meanings in comments & ask another three words. Likewise other person should give meaning & ask some words.
Referendum:- vote
incumbent:- officeholder
temporal:- for a limited time.
give meanings of
1. rapacious
2.tensile
3.lapse

Some sample GDs with arguments & counter arguments

2008-06-29T00:44:00.000-07:00

Then friends, are trying hard for CAT or not? I am giving away lots of tips for cat which I know & read in various books. In this article we will take a GD topic, I will give arguments & counter arguments, you think over it, if you do have some points just tell me in comments, justify your points & if you want me to reply you leave back your email id.
A good discussion will try to arrive at a solution thet shows balance. You need to demonstrate your understanding of the issue from more than one perspective alone. The conclusion at the end should indicate a filtration of more relevant issues & recommendation for policies/ changes that can be made in current system.

Tip to increase scope of your thinking:
Read a lot is only mantra to improve knowledge, speed of reading, understanding & interpreting given passage. Reading books will help you to get writers views, perceptions, thinking. But when you read a novel don't just read it for sake of fun or to pass time but while reading note down words which you can not understand. Try to guess their meanings on your own, by context. Then use a lexicon. After reading one chapter or one scene in novel try to write down summary of that part. This will help you to let you know whether you got the meaning or not, that writer wants to convey.
GD Topic:
Should capital punishment be abolished?
A. In favour of abolition
1. Man is supposed to be a rational animal. But can a rational being kill a man for a man? No. because it would be savage & barbarous. Besides, by killing a murderer the dead cannot be brought backto life, nor would he or his famaly be compensated. So instead we should reform a killer, make him realise his sin & follow a virtuous life.
2. If we kill the murderer his troubles are over. But his family is made suffer for no fault of theirs. We should instead give him other punishment, say, for example, life imprisonment so that he has to face his own conscience & repent for what he has done.Alongside, he should be given psychological treatment & an opportunity to lead a normal citizen's life.
3. Instances are many where instead of being given capital punishment to even hardened criminals, they were just imprisoned or put in a reformatory with result that they realized & regretted their wrong doings, their term of sentence were reduced as a reward. Such acts enebled them to serve their innocent families & they even turned towards social work.This shows their capital punishment is not only remedy to take care of criminals.
4. We observe today that inspite of capital punishment being very much there on the statue, heinous crimes are not decresing. It goes to show that capital punishment is not detterent of criminals. Therefore, we must think of changing the method of punishment. Over 30 countries in the world abolished capital punishment but none has reported any increase in crime. So death punishment is not justified in any sense.
5. The reason capital punishment should be abolished is based on the fact that sometimes judgments go wrong, and, consequently innocent people are hanged. This is because of legalistic juggling of clever lawyers. Even otherwise instances are nto rare when current police officials are brought over through money and political power to file patently cooked up chargesheet in courts and magistrate in turns pass doubtful judgement. The only way to preclude the possibility of error is to abolish capital punishment itself. 'Benefit of doubt' is an important point of law & rightly so because law holds that 99 guilty can go unpunished but even one innocent should not be punished. In same spirit our suprime court has held death penalty should be awarded only in 'rarest or the rare case'.
6. We have no right to destroy what we cannot create. It is for god to give or take one's life. Mercy is higher in his life than punishment. It is barbarous to hold the doctrine of " thooth for thooth " and " limb for limb".

B. Against Abolition
1. The time is not yet ripe to abolish capital punishment. There is no letup in crimes. Capital punishment is an effective detterent for would be offenders or murderers. Those who argued that despite of capital punishmentbeing thete on the statue bookcrime is on the increase fail to understand that it is because of our faulty justice delivery system where justice delayed is justice denied, and not the other way round.
2 There are certain kind of hardened criminals who are beyond reform. It is futile to teach them sanity. Killing other has become thier second nature and they have dozens of murder cases pending on them. It would only be for good of society that they are sent to the gallows thus their career on crime is stopped.
3.If a murderer is not put to death but instead allowed to live on, he is tempted to repeat the crime in future. It is often happens that murderer set at large through police connivance or legal trickery of lawyer indulge in more heinous crime for fun or contract killing until they are caught or killed.
4.In some countries like pakistan, iran, dubai where laws are rigid and even petty criminals are awarded harsh punishment, crime is rare. Similarly in facist countries where death penalty is awarded for negligence of duty or other offences, efficiency & honesty is found in abundance. Jawahar lal nehru once favoured capital punishment for blackmarketeers as well.

Hey come back with maths

2008-06-08T04:06:00.000-07:00

Hi there,
long time not published any thing on this blog. But i am back, can't leave blogger, with more important tricks. Now from here we will have some real time practice on all subjects.
In this post we will see some maths for CAT exam. These tricks are extremely useful so learn it by heart.

1. THE MISSING NUMBER TRICK.

(a) Ask someone to write on a piece of paper (so you can’t see it) a large number (I suggest 5 digits to start with).

(b) Ask them to rearrange the digits in that number and write it above the first number if it is larger but below it if smaller.

(d) Ask them to circle any digit in the result except zero.

(e) They can then read out (slowly), all the other digits in random order. And you will tell them what the digit is that they circled.

(f) To find the missing digit, simply add up all the digits that they give you - repeatedly - until a single digit 1 to 9 is obtained. If this value is 9, then the number they circled was 9. Otherwise, add a value to the number until it is 9. This value is the number they circled! e.g. If the digits are 9, 8, 8 and 4, then 9+8+8+4=29, 2+9=11, 1+1=2. 9-2=7. Therefore the number circled was 7.

Variations of this trick

(a) Ask them to write the largest number possible (10 or maybe 20 digits) and repeat the trick. Remember, if they are using a calculator, the maximum number of digits that can be entered on the calculator may be 8, 10 or 12 digits.

(b) Instead of rearranging the digits, ask them to add up the digits and subtract this total from the number. This may also be done as an extra step! Or, for a real interesting variation, ask them to add up only the odd digits (units, hundreds ...) then subtract this value from the number. Then add up the even digits (tens, thousands ...) and add this to that result - then add it again. Finally, multiply the result by three!

(c) As an extra step (before or after the subtraction), ask them to subtract a number (e.g. 1, 2 ,3) from one digit and add it to another digit - even having a carry or borrow is OK! They could also subtract a number from one digit and place this value as an extra digit anywhere in number (on the left or right of the other digits is best). Also as an extra step (after the subtraction), you can ask them to add the number 3456 for example. Once you discover the 'secret' of this trick you'll see that many other numbers can be 'safely' added or subtracted and the trick still works! Finally, as an interesting variation, ask them to remove any digit from the number (cross it off) multiply this digit by 8 and then subtract this value from any digit(s) in the number. You can even ask them to split the value into two digits and subtract these separately anywhere in the their number!

(d) Ask them to circle any digit except nine. Then, in step (f), if the sum of digits is 9 the number circled will be zero!

(e) Ask them to write all digits (except that circled) on a piece of paper and hand it to you. This makes it easier if you’re not great at mental arithmetic.

(f) Instead of adding the digits mentally, enter them on a calculator and then divide by 9. If there is no decimal part, the number circled was nine (or zero if the variation above is used). Otherwise, the digit to the right of the decimal point is subtracted from nine to get the digit circled!

(g) This trick also works with other number systems. e.g. octal (base 8) or hexadecimal (base 16). Only one small variation is needed to determine the missing number. What is it? Most people can’t add or subtract in other number systems mentally, so you might like to try this with a calculator such as the Casio fx-100 which does binary, octal and hexadecimal calculations. You should note that binary (base 2) is useless for this trick...why?

How does this trick work?

This is a truly great trick that can be used to amaze your friends and relatives and it works very simply. How? Well, I’m going to give a full explanation (with proof) later. For now, this trick works because of what is called ‘digital roots’. There are other interesting things you can do with ‘digital roots’ which I’ll also explain over the coming weeks and months.

2. NO ELEPHANTS IN DEMARK TRICK.

This trick starts the same as the one above ... variations a, b and c can also be used!

(a) Ask someone to write on a piece of paper (secretly so you can’t see it) a large number (I suggest 5 digits to start with).

(b) Tell them to rearrange the digits in that number and write it above the first number if it is larger but below it if smaller.

(d) Ask them to repeatedly add all the digits until they get a single digit 1 to 9. e.g. If the digits are 9, 8, 5, 4 and 3, then 9+8+5+4+3=29, 2+9=11, 1+1=2.

(e) Tell them to add 4 to this number and then add the two digits together again.

(f) Ask them to use this number to get a letter of the alphabet such that A=1, B=2 etc.

(g) Now, tell them to come up with the name of any country in the world that starts with this letter (get them to write it down).

(h) Then look at the second letter in the countries name and come up with an animal (or an Australian animal) that starts with this letter (get them to write it down).

(i) Then say, "the only trouble is that there are no elephants (or echidnas) in Denmark" and watch their faces drop with amazement at your psychic powers!

How does this trick work?

This trick works for the same reason that the one above works - ‘digital roots’. The country and animal part is just a bit of window dressing ... you will see immediately how this part of the trick works after you do it a couple of times!

3. THE ULTIMATE MISSING NUMBER TRICK.

This trick is a bit more difficult then number 1 above, but once you discover 'the secret' and once you have practised this trick a few times (perhaps using pen and paper to begin with) you'll find it quite easy!

(a) Ask someone to write on a piece of paper (so you can’t see it) a large number (I suggest 5 digits to start with).

(b) Ask them to add up all the digits of the number and tell you the result. Now, you don't need to remember this result, just continue adding the digits of the number that they tell you until you get a single digit 1 to 9 only. e.g. for 29, 2+9=11, 1+1=2, just remember 2! Call this number N.

(c) Then tell them (trying to seem like you are making these numbers up as you go) to add 6543 and write down the result. Then subtract 567 and write down this result. You can also continue and ask them to add or subtract other numbers like 432. Once you discover the 'secret' of this trick you'll see that many other numbers can be 'safely' added or subtracted and the trick still works!

(d) Now, as an option, you can let them choose which of the above results they wish to use. But whatever, ask them to add up the digits of the number and satisfy themselves that it is not the same as before!

(e) Ask them to circle any digit in the number selected except zero.

(f) They can then read out (slowly), all the other digits in random order. And you will tell them what the digit is that they circled.

(g) To find the missing digit, simply add up all the digits that they give you - repeatedly - until a single digit 1 to 9 is obtained. If this value is the same as the number N (see b. above), then the number they circled was 9. Otherwise, subtract this value from N. If this result is positive this is the number they circled! If negative, add 9 to the value and this is the number circled! e.g. If the digits are 9, 8, 8, and 4 then 9+8+8+4=29, 2+9=11, 1+1=2, If N=5, then 5-2=3 Therefore the number circled was 3. If N=1, then 1-2=-1, -1+9=8, the number circled was 8.

How does this trick work?

This trick works for the same reason that the first 'missing number trick' works - ‘digital roots’.

4. MENTAL MATHS AND NOT-SO-MENTAL MATHS.

Here I'm going to explore some of the ways that 'digital roots' can be used in mental arithmetic. Perhaps you could use it at school (as a teacher or student) or at home to amuse yourself or the kids. Whatever, I find these techniques fascinating and I only wish I knew about them when I was at school! I should explain, first up, that what we are using here is the 'additive digital root' or 'digit sum'. Which is, of course, where you add the digits. There is also the 'multiplicative digital root' where you multiply the digits - however, I would suggest that if the same 'rules' were to apply - ALL multiplicative digital roots would be ZERO! In any case, just like 'perfect numbers', 'happy numbers' and 'vampire numbers' and other weird and wonderful things that mathematicians come up with, I'm yet to find ANY sort of use for multiplicative digital roots! If you'd like to find out more about this and other 'absolutely useless' numbers just go to - mathworld.wolfram.com. I am also going to explore other forms of 'digital roots'. One, which I call the 'true digital root' or 9's digital root and others I call the 3's digital root and the 'alternating digital root' or 11's digital root (I don't know if anyone else has come up with this before, but a quick search of the internet suggests not).

(a) The nine times table... The first thing you'll discover about digital roots is that if it equals 9 then the number is divisible by 9. Let's see: 9, 1+8=9, 2+7=9, 3+6=9 ... But what about 9+9=18, don't forget we need to keep going until we have only a single digit. So 9+9=18, 1+8=9 OK? Well, I don't know about you, but the way I did my nine times table was to multiply by ten and then subtract. i.e. 9x7 = 70-7 = 63. But once you know that the two digits of the number MUST add to 9 it becomes MUCH easier! Try it and see. In fact, using this technique, your 9 times table becomes almost as easy as the 11 times table!

Here's another fact that will help you with your 9 times table. Any number N multiplied by nine, if you subtract the units digit of N from 10 this will equal the units digit of the result. e.g. 8 x 9 = 72, 10-8=2, note the unit digit of the result is 2. Try 12 x 9 = 108, 10-2=8, units digit of result is 8! This fact always works except when the units digit of N is 0, then the result units digit will also be 0.

We can use this fact to help us multiply all numbers from 11 to 99 by 9. Of course you could simply use long multiplication or multiply by 10 and subtract but you might find this next technique easier. If multiplying N x 9, take the tens digit of N and add 1. Subtract this value from N, this is the first part of the answer. The final units digit is worked out as above. OK, let's try 12 x 9, 1+1=2, 12-2=10, 10-2=8, result is 108. Get it? Another one, 63 x 9, 6+1=7, 63-7=56, 10-3=7, answer 567. How about 99 x 9 = 891 - did you get this? Of course there's the special case of 0. It's best to remove the 0, multiply by 9 and then add the 0 to the result. i.e. for 70 x 9, 7x9=63, answer 630.

If you know your nine times table up to 5x9=45 but are having trouble with 6x9 up to 9x9 then here's a little curiosity that might help! Just subtract the number from eleven, multiply that by 9 and swap the digits around (e.g. switch the tens and units digits). Let's see? 8x9, 11-8=3, 3x9=27, therefore 8x9=72 easy! Again, 7x9, 11-7=4, 4x9=36 then 7x9=63 right?

Finally, if you've forgotten your 9 times table just enter on a calculator (minimum 9 digit calculator is required) 102030405 and multiply by 9, the answer is 918273645. Get it? 9, 18, 27, 36, 45. Then reverse the digits. 54, 63, 72, 81 and 90 (i.e. imagine there's a leading zero). For other interesting tricks on a calculator see: fun and games on a calculator below.

(b) Divisibility by nine and remainders... You may wonder why divisibility tests are important. If you wish to be quick and efficient in maths then recognising divisibility is important when simplifying fractions, simplifying or solving algebraic equations and for pattern recognition...plus more! I think most people know that any number divisible by 2 will end in 0,2,4,6,8 (even numbers), divisible by 5 will end in 0 or 5 and divisible by 10 will end in 0. And, with a little bit of thought, you'll probably be able to work out the remainder of any number divided by 2, 5 or 10. But what about other numbers? Digital roots, once again, allow us to quickly work out, not only, if a number is divisible by 9 but also the remainder - if necessary. Let's try the number 3644. 3+6+4+4=17, 1+7=8. This number is NOT exactly divisible by 9, it would have a remainder of 8. In fact I can also tell you that 3645 is the next number divisible by 9 because 8+1=9. And that 3636 is the prior number divisible by 9 (just subtract 8). You should also note that any number divisible by 9 has a digital root of 9 - the remainder is 0 not 9 in this case. Now, for the 'true digital root' or 9's digital root. This method makes it quicker and easier to work out the remainder or divisibility of a number by 9, particularly if you have a pen and paper handy and can write down the number and cross off digits. The rule is simple - 'any digit which is nine is crossed off and replaced by zero'. You can even extend this further by saying any combination of digits that sum to 9, 18, 27 etc. can also be crossed off! I can now write a number like 1234567892 on paper and within a few seconds tell you that this number has a remainder of 2 if divided by 9. How? First cross off the 9, then 1+8, 2+7, 3+6, 4+5 and all you have left is 2. Or, if you prefer, as soon as the sum equals or exceeds 9 - subtract 9 (or add the two digits) and continue. Remember, with this method, you can never be left with 9 because it is simply crossed off and replaced with zero - automatically giving you the correct remainder!

In fact, you should never have to add ANY sums bigger than 8+8=16, because 16-9 or 1+6=7. You can simply continue with 7 added to the next digit etc. For example with 567862. 5+6=11, 1+1=2, 2+7=9 (becomes 0), 8+6=14, 1+4=5, 5+2=7. Or maybe it's easier with, 5+6+7=18 (becomes 0), 8+6+2=16, 1+6=7. You decide!

Finally, after first learning about digital roots, I wondered how useful they'd be for solving problems. Then I came across a question on an ACER scholarship test, which read: 'In Russia a calendar was introduced in 1923 in which all years had 365 days, except those which, when divided by 9, had either 2 or 6 as a remainder. These were given an extra day (leap years). Which of the following was a leap year in Russia? A. 1929 B. 1934 C. 1936 D. 1937.' Well, I could almost see the answer 'pop out' at me! D. By-the-way, as far as I'm aware, this question is not entirely factual. The Russians did devise a system, like this, however to work out which century years (1900, 2000, 2100 etc.) would be a leap year which was more accurate than the Gregorian calendar we use today! e.g. the Russian leap years would be in 2000, 2400, 2900, 3300, 3800 ... By-the-way, if you'd like more information about ACER or ITSA scholarship tests - click here.

(c) Divisibility by three and remainders... I'm sure that anyone can recognise that 3 divides into 9 exactly. So, if we divide the digital root by 3 we will get the remainder. If that remainder is zero then the number is divisible by 3, otherwise we will get 1 or 2. Let's try the number 1416. 1+4+1+6=12. 1+2=3. 3/3=1 with no remainder! Again, there's a simplier way of working this out. Obtaining what I call the 3's digital root. In this case you cross out any digit that is 3, 6 or 9. And any combination of digits that sum to 3, 6, 9, 12 etc. Let's try the number 3485452612. Cross off 3, 6. Also 4+8, 5+4, 1+2. You are left with 5+2. 7/3 = 2 with 1 remainder. Simple. Or, if you prefer, cross off 3, 6 or 9. Replace both 4 and 7 with 1's and replace both 5 and 8 with 2's (the remainders if divided by 3). Then cross off any pairs of 1 and 2, then simply add up any 1's or 2's remaining - divide that by 3 and bingo!

Finally, out of interest, there is another (more complex) method of testing for divisibility by 3 - AND for finding the remainder! First add all the ODD positioned digits (let's call it A), then add all the EVEN positioned digits (B). If A-2B is divisible by 3 so is the original number! If it's the remainder you're after, the result must be between -9 and +9 (a single digit), otherwise do it again and again if necessary. Once you have a single digit, divide it by 3 to obtain a remainder. If it's negative, add 3 giving a value of positive 1 or 2. Let's try 82134682. A=2+6+3+2=13, B=8+4+1+8=21, A-2B=13-42= -29, -(9-4)= -5, -5/3 = -1 and -2 remaining, -2+3=1. The number has a remainder of 1 when divided by 3! Let's try another, 213468. A=1+4+8=13, B=2+3+6=11, A-2B= 13-22= -9. This number is exactly divisible by 3. One interesting observation about this method is that it implies that any two digit number where one digit is twice the other digit will ALWAYS be divisible by three. Let's see - 12, 21, 24, 42, 36, 63, 48 and 84 - all divisible by three! It also implies that any three digit number where the digits are the same will also be divisible by three. 111, 222, 333 ... and 999 are all divisible by three!

(d) Divisibility by eleven and remainders... To test whether a number is divisible by 11 or to get the remainder, we need to find, what I call, the 'alternating digital root' or the 11's digital root. Start by doing what we did with the second method for divisibility by 3. Add up all the ODD positioned digits (A), then add up all the EVEN positioned digits (B). Subtract A-B, stop if the result is between -9 and +10 (you can stop earlier if any result is exactly divisible by 11 or you can determine the remainder) , otherwise do it again and again if necessary. Finally, if the result is zero or positive that is the remainder when divided by 11. If the result is negative, add 11 and that becomes the remainder (from this you will see that if the result is -1, adding 11 will give a remainder of 10. If the remainder is zero then the original number is divisible by 11. Please note, if the remainder is required the SIGN of each result is important and must flow through the calculations correctly! e.g. Let's try 567862. A=2+8+6=16. B=6+7+5=18. A-B=16-18=-2. The remainder, if divided by 11, is -2+11=9. Again, methods can be used to simplify the procedure. First, you can cross off any SAME two digits in odd and even positions. You can go further and cross off any combination of odd or even positioned digits which sum to 11, 22, 33 etc. Or, if you prefer, as soon as the sum equals or exceeds 11 - subtract 11 and continue.

Just as with the test above for divisibility by 3, you should be able to make some interesting observations about numbers divisible by 11. With the A-B formula, any two digit number where the digits are the same will be divisible by 11. e.g. 11, 22, 33... (pretty obvious). But how about numbers like, 123321 or 1234554321 or 123456789987654321? Test them and see.

Note, if you are only interested in testing for divisibility by 11 and NOT the remainder then it doesn't matter whether you do A-B or B-A ... you can just ignore the sign anyway as long as the result is zero! If however, you wish to find the remainder but have forgotten whether it is evens from odds or odds from evens just think of the number 12. when divided by 11 the remainder is 1...which is 2-1 (i.e. evens from odds). If you do it the opposite way 1-2= -1, the remainder is -1+11= 10 (obviously wrong). By-the-way, I have called this the 'alternating digital root' because you are effectively adding the unit's digit and then subtracting the ten's digit and adding the hundred's digit and so on. Get it?

How does this all work?

Sorry, I'll be posting a full explaination (with proofs) later.

5. MENTAL AS ANYTHING (MORE MENTAL MATHS).

(a) The six, seven and eight times table... I think most people have difficulty learning (and remembering) their 6, 7 and 8 times tables. Note, the 'trick' for the 9 times table is discussed above. Since we really only need to deal with products involving these three numbers, all you need to remember is 6x6, 6x7, 6x8, 7x7, 7x8 and 8x8 ... that's all! Here's a trick to help you remember. Let's take 7x8. Subtract 7 from 10 = 3 and 8 from 10 = 2. Now, 7-2 or 8-3 = 5 (that's your tens digit) and 2x3=6 (that's your units digit) i.e. 56. Let's try 6x8. 10-6 = 4, 10-8 = 2, 8-4 or 6-2 = 4, 4x2=8, answer 48. Doing 6x7 is a little bit more difficult. 10-6=4, 10-7=3, 6-3 or 7-4 = 3 and 4x3=12. Therefore 30+12=42. Squaring 6, 7 or 8 (6x6, 7x7 or 8x8) is even easiler. With 6x6, 10-6=4, 6-4=2, 4x4=16, 20+16=36. With 7x7, 10-7=3, 7-3=4 and 3x3=9, answer 49. With 8x8, 10-8=2, 8-2=6, 2x2=4, answer 64. Alternatively, instead of doing 10-8=2 and 8-2=6, use 8+8 or 8x2 = 16 and take the units digit (i.e. subtract 10).

P.S. I'm not sure how 'practical' the above method really is, it does however provide an interesting introduction to (b) below. A more practical method might be to get the 5 times value and add. e.g. 6x6 = 5x6+6 = 36. 7x8 = 8x5+16 = 56. etc.

(b) Multiplying numbers between 11 and 19... Now, to do this in your head, we are going to use a similar technique to that in (a) above. As long as you know your times tables and can add some simple sums you'll be able to do this - with practice! First let's try 12x13. 12-10=2 and 13-10=3 (i.e. just take the units digits). Either add 13+2 or 12+3 = 15 (this is the tens digit = 150). Multiply 2x3 = 6 (this is the units). Add 150+6 = 156 is the answer. Let's try 17x18. Add 17+8 or 18+7 = 25. Multiply 8x7 = 56. Add 250+56 = 306 is the answer. How about squaring numbers between 13 and 19...easy! Let's do 16 squared. 16+6=22, 6x6=36, then 220+36 = 256 is the answer!

P.S. Once you have mastered doing this in you head, you will then be able to multiply any numbers between 0 and 20 in your head. But what about single digit (2..9) multiplied by double digit numbers? Easy. You can simply use long multiplication! Here's how. Try 8x19 = 8x9 + 80 = 152. Try 6x14 = 6x4 + 60 = 84.

(c) Multiplying any two digit number by 11... Any two digit number (10 to 99) can be multiplied by 11. Simply by adding the digits together and placing this in the tens column, whilst the tens digit goes in the hundred's column and the units digits remains. e.g. Let's try 45x11 = 4(4+5)5 = 495. 32x11 = 3(3+2)2 = 352. 65x11= 6(6+5)5 = 715. 99x11 = 9(9+9)9 = 1089. Pretty simple eh?

(d) Dividing by 9... Any two digit number (10 to 99) can be divided by 9, the result is simply the tens digit plus the sum of the digits as the remainder. If the remainder is 9 or greater divide it by 9 and add the result to the previous one. e.g. divide 71 by 9. result is 7 with 7+1=8 remainder = 7r8 = 7.8888.... 84 divided by 9 = 8 with 8+4=12 remainder, since 9 divides into 12 once with 3 (1+2) remaining the answer is 9r3 = 9.3333.... 97 divided by 9 = 9r16 = 10r7. For 3 digit numbers (100...999) the result is the hundred's digit added to the tens with the sum of digits as the remainder. Again if the remainder is 9 or greater divide by 9 again. e.g. 123 divided by 9 = 12+1=13 with remainder 1+2+3=6, 13r6 = 13.6666.... 517 divided by 9 = 51+5=56 remainder 5+1+7=13 = 57r4 = 57.4444.... Larger numbers can be divided by 9 simply by added the higher digit to the next lower repeatedly! And, summing the digits provides the remainder...if the remainder is greater than 9 divide this by 9 again etc. e.g divide 1245 by 9 the result is 124+10=134, 134+3= 137. With remainder 7+5 = 12. 137r12 = 138r3 = 138.3333.... Of course, it get's harder when digit sums become greater than 9. e.g. 6782 divided by 9. 6+7=13, 13+8=21, 21+2=23. Answer: 600+130+21= 751 and 23 remaining = 753r5.

(e) Multiplying numbers between 91 and 109... Let's start with numbers between 101 and 109, this is even easier than multiplying numbers between 11 and 19! First let's try 102x103. 102-100=2 and 103-100=3 (i.e. just take the units digits). Either add 103+2 or 102+3 = 105 (this becomes the first 3 digits of the answer). Multiply 2x3 = 6 (this is the last 2 digits of the answer). e.g. 102x103=10506. Let's try 107x108. Add 107+8 or 108+7 = 115. Multiply 7x8 = 56. 11556 is the answer. How about squaring numbers between 101 and 109...easy! Let's do 106 squared. 106+6=112, 6x6=36. 11236 is the answer!

Multiplying numbers between 91 and 99 is almost as easy. Let's try 96x98. 100-96=4, 100-98=2, then either subtract 96-2 or 98-4 = 94 (this is the first 2 digits of the answer). Then 4x2=8 (is the last 2 digits of the answer). e.g. 98x96=9408. Squaring is easy. 91 squared is 91-9=82. 9x9=81, answer 8281.

The hardest thing to do is to multiply a number less than 100 (91..99) by a number greater than 100 (101..109). Let's try 92x104, 100-92=8, 104-100=4, 92+4 or 104-8 = 96. Then subtract 8x4=32 from 9600 = 9568 is the answer. It is easier with numbers of equal distance from 100. e.g. 95x105, 100-95=5, 105-100=5, 95+5 or 105-5 =100, subtract 10000-5x5= 9975. Easy?

How does this all work?

Sorry, I'll be posting a full explaination (with proofs) later.

6. DEVISING YOUR OWN DIVISIBILITY TESTS.

(a) Combining divisibility tests... It should be pretty obvious that tests for other numbers can be obtained by combining divisibility tests. For example to test for divisibility by six. Simply test for divisibility by two and three (because 2x3=6). But what about divisibility by four? We know that the number must first be divisible by two (because 2x2=4). We could then divide the number by two and check that the result is even (last digit 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8). That's one way! However, we also know that 100 divided by 4 is 25. Therefore if the last two digits can be divided by four - so can the number! More specifically, if the tens digit times 2 plus the units digit is divisible by 4 so is the number. So now we can use this test and the test for three to test if a number is divisible by 12 (because 3x4=12). But what about divisibility by eight? Well, the number must be divisible by two (even) and the number must be divisible by four. We could divide the number by two and then test if the number is divisible by four (because 2x4=8), right? However, we also know that 1000 divided by 8 is 125. Therefore the last three digits must be divisible by eight! More specifically, if the hundreds digit times 4 plus the tens digit times 2 plus the units digit is divisible by 8 so is the number.

(b) Other divisibility tests... We can see by (a) above that most divisibility tests are now covered. The exception being prime numbers such as 7, 13, 17 ... So, here's the trick for divisibility by prime numbers (or multiples of). First find the first multiple of the number (let's call it N) that ends in 9 or 1 (e.g. 9, 11, 19, 21, 29...). Second, round up or down the number to the nearest multiple of ten (10, 20, 30...). Now your multiplying contant (let's call it K) becomes the tens digit (1, 2, 3...). If you rounded up it is positive (for add), if you rounded down it is negative (for subtract). Now take the number you wish to test for divisibility and multiply the units digit by K. This value is then added to the tens column or subtracted if K is negative. If the number that results is divisible by the number N then so is the original number! Of course, by logical extension, this process can be repeated until you recognize a number that is divisible by N.

Let's see if we can use this method to find a divisibility test for 7. First, multiply 7 until we have a number ending in 9 or 1. OK. 7, 14, 21. Now, we need to round this down to 20, so K = -2. Lets' test it. Try 3199. 319 - 2x9 = 301. 30 - 2 = 28. 28 is divisible by 7 so is 3199. Note, we could have gone further with 28. As 2-16 = -14. And 1-8 = -7. The factor K = -2 is also a test for divisibility by 21. The difference, being that we need to check if the result is divisible by 21 rather than 7! Let's try 9576. 957 - 2x6 = 945. 94 - 2x5 = 84. 8 - 2x4 = 0. The number 9576 is divisible by 21 (and 7 and 3 in fact). A couple of very interesting observations can be made. Firstly, all two digit numbers where the tens digit is twice the units digit (21, 42, 63 and 84) are all divisible by 21 (and by default 7 and 3). You should also notice the similarity of this test with the second test for divisibility by 3 above. In fact, this test can also be used to test for divisiblity by 3!

Alternatively, when testing for divisibility of 7, since 7x7 = 49, we can use K=+5. Let's try this with 294. 29 + 5x4 = 49. 49 is divisible by 7 and so is 294! Interestingly, we can't go any further with 49, since 4 + 5x9 = 49!

Note, despite what some books may tell you, tests for divisiblity by seven are not very 'practical'. I would recommend simply dividing the number by seven (you can discard the result if you're only interested in the remainder) and if the final remainder is zero then the number is divisible by seven! If you are using pen and paper then the number can be simplified first by crossing out 7's or any 2 digit multiple of 7 (make them 0), changing 8's to 1 and 9's to 2 (i.e. the remainders when divided by 7) and, since 7 divides into 1001, 10010, ... exactly, subtract one digit from another which are separated by 2 digits. Remember any leading or trailing zeros can be removed. e.g. Try 59633, cross off 63 = 59003, make 9 a 2 = 52003, subtract 3 from 2 = 49000, 49 is divisible by 7 so is 59633. Note, after obtaining 59003, the result could be obtained easier by taking the 3 from the 9 = 56000, 56 is divisible by 7! Also, since 1001 is a multiple of 7, K= -100. Which is the same as subtracting it from the 4th digit!

How about a divisibility test for 13? First 13, 26, 39. Round up to 40, therefore K = +4. Testing it, let's try 585. 58 + 4x5 = 78. 7 + 4x8 = 39. 39 is divisible by 13 and so is 585. What's real interesting about this method is that if testing for divisibility by 3 or 9, the value of K = +1. In other words, you repeatedly add the units digit to the tens column. If you continue to do this you end up with the digital root of the number! The value of K for other prime numbers is; K= -1 for 11. K= -5 for 17. K = +2 for 19. K= +7 for 23. Note, it's pretty easy to work out the values for K as required. i.e. There's no need to memorize them!

Finally, you may wish to find a negative value for K rather than use a positive value (the number reduces quicker and therefore the answer is found quicker). Simply subtract the number N from K. e.g. for N=3 and K=+1, the alternate value for K is 1-3 = -2. Try it and see if it works! To convert a negative K to a positive we can use N + K. e.g. for N=7 and K= -2, the alternate value of K is +5. For N=9, we can also use K= -8. For N=11, K= +10. etc. Note, with K= +10 for divisibility by 11, we can simply take the units digit and add it to the thousands column, if the resulting number is divisible by 11 so is the original number! Let's try 517, (5+7)1 = 121 we could stop here, but if we do it again (1+1)2 = 22. Clearly divisible by 11. Note, you can't go any further with this method (K= +10) once you have a 2 digit number. Of course, you could always continue with K= -1.

(b) Using divisibility tests to check for prime numbers... To test if a number is prime (divisible by itself and one only), you only need to test if it is divisible by other prime numbers up to the square root of the number you are testing. So, let's say we'd like to find all the prime numbers up to 100. We need to know all the prime numbers up to 10 (i.e. the square root of 100). They are 2, 3, 5 and 7. Now we know that: (a) All even numbers greater than two can be eliminated (they divide by two). (b) Starting from 9 we can eliminate every third odd number (e.g. 9, 15, 21 ...) as they are all divisible by three. Or, if you prefer the digital root of these numbers is 3, 6 or 9. (c) All other numbers ending in 5 can also be eliminated as they divide by five. (d) Finally, any number divisible by 7 can be removed. There is only three numbers here, 7x7= 49, 7x11= 77 and 7x13= 91. (Note, 11 and 13 are the next two prime numbers).

You can continue, if you wish, testing for prime numbers up to 169 (13x13) adding the test for divisiblity by 11. And, as long as you know that 169 is not a prime number, you can continue until 221 (13x17). You can go further using divisibility tests for 13, 17 and 19 etc. Finally, to generate prime numbers on your computer take a look at the QBASIC program on our puzzle page.

How does this all work?

Sorry, I'll be posting a full explaination (with proofs) later.

7. FUN AND GAMES ON A CALCULATOR.

Here we are going to explore some of the things you can do on a calculator. Things that you may not have thought about. A simple add, subtract, multiply and divide calculator is needed. For the advanced exercises you will need a modern scientific calculator. I would suggest that if your calculator is more than a few years old you might wish to update to a new 2 line type (Casio FX-82 or FX-100, Texas TI-30 or Sharp EL-531). They are now commonly used in primary and junior secondary schools and cost as little as AUS$16 and are well worth it! You may also wish to use the calculator on your PC. In Windows, look under 'Accessories' - either an ordinary or scientific calculator can be selected.

(a) Digital roots on a calculator ... You might think that to work out the digital root of a number you would need to add each individual digit and then repeat the process until a single digit is obtained - BUT NO! All you need do is to enter the entire number on the calculator and divide it by nine. Then look at the digit to the right of the decimal point (d.p.) that represents the remainder of the number when divided by nine! Note, if there is nothing to the right of the d.p. then the number is exactly divisible by nine and the digital root is nine. Also ensure that at least two digits to the right of the d.p. are shown because the calculator may round up the number giving you an incorrect result. Finally, make sure that the number is NOT displayed in scientific notation!

To try this out, let's see if we can solve the problem in 4(b) above. Divide 1929 by 9 = 214.333.. The digital root or remainder when divided by 9 is 3. Divide 1934 by 9 = 214.888..9 Divide 1936 by 9 = 215.111.. Divide 1937 by 9 = 215.222.. The remainder or digital root is 2, therefore 1937 is a leap year - problem solved!

(b) Alternating digital roots on a calculator ... This is simply the remainder when a number is divided by 11. So, first divide your number by 11. Then look at the digit to the right of the decimal point (d.p.) and ADD ONE - that represents the remainder of the number when divided by eleven! Of course, if there is nothing to the right of the d.p. then the number is exactly divisible by 11 and the alternating digital root or remainder is zero.

To try this out let's use the example above. 567862 when divided by 11 gives 51623.8181... Therefore the remainder when divided by 11 is 8+1 = 9.

(c) Finding remainders on a calculator ... This is something that most calculators don't do well at all! Special case solutions are shown in (a) and (b) above, but what about generally finding remainders? On your computer's scientific calculator (see 'Accessories' and select 'View..Scientific') you will find a function called 'Mod' which is short for Modulus. Enter '11 Mod 9' and the answer is 2 etc. On a normal calculator you can do the division, then remove the integer part (i.e everything on the left of the d.p.) by subtracting it and then multiplying by the divisor. Unfortunately, this is all very clumsy but is made easier if you use a 2-line calculator such as the Casio FX-82. This calculator also allows you to display the result as a fraction (press a.b/c) in which case the numerator is the remainder (if, and only if) the denominator is the divisor! HINT, HINT, one might think that a smart calculator manufacture would provide the 'Mod' function given that it's commonly available on your computer!(c) Finding remainders on a calculator ... This is something that most calculators don't do well at all! Special case solutions are shown in (a) and (b) above, but what about generally finding remainders? On your computer's scientific calculator (see 'Accessories' and select 'View..Scientific') you will find a function called 'Mod' which is short for Modulus. Enter '11 Mod 9' and the answer is 2 etc. On a normal calculator you can do the division, then remove the integer part (i.e everything on the left of the d.p.) by subtracting it and then multiplying by the divisor. Unfortunately, this is all very clumsy but is made easier if you use a 2-line calculator such as the Casio FX-82. This calculator also allows you to display the result as a fraction (press a.b/c) in which case the numerator is the remainder (if, and only if) the denominator is the divisor! HINT, HINT, one might think that a smart calculator manufacture would provide the 'Mod' function given that it's commonly available on your computer!

Gk pattern for various exams

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Note: -Please note that the details given below are based on the 2003-2004 GK papers. The information given below is about only those exams, which will have GK in its entrance tests this year. No details are available at present about the SNAP TEST that is happening for the first time and will be the route to entrance to SCMHRD, which earlier used to have GK in its separate entrance test.

Classification of GK

Static GK : It has questions from History, Geography, Polity, Sports, Awards and Miscellaneous questions.
Current GK : It has questions from the current affairs which are based on three themes i.e. Persons, Places and Events relating to important current news.
Business GK : It has questions on Brands, Punch lines, CEO’s, Mergers & Acquisitions and other important current & static business information/news..

All the GK tests have questions from these three types of GK only.

Institute Number of GK Qs Static GK Current Affairs Business Awareness Specific Information
IRMA 60 Yes Yes No Emphasis on Socio-economic-cultural aspects mainly
XAT 60 Yes Yes Few Qs Spanning almost every topic and aspect of GK
IIFT 50 Yes Yes Few Qs Questions in this section are from Static, Current and Business GK also.

Sources of Studying:

1. Manorama Year Book 2004 OR Latest Manorama Year Book (whichever is available) ----- Specifically for Static and Current Affairs

2.GK Digest by Thorpe & Thorpe---- Specifically for Static and a little Current Affairs

3.Management Compass--- Specifically for Business Awareness and Current Awareness.

Further Details & Sample Questions :

1.IRMA
In IRMA, a total of 60 questions of GK are asked. The most important thing to keep in mind while preparing is that many questions are asked related to RURAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIO and CULTURAL aspects of the country along with Static GK and Current GK based questions. To crack IRMA GK, you need to have a strong GK database regarding the rural India., latest economic data, constitution, geography and current affairs.

Sample Questions from last year’s paper

1. Which community was in the news for committing suicide ?
Ans:- Andhra Pradesh Farmers
2.Which class of farmers was given the Rs. 600cr package recently by the PM.?
Ans:-Sugarcane growers
3.The author of the Monetary & Financial Sector reforms in India :A central banker’s perspective is
Ans:- Y.V. Reddy
4.Most flood ravaged part of India in South East Asia is
Ans:-Bangladesh
5.The type of winds that bring rains
Ans:-South West Monsoons

2.XAT
60 questions are asked in this paper’s GK section. This paper also has a very fine blend of Static and Current GK with very few questions on Business awareness. Questions from History, Geography, Polity Awards, Books and Authors, Sports and Miscellaneous section are asked along with questions from the important current events TRADITIONALLY,but last year’s paper was quite different, it had questions based on quotations, management etc. ( which was completely a bolt from the blue!!) . You need a good level of Static as well as Current GK in order to crack the GK section along with some management based general knowledge also.

Sample Questions from last year’s paper :
1.City of God by Saint Augustine has a description regarding
Ans:- Rome

2.Who is known as the father of history?
Ans:- Herodotus

3.First woman PM of the world was
Ans:- Srimavo Banadaranaike

4.According to Goldman Sachs, in the year 2050 India will be the
Ans. Third largest economy of the world

5.What is the purpose of India Brand Equity Fund?
Ans:- To promote India and Indian brands overseas.

3.IIFT
50 questions are asked in the GK section of this paper. The questions are mainly asked from the Static as well as Current GK with very little emphasis on the Business GK.

Sample Questions from last year’s paper :
1.The largest retailer in the world
Ans:- Wal –Mart

2.The president of NASSCOM
Ans:- Kiran Karnik

3. Winner of Durand Cup 2003
Ans:- Salgaocar Club ( Goa)

4. Orange is the name of the cellular service provider from
Ans:- Hutchison Max Telecom Ltd.

5. The name by which the Indica car is known as in U.K.
Ans:- City Rover

The above given information is based on the last year’s GK papers. Truly speaking, General Knowledge covers anything under the sun and you can expect questions from such a vast range also.

Evaluation parameters for GD

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parameter Weightage

1.Strength of point 40 points
2.New point 10 points
3.Building upon existing point 5 points
4.Rephrasing existing point 5 points
5.Rationale explained behind point 5 points
6.Quality of example given 5 points
7.Quality of initiative shown 5 points
8.teamwork 5 points
9.Body Language 20 points
10.Style of sitting 5 points
11.Eye contact while speaking 5 points
12. Movement of hands 5 points
13.listening style 5 points
14.Assertiveness 20 points
15.Communication Skills 20 points
16.Comman over language 10 points
17.Clarity of voice 10 points

Common Blunders in GD

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Aggressiveness:
Many intelligent candidates often commit some blunders like this. As they force them self to lead GD, this reflects in aggressiveness, some activities like banging
on the table, engaging in one to one discussion with another student, criticizing or passing arguments or comments to others.
It is considered that being aggressive can work for a leader or other people listen only a aggressive person. But aggressiveness in thinking is required not in behaviour. A firm & calm person always wins.

Lack of subject knowledge:
If you're not sure about data, qualify it with 'I think', 'approximately'. GD is not test of your memory it just test your understanding Details.

Negativity:
Try to avoid negative connotations like folding your arms across chest, having a cynical expression or word for even the good point proposed in GD, nervous gesture of your hands, legs, avoiding eye contact, speaking with your hand on mouth. analyze your self in daily life to avoid such points.

Unfocused Behavior:
Most people try to link data they know to the GD topic which irrelevant. Lots of candidates try to quote data. They try to impress examiner but examiner knows this trick . So presenting relevant data, quotes will only works for GDs.

Being highly Individualistic:
Individualistic is a virtue. But the future managers must have social skills, good communication. They can work with a group. So try to work with groups.

Listening skills:
You must be a good listener to be a good leader.

CAT IIM GD-2

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Openin a GD is high risk high return strategy. Mostly the opening speaker get much time to prsent his point, reason is thet the other members will still be trying to understand basic issues of the subject, or are too nervous to speak & waiting someone else to start. So he evaluators get best chance to observe opening speaker. This is like a double edged sword, if the opening speaker talks sense then he will get good points as he started the GD & took group to right direction. But if there is less or no sense then he will attract attention of the evaluators to his shortcomings. He will be marked as a person who speak without thinking.
Identifying the best time to enter a GD is also a skill you should develop. In a GD where one or more members are speaking loudly it becomes difficult for others to get a chance to speak. This is frequent problem encountered by participants. There is no exact solution for it. but you can try some tips below
Every GD is at its peak & low, at peak every one is speaking loudly or wants to speak i.e. GD members has too much to speak, so you can wait for low where no one can speak or GD is slow.
You can ask question about what you about the subject. This can attract others attention to you & you can start speaking.
Try to speak after a person completes his few points. If you try to interject in beginning of a person's point then it will not effective for you & him also. But don't wait too long.
Enter with supporting details or points. It is a good way to interject in GD that you make supporting point to one that is just been raised. People will let you speak if you support their point or praise them. Say like "I agree with this & I want to add..."

Strategies for IIM GD-1

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In this session I will tell you what really works for GD. How should you set your mind for GDs.

When prposing a idea in GD, your proposal should be structured & symmetrically put across to others in group. you must be very clear in your communication & thinking. Your charm & command over language works for you but after that it is simply your intelligence. After proposing idea you can ask question related to your point which can give you to think about another points, ideas. The group discussion is a systematic process, once you can handle it there is no need to you to use any techniques like shounting or hammering your fist on table.
Group discussion is like your daily discussion with your friends about any movie or event. So be your natural self in GDs. Don't be artificial while GD. Face GD like a routine situation so that you will not be nervous.
The GD's are participating of every member with good points on issue. You must speak in GD, it is not like seminar. For any GD you take a piece of paper & pen with you, note down major issues regarding the subject Strart speaking only when you have understood & analysed the topic.

Some common questions in mind for IIM GD

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Every CAT aspirant has some common misconceptions about IIM GDs. Some questions like how many times should I speak? or strarting a GD gives me an advantage, like that, bother us every time & intimidate ourselves.
So to guide you on these issues I strarted GD special for my this blog.
Some FEQs regarding GDs are

How many times should I speak in a GD?
It is not important to the examiner how many times you spoke but he evaluates by what you speak, did your words make sense, does it adds some thing to GD topic, do you changed the course of GD to some important points about topic. If you speak only at once concerning above points then it is sufficient.

Starrting a GD gives me an advantage?
Firstly I must say there is no panic if you can not start GD. only one person can strat GD; that does not mean others are not so good. But if you start GD properly it definitely it definitely give some good points to you.

I must speak for the issue or against issue?
Wrong, Most of people conclude GD before they finish their sentence. GDs are not debates where you should select one side. You canspeak both if you have some good points in GDs.

If somebody is shouting then I too must strart shoouting, right?
This happens very often in GD's thet the whole group strarts shouting & each one blames it on others. You could joine them, but if you have been at GD's then you realize that there are time when group hits a crescendo & then there is a sudden lull, this probably is time to enter discussion. In any case you must at least make effort to get yourself heard through there is no reason to shout throughout GD.

Sould I say 'excuse me' before I interrupt some one?
Its GD dude, so you need not to appologize to present your point. If some is saying some thing & you have some point to make then dont suppress your point, just give away. Please don't say things like "as my learned friend said" or any other such niceties.

Do I need to give Introduction before I get to the point?
Please do not give any introduction.

Hope these answers help you make your mindset. These guidelines are my own views & expirience not provided by any IIM body.

Some case study & Interview questions asked in IIMA

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IIM-A Case Study and Interview Questions asked on 2/03/2001

IIM-A Case Study (Duration 5 + 15 minutes)

Panel size : 3 members
Number of Participants = 9 - 10

Mr. Ashok is the Technical Manager of a firm. He has given an order for a forging press to a contractor. The Contractor calls up Mr. Ashok and tells him that Forging Press is ready and can bring the cheque and collect the Forging Press.
Mr. Ashok's boss, the Senior Manager directs Mr. Ashok to cancel the order immediately. What is Mr. Ashok to do?

Interview Questions

Duration 20 - 25 minutes
Panel size : 3

1) Subject Knowledge
2) How could you describe your stream to a layman?
3) Questions based on that day's Newspaper
4) Why some students did not ask for financial assistance
5) Budget

IIM-A Case Study and Interview Questions asked on 2/03/2001

IIM-A Case Study (Duration 5 + 15 minutes)

Panel size : 3 members
Number of Participants = 9 - 10

Mr. Ashok is the Technical Manager of a firm. He has given an order for a forging press to a contractor. The Contractor calls up Mr. Ashok and tells him that Forging Press is ready and can bring the cheque and collect the Forging Press.
Mr. Ashok's boss, the Senior Manager directs Mr. Ashok to cancel the order immediately. What is Mr. Ashok to do?

Interview Questions

Duration 20 - 25 minutes
Panel size : 3

1) Subject Knowledge
2) How could you describe your stream to a layman?
3) Questions based on that day's Newspaper
4) Why some students did not ask for financial assistance
5) Budget

IIM-A Case Study & Interviews on 4th March'2001

Case:
Case study was similar to the "My Encounters" case study No 7. But only difference is it is a software company and not a engineering company(CHEMCO).

Interview:
Interviewers did not start with "Tell me about yourself" . They straight away asked questions based on what each candidate has written in his/her biodata form.
Every candidate was asked some questions on mathematics like statistics or derivations of well known mathematical formula.
Some candidates were asked on areas totally different from their areas of specialisation. This is to check whether the candidate is able to handle stress.

IIM - A Case study and Interview on 5/3/2001 and 6/3/2001

Case:
The case study was similar to the case study No: 17 and 18 of "My encounters".

Interview:
Mechanical Engineers were asked on Milling, Lathe, CNC machines
Some candidates were asked about GDP, GNP and GDP of various countries. The currencies of various countries
The per capita income of various countries were asked
Members of ASEAN
Overall impression is the panel is trying to see if the candidate can keep his/her cool when questioned in areas totally different from their field of specialization

IIM-A Case Study & Interviews on 3rd March'2001

Venue : IIFT, Delhi
Case Study : Duration : 20 min.
Group Size : 8
Panel Size : 3

The case study involved discussion on the relief work carried out after the earthquake at Gujarat. A person in-charge of carrying life-saving drugs is stopped by another who claims to be related to the local MP and he takes the drugs away.

What is the person in-charge supposed to do now ??

Note: The time given for reading & thinking was 5 mins.

Interview Questions.

Duration : 25 - 35 mins.
Panel Size : 3

IIMA PI questions for Engineers

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Answer questions in comment box
Engineer (Industrial & Production Engineering) at IIM-Ahmedabad interview.
1. What do you think of the GD? How did the group perform?
2. How was your performance? How do you rate yourself? Please do a fair analysis.
3. What is your final year project? Describe it.
4. How did Industrial and Production Engineering help you in this project?
5. What is ferrite?
6. What are the other structures of Iron?
7. What is tempering of steel?
8. What are various other heat treatment processes?
9. What are various layouts used in production? What is the difference between them?
10. Explain layouts used in B.S.P. (candidate had done a training at Bhilai Steel Plant).

11. Is production of wine a batch production or mass production system?
12. Do you drink wine?
13. What is Kinesis?
14. What is Congo? Why is it called Congo?
15. What does an Entrepreneur need to start a venture?
16. What are DFIs?
17. What is Venture Capital?
18. What is difference between an entrepreneur and a manager?
19. What is equity?
20. Name major stock exchanges in India?
21. How do you measure the performance of stock exchange?
22. What is OECD? Name its members?
23. What does S.G.S.I.T.S. stand for?
24. Why Industrial and Production Engineering? What options were available to you?
25. What is I. M. F. and World Bank?
26. What is approximate value of Sensex at present? When was it at its highest? When was it lowest?
27. Analyse us on the basis of body language.
28. What is the index of BSE? What is the index of NSE?

Some PI questions asked in XLRI

2007-12-14T07:58:00.000-08:00

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XLRI-BMD
1. Tell me about yourself. What traits do you have which will help in your career in management?
2. How is L&T different from family business? (The student's family has L&T dealership)
3. What do you want to specialise in? Why? In any set up, is not marketing very important?
4. If you don't get XLRI, would you be very disappointed? After XLRI, will you work? How long?
5. What is the aim of your business? If it is not "only money", what else? How big id it?
6. Is there a forum for redressal labour disputes in your business?
7. Businessmen are not ethical. What do you think. How would you deal with it?
8. Government scheme of giving bonds for declaring black money. Do you think it works?
9. If you were the Finance Minister, what would you do? Tax laws?
10. What do you want in life?
XLRI-BMD
1. How do you pronounce your name?
2. What does your name mean?
3. Tell us something about yourself.
4. Do you think you can work under somebody as a subordinate?
5. As a girl how will you be able to manage things?
6. What would you like to specialise in?
7. What are the electives that we offer?
8. Name the courses offered in Finance.
9. Have you gone through the XLRI prospectus?
10. What are the activities which XLRI students indulge in (Extra curricular)?
11. What are the scholarships we offer?
12. What are your hobbies?
13. Name any cartoonist and any painter. (this was a follow-up of the previous question)
14. What is a secular state?
15. Give an example for a theocratic state.
16. Do you read any economic newspapers?
17. What was the activity that was dominated in news? (Answer given: Budget; Davos summit)
18. Was Davis summit an economic or political event? Why?
19. Tell us something about Kolar. (Note that the student's surname was Kolar and hence this question)
20. What does your father do?
21 What does DRDL stands for?
22. What are agricultural research centres in Hyderabad?
23. What does ICRISAT stand for?
24. What is semi arid?
25. Is Hyderabad a semi arid region?
26. Tell us about prohibition in A.P.
XLRI-PMIR
(Interview lasted for approx. 15-20 min.)
1. Why did you not confirm your participation (for the interview)?
2. What are you subjects?
3. What changes havew been there in the recent Budget with relation to personal Income tax?
4. What do you know about Union Budget?
5. What is fiscal deficit?
6. Compare Budgets of Chidambaram and Manmohan Singh.
7. What are your views on privatisation of Railways?
8. Tell us about corruption in Railways?
9. Give a brief valedicatory speech.
10. Why do you want to do Personnel Management?
11. Your views on VRS?
12. Why do you want to leave Railways?

PGDCM PI questions asked in IIM

2007-12-14T07:54:00.000-08:00

IIMC-PGDCM
1. Why PGDCM?
2. If you are so interested in computers, tell us a few areas in which computers are used in Mechanical Engineering?
3. Specific examples?
4. Explain the procedure of designing a heat exchanger using CAD/CAM. What are the Input parameters and output p Parameters?
5. In welding, give specific example where computers are used?
6. In FORTRAN, how are nested DO loops work?
7. Which area in mathematics do you like? OR?
8. Write an LP problem? Produce a graphical solution. Why is it called an LP?
9. Write down Baye's theorem. Difference between conditional and joint probability?
10. You have not mentioned hobbies/extracurricular activities in your application form. What do you do in your free time?
11. Give two strengths and two weaknesses.

IIMC-PGDCM
1. You don't have work experience. Do you?
2. How will this course help you - Such a change from BioMedical Engineering to PGDCM?
3. Name a few successful entrepreneurs.
4. MBA is detrimental to being an entrepreneur - Comment.
5. Give an example of an entrepreneur who had MBA background.
6. What is the political scene in A.P.?
7. How is the congress placed?
8. Aren't the naxalites a political force?
9. Recently there was a vote in Canada. The result was 51 : 49. What was it about.

Some random PI questions

2007-12-14T07:52:00.000-08:00

IIMA
Interview lasted for approximately 25 min.
1. What is your mother?
2. What are your subjects in graduation?
3. What is Management Accountancy?
4. What is GDP of India? (Convert it in rupees)?
5. What is mean, median, mode?
6. What are measures of dispersion?
7. Is "Range" a measure of dispersion?
8. Name three people (famous ticket collectors) in sports? (This student was working as a ticket collector in Indian Railways at the time of this interview)
9. Define variable cost in Accounts and Economics.
IIMA
1. Which Mughal attacked Hyderabad?
2. What is unique about the Salarjung Museum?
3. Looking at the way names of places are being changed, suggest a name for Hyderabad.
4. You are planning to leave your course half way through and join IIMA, what is the guarantee that you would not leave I IIMA? (the student was already doing MBA from Osmania University at the time of the interview)
5. What is this 'Management institute in Hyderabad' you've written here? Why did you leave it?
6. Did you get any calls in CAT '94 or CAT '95?
7. Do you consider yourself to be a Hyderabadi? Tell us some general characteristics of Hyderabadis?
8. Tell us about the food, culture, some samples or examples of Hyderabadi language.
9. Tell us about the Golconda. When does it date back to?
10. Tell us about the history of Hyderabad.
11. What did the Nizam (contribute) give to Hyderabad or to the country?
12. Can you name a few prominent Hyderabadis in sports and films.
13. Are you comfortable in your academics.
14. Which subject are you comfortable in?
15. What is consumer behavior ?
16. Do you know about a well known book on consumer behavior some 20 years back?
17. How can you classify advertising?
18. Who protects consumers from misleading advertisements?
19. Name any four ads you know. Classify them. In the light of this, do you think the classification you have given is valid?
20. Can advertisers target their competitors directly?
21. Can you give instances of such direct attacks?
22. On what kind of products are the margins that can be charged low?
IIMC-PGDCM
1. Why PGDCM?
2. If you are so interested in computers, tell us a few areas in which computers are used in Mechanical Engineering?
3. Specific examples?
4. Explain the procedure of designing a heat exchanger using CAD/CAM. What are the Input parameters and output p Parameters?
5. In welding, give specific example where computers are used?
6. In FORTRAN, how are nested DO loops work?
7. Which area in mathematics do you like? OR?
8. Write an LP problem? Produce a graphical solution. Why is it called an LP?
9. Write down Baye's theorem. Difference between conditional and joint probability?
10. You have not mentioned hobbies/extracurricular activities in your application form. What do you do in your free time?
11. Give two strengths and two weaknesses.

IIM PI questions for B. Com Hons

2007-12-14T07:50:00.000-08:00

IIMA
Interview lasted for 20-25 minutes, Educational Background : B.Com (Hons.)
1. Why are you not doing C.A.? Don't you consider that as a career alternative?
2. Do you think a B.Com (Hons) Degree will be enough if you do not make it into Management?

3. Let's take up your subjects in Degree What subjects did you have?
4. About International Trade (one of the subjects mentioned by the student) - What do you understand by the comparative a advantage theory?
5. What do you mean by 'consideration'? Give an example.
6. Where is the Loss from Profit & Loss Account put in the company's Balance Sheet and why?
7. As a layman, what would you look for in a company's Balance Sheet?
8. If you were to become an employee, what would you see in the company's Balance Sheet?
9. What do you mean by Break Even Point? How is it calculated?
10. What are the different types of taxes an individual pays?
11. What are the implications of wealth tax?
12. Is dividend on shares taxable?
13. (One of the interviewers gives the statement Y = a + b x and says)
(i) ?y/?x and (ii) dy/dx are to be found out. Is there any difference between the above two?
14. Tell me something about your Company.
15. What do you mean by cloning?
16. What are the ethical implications of cloning?
17. Tell us how you find the interview.
18. What did the other candidates say about the pattern of interviews?

Personal Interview PI questions asked in IIM for B Sc computers

2007-12-14T07:40:00.001-08:00

TAke a lookat some important PI questions asked in IIM interviews.
I have given questions according to background.
IIMA
Interview lasted for 20 minutes, Educational Background: B.Sc.(Computer H/W)
1. Answer any three questions discussed outside the interview room.
a. Name any female Chief Ministers?
b. What is remote sensing used for?
2. What is the difference between B.Sc. hardware and Engineering Computers Science?
3. Ask yourself a question? (from the candidate's subjects)
(Questions mentioned by the student: How does a CD-ROM work?)
4. Now answer the question.
5. What is the difference between reflection and refraction? When does reflection take place and when refraction? (This
question was asked as a follow-up of the answer given by the candidate to the above question)
6. What is the speed of rotation of a CD-ROM?
7. What are tracks in the CD?
8. What do you think of the Miss World Beauty Pageant? What was the controversy about having it in India?
9. What is VDIS?
10. How much was declared and how much money was made?
11. What are your extra-curricular activities?
12. What is Liberation Theology?
13. Summarize the Movement. Which Indian leader quoted from this?
14. Is it possible to work in a company without giving up on your ethics?
15. Is Reliance a company with ethics?

Some GD topics with discription for IIM CAT

2007-12-05T20:01:00.000-08:00

1. Are we raising a generation of burnt out children?(IIMB)
For:
* The reason for pushing the children hard today is to nurture them to face the competitive world tomorrow.
* Developing talent is not a sin, it will help the child in his future.
* It is a trickle down effect from the kind of competition experienced for entry into engineering colleges, graduation and others.
Against:
* The basic needs of childhood are, time to play, place to play and explore the world through his eyes.
* In the name of competition we are raising fatigues children.
* The stress is resulting into children engaging in all kinds of derogative acts.

2. Advertising is all glitter and little truth.(MICA)
For:
* Advertising is a business and not charity. Companies hire advertisers for their promoting their products and it is not vice versa.
* Advertisers have to depict what the customers like, enjoy keeping in mind the clients requirements.
* As the products increase and so the ads, glitter is a way to ensure brand recall, a very important factor for the advertising firms.
Against:
* Advertising firms carry responsibility of providing customers with unbiased information about products.
* In order to have a healthy bottom line the ad firms cannot shun their responsibility towards the society.
* Ad firms have to develop the ethical content into their processes to ensure fair deals.
3. Is bureaucracy a hindrance to economic reforms in India?(IIMC)
For:
* As the laws have not changed significantly, bureaucrats still play a major role in the process of a business.
* The way to successfully implement the reforms is to reduce the amount of paperwork and red tape involved.
Against:
* Bureaucracy is a necessity no doubt, to have control over the activities of the private sector.
* Rules and regulations that are laid down have to be implemented and the masses have to be looked after which is not possible without the help of bureaucrats.
* As a company requires people to run the business, government also requires bureaucrats to run its affairs.
4. Film-makers are indulging in cinematic Fortitution in the name of folk culture. (IIML)
For:
* Movie released in theaters is a result of what the producer and director along with his crew put together. The producer being the investor and the director the creator it is left to them to decide what they want to create and produce.
*The producer and the director take a gamble trying to woo the crowd by showing what they want.
* Current trend in movies is towards folk culture, which may fade away soon.
Against:
* If the movie is on folk culture then it should elucidate the beauty of the culture and there should not be any masala added to lure the audience.
* Folk culture is to be preserved in its natural and an inheritance should not be used to make money out of it by depicting the same in movies.
5. Under Indian parliamentary democracy it is impossible to ensure balanced regional development. (IIMC)
For:
* The fundamental principles of democracy preach to ensure balanced regional development.
* Uniform representation in the Lower House by MPs from all over the country is to bring out regional problems and demands of people from across the country.
Against:
* The government tends to be biased towards vote banks while making and implementing policies.
* The minorities are usually left out in the power game and all the agitation by various minorities is an example of the lopsided development.
6. Corruption is the main outcome of democracy in India.(IIML)
For:
* The fact that the system provides equality to everyone ,from whatsoever background and competency makes it easier to play around loopholes in the Indian Statute
Against:
* The risk of Democracy is a systemic risk ; corruption is a personal equation and holds good or bad depending on an individual's and organization's personal value systems. The two should therefore not be construed/ read as a cause- effect relationship.
7. In an over-regulated society corruption is inevitable.(MICA)
For:
* This is a clear case of the economic phenomenon of regulatory arbitrage; simply put, laws are made to be broken
Against:
* Regulations , like democracy is a systemic phenomenon ; corruption is a personal equation and holds good or bad depending on an individual's and organization's personal value systems. The two should therefore not be construed/ read as a cause- effect relationship
8. For the poorer sections of society, a state controlled economy is better than a liberalized economy. (IIMC)
For:
* A controlled economy will result in proper flow of benefits towards the rural masses.
* The state has control over the production and the markets helping the poorer sections to avail benefits which they otherwise would have been deprived of.
Against:
* The communist countries are a bright example that state controlled economies do not result in uplifting the poor.
* As history stands a proof state controlled economies have higher rates of corruption and mismanaged economies.
* A liberalized economy with sound regulatory framework will ensure employment and a healthy economy.
9. The money being put into cricket is harming the development of other sports. (SCMHRD)
For:
* Getting sponsored to other sports is difficult, and the players could not have the latest equipment (sport gears).
* Cannot not compete with other countries
Against:
* Department of sports or the Sports ministry has a fixed budget and has to allocate the same to productive use. If the demands from cricket are high the dept. has no other option but to fund them.
* The number of aspiring cricketers speaks for itself how popular a game it is in the nation.
* A lot of funding also comes from sponsors who will fund the game that gives them maximum publicity and in India cricket is no doubt the game.
10. You want to be one of the 6 persons in the ship (out of 7) who are to survive. State your case. (TAPMI)
One has to take up a particular profession and argue why and how it is important to the society and states that as the reason for survival.
11. Democracy has hampered India's progress (IIMB)
Please refer to similar topics above. The topic requires you to talk on the development that the nation has achieved over the past 50 odd years.
12. The formation of European Union has a drastic effect on India's trade. (IIML)
For:
* This may be read in light of trading equations with our biggest partners USA, UK and Germany where we had miserably failed to bargain given that most of our trade consumables have import exposures from these nations ; the European Union will further augment this situation.
Against:
* The EU would mean more exposure to a more stable currency vis-à-vis the presently volatile dollar tranche ; this would mean healthier earnings and repatriation .
13. Indians lack a sense of social responsibility (MDI Gurgaon)
This topic does not require any elucidation, all of you know what to speak about this topic.
14. Open book examination system would eliminate all the ills of present system. (Dept. of Fin. Studies, DU)
For:
* The advantage derived by students copying from various sources will be wiped out.
* The teachers will be forced to ask questions that demand more analytical skills and not just test the memory power of students.
Against:
* It will effect the memory power
* New ideas may not be generated
15. Women's empowerment will lead to social development (IIM Kozhikode)
For:
* When you empower a women, you empower a family.
* Major influence on the children and thus the society.
Against:
* No direct connection.
* Will lead to nuclear families and split homes.
16. Computers result in unemployment (FMS Delhi)
For:
* Computers replace a lot of jobs.
* A developing country like India cannot afford to have computerization at the cost of unemployment.
Against:
* In a Knowledge and service economy computers are a necessity and a must for development.
* They create more jobs and types of jobs and also have multiplier effect.
17. With IT replacing middle level management, soft-ware jobs are more lucrative than MBAs (S.P Jain)
IT is not replacing middle level management, but it is replacing the in-efficiency in an organization. It also results in transparency and provides information on time as and when required. One can't compare the two stated above, its like comparing apples to oranges.
18. Do you think accent holds you back? Would you prefer everyone speaking uniformly? (XIM Bhubaneswar)
For
* Communication between people of different languages will be faster and easier.
* No politicization of language base issues.
Against
* With different languages in India, it is difficult to have same accent.
* It is a personal issue, everybody has a right to speak his mother tongue.
* Hindi and English are serving as the bridge for the variety of languages we have and there is no need to force a common language.
19. Men resent women power at work place (NMIMS)
For:
* Hard to shake off the age old male ego
* Men find it hard to obey women bosses
* Doubt whether women can make good managers
Against
* It is women who avoid power and responsibility at work
20. Youth in India are becoming greedy by the day (MICA)
For:
* Want to earn a fast buck
* Want to imitate the successful young achievers
Against:
* Ambition is being misunderstood for greediness.
21. MBAs should be taxed at higher rates in the country (IIMB)
For:
* Understandably so in the areas of income and wealth taxes , given their propensity to earn higher through these routes.
Against:
* Taxation is a policy and policies are decided for the masses at large. In order to avoid any discrepancy and bias rates are fixed on income and not on the basis of profession.
* MBAs and other such professional people are taxed "professional tax". So charging them again a higher rate is not required.

GD Topics actually asked in MBA CAT

2007-12-05T19:33:00.000-08:00

India should not aspire to be a nuclear super power
Bureaucracy is root cause of India's social and economic problems.
Do B-Schools make business leaders or mere managers.
Note: The Candidates were asked to write the summary of the group discussion and after this candidates were asked to write answers for the following questions.
Describe an incident that has affected you the most.
The person who has influenced you the most in life and why?
Have you taken any coaching for the interview /GD process? If yes, mention the coaching institute.
If you would like to be associated closely with any person, what personality attributes would you look for in that person.

IIMC Admissions '99 - Delhi.
1. TV Commercials should be banned
2. Politics and economics go together
3. Winning is not the important thing, it is the only thing
IIMC Admissions '99 - Delhi.
Group discussions
1. It is all the fault of the politicians
2. We need more management schools than primary schools
3. The medium of teaching in schools should be English
IIMC Admissions '99 - Delhi.
1. Efficiency and corruption go hand in hand
2. Advanced mathematics is of no use in every day life
IIMC Admissions '99. Engineering
IIMC Admissions '99. GD Topics III
1. Welcome back socialism
2. To survive in a civilized world one needs to be a hypocrite

IIM - A Case study and Interview on 5/3/2001 and 6/3/2001

Case:
The case study was similar to the case study No: 17 and 18 of "My encounters".

Interview:
Mechanical Engineers were asked on Milling, Lathe, CNC machines
Some candidates were asked about GDP, GNP and GDP of various countries. The currencies of various countries
The per capita income of various countries were asked
Members of ASEAN
Overall impression is the panel is trying to see if the candidate can keep his/her cool when questioned in areas totally different from their field of specialization
Group discussion topic and interview questions that were asked on 20/03/2001

Group Discussion:
Topic:Is corrupt but efficient politicians better than honest and in-efficient politicians.

Interview Questions:
Duration: 15 mins
General interview: The interviewers were checking the candidate on all these areas general awareness, hobbies, subject and work experience
Statistics questions like Mean, Median, Mode, Standard deviation, Variance, Linear programming were asked.
Some candidates who have not attested the certificates were questioned on why they had not completed the formality and were given lesser time for interview.

Group Discussions & GD topics

2007-11-06T09:20:00.001-08:00

After cracking the written test the next step is Group discussion & personal interview.
For those who who had heaved a sigh after test should remember there is some distance before you go get where you want to go. The time after test is not a time to relax or timepass but it is time to be best at your competitive skills.The GDs & PIs are far tougher than written tests. They test your presence of mind, depth of your knowledge, your communication skills & your ability to argue logically.
The topics of group discussion can be categorized as
Economic, Current affairs & political issues, Ethical & moral dilemmas,social issue, general topic.
The panel looks at three things How well a candidate presents his/her views on topic, How much originality he/she brings to discussion, The extent of students knowledge.
These are the general aspects but the in the heat of discussion students forget these basic points & start criticising personally.They should remember that this is a discussion where various aspects of an issue are to be discussed & it must end up with a rational conclusion.

If you analyse your any discussion, gossip with friends on any subject you will find the common activities in that discussion such as
Generation of ideas, elimination of ideas, building on an idea, arriving at a consensus.

We will elaborate on every thing in next posts on GD & PI, give some topics & strategy for GD.

CET Common Entrance Test

2007-10-14T05:22:00.001-07:00

CET exam for MBA & MMS programmes in Maharashtra. There are some good institutes like JBIMS, WELINGKAR, K. J. SOMAIYA accepting the score of cet. The total test duration is 150 min & total no. of questions are 200.

Test Structure:
verbal ability 38 questions. IT is about 19% of entire test. In this section some of typical types are
Mark the error:
in this set of 5 questions, one was expected(2006 paper) to choose which part of sentence had an error. The error would be an inappropriate word or a spelling mistake.

Sentence Correction:
a part of sentence is highlighted which is to be corrected.
Jumble paragraph, Synonyms/antonyms, feel in the blanks, Odd Man out, Anagrams are some types asked in this verbal ability section.

Verbal reasoning There are 20 questions in this section. Some commonly asked types are Syllogisms, Course of action, Implicit Assumption, probably/ definitely true.

READING COMPREHENSION
There are total 15 questions. The average length of passage was 500 words.
Logical reasoning, visual reasoning, problem solving & DATA interpretation are medium level question types in CET exam.

Alert CAT 2007 aspirants

2007-10-01T01:17:00.000-07:00

CAT not only changed it self quantitavely but also qualitively. Initially the question used to test basic concepts; now they also test once reasoning skills.The total number of questions has been reduced, the difficulty level has increased.
subject-wise no. of question in english has decreased. Before 1998 english has 50% importance. Now english has only 1/3 importance. Now CAT tests students ability to think.
Subject-wise change

Verbal section: In this section from 1992 to 1994 no of question was 95, 90, 85 respectively. From 1995 to 1998 it remained 100.After 1998 they reduced the no of questions. In 1999 that was 80. In 2000 that was 65 & in 2001 it was 50, from 2001 to 2004 it was 50. In 2005 it was 35.From this you can easily get that the weightage of verbal section has reduced from 50% to 1/3 of CAT paper.

Problem Solving: From 1992 to 1995 the no. of question in this section was 45 to 50. In 96, 97 it was around 50 to 55. From 1998 to 2001 it has raised from 40 to 60 with increment of 5 questions per year.There after from 2001 to 2005 it has deduced to 35 questions. CAT 2005 paper has 35 ps questions.

DI Logic section: The chage in pattern for this section is not so drastic over years. It has been changed from 38 questions in CAT 1992 to 30 questions in CAT 2005.From all above DATA the CAT is anyone can get CAT changes its pattern almost yearly. In 2006 it has changed its time limit to 2.5 hours.So all CAT aspirants must be ready to handle any change in pattern & must set their minds for this change.

Test centre & imp dates for CAT 2007 exam

2007-09-26T01:50:00.000-07:00

Ahmedabad , Bangalore , Bhopal , Bhubaneswar , Chandigarh , Chennai , Coimbatore , Delhi , Gurgaon , Guwahati , Hyderabad , Indore , Jaipur , Jamshedpur, Kolkata , Kozhikode , Lucknow , Mumbai , Nagpur , Noida , Patna , Pune ,Varanasi

Test Date: NOVEMBER 18, 2007Test Timings: 10.00am to 1.00pm- Issue of CAT Bulletins by UTI Bank/Vijaya Bank STARTS : JULY 16, 2007 - Issue of CAT Bulletins by UTI Bank/Vijaya Bank ENDS : AUGUST 16, 2007 - Issue of CAT Bulletins by IIMs ENDS : AUGUST 20, 2007 - Last date for receiving the completed CAT Application Forms at the IIMs: SEPTEMBER 8, 2007

Common Admission Test 2007, CAT 2007 will be held on Sunday, November , 2007.

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CAT 2007 Important Dates

for Session beginning June-July 2007

Last date for receipt of completed CAT 2007 - Applications September, 2007

Dispatch dates for Admit Cards - October, 2007

Date after which IIM should be contacted In case of non receipt of Admit Card - November, 2007 Common Admission Test 2007 - November 2007

Eligibility

The minimum requirements for almost all institutes to seek admission to their Master's Degree / Post-Graduate Diploma in Management are : · A Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in any discipline, with at least 50% aggregate marks (45% for reserved categories) OR Appearing at the final-year examination of a post 10+2 course. of minimum three years' duration, leading to an award of a Bachelor's Degree, in any discipline of a statutory university in India (so recognised by the Association of Indian Universities) OR Post-Graduate applicants having at least 50% marks (45% for reserved categories) in either their Bachelor's or Post-Graduate Degrees.

Note : Some institutes also require that applicants have 50% at 10th and/or 12th level. Some also have higher eligibility percentages (55-60%) at graduation level.

Prospectus and Application Forms Most institutes advertise in all leading newspapers, indicating where, when and how interested candidates may apply for prospectus and application forms. On receipt of duly filled application forms, the institutes issue test admit cards which entitles the candidate to take the entrance test. The Prospectus for various institutes are priced anywhere between Rs. 300/- to Rs. 1000/-. Most of the institutes include the examination fee in this price. However some may ask for additional amount as examination fee.

List of Non IIM Institutes accepting CAT Ranking

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1 AICAR Business School MUMBAI 2. Alliance Business Academy BANGALORE 3 Amrita Institute of Management COIMBATORE 4. Aravali Institute of Management JODHPUR 5 Asia-Pacific Institute of Management NEW DELHI 6. EMPI Business School NEW DELHI 7 EMPI Institute of Advertising, Communication and Management NEW DELHI 8 Faculty of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University VARANASI 9 Fore School of Management NEW DELHI 10 Foundation for Organizational Research and Education- School of Management NEW DELHI 11 GIDC Rajju Shroff Rofel Institute of Management Studies VAPI 12 Global Business School NEW DELHI 13 Globsyn Business School CALCUTTA 14 Goa University PANAJI 15 Indian Institute of Forest Management BHOPAL 16 Indian Institute of Science and Management RANCHI 17 Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management CALCUTTA 18 Indian School of Mines DHANBAD 19 Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology HYDERABAD 20 Institute for Financial Management & Research CHENNAI 21 Institute for Integrated Learning in Management NEW DELHI 22 Institute for Technology and Management NAVI MUMBAI 23 Institute of Business Administration and Training BHUBANESHWAR 24 Institute of Engineering and Management CALCUTTA 25 Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR) PUNE 26 Institute of Management Education (UP) SHAHIBABAD 27 Institute of Marketing and Management, New delhi 28 Integrated Academy of Management and Technology GHAZIABAD 29 Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR) PUNE 30 International Management Institute NEW DELHI 31 International School of Business and Media PUNE 32 Jaipuria Institute of Management LUCKNOW 33 K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research MUMBAI 34 Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies DAVANGERE 35 Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management New Delhi 36 Management Development Institute (MDI) GURGAON 37 Montessori Mahila Kala Sala VIJAYAWADA 38 Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology ALLAHABAD 39 Mudra Institute of Communication Ahmedabad 40 National Institute of Bank Management PUNE 41 National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) MUMBAI 42 National Institute of Management Calcutta 43 New Delhi Institute of Management NEW DELHI 44 NIILM Centre for Management Studies NEW DELHI 45 Nirma Institute of Management AHMEDABAD 46 Prin L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research MUMBAI 47 S P Jain Institute of Management & Research MUMBAI 48 School of Management Sciences VARANASI 49 School of Management Studies, University of Hyderabad Hyderabad 50 SDM Institute for Management Development MYSORE 51 T. A. Pai Management Institute MANIPAL 52 United Institute of Management ALLAHABAD 53 University Business School, Punjab University CHANDIGARH