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15000 Facebook Likes Celebration - Caption Writing Contest

TestFunda Team — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:27:50 Z

Celebrate 15000+ likes on our Facebook page by participating in the Caption Writing Contest.

If a picture speaks a thousand words, surely you can come up with a few of your own. Try your hand at writing a caption that's witty, memorable, thoughtful, sarcastic, hilarious, or fun-ee. The contest will be held on the TESTfunda official Facebook Page.

Here is how it goes:

Three images will be uploaded every Wednesday for three weeks, starting June 19th, on our Facebook page and all you need to do is post your entry as a comment below the image. The image for the first round is uploaded below.

Post your awesome entries for the above image here. Entries posted after June 18, 11:59 p.m.only will be considered qualified.

Guidelines for writing winning captions:

• Originality counts. Sometimes the picture may suggest the same idea to everyone, but don't settle for the obvious.

• We don't foresee any ties or draws, so the winner's caption will have to stand out from the rest.

• While political edginess is fine, entries must not be too bawdy or libelous for publication on our Facebook page.

• Contravention, in any form, will not be tolerated and will lead to disqualification of respective user from the page.

• A user may send as many entries as he /she wants only with the TESTfunda username.

• Entries posted in the comments below this article will not be considered. Do post the entries on our Facebook page only.

Using these guidelines, the winning caption will be the one our judges think is the funniest. Their decision, however misguided, will be final.

IMPORTANT:

If you want to qualify, make sure to type in your TESTfunda username first, then your caption.

Please format your entry like this:

<<Username>> User name to the left and your stunning entry after it.

Prizes: The first and second position holders will get Rs.1000/- and Rs.500/- cash respectively.

Note: Any queries regarding the contest should specify the name of the contest and be addressed to support@testfunda.com. The prizes will be dispatched to all the winners within 21 business days after the contest ends.

Good luck, and have fun!

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Engineers' Month Back on Popular Demand Upto 50% Off

TestFunda Team — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:04:05 Z

Hail all engineers! Due to lots of requests from users, we've got the Engineers' Month discounts back!

Percentage	CGPA*	Discount
86 -100 %	9.1 - 10	50%
76 - 85 %	8.1 - 9	45%
66-75 %	7.1 - 8	40%
56 - 65%	6.1 - 7	35%
55 % and below	6 and below	30%

Terms and Conditions

*To avail this special discount, you need to send us a scanned copy of the semester mark sheet where you have scored the highest marks / CGPA till date
The discount is applicable on all courseware (in all formats)
Any courseware purchased through this discount is ONLY for personal use and cannot be used by anyone else.
This offer cannot be combined with any other offer/discount.
The user account will be deactivated and the user prevented from accessing the course if:

-The user fails to submit the documents in the prescribed time limit.

-The information supplied is not correct or has been tampered with.

-The courseware is used by any person other than the one whose scorecard is provided to get the discount.

-An attempt is made to avail the discount through multiple scorecards/usernames

*Your applicable discount will be calculated based on whether your institute / university mentions percentages or CGPA. e.g. If your percentage is 77, you get a 45% discount. However, if your CGPA is 7.7, you get a 40 % discount.

Procedure

Step I : Send a mail to support@testfunda.com with:

-Username

-Courseware Details(eg:CATfunda or MBA Test Centre)

-Scanned Copy of the semester mark sheet

Step II : We will email you a Discount Code. (validity of the discount code will be 4 days.)
Step III : You need to type in the above Discount Code after adding the courseware to your shopping cart.

NOTE: If you fail to purchase before the expiry date of the discount code, you will have to avail other on-going offer if any. The validity of the engineers' month discount code will not be extended at any cost.

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TESTfunda New Range of MBA courseware

TestFunda Team — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:48:06 Z

TESTfunda brings you a complete range of revamped MBA courseware.

(i) CAT funda 2013 has a razor sharp focus on CAT: Get 100 lessons, 205 concept practice exercises, 78 concept tests, 32 full length tests and

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(iii) Our question bank RANKBOOSTER 2013 has more than 6000 additional questions to practice.

If you are giving multiple entrance exams to maximize your chances:

(iii) CAT-XAT-IIFT funda gives you CAT funda plus study material and tests customized for XAT and IIFT.

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If you are looking at giving all the major entrance exams, then we have two COMBO PACKS – comprising the A to Z of MBA preparation

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You get CAT-XAT-IIFT funda plus full length mocks for CMAT, NMAT and SNAP.

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You get CMAT-NMAT-SNAP funda plus full length mocks for CAT, XAT and IIFT.

All our Courseware is available in Online , CD and Print format

Feel free to use our Ask-A-Doubt facility and keep on asking us questions till you are satisfied!!

INTRODUCTORY OFFER:

Get Flat 35% off on all the above courseware upto 21st April. Use discount code: INTRODUCTORY13

Please Note: Users, who have already bought old courseware from MBA 2013 courseware range, will get an upgraded access to the respective courseware.

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Quiz on Fact File Book 2 on 15th June @ 7 pm

TestFunda Team — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:28:47 Z

After the immense success of GK Quiz on Fact Files 1, we bring to you a GK Quiz on Fact Files 2.

Do you know who won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2011? Or do you know which player has the highest individual score in Cricket World Cup? If not, then you probably haven't checked out our FACTFILES - A compilation of General Knowledge data. But for those of you who have already seen them, here's your chance to know how much you recollect - GK Quiz exclusively on FactFiles.

The quiz will have questions only from the Fact File Book 2 which we have put up on the FactFiles page. In case you missed out on this feature, check them out here.

Quiz date and time : Saturday, 15th June 2013 at 7.00 pm

How to Participate:

You need to login to TESTfunda with your TESTfunda ID on 8th June. The quiz link will be active at 7 pm. Go to Free Resources > Quizzes, Contests & Chats> Weekly GK & Mental Agility Quizzes and click on the link for the quiz.

Rewards:

The top 3 on the leaderboard will get 300 reward points, the next 7 will get 200 reward points and the remaining 15 participants will get 100 reward points each.

You can use your reward points in the following ways:

Get cash-back (The minimum cash-back limit is Rs.750 that is equivalent to 1,500 reward points)

Get gifts from the Rewards Gallery

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Quiz on Fact File Book 1 on 8th June @ 7 pm

TestFunda Team — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:17:27 Z

Do you know where the Buxa Tiger Reserve in India is? Or do you know who invented your favourite superheroes Hulk, Iron Man and Spider - Man? If not, then you probably haven't checked out our FACTFILES - A compilation of General Knowledge data. But for those of you who have already seen them, here's your chance to know how much you recollect - GK Quiz exclusively on FactFiles.

The quiz will have questions only from the Fact File Book 1 which we have put up on the FactFiles page. In case you missed out on this feature, check them out here.

Quiz date and time : Saturday, 8th June 2013 at 7.00 pm

How to Participate:

Rewards:

The top 3 on the leaderboard will get 300 reward points, the next 7 will get 200 reward points and the remaining 15 participants will get 100 reward points each.

You can use your reward points in the following ways:

Get cash-back (The minimum cash-back limit is Rs.750 that is equivalent to 1,500 reward points)

Get gifts from the Rewards Gallery

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Cracking the CAT exam for Repeaters - By Patrick Dsouza

TestFunda Team — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:38:43 Z

There is an interesting fact. More than 80% who score more than 95%ile in CAT 1st attempt invariably end up scoring lesser percentile in the second attempt. Well what is the issue? Ideally if a person scored 95%ile+ he must be a good student. He has also practiced hard for his second attempt for CAT. So even after 1 more year of preparation he is still not able to improve the scores. There are many reasons for that. One of the biggest reasons for the same is that they are all apprehensive about change. They feel what they do is right. But understand that the only way to improve is to keep changing. If you do not change the way you solve you will never improve your scores.

A lot of businesses have lost because they kept on doing the same thing without trying to change. Ambassador Cars, Bajaj Scooters, Nokia Phones, etc. Why did all these products fail? Reason being they thought they were good at what they did and did not embrace change. Look at the successful companies like HUL, Samsung Phones, Toyota Motors, etc. Would they have been successful had they not changed? Same is the case with improvement in any sphere of life including MBA preparation. If you stick to what you know without learning new ways of doing things you will not improve.

I know of a student who had scored 99.7%ile in CAT. He had come to me for advice. Tried to convince him to change the way he solves, but he was apprehensive telling me that he was good at what he did and was afraid of change. He ended up scoring 99.1%ile and lost out on all the calls from top colleges. Another student who had similar marks and I tried to advise him in the same way. He was happy to change and managed a 99.95%ile. These are not the only examples I have. I know a lot of students who scored 99%le + and scored miserably in the next attempt.

The reason I am so sure about it is that I myself lost out because of the same folly. When I gave CAT for the first time I had got a call from IIM C, but was not able to convert. Next time I worked harder solving more problems. At the same time I had a friend of mine who was working in the same department. He had taken up CET and had not even secured a seat in any of the top 5 colleges due to his poor score. On the day of the result I was confident that I will crack the exam and that my friend will perform poorly. But to my shock I did not manage to get a single call whereas my friend managed to get all the 4 calls IIM ABCL. As mentioned in the movie ‘Three Idiots’, it hurts when your friend has failed, but it hurts even more when your friend has topped the class and you are nowhere. When I tried to find out the reason for my friend’s good performance I realised that he used to study with a friend of his who had got all four calls last year and could not convert it and was giving CAT again. He managed to change the way he solved the sums learning a lot from his friend. It is only later when I started teaching students for CAT that I realised that the reason for the same was that though I was good at what I did, but it was not the way to improve. With a few changes in the way I solved I could improve my scores exponentially which is shown by my consistent 99.95%ile+ performance in CAT and even getting a 100%ile twice.

During my training period what I realised was that even if students are not very great and if they are open to change, they can crack the CAT with ease. It is actually very difficult for a good student to change which I realised is his/her own doing. To cite a few examples: I had a student who had taken up CET but did not manage to get into any of the colleges of his choice. He started preparing for CAT and was quite flexible in his approach and was able to score a 99.9%ile in CAT and get a seat in IIM-A. Another girl who had scored a 77%ile in CAT managed to score a 99.38%ile in the next attempt to get into IIM-L. What I realised was that these students did not do well just because they worked hard. There are many such examples that I have. Working hard is definitely required. What they did different was that they completely changed the way they solved questions. Focussed more on getting the methods right. They were not happy with being able to solve a sum, but went on to discuss with others and trying to get the best way to solve the sums and inculcate their learning in the other sums that they used to solve.

So, how do you improve? Try getting a mentor who is better than you or form a group so that the students in the group are better and you can learn from them. Don’t just follow whatever is taught to you blindly. Check it you feel the method is good and whether you can apply it to many other sums. Constantly push yourself to the limits no matter how good you score in your mocks.

As Frank Marshall, a chess master, said "The hardest thing in chess is to win a won game.". Which in terms of preparation for management exams mean that you are very good and capable of cracking the CAT, but become complacent and lose out on the opportunity to do so.

Good luck as you change to conquer the CAT!

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CAT 2013 Dates Declared

TestFunda Team — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:36:01 Z

The dates for Common Admission Test (CAT) 2013 have been announced. It will be conducted from October 16, 2013 to November 11, 2013.

According to the official website , the CAT vouchers will be available at selected Axis Bank branches from July 29 to September 24 and the registration window will be open from July 29 to September 26.

Increasing the number of locations to 40, four new testing locations -- Surat, Udaipur, Trivandrum and Vijayawada -- will be added for CAT 2013, said Soumitra Roy, the managing director of Prometric India, which will be partnering with IIMs for conducting the test.

The same is now announced on the CAT official website,

Prepare for CAT'13 with TESTfunda
Get Flat 30% Off on all CAT and MBA courseware. Offer valid till May 5, 2013.

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Theory + All India Mocks – CAT-XAT-IIFT Funda (CAT-XAT-IIFT Skill Builder + CAT-XAT-IIFT Test Centre)

CAT Test Centre – Exhaustive Full Length National Level Test Series for CAT

CAT-XAT-IIFT SKill Builder – Complete Theory Material for CAT 2013, IIFT 2013, XAT 2014

Rank Booster 2013 – Question Bank of 6000 + questions – including past CATs

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Live Quiz on Logical Reasoning

TestFunda Team — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:34:07 Z

Love LR? Want to be the first one to answer all questions correctly? Then be sure to be online at 5.30 pm on 21st June for our Logical Reasoning quiz. This one, unlike our usual automated quizzes, will be held LIVE.

Date: June 21, 2013 (Friday)

Time: 5.30 pm

Theme: Logical Reasoning

What's different in a live quiz?

A question will be posted manually and users will be given roughly a minute to post their answers. Some questions might carry a hint which will be posted soon after the question. Once the time elapses, the answer will be posted, followed by the next question. Winning response will be the one which is the first correct answer posted for the question.

Rewards:

150 reward points for every winning response

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According to you, which of the following countries is the best for overseas education?

TestFunda Team — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:42:53 Z

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While surfing, how long do you usually wait before moving away from a webpage that takes a lot of time to load?

TestFunda Team — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:01:01 Z

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Question of the Day (19-Jun-13)

TestFunda — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 Z

Ravi does work for a MNC where the working rules are as follows:

A person has to give the MNC an advance payment for the amount of time he is willing to work for. The standard rate of typing is z words per second and the company charges as per the number of words typed in the amount of time determined by the person.

A person gets paid back according to the number of words typed in the time determined by him.

After typing for an hour at a rate of x words per second Ravi suffers a loss of 40%. After typing for two hours at a rate of y words per second Ravi gets a profit of 60%. If Ravi types for 7 minutes, for what time (in seconds) could he have typed at x words per second such that he suffered neither a loss nor did he gain any profit? Assume that he types only at the three typing speeds mentioned above.

OPTIONS

	1)	72
	2)	77
	3)	270
	4)	Either 72 or 270

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Puzzle # 265 - "Find the Million" - Puzzle of the Week (19-Jun-13)

TestFunda — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 Z

In a new game show called "Find the Million", the host invites two contestants Chuck and Larry up on stage. They are shown 99 briefcases which are numbered from 1 to 99, exactly one of which contains the grand prize of one million dollars. The contestants are allowed to choose one briefcase each. They each choose a briefcase but are not aware of what the other has chosen. After both have chosen the host announces that nobody got the winning briefcase.

The host now permits each of them to ask him two questions, but in private so that the other contestant cannot hear. Chuck firsts asks, "Is the winning briefcase a perfect square?". Hearing the host's reply he then asks, "Is it greater than 50?". Hearing the answer Chuck feels confident he has figured it out.

When its Larry's turn he asks, "Is the winning briefcase a perfect cube?". Upon hearing the answer he then asks, "Is the number greater than 20?". Hearing the host's answer even Larry feels he has found the right briefcase.

Now all three of them gather back on the stage and the host sheepishly announces that his first answer to both the contestants was false. He then proceeds to reveal which briefcase each person has chosen and the questions they asked. The host then adds the final clues "The number on the winning briefcase is lower than the numbers on both of their briefcases and if you add the numbers on Chuck and Larry's briefcases to that of the winning briefcase then you get the double of a perfect square.“

What is the number on the briefcase containing the one million dollars?

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Daily WordList (19-Jun-13)

TestFunda — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 Z

aesthetic [ es-THET-ik or, especially Brit., ees- ]

[noun,adjective]

MEANING :

1. (adj.) of pleasing in appearance or concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste
2. (n.) a philosophical theory or idea that serves as a guiding principle in matters of artistic beauty and taste; artistic sensibility

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

The aesthetic beauty of the pagoda was unmatched.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

Architects will be sharpening their pencils in anticipation of the aesthetic possibilities.
CNN, A light bulb moment, By Matthew Knight for CNN, December 15, 2007

altercation [ awl-ter-KEY-shuh' n ]

[noun]

MEANING :

a heated or noisy argument

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

An altercation between friends can strain their relationship and lead to distrust.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

Frazer Wright said yesterday he believes his controversial altercation with Shunsuke Nakamura has been made to appear more serious than it actually was.
The Herald, Wright: slap was blown out of proportion, MARTIN McMILLAN, October 04 2008

amity [ AM-i-tee ]

[noun]

MEANING :

friendship, accord, harmony or peaceful relations esp. between nations or countries

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

The amity displayed brought about hope for a better tomorrow.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

The issue cited by Sheng and other Chinese officials most dangerous to Sino-American amity is the Taiwan question.
CNN, Is China a threat?, October 27, 2005

covetous [ KUHV-i-tuh' s ]

[adjective]

MEANING :

1. having a craving to acquire or possess
2. marked by excessive desire for wealth or possession or for another possessions

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

His covetous gaze made it clear that he wanted to own a Ferrari.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

Of all the wine-producing countries, New Zealand enjoys the highest average bottle price in the UK - currently £5.97 - and the Aussies have set their covetous eyes on this top spot.
Telegraph, Victims of their own success, By Jonathan Ray, Wine Correspondent, 03 May 2007

acumen [ uh'-KYOO-muh'n, AK-yuh'- ]

[noun]

MEANING :

accuracy, keenness, discernment or shrewdness

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :

His acumen made him a superb strategist.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :

It got to the point before Christmas where if you didn't make redundancies, people would start questioning your business acumen.
BBC, Architect sees public works relief, By Maryam Moshiri, 23 January 2009