ENGLISH

ENGLISH

English section tests the candidate’s skills and proficiency in English. It mainly includes:

1. Verbal Ability
2. Reading Comprehension

VERBAL ABILITY

Mainly tests your English grammar and understanding skills of English. Reading Comprehension tests the ability to understand along with the basic reading skills. TESTING AREAS: Reading, Vocabulary, grammar and logic.

• The total number of questions in verbal section comprises almost 50%-60% of the total questions.
• And so the minimum cut off for this section over the year has been 30%-35%.
• Also this section in all is of 50 marks approximately.

This can be assessed as under:

Verbal Ability:

In this section a candidate is tested in vocabulary, verbal and critical reasoning as well as grammar.

• The level of difficulty differs every year.
• Also the composition of the questions and type of questions differ every year.
• This section accounts for 25-30 marks approximately.

TOPICS COVERED IN IT

Mainly the topics tested are vocabulary, paragraph formulation, critical reasoning and grammar.

Other than this there are:

• Jumble paragraphs.
• Essence of the text.
• Fact, inference, judgement.

READING COMPREHENSION

Reading Comprehension in CAT formulates more than 50% of the total English Section. This can be proved through the survey of CAT exam in recent years.

• It accounts for 20-25 marks in CAT.
• There are 6-8 passages in all in reading comprehension.
• These comprehensions are 250-750 words in length.
• The importance of RC in CAT can be better explained with the help of the following diagram:

PASSAGE TYPES IN RC:

1. Social science passage:
This usually concerns a social or historical issue. You might see a passage about world population control or the history of the rise to power of a clan in medieval India.
2. Science passage:
This might describe a scientific phenomenon, such as aviation, super conductivity or plate tectonics.
3. Business passage:
This usually discusses a business-related topic. For example, you might see a passage about the privatization of state-owned industries, pricing of options and futures or the causes of inflation.
4. Entertainment passage:
This usually discusses a topic related to entertainment, sports, leisure. The passage could be on a topic such as the lifestyles of the rich and famous, the reason for the success of a Hollywood or Bollywood movie.