ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Apr 10th)

1. Reticent

2. Desultory

3. Bestow

4. Entice

5. Adamant

6. Gullible

7. Maverick

8. Trifle

9. Disgruntled

10. Doggerel

11. Camouflage

12. Sonnet

13. Forthright

14. Vivid

15. Ingratiate


Analogies:

1. Vivid: Inspiration

2. Flattery: Ingratiate


Issue Topic:

1.People's attitudes are determined more by their immediate situation or surroundings than by any internal characteristic.

2.Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.


Argument Topic:

1. From a letter to the editor of a city newspaper.
"Butter has now been replaced by margarine in Happy Pancake House restaurants throughout the southwestern United States. Only about 2 percent of customers have complained, indicating that 98 people out of 100 are happy with the change. Furthermore, many servers have reported that a number of customers who still ask for butter do not complain when they are given margarine instead. Clearly, either these customers cannot distinguish margarine from butter, or they use the term 'butter' to refer to either butter or margarine. Thus, to avoid the expense of purchasing butter, the Happy Pancake House should extend this cost-saving change to its restaurants in the southeast and northeast as well."


2. The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a local newspaper.
"The members of the town school board should not be reelected because they are not concerned about promoting high-quality education in the arts in our local schools. For example, student participation in the high school drama club has been declining steadily, and this year the school board refused to renew the contract of the drama director, even though he had received many awards for his original plays. Meanwhile, over $300,000 of the high school budget goes to athletic programs, and the head football coach is now the highest-paid member of the teaching staff."

ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Apr 8th)

1. The value of 1/5 - 1/10 =
A. 0.1
B. 0.2
C. 0.5
& so on.....

2. Given a set of five numbers 27, 29, 35, 9, 25 & 16, on increasing each number by ‘K’ if the new mean of the set becomes 29.5, then what is the new median?

3. If a1=2 and an+1= (an-1)2, then what is the value of a15?
A. 28
B. 216
C. 232
D. 2128
E. 2256

4. Given that, if |x| = |y| and xy<0, then
Col A: x-y
Col B: 0

5. If the equation of two lines ‘L’ & ‘M’ are 7x – 4y = 1 and 10x + 5y + 3 = 0, then
Col A: Slope of the line ‘L’
Col B: Slope of the line ‘M’

6. Given that an amount of 2000$ is given for annual interest at rate of 'r'%. If 150$ is received as an interest for 1 year then find the rate of interest ‘r’%?


7. If the median of seven Consecutive integers is 2n+2, then find the Arithmetic mean of the sequence?

ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till Apr 4th.. spcly for bombay n ahmd)

1. Mar

2. Puissant

3. Drawl

4. Lax

5. Lull

6. Fathomless

7. Misdemeanor

8. Aridity

9. Endeavor

10. Conciliatory

11. Convoluted

12. Illicit

13. Accost


Analogies:

1. Convoluted: Complexity

2. Illicit: Permission

3. Accost: Approach


Issue Topic:

1. Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.


Argument Topic:

1. An officer in the publicity department of a company reported as following.
"From a statistics, it was revealed that, the advertisements with attractive tunes and lyrics attract the public's attention effectively. They often remember the lyrics of attractive advertisements, and can easily recognize the products shown in those advertisements. Though we had invested a lot of amount, to advertise in the famous magazines, our sales were not up to the mark, last year. So, it is advisable that, we also should go with advertisements with attractive advertisements rather than the printed advertisements in magazines".

ORKUT QUANT DATABASE (Till Apr 4th)

1. The value of 1/5 - 1/10 =
A. 0.1
B. 0.2
C. 0.5
& so on.....

2.If slope of a line XY is -1/2, then
Col A: X-intercept of Line
Col B: Y-intercept of Line.

3. Given 'n' is a positive integer. What is the least value of n, such that the product 12n should be a perfect square of some integer?

4. A group can charter a particular aircraft at a fixed total cost. If 36 people charter aircraft rather than 40, then loss per person is 12$. What is cost per person if 40 people charter it?

5. Col A: (0.9/1.1) 2 + (1.1 /0.9)2
Col B: 2

6. If slope of a line XY is -1/2, then
Col A: X-intercept of Line
Col B: Y-intercept of Line.

7. If the median of a seven number sequence is 2n+2, then find the Arithmetic mean of the sequence?