Verbal Ability

Types of Questions
Vocabulary Based (Synonyms Antonyms)
English Usage or Grammar
Sentence orrection
!ill in the blan"s
lo#e $assage
Analogies or %e&erse Analogies
'umbled $aragraph
(eaning)Usage (atch
Summary Questions
Verbal %easoning
!acts * +nferences * 'udgements
%eading omprehension
Vocabulary, Vocabulary -uestions test the candidate.s "no/ledge of the primary
meanings of /ords0 secondary shades of meaning0 usage0 idioms and phrases0
antonyms0 related /ords0 etc1
Grammar, Grammar)based -uestions test the candidate.s ability to spot and correct
grammatical errors1 AT generally tests "no/ledge of high school le&el grammar and
includes areas li"e sub2ect)&erb agreement0 use of modifiers0 parellel construction0
redundancy0 phrasal &erbs0 use of articles0 prepositions0 etc1
Verbal %easoning, Verbal reasoning -uestions are designed to test the candidate.s
ability to identify relationships or patterns /ithin groups of /ords or sentences1
Verbal Ability 3 4ogical %easoning,
%eading omprehension0 $aragraph Arrangement0 +nference 5eduction0 Vocabulary0 !ill
in the blan"s and Verbal %easoning0 Syllogism0 Analogies0 Antonyms and Synonyms0
Sentence orrection0 +dioms0 loc"s0 Binary 4ogic0 alendars0 Blood %elations0 4ogical
Se-uence0 Seating Arrangement0 $remise0 onclusion0 Assumption0 4inear and (atri6
Arrangement0 Blood %elations0 $u##les0 Arguments0 Statements and assumptions0
oding and 5ecoding etc1
AT 7897 Syllabus for English,
omprehension of passage0 Verbal %easoning0 Syllogisms 0 onte6tual usage0
Analogies0 Antonyms0 !ill +n the Blan"s0 !oreign language /ords used in English0
Sentence completion0 Sentence correction0 idioms0 Errors in /ord choice0 mania 3
phobia0 +ncorrect /ords0 onditionals 3 (ultiple Usage 0 $unctuation0 $ro&erb0 0 one
/ord substitution0 5ifferent usage of same /ord $hrasal &erb etc1
Table of ontents
$A%T :;E < Grammar and Usage
hapter 91 Usage ;otes on ;ouns
hapter 71 Usage ;otes on 5eterminers
hapter =1 Usage ;otes on $ronouns
hapter >1 Usage ;otes on Ad2ecti&es and Ad&erbs as (odifiers
hapter ?1 Usage ;otes on Verbs
hapter @1 Usage ;otes on $repositions and $hrasal Verbs
hapter A1 Usage ;otes on con2unctions
hapter B1 Sub2ect < Verb Agreement
hapter C1 (odifiers
hapter 981 $arallelism
hapter 991 %edundancy and Dordiness
hapter 971 onfused /ords
hapter 9=1 $unctuation
$A%T TD: ) %eading omprehension
hapter 91 The %eading Eabit
hapter 71 Speed %eading
hapter =1 % Techni-ues
hapter >1 Types of Questions
hapter ?1 (ain +dea Question
hapter @1 Specified +dea Question
hapter A1 +mplied +dea Question
hapter B1 4ogical Structure Question
hapter C1 Tone *Attitude Question
hapter 981 ontinued +dea Question
$ractice (aterial
hapter 991 4:5 =
hapter 971 4:5 >
hapter 9=1 Additional $assages
hapter 9>1 $ast AT $assages
$A%T TE%EE < Verbal %easoning
hapter 91 4ast Sentence of a $aragraph
hapter 71 $aragraph Summary
hapter =1 ritical %easoning
hapter >1 !act0 +nference0 'udgment
hapter ?1 Sentence ompletion and lo#e
hapter @1 $aragraph 'umbles
hapter A1 :dd Sentence
hapter B1 4ogical Set theory
$A%T !:U% < Vocabulary
hapter 91 Dord Usage Questions
hapter 71 onfusable /ords
hapter =1 Analogy and :dd Dord :ut
hapter >1 Dordlist
789?
AT E6am $attern
AT E6am $attern consists of t/o sections1 Entrance Test is computer based ob2ecti&e
type test1 There /ill be a suitable negati&e mar"ing for each /rong ans/er1 !or more
details0 see the belo/ table,
Section Total Questions Time 5uration $aper Type
Quantitati&e Ability 3 5ata +nterpretation =8 Questions in each section1Total, @8
A8 minutes :b2ecti&e Type
Verbal Ability 3 4ogical %easoning A8 minutes
AT Syllabus 789?
Students /ho ha&e a good command on Quantitati&e Ability0 5ata +nterpretation0 Verbal
Ability and 4ogical %easoning can easily crac" the entrance test1 Belo/ are the sections
and complete syllabus,
Quantitati&e Ability
;umber System
(i6tures and Allegations
$ercentages
S-uares and ubes of ;umbers
%atio0 $roportion and Variation
$rofit and 4oss
Simple 3 ompound +nterest
Time and Dor"
$ermutations and ombinations
981 Time0 Speed and 5istance
991 4ogarithms (log)
971 Quadratic E-uations
9=1 +ne-ualities
9>1 $robability
9?1 Algebra
9@1 (ensuration
9A1 Trigonometry
9B1 Geometry0 harts
5ata +nterpretation
harts (olumn0 Bar 3 $ie)
Te6t) tables
Graphs (4ine0 Area)
Venn diagram
5ata Sufficiency
Verbal Ability
%eading omprehension
Syllogisms
Verbal %easoning
Analogies
+dioms 3 $hrases
Sentence orrection
Antonyms and Synonyms
!ill in the Blan"s
Eomophones0 $unctuation etc1
4ogical %easoning
4ogical se-uence
$remise
loc"s 3 alendars
Assumption
onclusion
Binary 4ogic
Blood %elations
4inear and (atri6 arrangement
Seating Arrangement