RC Workshop and AIMCAT Discussion (Verbal) AIMCAT

Transcript:RC Workshop and AIMCAT Discussion (Verbal) AIMCAT:
RC Workshop and AIMCAT Discussion (Verbal) AIMCAT 1220-1216 RC pattern in the previous CAT papers T.I.M.E. Overview of the Aimcats T.I.M.E. Assuming a student gives equal time per section at the outset And also that a student tries to maximize his/her attempts in the verbal section The equation would be : 20 Q = 45/40 mins Time per passage : 10-12 mins Reading time : 5 mins Time taken to solve the questions : 7 mins T.I.M.E. Time allocation Subject of the passage (most important) No. of questions per passage [CAT 2010] Length Question type : Direct/Partial Inferential/Inferential T.I.M.E. How to choose a passage? AIMCAT 1220 Passage I : Translation of books into digital formats Passage II : Green initiatives Passage III : The Criminal mind AIMCAT 1219 Passage I : a look at genocide with Stalin as an example (Sub : history) Passage II : state of affairs in democratic societies (Sub : politics) Passage III : history is dependant on geography and social development T.I.M.E. RC subjects in the Aimcats AIMCAT 1218 Passage I : Buddhism : Stephen Batchelor’s understanding of Buddhism (Sub : Religion) Passage II : Correlation between poverty and social problems (Sub : Economics) Passage III : trace the origin of super-massive black holes (Sub : Cosmology) AIMCAT 1217 Passage I : book review : about climate science and global warming (Sub : ecology) Passage II : Application of management principles (Sub : Management) Passage III : Shyam Benegal and the New Indian cinema (Sub : Arts) T.I.M.E. RC subjects in the Aimcats AIMCAT 1216 Passage I : genesis of life on the Earth (Sub : anthropology) Passage II : the various facets of Africa (the economic development) (Sub : Geopolitics) Passage III : Efforts taken to prevent climate change (Sub : Climate change) T.I.M.E. RC subjects in the Aimcats T.I.M.E. Sub areas asked in CAT in the last 10 years http://samsmithessays.blogspot.com/2006/06/practicing-anthropology-without.html (anthropology) http://www.economist.com/node/15172496?story_id=15172496&source=hptextfeature (anthropology) http://beta.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article432445.ece (Sociology) http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/06/gobekli-tepe/mann-text/1 (anthropology) T.I.M.E. Anthropology /Sociology/Culture http://www.sydneyline.com/Historical%20Truth%20and%20Postmodernism.htm (history) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12522848 (history) http://www.historynet.com/the-war-over-plunder-who-owns-art-stolen-in-war.htm/1 (history) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/opinion/07friedman.html?_r=3&ref=thomaslfriedman (politics) http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/africa_china/61408 (politics) http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/john-gilmers-last-stand/ (politics) http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/books/review/adam-kirsch-on-new-books-about-world-war-ii.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all (world politics) T.I.M.E. History/Politics http://www.theamericanscholar.org/how-longfellow-woke-the-dead/ (literature) http://www.guernicamag.com/blog/2734/julianne_escobedo_shepherd_8_c/ (literature) http://www.city-journal.org/2011/eon0517hm.html (education) http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/most+influential+history/4788014/story.html (literature) T.I.M.E. Language/Arts/Literature http://hinduism.about.com/od/vivekananda/a/vivekananda_speeches_2.htm (philosophy) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_Monkey_Theorem (philosophy) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation (philosophy) http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/0517/Questions-about-God-Don-t-assume-all-religions-offer-similar-answers (religion) http://www.thehumanist.org/humanist/articles/dawkins.html (religion) http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/06/gobekli-tepe/mann-text/1 (religion) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6711.html (morality) http://www.douglasadams.com/dna/980707-05-a.html (technology) http://grammar.about.com/od/classicessays/a/virhapmill.htm (philosophy) T.I.M.E. Religion/Philosophy http://www.thehumanist.org/humanist/articles/dawkins.html (economics) http://www.guernicamag.com/blog/2734/julianne_escobedo_shepherd_8_c/ (economics) http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/05/22/our_data_ourselves/?page=full (technology) http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/ian-leslie/are-artists-liars?page=full (psychology) T.I.M.E. Economics/Business/Science/Tech Style is the way in which an author presents his ideas on a particular subject. Different