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• Finding Tone of a Reading Comprehension Passage

  ToneOf a passage is the mood of the author in which he is writing. Tone is more content specific than style. Within a passage, we can hav ... Read more ...

• Finding Style of a Reading Comprehension Passage

  Style and ToneStyle and Tone are important to identify in a passage. Their identification helps in better understanding of the passage and also helps ... Read more ...

• Title, Central Idea and Summary

  In this article we will be dealing with the two parts of Reading Comprehension passage: 1)   Title/Central idea/Summary2)   Style/ Tone of the passage ... Read more ...

• 6 Months Plan For CAT Prep

  Preparation forms an important, if not the most important, piece to the jigsaw key that unlocks the door to a seat in a good management institute. With six months left for CAT 2010, it is the ideal ti ... Read more ...

• DE Shaw Profile & Placement Test Pattern

  D. E. ShawProfile In July 1988, a small investment partnership called D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. was organized w ... Read more ...

• Congnizant Profile & Placement Test Pattern

  Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS)PROFILE:Cognizant is a different kind of offshore outsourcing company. We bring you the best ... Read more ...

• Convergys Profile & Placement Test Pattern

  CONVERGYSCompany’s Profile: A global leader in outsourcing, consulting, and software solutions, Convergys combines its industry experience, leading-ed ... Read more ...

• Cisco Profile & Its Placement Test

  Cisco Company Profile:Cisco Systems is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco provides end-to-end networ ... Read more ...

• Capgemini Profile & Its Placement Test

  CAPGEMINICOMPANY PROFILECapgemini is a global leader in consulting, technology, outsourcing, and local professional services. The headquarter isin Par ... Read more ...

• Hospitality Management stream for USA

  For those who know what they want to do and what they wish to achieve from life, it is just finding the correct path that would lead them to their career goals. Students have many apprehensions as to ... Read more ...

• Popular Management Institutes in Singapore

  Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) Tel: 6278-8000501 Stirling Road, Singapore 148951Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) ... Read more ...

• MBA From Singapore

  Singapore is increasingly emerging as an attractive destination for studying business and management courses. Education in Singapore is comparatively cheaper than in other foreign locations. One could ... Read more ...

• Popular B-Schools in UK

  UKsinglequotes Popular B-Schools ... Read more ...

• UK Student Visa

  All UK student visa applications have to be made on IM2A forms available in UK embassies. Documents required would be the acceptance letter from the destined university and proof that you would be abl ... Read more ...

• MBA in UK

  UK is the preferred destination for those who want to complete their MBA in a culturally and economically rich country and that too in a short duration. Unlike most of the B-Schools in USA, Canada etc ... Read more ...

• Retail Industry - Career Growth, Salary & Job Profiles

  How does Retail Management Course help in improving job prospects?Today the organized retail sector is booming with opportunities. Lots of Indian and intentional multinational com ... Read more ...

• Courses, Syllabus & Eligibility For Retail Management

  Education Options and Eligibility and What are various institutes in such stream?  A lot of entry level jobs are available after graduation and due to a current dearth in spe ... Read more ...

• Four Killer Questions

  The Jungle Panel(Excerpts from CAREER related postings by David Blend)  DIANNE DESEVO is the recruiting manager ... Read more ...

• Interview Body Language: It's Not What You Said

  In all likelihood, a recruiter won't browbeat you, torture you, or threaten you with jail time, but that doesn't mean the on-campus interview won't feel a bit like ... Read more ...

• Strategies For GDs

  After written test, the next stage generally consists of Group Discussion (GD) followed by personal interview (PI). The students are short-listed on the basis of their performance in the written test. ... Read more ...

• Inside B-School Interview

  The business school interview presents an opportunity to make your candidacy stand out—whether for better or worse depends on how prepared you are going in. Admissions insiders gave us the lowdown on ... Read more ...

• How to write winning Resume?

  The resume is a toll to win an interview. A resume is an advertisement, nothing more, nothing less. A great resume doesn’t tell what you have done but makes the same assertion that all good ad ... Read more ...

• 41 Personal Interview Questions

  1.     Introduce yourself2.     Describe yourself in six words.3.     How are you different from others around you?4 ... Read more ...

• Personal Interview

  In contrast to a GD, PI is more personal in nature. Broadly there are four basic areas on which one may be quizzed in an interview.Academic Knowledge.One has to have a ... Read more ...

• What is important in a GD

  What is important in a  GD1.   Be your natural self.2.   Your gestures and mannerisms are more likely to reflect your attitude than what you s ... Read more ...

• DOs and DON'Ts in a GD

  Basically, GD is an elimination exercise. This means that they are going to select ‘positive’ personalities and reject ‘negative’ personalities. To crack your GD, all you have to do is project a ‘posi ... Read more ...

• What is an MBA?

  What is an MBA?A two-year postgraduate course, leading either to a degree or a diploma. It imparts management skills that are critical for success in any kind of business. Typical ... Read more ...

• Are you ready for a career in leadership?

  You’ve decided to go in for a professional qualification that is probably the world’s best known and most widely recognized – Master of Business Administration (MBA). Now, get ready to lad! ... Read more ...

• MBA in Human Resource Management

  Depending upon your interest, you can specialize in Marketing , Finance, Human Resource Management, Systems Operations, Strategy, Advertising, International Busines, Rural Management etc. This selecti ... Read more ...

• MBA in Operations Management

  Depending upon your interest, you can specialize in Marketing , Finance, Human Resource Management, Systems Operations, Strategy, Advertising, International Business, Rural Management etc. This select ... Read more ...

• MBA in Marketing

  Depending upon your interest, you can specialize in Marketing , Finance, Human Resource Management, Systems Operations, Strategy, Advertising, International Busines, Rural Management etc. This selecti ... Read more ...

• Power Industry

  Power Industry 1.    OverviewThe energy sector has bec ... Read more ...

• Electronics Industry

  Electronics Industry 1.    OverviewThe electronics con ... Read more ...

• Real Estate Industry

  Real Estate Industry 1.    OverviewIn India, the real ... Read more ...

• Retail Industry

  Retail Industry 1.    OverviewThe Indian retail market ... Read more ...

• Insurance Industry

  Insurance Industry – An Overview 1.    OverviewThe Insuranc ... Read more ...

• Telecom Industry - An Overview

  Telecom Industry – An Overview 1.    Industry Details ... Read more ...

• Vedic Maths - Series 4

  Vedic Mathematics Series Part 4In this series we shall deal with the rest of the rules/ cases involved in using the Nikhilam Navatas’cara ... Read more ...

• Vedic Maths - Series 3

  Vedic Mathematics Series Part 3We shall now move on to the next formula Nikhilam Navatas’caramam Dasatah which means “all from 9 and the ... Read more ...

• Vedic Maths - Series 2

  Vedic Mathematics Series Part 2We initially looked at Vedic Mathematics’  Ek?dhikena P?rvena formula to help us find the square of n ... Read more ...

• How to Prepare On Your Work Experience For B-School Interviews Part -3

  How to Prepare On Your Work Experience For B-School Interviews (Part 3 of 3)Continuing with our series on preparing on work experience fo ... Read more ...

• How to Prepare On Your Work Experience For B-School Interviews Part -2

  How to Prepare On Your Work Experience For B-School Interviews (Part 2 of 3)Continuing with our series on preparing on work experienc ... Read more ...

• Vedic Maths - Series 1

  Introduction to Vedic Mathematics SeriesOne key skill that is tested in a B School entrance test is speed at which you can do the problem ... Read more ...

• Facts about IBSAT

  IBSAT is an aptitude test conducted by the Federation of Universities (FedUni), for students seeking admission into the management programs. IBSAT is for 2 hours duration and is aimed to test the appl ... Read more ...

• How to Prepare On Your Work Experience For B-School Interviews Part -1

  How to Prepare On Your Work Experience For B-School Interviews (Part 1 of 3)Internationally most B-Schools aspirants prefer to get an MBA ... Read more ...

• Making Resume For MBA Admission Interview

  Making a resume for you MBA Admission InterviewsOnce the written test is over, the next stage of the admission process for most B-schools ... Read more ...

• Handling your online Identity for Interviews

  Handling your online Identity for InterviewsToday in the age of internet, there is hardly anyone who does not have an online identity. Bu ... Read more ...

• Essay Writing In Selection Process

  With IIM Bangalore having decided to scrap GD’s in favour of Essay writing from their selection process for the 2010 batch, it is not important for each and every candidate to start preparing on this ... Read more ...

• Mind Mapping for Acing Group Discussions

  Mind Mapping for Acing Group DiscussionsGroup discussions are an important part of most B-school selection processes. The trait that the ... Read more ...

• What are Homonymns?

  Many words in the English vocabulary sound similar but have different meanings and are spell differently. They are called homonyms. Here is a list of some homonyms and other words which sound confusin ... Read more ...

• FMS Interview Process

  FMS boasts of one of the most unique interview process of most top rug b-schools in India. While the FMS entrance test is known for its emphasis on speed game due to the sheer quantity of questions, t ... Read more ...

• NMAT 2010 - Day 2 feedback

  As usual NMAT 2010 was conducted peacefully on its second day too without any glitches or problems. The distribution of marks along with a reasonable attempt is : ... Read more ...

• What are Eponyms?

  An eponym is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular  place, ... Read more ...

• MAH-CET 2010

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• NMAT-2010 :An overview

   NMIMS  or  Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies  is  conducting the entrance test for admission in one of the best private management  institute in the country ... Read more ...

• FMS 2010 Post Exam Analysis.

  This year’s FMS consisted of 200 questions, compared  to last year’s 175. The marking scheme was +4 for correct answers and -1 for negative answers. Thus, the total marks was 800.Structur ... Read more ...

• Introduction to Case Studies - GD & PI

  Some of the top management institutes, as well as some of the lower ranked ones, have shifted from using Group Discussions during the second stage to using Case Studies (along with the Interview). Thu ... Read more ...

• JMET 2010 Results are out.

  JMET 2010 results have been declared. Students can go to the following URL and submit their score to get their score and rank. ... Read more ...

• XAT 2010 Post Exam Analysis

  XAT 2010 analysis:The XAT 2010 paper conisted of three sections. The section breakup was: ... Read more ...

• What is an Extempore? - GD & PI Preparation

  What is an Extempore?  ... Read more ...

• Study in USA

  Study in the USAEducationsinglequotes purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one and this is the basic principle in which the e ... Read more ...

• SNAP 2009-10 Analysis

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• The Journey called MDI, Gurgaon

  In the midst of ‘the millenium city’ Gurgaon and the backdrop of the fast paced corporate hub lies the sprawling and serene 40 acre campus of MDI, Gurgaon. This institute prides itself for its highly ... Read more ...

• Starting GD & PI Preparation

  Now that CAT has finally finished amidst a lot of confusion and chaos, it is time to look beyond the examination and look at interviews. While it is only common for students to think about why to star ... Read more ...

• JMET 2010 Post Exam Analysis

    The JMET 2010 had four sections with each section having 30 questions each like last year. There were four options for each question, each correct answer carried +1 mark while each wrong answer ... Read more ...

• Why do we read

  Why do We Read?Well, everyone keeps saying, Read  Read and Read. But Why????  Why in the first place do we need to read.  ... Read more ...

• topCATcoaching Faculty's Take On CAT 2009

  The online CAT has made its debut and its possibly been the roughest debut since Shane Warne was manhandled by the Indians at Sydney. One just hopes that like Warne, the Online version of the CAT will ... Read more ...

• Life at IIM Calcutta

  Here’s what Soumitra Singh, a member of the External Relations Cell of IIM Calcutta had to say about life at IIM Calcutta : ‘Joka - Management.’ That’s the name every cab driver in Kolkat ... Read more ...

• Do's & Don'ts on the Exam Day

  Ok. So we have huffed and puffed our way and we are finally there. The biggest management entrance examination in India is on its way. And this time it is unlike any of its predecessors, adding just t ... Read more ...

• How to maintain a Positive Attitude

  How to maintain a Positive AttitudeHaving understood what is attitude, we also need to learn to maintain a positive attitude. This is ... Read more ...

• IIFT 2009 - Post Exam Analysis

  IIFT 2009 was a 2 hour paper like last year. But unlike last year this year there were only four sections (with two subsections in the VA section) as compared to the six sections last year. Overall th ... Read more ...

• NITIE - Profile, Culture, Life and More

  As we continue our focus on leading management institutes across the country, we take a look this week at National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai. NITIE ( ... Read more ...

• Do's & Don'ts 2 weeks before CAT Exam - Part 2

  With the number of days to CAT coming down to finger countable numbers the nerves must be at an all time high. Thoughts like ‘Oh my God! The last few mock cats have been horrible, I am definitely not ... Read more ...

• Verbal Ability - Past Perfect Tense

  Past Perfect TensePast Perfect tense is generally used to denote one action that happened before another action in the past. In other wor ... Read more ...

• JMET - Entrance Exam for MBA in 6 IITs

  JMET is the entrance examination to the management program offered by the six leading IITs (Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee). The pattern for this examination is pretty similar to ... Read more ...

• Do's & Don'ts 2 weeks before CAT Exam - Part 1

  With less than 3 weeks to go for the first of the CAT examinations to be taken by students across the country its time to shift some focus back onto what many believe is the mother of all management e ... Read more ...

• "Verbal Ability - Simple Present Perfect Tense"

  Present Perfect TensePresent perfect tense is used to specify an action that has taken place sometime in the past, time of which is not k ... Read more ...

• Best career options after MBA

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• Verbal Ability - Simple Future Tense

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• CAT 2009 Time Management Before and During the Test

  CAT 2009 Time Management Before and During the Test Before the TestTime management before ... Read more ...

• Exam Stress, How to avoid it?

  Although you may know the materials, and even though you have read all hints and tips in this book, one factor may still interfere with your ability to successfully function on test day: test stress. ... Read more ...

• Verbal Ability - Simple Past Tense

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• FMS - Profile, Culture, Life and More

  Carrying on with our weekly focus on different management schools across the country, this week we shift our focus to Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi. We spoke to Nagraj Chandrasekhar from the Me ... Read more ...

• Life @ IIFT Kolkatta

  As part of our series on life at B schools in India, we focus this week on Indian Institute of Foreign trade. To know more about the campus and the life on it we contacted Mohit Goyal, the joint media ... Read more ...

• IIFT Entrance Exam

  How different is the selection process to IIFT (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade) different from that of CAT. We asked Mohit Goyal, the joint media co-ordinator for IIFT and he shared his thoughts on ... Read more ...

• Verbal Ability - Simple Present Tense

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• MOTIVATION

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• XLRI - Profile, Culture, Life And More

  XLRI was founded in 1949 by Fr Quinn Enright, S.J. in the Steel City of Jamshedpur. Fr. Enright visualized XLRI to be a partner in the liberation and development journey of the independent India with ... Read more ...

• XAT - How is it different from CAT?

  XLRI is possibly one of the most sought after management institutes in India after the IIMs. Thus it is only natural for a long time now they have had their own entrance examination. The test is compa ... Read more ...

• The D Day and just before

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• Types of Questions in Data Interpretation

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• What is Attitude?

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• Types of Questions in Verbal Ability

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• Types of Questions in Quantitative Aptitude

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• How To Improve Your Memory

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• How to use the mock CAT

  Right, we have 60 days to go for the biggest day(s) of the year for all the CAT aspirants.  And right now, we can perhaps divide the CAT aspirant community into 2 sets, those who have worked hard ... Read more ...

• Online CAT or CAT on the line?

  Online CAT or CAT on the line? Will the change in the format affect the CAT so much that it becomes like GRE where high scores might mean nothing great , but just a s ... Read more ...

• How to beat stress

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• Verbal Ability

  Verbal ability remains the graveyard for the majority of CAT takers across the years. It doesn’t matter if you are a verbal ‘God’ or someone who has had a history of trouble with respect to verbal abi ... Read more ...

• Quantitative Ability

  How to attempt the quantitative section of the CAT paper demands possibly the most qualitative answer. This is because this is perhaps the most test taker dependent section. Because of the wide variet ... Read more ...

• Click the Mouse to Bell the Cat

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• Data Interpretation Sectional Approach

  As one may be aware, the Data Interpretation section of the CAT has two parts to it : logical reasoning and data interpretation.  Now the common question facing students is which of the two is be ... Read more ...

• Tips for Interviews

  Right now the focus of every single CAT aspirant would be on the exam, and rightly so.  However, it is important to remember that there is a long way to go after the examination in terms of crack ... Read more ...

• General Awareness

  Its been more than three months since the new government came into power and a lot has happened during these 100 odd days. This article aims to take you through some of the more important events and d ... Read more ...

• Mnemonics

  MnemonicsMnemonics are little memory aids in the form of poems, rhymes, phrases etc that are easier to remember than the actual topic ... Read more ...

• More about Idioms

  An idiom is a phrase characteristic of a particular language, that cannot necessarily be fully understood from the separate meanings of the individual words. According to the web, an idiom is a phrase ... Read more ...

• CAT Taking Strategies

  Two months to go for what will possibly be the biggest day in the life of a couple of lakh students and professionals across the nation.  It is going to be a whole new ball game with the introduc ... Read more ...

• Study Plan for CAT Quant

  As a serious CAT aspirant you should have gone through number of articles that claimed themselves as testaments for success and vouched for improved ... Read more ...

• Tips to crack CAT

  Come November and students are frenzied lot! After days or even months of constant burning of the light lamp, it is time to fight the f ... Read more ...

• FAQ's about CAT'09--Released by IIM Ahmedabad

  IIMA has made an official anouncement ... Read more ...

• Why Taking Online Tests is necessary in preparation for CAT

  The preparation for CAT is incomplete before taking a lot of practice tests. Full length practice tests/Mock Tests helps a student in multiple ways: ... Read more ...

• topCATcoaching faculty Nitesh Duhan wins landmark GD & PI judgement

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• Fixed Income Securites - Bond Basics.

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• 15th Lok Sabha: Council of Ministers

   15th Lok Sabha: Council of Minist ... Read more ...

• Monetary Policy of Reserve Bank of India

  Like every country, India has its own central bank – RBI, which performs the following roles:1. Conduct monetary policy2. Monitor and regulate ban ... Read more ...

• How to Prepare for Group Discussions

  How can you prepare for Group Discussions? Content ... Read more ...

• Verbal Ability-Strategic Discussion

  The Verbal Section is arguably the easiest section in CAT. One can look forward to maximize the score in this section by following right practices. It is said that ... Read more ...

• Inflation - its causes and effects on the economy

  Inflation is a ... Read more ...

• How to Improve Vocabulary

  Learning vocabulary is not simply mugging up words but going to their root meaning. I ... Read more ...

• Digging deeper into Bull and Bear Markets

  Approximately every day in the investing world, you will hear the terms "bull" and "bear" to de ... Read more ...

• Election Result 2009

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• Election Katha

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• A Better India , A Better World: Book Review

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• US Bank :Stress Test Result

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• Know about Swine Flu

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• Cat is Online-Everything official about it

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• MBA in Human Resource Management

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• MBA in Operation

  MBA in Operation Career: singlequote Operations singlequote is a fluid term ... Read more ...

• MBA in Marketing

  MBA in MarketingCareer: There are enormous opportunities for the people with marketing ... Read more ...

• MBA in Finance

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• IIM Shillong selection criteria for 2009-2011 class

  From the list of 2,31,491 candidates who have applied to RGIIM Shillong for admission, the committee has considered 31,934 candidates who are in the 60th percen ... Read more ...

• IIM Kolkatta Criteria for GD/PI shortlisting for PGDM and PGDCM for Academic Year 2009-10

  PGDM: Candidates satisfying the minimum section-wise and overall CAT scores, as given in the following table, have been shortlis ... Read more ...

• Selection Criteria for IIM L for 2009-2011

  This document details the process that has been developed at Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIML) for identifying the right candidates for admission ... Read more ...

• Selection Criteria for IIM A GD/PI calls for 2009-2011 session

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• How to Crack Analytical Reasoning

  Logic is the science of reasoning. So you have to dig into the problem to get the reasoning. Logical problem ca ... Read more ...

• IIM's Selection Criteria for year 2009-2011

  The CAT 2008 brought a new initiative from IIM’s. Till now, the GD/PI calls and eventual admission calls from various IIM’s used to be considered a black box. P ... Read more ...

• Comparison of Work Culture : India and Japan

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• About CAT

  CAT or the Common Admission Test is an all India entrance test that is conducted by the Indian Institutes of Managements. A strenuous exam – CAT– is a pre-requisite for admission into the post grad ... Read more ...

• Tips to Crack CAT

  Come November and students are frenzied lot! After days or even months of constant burning of the light lamp, it ... Read more ...