Verbal Ability Gyaan1)Parajumbles(PJ)- This is probably the easiest section of VA.In or er to score !

ery "ell in the VA#$ section%one has to be !ery &oo at it.Goo PJ s'ill easily ensures atleast ( mar's in )AT.Just &o throu&h the PJ theory(e!en for a la*y bum%it "ill ta'e 1 ay ma+ to &o throu&h all the rules).After that%practice alteast ,-- PJs e!ery ay.That "ill be enou&h. An article by Tan!eer .irhttp/00""".pa&al&uy.com0ne"s0sol!e-para-jumble-1uestions-usin&-chota-rajan-metho poriborton-strate&y-other-easy-tric's-a-12-13)Para&raph )ompletion(P))- .imple section.4 rules to remember..till many people &et this "ron& in )AT.The problem arises "hen one%after elimination of useless options%has to choose bet"een the last t"o options.An this is "here a &oo rea in& habit helps.Please rea the article on P) by Tan!eer .ir. http/00""".pa&al&uy.com0ne"s0 on- etecti!es-hat-sol!e-para&raph-completion- elete sentence-1uestions-a-1(564 Also%the rules as &i!en by GP .ir$ule 1/ .cope of passa&e an ans"er choice shoul be the same .cope loosely refers to the subject of the passa&e an the issues iscusse in it. .cope of the correct ans"er choice shoul be the same as that of the passa&e. 7or e+ample% if the passa&e iscusses the benefits of 8uclear 9ner&y% choices iscussin& .olar Po"er are unli'ely to be correct. :hen a choice is out of scope% it is iscussin& issues or subjects that are ifferent from those in the passa&e.;ut of scope can be loosely translate as out of syllabus. $ule 3/ .cale of the passa&e an ans"er choice shoul be the same )onsi er a passa&e on the outbrea' of bir flu in a city% the correct ans"er choice "ill also focus on the city% it "ill not si&nificantly chan&e the scale (or si*e) of the problem. Thus any choice that e+ten s the bir flu problem of the city to the country or re uces it to a small part of the city is unli'ely to be correct.In other "or s the si*e of the problem "ill be the same in the para&raph an the correct ans"er choice. $ule </ Tone of the passa&e an the ans"er choice shoul be the same If the author of the para&raph has a fa!ourable opinion on an issue then the correct ans"er choice shoul also reflect it. The tone of the passa&e an the correct ans"er choice has to be the same.If the passa&e is lau atory% it is not possible for the correct ans"er choice to be critical. $ule 2/ )ontinuity Just as Gan&es flo"s from Gan&otri to $ishi'esh to Varanasi an cannot re!erse its irection% an issue that has been iscusse an close in the para&raph "ill not be ta'en up a&ain% remember from $ishi'esh Gan&es can flo" only to Varanasi an not to Gan&otri. It is the last thou&ht or issue that has to be ta'en for"ar an not somethin& that is ea an burie . <).entence )orrection(.))There are aroun 1( topics in &rammar that nee to be co!ere for )AT.=ut e!en if one oesn>t &et the in- epth 'no"le &e in most of the topics%the .) 1uestions of )AT are 1uite mana&eable.I ha starte "ith Aristotle .) Grail an :ren an ?artin(because Aristotle .) oesn>t ha!e all the chapters).;ne can use TI?90)#0I?.0.ujit @umar>s boo' to start the &rammar portion.=ut the important thin& to 'no" is that no &rammar boo' is e+hausti!e..o no matter "ith "hich one you start from%ma'e sure you follo"

some other &ui es tooAAATo &o throu&h the basics of &rammar(3 boo's) "oul nee aroun 3 months ma+.After that%all one nee s is practice.$ea in& too helps tremen ously to buil a stron& &rammar.;ne comes across parallelism%mo ifiers%punctuation%.VA%articles an almost e!ery other &rammar topic..o "hile rea in&%pay attention to the &rammatical structure as "ell. 2))ritical $easonin&This section is important from )AT0BAT point of !ie".A&ain%1 month ma+ to &et a han& of all the terms an tric's that are use in )$.7ollo" a stan ar G?AT boo' for )$ to 'no" about the basics.There are tonnes of p fs too that are pretty &oo . 4))onfusin& "or sThere is no sin&le e+hausti!e list that lists all the homonyms.?ajority of them are a!ailable as p fs.An the past moc' papers are a &oo source too.)ollect as much as you can.8ot a ifficult area. ()Phrasal Verbs(PV)-This is one of the most rea e sections of VA /C Dnless you e!ote e+clusi!e time to this section%you can>t be sure of the ans"er in the e+am.@eep practisin& <-2 PVs a ay%not more than that.An hope that you are as'e easy ones in )AT./P ,)Vocabulary-This is the section that ta'es the ma+imum time.I personally feel that till the !ery last ay%one has to 'eep re!isin& "or s an still cannot be sure "hat "or "ill he0she encounter the ne+t ay..o start from no" on.It is not imp to mu& up <5 "or s in a ay%but it is too important to mu& up <5 "or s a ay for the ne+t ,-- months of your prepsAAA8o"%you ha!e &ot aroun - months to )AT 351<.If you rea 15 "or s a ay too%you "ill complete a 3255 "or list before )AT..o start from to ay itself.Pic' a stan ar "or list an rea 15 "or s e!ery ay I8 TE9 ?;$8I8G itself.An then%'eep re!isin& them in your hea throu&hout the ay(this is the most important step)%15 "or s "ill har ly ta'e 15 mins to re!ise.8o bi& eal.An the final re!ision shoul be one just before you sleep.If you are unable to recall some "or s%then refer to them then an thereAAAAlso% on>t just rea the "or s mechanically. Associate "or s "ith funny i eas0people0stories0mnemonics.Dse mnemonics "or lists%au io "or lists etc etc.Fou can create a blo& too "here e!ery ay%you can "rite a short passa&e that inclu es all the "or s you ha memori*e that ay.Four "ritin& "ill impro!e too("e ha!e :AT no"a ays). -)$ea in& )omprehensionThe name itself &i!es the clue as to "hat nee s to be one to ace this section. J .ome other thin&s to rememberCe!elop a rea in& habit.GI &et bore after 35 minutesG%GI only lo!e tech%philosophy bores meG blah blah blah..top &i!in& e+cuses an start rea in&.)AT0BAT people on>t &i!e a amn "hether you li'e it or not.F;D EAV9 T; C; IT.Please e!ote time to this.?a'e this a hobby rather than a metho of sailin& throu&h )AT0BAT.After some months of e icate rea in&%you yourself "ill see the ifference.It helps in all areas of VA%be it $)%P)%.)%!ocab%PVs%PJ.An on>t restrict your rea in& to the li'es of H< mista'es of my lifeG%GI too ha a lo!e storyG.=roa en your &enre.Another thin& is-ma'e 9n&lish your primary lan&ua&e of communication.9!en "hen you are on 7=%start commentin& in 9n&lish.An on>t feel ba if someone corrects you.=e happy that atleast someone is there to help you become better.If possible%create a small &roup of frien s "ho ha!e )AT as a common &oal.Interact "ith them in 9n&lish.8o Ein i0other re&ional lan&ua&e "hatsoe!er.