How to enhance your communication skills?

You can enhance your communication skills by following some points below.

1. First of all get rid of your fear. You are unique and so are your skills. Most of the time people fear speaking in front of people and on stage. So try not to think of it and take it lightly and focus on your strengths.

2. Practice a lot. Practice in front of Mirror. If you are giving a presentation, revise and rehearse in front of mirror. Ask your friends and relatives to listen to you and give feedback. Improvise on it.

3. If you are going to face an interview, try to make a note of all possible questions, do some research, and create some sample answers. Do not learn them, just keep points handy on which you can talk comfortably and easily.

4. Ask your friends to take mock interviews.

5. Read a lot. Read newspapers, books, magazines. Find tough and new words, keep a dictionary handy and note down word and meaning. Revise in next few days.

6. You can practice english vocabulary on http://www.complore.com/word-power-made-easy

Practice these points and you should see a marked improvement in your communication skills.

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Puzzle of the day Week 27 Nov - 3 Dec

Question

Sam and Mala have a conversation.

• Sam says I am certainly not over 40
• Mala says I am 38 and you are atleast 5 years older than me
• Now Sam says you are atleast 39
  

All the statements by the two are false. How old are they really?

Question

One side of the bottom layer of a triangular pyramid has 12 balls. How many are there in the whole pyramid?

Question

Jack and Jill are playing cards for a stake of $1 a game. At the end of the evening, Jack has won 3 games and Jill has won $3. How many games did they play?

Question

I bought a car with a peculiar 5 digit numbered licence plate which on reversing could still be read. On reversing value is increased by 78633. Whats the original number if all digits are different?

Question

The secret agent X emailed some code to his head office. They are "RADAR, LEVEL, ROTOR, REDIVIDER, MOTOR". But four of these five words have something in common and one is fake. Can you tell which one is fake? Ignore the fact that four of the code-words are of the same length.

Question

You have 9 marbles. 8 marbles weigh 1 ounce each, & one marble weighs 1.5 ounces. You are unable to determine which is the heavier marble by looking at them. You have a weighing scale that consists of 2 pans, but the scale is only good for 2 total weighings. How can you determine which marble is the heaviest one using the scale & in 2 weighings?

Question

Gomzi has 3 timepieces in his house - a wall clock, an alarm clock and a wristwatch. The
wristwatch is always accurate, whereas the wall clock gains 2 minutes everyday and the alarm
clock loses 2 minutes everyday.
At exactly midnight last night, all three watches were showing the same time.
If today is 25 July 2003, then on which date all three clocks will show the same time again?

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CAT Question of the day week 26 Nov - 3 Dec

Question

Two boats start from the opposite banks of a river simultaneously. They meet at a distance of 410 m from one of the banks and continue sailing further till they reach the opposite banks. They take rest for 1 hr each and start off the return journey. Now they meet at a distance of 230 m from the other bank. Find the distance between the two banks. Note: (Assume that river water is almost still)

750 m

840 m

1100 m

1200 m

1000 m

Question

An ‘n’ digit number is formed using the digits 3, 4, 5 and 6 where repetition of the digits is allowed. If the number of all such possible ‘n’ digits numbers exceeds 10000, then what is the minimum value of n?

5

6

7

8

9

Question

Consider four digit numbers for which the first two digits are equal and the last two digits are also equal. How many such numbers are perfect squares?

3

2

4

0

1

Question

If a²b³c = 256/27 then find the minimum value of (a + b + c), where a, b and c are positive real numbers.

3

4

6

9

12

Question

What is the remainder when 3⁶⁰⁰¹ is divided by 13?

9

10

4

3

6

Question

Three triangular pyramid shaped dice, each having the faces numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4 were rolled simultaneously. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers on the three faces appearing at the bottom is at least 8?

35/ 64

29/ 64

1 /2

33 /64

15 /32

Question

Four digit numbers are formed using digits 3, 5, 6 and 8 without any repetition of digit in any number. Out of all such numbers formed, how many are divisible by 4 but neither divisible by 8 nor by 11?

2

3

4

5

6

Question

A person used to save 20% of his income. Since his income has increased by 20%, he started giving 10% of the income to a charity. Now he is saving16(2/3)% of his net income (after donation to the charity). Find the percentage change in his “Saving percent”. [“Saving percent” is defined as the savings of the person as a percentage of his income]

10%

15%

22.22%

25%

20%

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CAT 2009 Date Extended till 8th December 2009

Prometric and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) have extended the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2009 till 8 December. CAT 2009 was scheduled to run for 10 days from 28 November to 7 December 2009.

As part of our planned contingency, Prometric prepared the registration and scheduling system to accommodate volumes in excess of the projected number of candidates to ensure any additional demand can be fulfilled. The CAT 2009 has been extended to accommodate, within this year’s testing period, all the registered candidates to whom the test has yet to be delivered as scheduled. Some testing labs (Note: one test centre could have several labs) have experienced technical difficulties mainly on the account of viruses and malware. Majority of these issues have been identified and eradicated, however Prometric, in partnership with NIIT, is continuing to monitor and assess all labs. In the event that testing is not possible for any session at specific labs, affected candidates will be contacted via SMS and email the day before. Rescheduling of these candidates will then be initiated and new appointments communicated again via SMS and email.

On 8 December (Day 11), CAT 2009 will be held over one morning session in 20 cities. These cities are: Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, New Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida, Pune and Varanasi.

In response to feedback from candidates, Prometric has extended the hours for the CAT Candidate Care (1800 103 9293), added more telephone lines and Candidate Care agents to accommodate the high volume of calls. Effective 3 December, the Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) and phone support will be available everyday from 8am - 8pm throughout the testing period.

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CAT troubles continues for day four, aspirants flay IIMs 'laxity'

Many aspirants for the competitive Common Admission Test (CAT), including those unable to take the online computerised test in the past three days due to technical snags, were left in the lurch on the fourth consecutive day Tuesday, and blamed lax communication and management by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs).

The competitive CAT exam that went online for the first time this year ran into trouble again when a computer crash stalled the exam at centres in cities like Lucknow, Delhi and Bhopal.

'Students at Delhi, Bhopal and Lucknow have called us saying they could not give the exam. Many of them are the rescheduled candidates,' Ulhas Vairagkar, director of the TIME coaching institute told IANS.

Candidates outside the SMS college centre at Lucknow said they were facing a harrowing time, coming to different re-alloted centres time and again with no guarantee that they would be able to take the test.

'I was to give the CAT in the morning slot two days back. After waiting for over two hours, we were told that because of technical problems there would be no exam. Late in the evening I got an SMS saying I should go to another institute. I went yesterday (Monday) but again the CAT exam was suspended,' Neeraj Prasad, a CAT candidate, told IANS over the phone from Lucknow.

He complained that the entire batch of around 60 candidates had been going to re-designated centres for the past two days but were unable to take the exam.

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CAT Aspirants Face Problems

On Monday December 1st 2009, some of the city management aspirants writing the common admission test (CAT) faced some minor problems when three of the computers got shutdown at the Indian Institute of Business Management (IIBM) examination centre.

Fortunately, this had nothing to do with server problem as reported from many other cities in the country. It had happened due to voltage fluctuation.

"We addressed the problem in less than 10 minutes and examinees sitting on these three computers wrote the test without much problem," an IIBM office-bearer told TOI.

In Bihar, there are just two CAT examination centres — Indian Institute of Business Management (IIBM), Buddha Marg, and Zakir Hussain Institute (ZHI), Hartali Chowk.

With CAT test going on-line from this year, the said test would take place for 10 days with aspirants allotted different dates in accordance with the space availability at different examination centres.

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ALL The Best to CAT Aspirants for CAT 2009 Exam

All the best to CAT Aspirants for CAT 2009 Exam!

Don't forgot to follow following tips before going for the D Day.

1. In the last week do not study new concepts instead focus on what you have already studied. Revise only what you have studies.
2. Revise and understand the mistakes which you did in last few mocks that you gave.
3. Just before the exam day, relax and keep your self stress free by watching movies, spending time with family and friends.
4. Do not take wild guess in the paper. As CAT Exam has negative marking so only if you are able to eliminate 2-3 choices, then you should take a guess.
5. You must reach the venue 2 hours before the exam starts.
6. You must take proper sleep before the exam to prevent stress during the exam.
7. Go through the Computer Instruction thoroughly to prevent mistakes during the paper. Get yourself familiar with the testing platform.
8. Keep all your stuff like admit card, pencils etc well in advance to prevent last minute hassle.
9. Manage your time well. Dont waste much time on particular section. You can always bookmark the question and come back later and attempt it.
10. Give it your best shot and do not quit.

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