P – Pronunciation

U – Usage

M – Meaning

RM – Reverse Meaning (Find the word for a definition)

S – Spelling

All you need to do is an uncomplicated sign-in and a valid email id will do it for you.

Once you log-in to your account, you will see a whole new world waiting for you with numerous angles and prospective. You can make your own decks/wordlist. Just fill your decks with relevant items and words and you will be offered with an option to enhance further on those particular words with audio aides and multiple meaning options. This gives you a practice value and revision model. And next you can check out the Community pages with numerous decks loaded with valuable information and application. So if you are lazy enough to create your own deck, you can check-out others deck and study them. After all motive is to make our vocab strong instead of making a wordlist (isn’t it )

The most interesting feature perhaps is the Subjects page that presents six different categories with relevant decks and just clicks on the Study Now link; you will find a table with multiple options of learning. Drag in the one you need and get ready to know that word with its meaning, usage and application. Not only that, it has got the most useful option of getting the phonetic assistance. You can listen to the word and understand the way it is actually pronounced! So, it is like a super market of a word with every intricate corners covered with understanding, application and apprehension.

Apart from these features, Flashcard has something for everyone (should I say- everything for everyone!) with the introduction of Grade Levels. The user can start with the Kindergarten level to the most advanced ones that ranges to Grade 12. So, no matter what age you are, what profession you are into, you can easily be a part of the educating model that definitely would help you in your school, work place or in any fields of personal life.

Scroll a bit down and set for an online test including- TOEFL, GRE, GMAT, ACT, SAT and more. All the above mentioned features are also there with all its elaborate aspects and user benefits.

Hunting down the pages of a heavy weight paper dictionary for a word and its usages have seen a whole new definition of advanced learning in form of http:// flashcards.dictionary.com/

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Update (30/10/2010): New website of Crest Edition: http://timescrest.com. But you have either register to read it online or you have to login using your Facebook Account. Full website is available to read till 10th Oct, 2010…Finally they are spending the so much moolahs on their writers…then how can they make it Free online, especially when majority of the readers of Crest Edition are prone to Internet.Similar Posts:

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Major Attractions of this file are:

1) Smart Vocab (6-19)

2) Full X Factor Series

3) English Guru Gyan

4) Everything about MBA #6

Here’s your copy:
MBAtutes.com (12 August – 22 May) ‘
You can download this file by clicking the ‘Save Document’ button above under the ‘More’ tab on the header of the above embeded magazine, or by directly going to our SCRIBD account: MBAtutes’ SCRIBD Account. Don’t forget to provide us your feedback on how can we improve its future version.

Please Note: This ebook is free and you can distribute it online without worrying about the copyright issues. The only point is that you cannot use it for commercial purpose. Doing so will be violation of our TOS & you will be held for violating IPC, Cyber laws Just kidding. No conviction, but use it to help others instead for help yourself.

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It’s been long time I have written any article. But I have come up once again with a very useful freeware. As you have read the title of this post, it is about ‘Tehelka’ Magazine. I find this magazine tough to read; this is the reason I prefer reading it. But yesterday while reading the hard copy I thought they must be having their site. So I explored this free e-version of the magazine.

Here are the steps you need to take in order to read it free:

Step 1:

Go to www.tehelka.com

Step 2:

You will reach to a new page. You have to register here in order to read. After all taking this small pain of registering will not harm us. BTW, they can use your information for marketing purpose. Here is their privacy policy. You can skip putting your address information in the register form.

Step 3:

Click the picture of the issue once register and you will reach to the e-version. You can also download the ebook; here is the image:

Enjoy Reading.

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I don’t need money for this work, the only thing which gives me inspiration is the appreciation of the readers of this blog. It would be very nice if you put some of your valuable comments on this post or subscribe to this blog (subscription link is beside this post).

BTW, I think I have already written a lot.  The banner to the download box also appears on the right sidebar of this page. You don’t need to search for this post every time; you can also download the same material through our download section.

OOPS, I forget to tell you how this work.

1) Tutorial of MBAtutes Download Box

2) Do let me know your thought on our Download section. Also the suggestions on how I can improve it further. Here’s the link to our Download section:

Download Box

Please Note: if you think that there is some copyright violation, then please inform me and I will immediately remove the material from the list. My intention is not to violate copyrights, rather to help all those who are searching for some extra.

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Here is the link to open the pdf file:

http://tours.qsnetwork.com/modules/wmt2/download/ManRev_GMAT_SCGuide.pdf

You can also click the image beside this text to open this e-book. Once the file is open, you can save the file by clicking the save button on top left side of the page.

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You can search for a single word or a phrase, for example Dogged or brown bread.

Use the _ character to match any single word, for example bread _ butter finds bread and butter, bread or butter etc.

Use the = character to restrict searches by part of speech, for example house=VVB finds only verbal uses of house.

Use braces { and } to enclose a regular expression, for example {s[iau]ng} finds sing, sang or sung

TOOL LINK

RESULT PAGE:

This is how you can use the tool. This tool is actually a website, you don’t have to download anything. Just click on the link of the site and start using it.

Points to know:

1) Very reliable.

2) If you type a relevant entry, it will give you a result.

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BTW, remember that this list cannot be mugged in one day. You need to learn by rote. Please click the title of the embeded file to download this file directly from SCRIBD.

GMAT Idiom List

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My RSS feed is now very versatile i.e it will work with any reader. Feedburner (now overtaken by google) rocks.

All downloadable files, videos, embeded files etc will also come to your feedreader. If you don’t know what are feeds, then it is a unique way of getting the updates of the site without giving your email id. For more details click:

What is FEED

BTW, Yesterday, I found a unique way of subscribing MBAtutes i.e through TABBLOID (by HP), which provides the pdf file of the feeds. Just click tabbloid to know more about the pdf feeds. Also if you don’t know about feedreaders, here is the link:

What is FEED READER

List of FEED READERS

For naive people I will recommend Google Reader. Go to google reader and subscribe to feeds of MBAtutes. Enjoy.

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Interview Questions

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IMS GA BRM

Please Note: This file belongs to IMS and copyright rests with them. You cannot redistribute or reproduce this material for commercial use. Keep it only for your personal use. File is hosted on IMS server so I am not violating any copyright law; I am just providing you the link.

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1) Spice

2) Men’s Health

3) Prevention

4) India Today Woman

5) Cosmopolitan

6) India Today Bangla, Malayalam, Telgu, Tamil.

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Main Proposal: Let plural subjects take plural verbs and singular subjects roam about with singular verbs.

Proposal 1:- When two or more nouns are present, ask the verb to agree with its proper subject instead of the noun near it.

The quality of language in British books is outstanding.

All the books on the rack are the law books.

Proposal 2:- Some nouns are plural by nature and like to be with plural verbs. Following are the names of these famous nouns-

Savings, thanks, surroundings, riches, goods, outskirts, belongings, particulars, premises, clothes, earnings, congratulations, people, police and staff.

Proposal 3:- When the verb is holding hands with two or more subjects and wearing either…or or neither…nor, use a singular verb if the last subject is singular and a plural verb if the last subject is plural.

Neither Levin nor Kitty wants to live in a city.

Either John Galt or his representatives are to stop the motor of the world.

Either nurses or the doctor is responsible for the wrong operation.

Proposal 4:- When two bachelor (singular) subjects are joined by spinster ‘and’, they form a pair (plural)

Dolly and Doll were t he first one to arrive.

Bob and Roger are playing a guitar.

Proposal 5:- Listen to what nouns suggest, if they suggest one idea to the mind, or refer to same person or thing, then the verb would rather stay single.

Bread and butter is kept in the refrigerator.

Time and tide waits for none.

Proposal 6:- Be cautious with the following-

Everyone, no one, anybody, somebody, everything, each and every, each of, neither of, the majority of, all of, some of and uncountable nouns.

All of food is stolen.

Knock! Knock! Is anybody there?

Proposal 7:- Economics, civics, statistics, news, mathematics, wages, linguistics, phonetics, politics etc are plural in form but singular in meaning and take a singular verb.

Mathematics is TG’s passion.

Politics is the major part of the corporate world.

Subject Verb Agreement contd….PART 2;

Proposal 8:- When there is a group of nouns (Collective nouns), a singular verb should be brought into action. When the individuals of this group are addressed, we would like to use plural verbs.

The crowd is maddening.

The population of Japan is on its life time low this year.

Proposal 9:- When noun denotes some specific quantity or amount considered as a whole, we should agree on a singular verb.

One-fourth of the work is completed by William.

The five thousand yen that he gave me was spent in a single day.

Proposal 10:- There are outsiders (words and phrases) besides ‘and’ that attach themselves to the subject and make it look plural but the subject still stays the same. These are the famous intruders -as well as, accompanied by, including, along with, in addition to and together with. So verbs, be careful!

Leonidas, along with his 300 Spartans, is going to fight against the Persian army.

Books, as well as music, are my passion.

Proposal 11:- When the subject is commanding, ordering, or suggesting — ‘you’, the person being directed by the subject has to disappear. (Subject expects itself to be understood)

(You) Listen to the sound of the music!

(You) Suggest a plan for the month.

Proposal 12:- Both subject and verb give special preference to ‘None’. None can be treated as both singular and plural until someone else in the crowd doesn’t recognize its number.

None of the men are ready for the war,

None of the men is ready for the war.

None of the dancers have given their best. (Here you can’t use singular because the word ‘their’ precludes the use of the singular verb.)

Proposal 13:- Sometimes nouns are playing tricks with you. They can beguile you into thinking they are plural when they are not. Nouns such as pants, pliers, glasses and scissors are regarded as plural (and prefer being with plural verbs) unless they’re preceded by the phrase pair of, so be careful!

The scissors are lying on the table.

A pair of scissors is lying on the table.

Proposal 14:- If the sentence is giving both positive and negative vibes, the verb will respond only to the subject giving positive vibes..

It is not Carol but her sisters who are married.

It was the subject of the movie, not the actors, that has charmed the audience.

Proposal 15:

Note: the word dollars is a special case. When talking about an amount of money, it requires a singular verb, but when referring to the dollars themselves, a plural verb is required.

Proposal 16:

Nouns such as scissors, tweezers, trousers, and shears require plural verbs. (There are two parts to these things.)

Sources: Pagalguy, Total Gadha, some online portals (don’t remember), some books (don’t remember the names)

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Today Pagalguy has released its B-School Ranking 2009. Here are the top 10 Colleges.

Rankings is not whole sole, as it is varied to a respect according to thinking of people. Options for Rankings are:

You can also Filter the list – Area wise i.e North, South etc and also according to the which test is required for a particular college i.e schools which accepts CAT or XAT or SNAP etc. Filter options are:

You can also Compare B-Schools of your choice and see where they stand in rankings by clicking the “Compare B-Schools” at top of the Pagalguy ranking page and the result will be like:

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10 Mythes of English Grammar

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Options available

Are you thinking of some word but can’t remember it fully? If yes, then there is one tool which can help you find that missing word from your mind. It’s not 100% sure that you will find that word but with this tool the probability of finding it becomes more than 50% (no quant funda involved). You can see the number of options available in the image to the left. For using this tool you have to go to the site which is linked to the image. Click the image to use this tool.

I would like to credit this post to Amit sir of Digital Inspiration, as due to him I get to know about this tool. You can see this post at labnol too.Similar Posts:

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Click the image

I have found a list of confusing words which make us confuse while solving the verbal questions. List is in two parts. All words in the list looks similar but in meaning they are far dissimilar. Their dictionary meanings are not given but they are used in sentence according to their dictionary meanings. You have to use dictionary to see the meaning of words. Click the image to go to the site.

Note: CAT has last time played with similar kind of confusing words. for e.g, a question of CAT 2007

51. The cricket council that was[A]/were[B] elected last March is[A]/are[B] at sixes and sevens over new rules.
The critics censored[A]/censured[B] the new movie because of its social inaccessibility. Amit’s explanation for missing the meeting was credulous[A]/credible[B]. She coughed discreetly[A]/discretely[B] to announce her presence.
1) BBAAA
2) AAABA
3) BBBBA
4) AABBA
5) BBBAA

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List of Topics

Are you still searching the source where you can find tests to practice? If yes, then you have once again come to the right place. Yesterday, I came across the site of TCYonline where you can register it for free and chose the topic of test which you want to give. All you have to do is register for free. List of topics is beside this text.

Problem: You can select only two topics from the list.

Solution: You can make multiple accounts. I haven’t tried it but I’m sure they won’t caught you. Only thing is you would require more than one email account and with so many email providers; I don’t think it’s not an issue.

You can also refer this to your younger cousins who are in school or preparing for any other competitive exams as “Nishkaam Seva” is what our “Bhagwat Gita” teaches. It will also help you improving your PR (public relation) skills.

MBA Section

Here is the screen shot of MBA Section which is divided in various sections. Note: Many tests are uploaded by users of this site but I don’t think they made it on their own. It’s just that they have it and are helping other users.

JUST CLICK ON ANY IMAGE TO ENTER INTO THEIR HOME PAGE.

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Wall Street Journal Articles

So all CAT aspirants: (T: Tutes, R: Readers)

T. Are you reading Wall Street Journal?

R. What’s that?

T. Most famous financial journal of US.

R. Oh, BTW, I don’t read it.

T. Why?

R. It needs subscription and I am either not earning that much or I am a student. I can’t afford it.

Solution: There is a solution to this problem now. Now you can read all the articles without paying a penny. All you need is an Internet Connection.

If you see that ‘key icon’ next to a story, that means you only read a preview of that article and the full article will become available only after you login. Let’s see how you can bypass this:

The URL of all news stories published on WSJ.com follow a particular pattern:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122176966568653611.html

This URL structure is maintained even when stories move from the front page on to the archives where they become available only to WSJ subscribers.

Now if you like to read the above WSJ story in your browser, just prepend the following text to your story URL:

http://mobile2.wsj.com/device/article.php?mid=&CALL_URL=

Now your new URL would look something like this and this, as you expected, points to full article and not just the preview.

http://mobile2.wsj.com/device/article.php?mid=&CALL_URL=http://www.wsj.com/article/SB122176966568653611.html

The above method should also work for the Asia and Europe editions of Wall Street Journal since they also follow the similar URL structure.

Here’s another working example:

Original (limited) version: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122177625215054207.html
Full Text: http://mobile2.wsj.com/device/article.php?mid=&CALL_URL=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122177625215054207.html

To read about one more way to bypass it, Click Digital Inspiration. This method is not invented by me. I was just checking my feeds of Labnol.org and when I came across this feed, I couldn’t resist myself sharing it with you guys. Those who don’t know about Labnol: It is the technical blog of Amit Agarwal (Yes, an Indian). Not only technical, he shares some interesting issues too.

Thanks: Amit Agarwal

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Reading Material

Are you a GMAT aspirant? If yes, then you come have to the right place. Today while surfing I came across a forum which has lots and lots of reading material free to download. It has Official guide, MANHATTAN, Princeton Practice Test, Powerhouse Logical Reasoning, TOEFL GMAT Tips and lot many other e-books on logical reasoning, data sufficiency, sentence correction, problem solving etc which CAT aspirants should also download.

Just click on the image beside this text and you will reach to the forum. All you have to do is register a free account and then you will get the rapidshare download links for respective material.

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GK

I have collected lot of GK material from different Online forums and Coaching Institutes. It is 17.5 MB material with the following content

1. General Awareness

2. Business Awareness

3. First In World

4. Top Brass (Top Honchos)

5. Punch Lines of Different Brands

6. Important Days (National & International)

7. Quick Revision Notes

8. Snap Handouts

9. IRMA GK

This Material will help you prepare for the GK section of various entrance examinations
like:
a) IRMA
b) IIFT
c) SET (Symbiosis Entrance Test)
d) Law Entrance Examination
e) BCA Entrance Examination
f) Hotel Management Entrance Examination
g) Other similar aptitude-based entrance examinations

All you have to do is click the undermentioned link or the link in the right side, in Download section.

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Here is the link:   E-PAPER

Just select your paper and city and just go inside and surf it online. City whose edition you see are: DELHI, MUMBAI, CHANDIGARH, KOLKATA, BANGALORE, AHMEDABAD, LUCKNOW, HYDERABAD, PUNE, CHENNAI, GOA, JAIPUR, NAGPUR.

Just click on the article and you will get the quick view at your doorstep. You can mark it favorite, email it or print it for your reference. You can also see the newspaper view which will be in image format. Quick view is in textual format.

You can also search the issues with keywords, change font-size and page-size accordingly.

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