About the Book: Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning
The perfect book enumerating the different types of questions asked in various competitive examinations with fully solved examples and explanatory answers. It is a useful guide for anyone struggling with the reasoning part of any examination paper especially competitive entrance examinations.
Competitive exams are very important for anyone who wishes to pursue further studies after high school. For many it is an obstacle course whose finish line they must cross under any circumstances. Fear not! This guide to Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning will help even the most hopeless students figure out the reasoning sections. The book answers all questions related to reasoning and is divided into Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning. It is subdivided into General, Mental Ability and Logical Deduction and is used to answer questions applying to Mathematical Operations, Verification of Truth, Arithmetic Reasoning, Cause and Effect Reasoning, Deriving Conclusions from Passages and Analytical Reasoning, to name a few. Filled with helpful exercises, tips and explanations as well as a question paper section, this book is useful for all major entrance exams including Bank tests, MBA entrance exams, UPSC exams and government tests for Railways and Tax department.
Contents
PART I – VERBAL REASONING
SECTION I – General Mental Ability
Series Completion
Analogy
Classification
Coding-Decoding
Blood Relations
Puzzle Test
Sequential Output Tracing
Direction Sense Test
Logical Venn Diagrams
Alphabet Test
Alpha – Numeric Sequence Puzzle
Number, Ranking & Time Sequence Test
Mathematical Operations
Logical Sequence of Words
Arithmetical Reasoning
Inserting The Missing Character
Data Sufficiency
Eligibility Test
Assertion and Reason
Situation Reaction Test
Verification of Truth of the Statement
SECTION II – LOGICAL DEDUCTION
Logic
Statement - Arguments
Statement - Assumptions
Statement - Courses of Action
Statement - Conclusions
Deriving Conclusions from Passages
Theme Detection
Cause and Effect Reasoning
PART II – NONVERBAL REASONING
Series
Analogy
Classification
Analytical Reasoning
Mirror– Images
Water–Images
Spotting out The Embedded Figures
Completion of Incomplete Pattern
Figure Matrix
Paper Folding
Paper Cutting
Rule Detection
Grouping of Identical Figures
Cubes and Dice
Dot Situation
Construction of Squares and Triangles
Figure Formation & Analysis
About the Author: R. S. Aggarwal
R. S. Aggarwal is the author of several books on quantitative aptitude, data interpretation and verbal reasoning as well as books on various aptitude tests. His works include A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning, Arithmetic: Subjective and Objective and Advance Objective General Knowledge.
