Arun Sharma Quantitative Aptitude for CAT & Other Management Examinations 8th Edition Book Review

 

Book Specifications

Language: English

Genre: Reasoning & Aptitude

Binding: Paperback

Publisher: McGraw Hills Education India

                                             

About the Book

Quantitative Aptitude for CAT  & other management exams by Arun Sharma published by McGraw hill education is the ideal for  an CAT aspirant. It caters the interest of CAT aspirants. It provide (10-20)% questions that are asked in CAT exams every year. It provides the greater variety for your preparation.

The book contains total 19 chapters which have been divided into different blocks. There are total 6 such blocks. At the beginning it provide a section that deals with the basic mathematical concepts and is named as  FTF(FIRST THINGS FIRST) section which comprises of 4 chapters other than 19 chapters of the book for basic understanding.

Let's have a look at the contents of this book.

Table of contents:

FIRST THING FIRST (FTF): 

• Chapter 1: Addition and Subtraction (As an Extension of Addition) 
• Chapter 2: Multiplication
• Chapter 3: Division, Percentage Calculations and Ratio Comparison
• Chapter 4: Squares and Cubes of Numbers

BLOCK-I: NUMBERS-

• UNIT 1: Number System
• UNIT 2: Progressions

BLOCK-II: AVERAGES AND MIXTURES-

• UNIT 3: Averages
• UNIT 4: Allegations

BLOCK-III: ARITHMETIC AND WORD-BASED PROBLEMS- 

• UNIT 5: Percentages
• UNIT 6: Profit & Loss
• UNIT 7: Interest
• UNIT 8: Ratio, Proportion and Variations
• UNIT 9: Time and Work
• UNIT 10: Time, Speed and Distance

BLOCK-IV: GEOMETRY-

• UNIT 11: Geometry and Mensuration
• UNIT 12: Coordinate Geometry

BLOCK-V: ALGEBRA-

• UNIT 13: Functions
• UNIT 14: Inequalities
• UNIT 15: Quadratic and Other Equations
• UNIT 16: Logarithms

BLOCK-VI: COUNTING- 

• UNIT 17: Permutations and Combinations
• UNIT 18: Probability
• UNIT 19: Set Theory

Apart from these chapters. TASTE OF EXAM portion provide you with some exercise questions to practice and self assess the concepts that you read in every chapter. So after every chapter TASTE OF EXAM portion is added in the book.

Some Features of the book

1. It caters the need of CAT aspirants.
2. It contains very comprehensive solutions of every question.
3. It provides additional exercises for every chapter after every concept.
4. Questions that the book provide it's readers are asked in CAT, IIFT, XAT, etc.
5. The approach of the book is lucid and simple for every reader from basic to advance level.
6. Every chapter in the book is broadly divided into three parts.
   I part contains the lucid and concise theory of every concept.
   II part  provides the reader with some solved examples for better understanding.
   III part contains the  chapter and exercises for self assessment and practice with answer key for hints.

                                            

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