A Modern Approach To Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning

‘A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning’ is an excellent guide for all those who often find the reasoning section of competitive exams tough to crack. The book is bulky with good reason. It comes packed with exercises, tips, explanations and much more.

Getting through competitive examinations is no joke. You not just have millions of other aspirants to beat, the exams themselves seem to be becoming a notch tougher with every passing year. There are plenty of reference books in the shelves of book stores. However, R S Aggarwal’s A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning is definitely one of the more comprehensive exam guides.

The book is divided into two parts – Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning. The Verbal Reasoning part is further sub-divided into two sections. These include General Mental Ability and Logical Deduction. The exercises given in the book cover the entire gamut of questions asked in the competitive exams. This includes series completion, mathematical operations, verification of truth of the statement, arithmetic reasoning, cause and effect reasoning, deriving conclusion from passages, analytical reasoning and much more.

The book is useful for aspirants of various entrance exams, including bank tests, MBA entrance exams, UPSC exams, government tests for railways and tax department. One of the advantages of using the book to prepare for your exam is that there are a lot of practice questions. In addition, there are also fully solved examples. These give you the necessary tips and hints required to solve any kind of question. The book also has a ‘Question Paper’ segment. This can be useful to candidates who would like to do a dry run before their exams.

About the Author
R. S. Aggarwal can probably be described as a veteran author in the field of writing reference books. He has several publications to his credit. These include books on quantitative aptitude, data interpretation and verbal reasoning. His books find favor mainly because they are extremely practical in nature. The concepts are explained very simply and the focus is in giving as many examples as possible. R S Aggarwal has also published books on various aptitude tests.

Table Of Contents
Part- I Verbal Reasoning
Chapters
 

Section I - General Mental Ability
1. Series Completion
2. Analogy
3. Classification
4. Coding-Decoding
5. Blood Relations
6. Puzzle Test
7. Sequential Output Tracing
8. Direction Sense Test
9. Logical Venn Diagrams
10. Alphabet Test
11. Alpha Numeric Sequence Puzzle
12. Number, Ranking & Time Sequence Test
13. Mathematical Operations
14. Logical Sequence of Words
15. Arithmetical Reasoning
16. Inserting The Missing Character
17. Data Sufficiency
18. Eligibility Test
19. Assertion and Reason
20. Situation Reaction Test
21. Verification of Truth of the Statement
 

Section- II Logical Deduction
1. Logic
2. Statement - Arguments
3. Statement - Assumptions
4. Statement - Courses of Action
5. Statement - Conclusions
6. Deriving Conclusions From Passages
7. Theme Detection
8. Cause and Effect Reasoning

Part- II Non Verbal Reasoning
Chapters
1. Series
2. Analogy
3. Classification
4. Analytical Reasoning
5. Mirror—Images
6. Water—Images
7. Spotting Out The Embedded Figures
8. Completion Of Incomplete Pattern
9. Figure Matrix
10. Paper Folding
11. Paper Cutting
12. Rule Detection
13. Grouping Of Identical Figures
14. Cubes and Dice
15. Dot Situation
16. Construction Of Squares And Triangles
17. Figure Formation & Analysis