Preparing for CSE-2011 Prelims - Paper-II

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The syllabus for Paper II is :
  1. Comprehension
  2. Interpersonal skills including communication skills
  3. Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability
  4. Decision Making and problem solving
  5. General Mental Ability
  6. Basic numeracy
    1. Numbers and their relations
    2. Orders of magnitude etc. (Class X Level)
  7. Data Interpretation
    1. Charts
    2. Graphs
    3. Tables
    4. Data Sufficiency etc. (Class X Level)
  8. English Language Comprehension skills (Class X Level)

Following books may be referred to prepare for Paper II:
Book 1.              The Official Guide for GMAT Review 12th Ed (MRP: Rs. 1504; Discount Rate: Rs. 993)
Book 2.              R.S. Aggarwal’ Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning (MRP: Rs. 625; Discount Rate: Rs. 465)
Book 3.              MK Pandey‘s Magical Book on Analytical Reasoning; (MRP: Rs. 225)
Book 4.              M. Tyra’s Magical Book on Quicker Maths (MRP: Rs. 250)
Book 5.              English is Easy; BSC Publications (MRP: Rs. 225)
Book 6.              Arun Sharma’s Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning for CAT (MRP: Rs. 450; Discount Rate: Rs. 333 )

Topic-wise approach with corresponding books is as follows:

  1. Comprehension
Book 1 (Section 7.0) & Book 5

  1. Interpersonal skills including communication skills
Book 1 (Section 9.0) & Book 5
Not clear about the section. Hence interpreting it as “Sentence Correction” section of the general Aptitude Tests.

  1. Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability
Book 1, Book 2, Book 3 & Book 6

  1. Decision Making and problem solving
Book 1 & Book 3

  1. General Mental Ability
Book 1, Book 3 & Book 6

  1. Basic numeracy
    1. Numbers and their relations
    2. Orders of magnitude etc. (Class X Level)
Book 1 & Book 4

  1. Data Interpretation
    1. Charts
    2. Graphs
    3. Tables
    4. Data Sufficiency etc. (Class X Level)
Book 1 & Book 6

  1. English Language Comprehension skills (Class X Level)
Book 1 & Book 5

GMAT is the closest I could recognize w.r.t. Paper-II as everything is Class-X level as per the wordings of the new Syllabus – and same is the case with GMAT.

The Official Guide for GMAT 12th Ed could indeed act as the single source of preparation as it covers almost everything outlined in Paper-II. Other texts act as add-ons to make the concepts stronger and practice.

Book 6 is the ultimate source for preparing for Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning – Solve the book and no question could go unanswered in any competitive examination.