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Data Interpretation, Data Sufficiency and Logical Reasoning The following are the list of classes and the

related concepts that will be discussed. Deductive Reasoning: General form of a Deductive Reasoning problem, types of Deductive Reasoning, basic skills of reasoning, methods and strategies to tackle the different types. Data Arrangement: Anatomy of Data Arrangement Problems (premise, rules and questions), Diagramming Techniques & Symbols (Floaters, Brackets, Flip-flopping and Snap-shots), Types of problems (Spatial, Chronologic al, Categorization & Ranking) Tables & Charts: Introduction to Tables & Charts, Types of tables (Simple and Multiple), Typical examples Family Tree: Introduction, Assumptions underlying, typical relationship types, Methods to solve such questions (backtracking), diagramming techniques and symbols Network Diagrams: Basic Networking, Types of network (flowchart, path & flow), methods of drawing network paths Sports and Games: Types of problems (Card games, Performance Comparisons, Ranking and positioning, pools), methods of solving, basic rules to be considered Innovative Graphs: Types of graphs (Band, Area, Triangular, Travel, Geometrical, Venn Diagrams), Interpreting and understanding such graphs, methods to solve them Caselets: Introduction, Application of basic concepts, Methods to tackle caselets, Forming the structure Puzzles and Teasers: Introduction, Categories of Ordinal Puzzles and Teaser problems (The Simple Line and Multiple Line), Strategy for solving puzzles using the process of elimination Cross Concepts: Introduction, Types of cross concept problems (Pattern Recognition, Algebraic Systems, Arithmetic concepts like Alligation, Set Theory, Venn diagrams) Calculative Graphs: Basic Concepts (averages, ratio, percentage, increase/decrease vs. percentage increase/decrease, average annual growth rate, annualized increase, conversion of percentage to degrees, market share), Types of graphs (Line graph, Tabular graph, Pie-chart, Bar graph, Combination graph), techniques to solve each graph Data Sufficiency: Pattern of questions, Structure of a Data Sufficiency problem, Methods to solve a Data Sufficiency problem, The Nine traps of Data Sufficiency, Logic based and concept based questions English: Grammar: Parts of Speech (Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives), Verb; Subject Verb Agreement Parallelism; Tenses; Modifiers, Conjunctions; Articles; Prepositions Vocabulary: Word Usage; Intro to Analogy, Analogy; Synonyms; Antonyms, Usage; Homonyms; Analogy; Dictionary Definition Jumble Sentence: Basic techniques; 4, 5 & 6 sentence types Critical Reasoning : Basic concepts; practice Fill in the Blanks: Single blank; double blanks; paragraph blanks ; incomplete sentences Fact, Inference, Judgment: Basic concepts; Practice

Verbal Ability: Grammar; FIB (2 blanks) Concluding Statements: Basic Techniques; Practice Reading Comprehension: Introduction. Rational behind CAT Reading Comprehension questions and structure and correlation to real life scenario. Reading Comprehension Summary: Train students on the fundamentals and the importance of summary/central idea from management perspective Reading Comprehension Tone & Style: Train students on different tones and styles in the Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension Speed Reading: How to read quickly and still retain comprehension of the material Reading Comprehension Type 1: Train the students on different types of questions expected in CAT RC and understand them from the authors perspective Reading Comprehension Type 2: Train students specifically on inferential and application based questions based on difficult abstract passages Reading Comprehension Techniques: Train students on elimination techniques in identifying the correct options Reading Comprehension Strategy: Time management, DOT Analysis and online strategy

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