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Reasoning & Mental Ability English Medium

Verbal, logical and non-verbal reasoning for RAS, Patwari, Police, SSC, Banking, Railway and other competitive exams — every idea explained from scratch, with worked examples and graded practice you can try before looking at the answer, in Hindi and English.

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Chapter 1 English Medium Verbal Reasoning Coding-Decoding What a code is, the alphabet toolkit, letter codes, number codes, table codes, message codes and swapped names — from the very basics, with solved examples and 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 2 Pass English Medium Verbal Reasoning Analogy Spotting the relation in a pair and using it on another word — animals, professions, countries, units, cause and effect, opposites, number and letter analogies, from the basics with 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 3 Pass English Medium Verbal Reasoning Classification Finding the odd one out — words, word pairs, letters and numbers: how to catch the shared property, the traps, solved examples and 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 4 Pass English Medium Verbal Reasoning Alphabet Test Places in the alphabet, dictionary order, arrangements of letters, numbers and symbols, questions on the letters of words and rule detection — from the very basics, with solved examples and 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 5 Pass English Medium Verbal Reasoning Word Formation Making new words from the letters of a word, arranging scattered letters and finding the word that joins two words — the method of the letter inventory, solved examples and 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 6 Pass English Medium Verbal Reasoning Sitting Arrangement Rows, round and square tables, two rows facing each other and floors of a building — from the left-right confusion to solving a full puzzle, with solved examples and 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 7 Pass English Medium Verbal Reasoning Direction Sense Test The eight directions, turning, final direction and distance after walking, directions between villages, shadows and direction posts — from the very basics, with solved examples, figures and 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 8 Pass English Medium Verbal Reasoning Number, Ranking and Time Sequence Test Counting in digit strings, interchanging digits, positions and ranks (top-bottom, left-right, rows and columns), order from comparisons, clock times, days of the week, dates and working days — from the very basics, with solved examples and 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 9 Pass English Medium Verbal Reasoning Puzzles Logic puzzles — tables of games, orders of height and age, matching professions and colours, schedules of days and members of a family — by the table-and-elimination method, with solved examples and 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 10 Pass English Medium Verbal Reasoning Number Series Finding the rule hidden in a row of numbers — the next term, the missing term and the wrong term; gaps, multiplying, squares and cubes, primes, alternating and sum rules; with solved examples and 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 11 Pass English Medium Verbal Reasoning Letter Series The complete method for letter series — the alphabet table, steady and changing gaps, woven series, groups of letters, blanks and wrong letters — from the very basics, with solved examples and 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 12 Pass English Medium Verbal Reasoning Inserting the Missing Character Finding the hidden rule in tables, triangles and circles to get the missing number or letter — from the very basics, with figures, solved examples and 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 13 Pass English Medium Verbal Reasoning Problems Based on Ages The basics of age problems — the gap never changes, the unit method and the equation method, ratios, “n years ago / after”, average age, riddles — from the very start, with solved examples and 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 14 Pass English Medium Verbal Reasoning Blood Relations The names of relations (uncle, aunt, nephew, brother-in-law…), drawing a family tree, solving tangled statements and photograph questions, name puzzles and coded relations — from the very basics, with solved examples and 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 15 Pass English Medium Verbal Reasoning Clock and Calendar The angle between the hands, when the hands meet, fast and slow clocks and clocks in a mirror; leap years, odd days, the weekday of any date and repeating calendars in the calendar half — from the very basics, with solved examples and 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 16 Pass English Medium Verbal Reasoning Mathematical Operations and Symbol Notations BODMAS, new meanings and interchange of signs, finding a hidden rule and drawing conclusions from comparison symbols — from the very basics, with solved examples and 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 17 Pass English Medium Verbal Reasoning Logical Order of Words Arranging words in a meaningful order — life cycles and processes, size, time and distance, ranks and the dictionary order — from the very basics, with solved examples and 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 18 Pass English Medium Verbal Reasoning Clerical Aptitude Matching names and addresses, comparing codes and numbers, finding differences, counting in a sequence, the order of files and the classification of news — practice for a quick and exact eye, with solved examples and 100+ questions. Open map Chapter 19 Pass English Medium Logical & Analytical Reasoning Logical Venn Diagrams Showing how groups are related with circles — choosing the right diagram for three words, reading cut-out regions, numbers inside figures and counting problems; from the very basics, with solved examples and 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 20 Pass English Medium Logical & Analytical Reasoning Eligibility Test Reading selection rules and deciding about a candidate — select, reject, refer to an officer or data inadequate; age calculation, the language of limits and full question sets, with 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 21 Pass English Medium Logical & Analytical Reasoning Syllogism Testing conclusions from statements with “all, no, some, some … not” — the Venn method, conversion rules, “either-or”, possibility, three and four statements and “only a few”; every answer from a real check, with 100+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 22 Pass English Medium Logical & Analytical Reasoning Statement and Assumptions Spotting the hidden belief behind a statement — the assumption: the negation test, advertisements, appeals, advice, orders, comparisons and the “only / always / never” traps; every question with its reasoning written out, with 80+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 23 Pass English Medium Logical & Analytical Reasoning Statement and Conclusions Which conclusion really comes out of a statement — what “follows” means, extreme words, the traps of cause, opinion and advice, if-then statements, the “either I or II” rule and conclusions that rest on numbers; with solved examples and 90+ practice questions. Open map Chapter 24 Pass English Medium Logical & Analytical Reasoning Statement and Arguments Judging the arguments given on “should this be done?” questions — telling strong from weak, five tests, ten kinds of weakness, strong arguments on both sides and questions with three or four arguments; with solved examples and 90+ practice questions. Open map