Preparation for MBA entrance examinations

Options for MBA aspirants

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. CAT for admission in IIMs, FMS, IITs, MDI and other good B-schools XAT for admission in XLRI,XIMB,GIM and other good B-schools SNAP for admission in Symbiosis colleges IIFT entrance for admission in Indian Institute of Foreign Trade IRMA entrance for admission in Institute of Rural Management Anand NMAT for admission in Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies GMAT for admission ISB, SP Jain, Great Lakes and other foreign B-schools MAT and state level entrance examinations

Preparation which is common to all entrance exam

English For the Reading Comprehension section read the newspaper The HINDU daily, esp. the editorial section For vocabulary prepare from GRE Flash cards, available easily in market. Also, practice from software like VocabTutor For Grammar section, practice for Renn and Martin book NCERT X,XI,XII English books are must Quant (Mathematics) and Data Interpretation Best book for practice is by Mr. Arun Sharma (TMH publication) Material from TIME institute is also very good NCERT X,XI,XII mathematics books are must Logical Reasoning Best book for practice is by Mr. Arun Sharma (TMH publication) Other book to be solved is puzzles by Shakuntala Devi

Extra preparation for XAT

Advance mathematics topics like Differentiation, Integration etc. need to be prepared For mathematics, solve books by R.D. Sharma For essay writing one should be well versed with current affairs and topics like capitalism, socialism, Marxism etc.

Extra preparation for SNAP

For GK, read newspapers like Times of India and Economic Times and one Business magazine like Business Today, Business World etc. daily

For GK, prepare company HQ,CEO,taglines and other business GK Logical reasoning problems are easy but need a lot of practice

Extra preparation for IRMA

Mathematics section needs speed, practice Vedic Mathematics For mathematics, one can also refer Speed Maths by TIME Institute GK section is rural/social issues based For GK, read Pratiyogita Darpan For GK, read Indian govt. rural program/policies/5yr plans

Extra preparation for GMAT

Prepare from Official Guide Practice from Kaplan CD Mathematics is easy, English section is tough

NOTE
For mathematical formulas, take formula book from any MBA coaching institute Except CAT and XAT, all other exams need speed. Rather than finding out the exact answer, the focus in on doing approximation. Topics like Ratios, Profit & Loss, Percentages needs to be practiced for this If anyone wants to join a test series for practice, TIME or Career Launcher institutes test-series is the best