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 Contents
Sl. Units Pages

Section-A: Arithmetic
1.1 Number System ......................................................................................................... 1-16
1.2 Average ................................................................................................................... 17-27
1.3 Ratio & Proportion .................................................................................................... 28-39
1.4 Percentage .............................................................................................................. 40-57
1.5 Profit and Loss ......................................................................................................... 58-71
1.6 Simple Interest & Compound Interest ...................................................................... 72-85
1.7 Time & Work........................................................................................................... 86-103
1.8 Time, Speed & Distance ...................................................................................... 104-124

Section-B: Algebra & Geometry

2.1 Surds, Indices & Logarithms ................................................................................ 126-134

2.2 Progression .......................................................................................................... 135-147
2.3 Permutations & Combinations .............................................................................. 148-160
2.4 Probability ............................................................................................................ 161-174
2.5 Geometry ............................................................................................................. 175-208

Section-C: Reasoning & Data Interpretation

3.1 Blood Relationship ............................................................................................... 210-213

3.2 Coding & Decoding ............................................................................................. 214-217
3.3 Cubes and Dices ................................................................................................. 218-223
3.4 Direction Sense Test ............................................................................................ 224-232
3.5 Graph................................................................................................................... 233-237
3.6 Table .................................................................................................................... 238-241
3.7 Bar Diagrams ....................................................................................................... 242-251
3.8 Pie-chart .............................................................................................................. 252-261
3.9 Miscellaneous Puzzles ......................................................................................... 262-268
3.10 Logical Venn Diagram ......................................................................................... 269-274
3.11 Analytical Reasoning ........................................................................................... 275-284