TISSNET 2019 Syllabus – General Awareness

This section has 40 questions in total. So, this section is very

important to clear the cutoff. You just can’t do that by just focusing on
other two-sections only. Thus, you need to gear yourself up to
prepare for this section. Moreover, this section is very scoring and can
be attempted in the maximum of 10 minutes. Scoring 30+ in this
section will definitely help you to secure good marks in the exam. The
topics you should focus on this sections are given below.

 Environment and Ecology

 Governance/ Politics/ History/ Law
 Economy/ Policy
 International Politics/ Current Events
  Gender/ Health/ Education
 Labour, Trade unions, NGOs in news
 Sports
 Media/ ICTs/ Literature/ Art/ Culture
 Recent Awards and honors
 Prize-winning Books and authors
 Basic economy
 General science
 Socio-economic affairs
 Committees formed by RBI and Government
 Current affairs based on Polity and geography
 World organizations
 Important bills passed by the Indian government

Books:

For this section prepare static and current affairs both. For the latest
events, read newspapers daily. Last one year events are most
important for this exam ie from January 2018 to December 2018.
Whereas for the static gk, you can refer to the following books given
below.

 General Knowledge – Arihant

 The Mega Year Book – Disha Experts
 Objective General Knowledge – Lucent
 Yearbook 2018 – Competition success review
 Panorama Yearbook 2018 – Pratiyogita Darpan
TISSNET 2019 Syllabus – English Proficiency

This section is easy as compared to other entrance exams. A

candidate having decent command in English can easily get 25+ in
this section. So, in order to do that be well versed in reading,
vocabulary, and grammar. The topics to follow in this section are
written below.

Reading Comprehension

 Purpose of the passage

 strength and weakness
 Assumptions and supporting statements
 Flaw and discrepancies
 Inference and conclusion
 Passage-based question
 Author point of view
 Main idea of the passage

Verbal Ability

 Synonyms and Antonyms

 Analogies
 Odd one out
 Word substitution
 Right usage of words – fill in the blanks
 Right usage of a word -Match the following
 Fill in the blanks – Homophones
 Idioms – FIB, Match the following
 Error Spotting – grammar/ words/ Punctuation
 Sentence Correction
Books:

The section has a total of 30 questions in the exam. Questions are

more of speed and knowledge-based. If you have done enough
practice then this questions can be completed in even 15 minutes. So,
prepare well for questions like synonyms & Antonyms, Idioms,
Phrases etc by practicing a lot.

Vocabulary

 Word Power Made Easy – Norman Lewis

 30 Days To More Powerful Vocabulary – Norman Lewis
 Better English – Norman Lewis

Idioms, Sentence correction, One-word substitution etc

 Objective General English – S.P Bakshi

Grammar

 Grammar Error Spot – A.Uphadhaya

 A Mirror Of Common Errors – Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh

Reading comprehension

 Proficiency in Reading Comprehension simplifying the

“Passage” for you – Ajay Singh
 Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension – Arihant
TISSNET 2019 Syllabus – Maths & Logical Reasoning

In this section, questions have a mixture of quant, data interpretation,

and logical reasoning. If you have already done with major
management entrance exams then this section will be easy for you. If
you are preparing for TISSNET only then you must prepare for this
section with easy to medium difficulty level questions. The major
topics to practice in this section are.

Data Interpretation

 Graphs
 Tables
 Pie Charts
 Double Pie Charts
 Case lets
 Line Graph
 Multiple Graph
 Data Comparison

Logical Reasoning

 Number and Alphabet Series

 Eye for details
 Statement/ Conclusion/ Assumption/ Arguments
 Logical Connectivity
 Line/ Circular/ Family arrangements
 Venn Diagrams
 Puzzle
 Cubes
Mathematics

 Profit and Loss

 Averages
 Basic Geometry
 Ratio and Proportions
 Percentages
 Number Systems
 LCM and HCF
 Percentages
 Speed, Time and Distance
 Time and Work
 Simple and Compound Interest
 Quadratic Equations
 Linear Equations
 Complex Numbers
 Logarithm
 Binomial Theorem
 Sequences and Series
 Surds and Indices
 Inequalities
 Probability
 Permutation and Combination
 Set Theory
 Functions
 Geometry
 Mixtures and Alligations
 Trigonometry
 Coordinate Geometry
 Mensuration
Books:

The questions in this are very easy as compared to CAT or XAT. So,
you can easily obtain good marks in this section. For this revise all the
topics and practice the questions from previous year sample papers or
LOD 1 questions from any book are sufficient for its preparation.

Best for Analytical/ Logical Reasoning

 Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning – R.S Aggarwal

Data Interpretation and Data sufficiency

 Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency – Arihant

Quantitative Ability

 Quantitative Aptitude Quantum CAT – Sarvesh K. Sharma

 A Complete Manual for the CAT – Arihant