STS2201 Numerical Ability and Cognitive Intelligence L T P J C

3 0 0 0 1
Pre-requisite None Syllabus version
1.0
Course Objectives:
 To develop the students’ logical thinking skills and apply it in the real-life scenarios
 To learn the strategies of solving quantitative ability problems
 To enrich the verbal ability of the students

Expected Course Outcome:

 Students will be able to demonstrate critical thinking skills, such as problem solving
related to their subject matters
 Students will be able to demonstrate competency in verbal, quantitative and reasoning
aptitude
 Students will be able to perform good written communication skills

STUDENTS 5, 9 and 16
LEARNING
OUTCOMES (SLO):
Module:1 Logical Reasoning 10 hours
Clocks, calendars, Direction sense and Cubes
 Clocks
 Calendars
 Direction Sense
 Cubes
Practice on advanced problems

Data interpretation and Data sufficiency - Advanced

 Advanced Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency questions of CAT level
 Multiple chart problems
 Caselet problems

Module:2 Quantitative Aptitude 19 hours

Time and work – Advanced
 Work with different efficiencies
 Pipes and cisterns: Multiple pipe problems
 Work equivalence
 Division of wages
 Advanced application problems with complexity in calculating total work

Time, Speed and Distance - Advanced

 Relative speed
 Advanced Problems based on trains
 Advanced Problems based on boats and streams
  Advanced Problems based on races

Profit and loss, Partnerships and averages - Advanced

 Partnership
 Averages
 Weighted average
Advanced problems discussed

Number system - Advanced

Advanced application problems on Numbers involving HCF, LCM, divisibility tests, remainder
and power cycles.

Module:3 Verbal Ability 13 hours

Sentence Correction - Advanced
 Subject-Verb Agreement
 Modifiers
 Parallelism
 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
 Verb Time Sequences
 Comparisons
 Prepositions
 Determiners
Quick introduction to 8 types of errors followed by exposure to GMAT level questions

Sentence Completion and Para-jumbles - Advanced

 Pro-active thinking
 Reactive thinking (signpost words, root words, prefix suffix, sentence structure clues)
 Fixed jumbles
 Anchored jumbles
Practice on advanced GRE/ GMAT level questions

Reading Comprehension – Advanced

Exposure to difficult foreign subject-based RCs of the level of GRE/ GMAT

Module:4 Writing skills for placements 3 hours

Essay writing
 Idea generation for topics
 Best practices
 Practice and feedback
Total Lecture hours: 45 hours

Mode of Evaluation: FAT, Assignments, 3 Assessments with Term End FAT (Computer
Based Test)
Text Book(s):
1. FACE, Aptipedia Aptitude Encyclopedia, 2016, 1stEdition, Wiley Publications, Delhi.
2. ETHNUS, Aptimithra, 2013, 1stEdition, McGraw-Hill Education Pvt.Ltd.
3. SMART, PlaceMentor, 2018, 1st Edition, Oxford University Press.
4. R S Aggarwal, Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Examinations, 2017, 3rd Edition,
S. Chand Publishing, Delhi.

Reference Book(s):
Arun Sharma, Quantitative Aptitude, 2016, 7th Edition, McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd.

Recommended by Board of Studies

Approved by Academic Council No. 53rd AC Date 13.12.2018