A Fast Track Course in MENTAL ABILITY

Book excerpt: This book has been designed to act as a fast track preparation and revision resource for the students preparing for different talent search competitions, Olympiads, etc. The Mental Ability questions are asked in various talent search examinations conducted across the country by different institutions.The present book for Mental Ability has been divided into Verbal and Non-Verbal. The Verbal section covers Similarity of Pairs, What Comes Next, Odd One Out, Alphabet & Number Sequence Test, Coding Decoding, Mathematical Operations, Inserting the Missing Character, Ranking Test, Blood-Relations, Direction Sense Test, Puzzle Test, Clock & Calendar and Logical Venn Diagram whereas the Non-Verbal section covers Figure Analogy, Figure Series, Figure Classification, Mirror & Water Images, Paper Folding & Paper Cutting, Figure/ Pattern Completion, Formation of Figures, Dot Situation, Counting of Figures, Embedded Figures, Cube & Dice, Logical & Analytical Reasoning, Basic Arithmetic, Geometry & Mensuration, Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency. Each chapter in the book contains ample number of solved and practice problems based on the questions asked in previous years’ talent search examinations and Olympiads. Theoretical content has also been provided in the book to help aspirants get in-depth knowledge of the concepts.The book also contains Solved Papers NTSE State Level (Stage I) and National Level (Stage II) 2014 & 2015 to help students get an insight into the types of questions asked in these examinations. Also answers to the practice exercises have been given at the end of the book.As the book contains ample study as well as practice material, it for sure will help aspirants get an insight into the types of questions which may be asked in the upcoming talent search examinations and Olympiads.