PEA305

Analytical Skills I
Lecture #0
Breaking the ice

Department of Analytical Skills

Course Details
• LTP - 2 1 0 [Two lectures, One Tutorial
per week]

• Text Book
 Analytical Skills I
• Reference Book
 Quantitative Aptitude by M Tyra
 Quantitative Aptitude by Abhijit
Guha
 Course Assessment Model
Marks break up
• Attendance 15
• CA 30
• MTE (MCQ) 15
• ETE (MCQ) 40
• Total 100
• MTE & ETE to be done on OMR sheets
•All tests will be based on MCQ.
Course Outcomes
CO1 :: apply the procedural fluency with number system and mathematical operations
to solve the stated problems
CO2 :: determine an appropriate approach to solve problems related to percentage
and profit & loss
CO3 :: analyze the data given and interpret the number and alphanumeric series
CO4 :: use the analytical concepts learnt to solve the questions of ratio and proportion
CO5 :: apply the concepts of permutation, combination and probability to solve related
problems
CO6 :: analyze the reasoning aptitude problems such as blood relation and direction
sense to solve related problems
Course focus identification
•Employability
Assessment and Evaluation Model
Assessment (Category) Conducted Week

CA 1 (A0303) Week 5
(Duration 50 Min Q 30)

MTE (11A) After week 7

(Duration 60 Minutes Q 40)

CA 2 (A0303) Week 10
(Duration 50 Min Q 30)

CA 3 (A0303) Week 14
(Duration 50 Min Q 30)

ETE (11A) After week 14

(Duration 120 Min Q 80)
Pedagogical initiative Week Competitive event

Week Workshops
6th Apti Ninja- An event based
on logical puzzles
3rd Inference-A workshop on
counting of figures
7th Expeditious Symposium - An
4th Ratiocinate-A workshop on Event based on Rapid
reasoning ability Analytical Testing

11th Interpretation - A
workshop on 14th Sementic analogy-
Arrangements of blocks Competitive event based on
different types of analogy
questions
Foundation classes- Week 7th and 14th
Innovative evaluation strategies
Evaluation Conduct

CA 1 External

MTE External

CA 2 External

CA 3 External

ETE External
 Unit wise course content
Unit I
Vedic maths : fast calculation techniques
Number system : classification of numbers, divisibility rules, factorials, unit digit calculation, number
of factors, remainder theorems, HCF & LCM
Average : average calculations, inclusion and exclusion, weighted average

Unit II
Percentage : calculation of percentages, percentage comparison, percentage to fraction conversion,
successive percentage change, problems based on marks, election, population and percentage error
Profit loss discount : concept of cost price, selling price and marked price, calculations of profit and
loss percentage, problems on discount, faulty weights, number of articles, and common selling price
Simple and compound interest : concept of interest calculation, comparison of simple and
compound interest, compounding based problems on depreciation and growth

Unit III
Logical reasoning : number series, alphabet series, alphabet test, alphanumeric series, coding and
decoding, language coding
Unit IV
Ratio and proportions : concept of ratio and proportion, problems based on ages and
partnership
Alligation and mixtures : concept based question of alligation and mixtures,
replacement based questions

Unit V
Permutation and combination : principles of counting, problems based on selection,
arrangement, numbers, words, rank and distribution, geometric application, circular
arrangement
Probability : concept of probability, classification of events, problems based on coins
dices and cards, conditional probability

Unit VI
Analytical reasoning : blood relations, direction sense test
Let us look around…

Why every organization takes Quantitative

Aptitude Tests before hiring any future
employee…
Right Decision Making
• Mental Alertness
• Ability to quickly
interpret data
• Establish logical
relationship
• Arrive at the correct
conclusions
• Make the right
judgment
 Organizations recruit people who have
Quick Mental
Abilities.

PEA502 Analytical Skills-II :: Vishal Ahuja

 How you will make your mental ability
Quick…!!!
Quick = Tricks

PEA502 Analytical Skills-II :: Vishal Ahuja

123456^654321
Find the unit digit
 And What about this….?
In how many ways the
committee of 5 members be
formed out of 7?
 5 minute…???
 10 minutes…???
 15 minutes…???
 20 minutes…???
Again…!!! It will not take more than
30 SECONDS.
 What do we need to know?

A person invested a sum of

Rs.750 in a bank at simple
interest. After 5 years he
received Rs.1200. Find the rate of
interest offered by the bank.
What do we need to know?

This course PEA305 : Analytical Skills-I

•Ability to efficiently solve the company specific Quantitative

Aptitude Tests.

•Ability to prioritize and manage Time.

•Ability to efficiently analyze data.

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