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APTITUDE & MENTAL ABILITY TESTS

Conversion of information to dataCollection, compilation and
presentation of data Tables,graphs, diagrams
Analytical interpretation of data
Simplification
Percentage
Highest Common Factor (HCF)
Lowest Common Multiple (LCM)
Ratio and Proportion
Simple interest
Compound interest
Area
Volume
Time and Work
Decision making and problem solving
Logical Reasoning
Puzzles
Dice
Visual Reasoning
Alpha numeric Reasoning
Number Series
Logical Number/Alphabetical/Diagrammatic Sequences

Simplification
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AB C a, b  C . m , n 
o m n m+n
a xa =a

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m n mn
a a =a
a0 = 1
am b m = ( ab )m



( )m = 
 

afj KbwhUikf
(a + b)2 = a2 + 2ab+ b 2
2 2 2
(a - b) = a - 2ab+ b
2 2
(a + b)( a - b) = a - b
2
( x + a )( x + b) = x + ( a + b ) x+ ab

( a + b ) 2 + ( a b)2) = a2 + b 2


( a + b ) 2 - ( a b)2) = ab

(a + b)2 - 2ab = a2 + b 2
(a - b)2 + 2ab = a2 + b 2
(a + b)2 - 4ab = (a - b)2
(a - b)2 + 4ab = (a + b)2
(a + b + c)2 = a2 + b2 + c2 + 2(ab + bc + ca)
(a3 + b3) = (a + b)(a2 - ab + b2)
(a3 - b3) = (a - b)(a2 + ab + b2)
(a3 + b3 + c3 - 3abc) = (a + b + c)(a2 + b2 + c2 - ab - bc - ac)
a + b + c = 0, D a3 + b3 + c3 = 3abc.


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6 # = = .

 
3

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   YL 2a + 2 a & h
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(
  YL P=( +2 ) r 


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a,b  # h 
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d1 , d2  U#

= ? A = bh . b
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K ? = 2 ( lb + bh + lh)
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K L = l b h
3

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8 ? =    ?
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rl = r
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N A  B T #D  1:3

    L  1,2,3,4,5,6
8 D S = { 1,2,3,4,5,6} n(S) = 6

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 8D n LD m L A  MJ J
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6  J LD .
P(A)=
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6
P(A)=
7

    n(S) =6

    D 8D
S={ (1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6),
(2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6),
(3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6),
(4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6),
(5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6),
(6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6) }
n(S) = 36

Number Series
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2,4,6,8,10,12.........

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. .  .  1,3,5,7,9,11....

C ) . 1,4,9,16,25,36,49,64,81,100........

C . 1,8,27,64,125,216

. : .  . . . 
2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29,31,37,41,43,47,53,59,61,67,71,73,79,83,89,97
# 
2  #  2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20....
3  #  3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30.....
4  #  4,8,12,16,20,24,28,32,36,40.......
5  #  5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50...
6  #  6,12,18,24,30,36,42,48,54,60......
7  #  7,14,21,28,35,42,49,56,63,70......
8  #  8,16,24,32,40,48,56,64,72,80.....
9  #  9,18,27,36,45,54,63,72,81,90......

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3456   #D 8 3 +4+5+6 =18
18   #D 8 1+ 8 = 9 .

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#D 8 9  3   3456  3 

9  >
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. #D 8 9  

61 6 + 1 = 7 

558 5 + 5 + 8 =18 ; 1+8 = 9 

971 9 + 7 + 1= 17 ; 1 + 7 = 8 

54000 5 + 4 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 9 

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7 8 1 1+7 = 8 8 0

1 0 4 2 8 8+4+1 = 13 2+0 =2 13 2 = 11

5 6 1 2 2 2+1+5 =8 2+6 =8 8 8 = 0

8 0 5 6 5 1 1+6+0 =7 5 +5+8 = 18 18 - 7 = 11

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