LIST OF BOOKS AND STUDY-MATERIALS SUPPLIED TO STUDENTS (IN BRIEF) The Course material detailed below is on the pattern

of previous Bank P.O. exami nations conducted by the National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM) and the In stitute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) for the State Bank Group and Natio nalised Banks Group. It is aimed at comprehensive training of our students, and this has been amply reflected in the extraordinary results secured by our studen ts. In addition to Bank P.O. examinations, this Course material also fully prepares you for examinations conducted by LIC, GIC for Assistant Administrative Officers and is useful for the CAT, GMAT and GRE. Overall, this one BRPO Course prepares you for over 25 similar examinations. I. ENGLISH LANGUAGE : a) Text Book - 1 : (English Language - Made Simple Book No.1) The following books are supplied FREE in the Course to our BRPO Course students (NSB Publication) of 86 pages consisting of Grammar and 10 verisimilarand detail ed papers and their model answers. (Click to enlarge) b) Text Book - 2 : (English Language - Made Simple Book No.2) (NSB Publication) of 203 pages consisting of I. English Vocabulary (1) Usage of Some Troublesome Words (2) Words Often Confused (3) Correct Spellings of Words Commonly Misspelt (4) Words and their Synonyms (5) Words and their Antonyms (6) Word Curiosities (7) Hyphenated words and their meanings (8) One Word Substitution (9) Collective References (10) Foreign Expressions (11) Some Prefixes and Suffixes (12) Prepositions and Phrases (13) Figures of Speech (14) Idioms of Comparisons (15) Idioms, Phrases and Colloquialisms (16) Oft-used Proverbs. II English Descriptive (1) Arguments and Views

(2) Essay, Precis, Letter-writing. english02 (Click to enlarge) c) Booklet of 60 pages containing comprehension of small passages in English. d) 12 Papers on objective English verisimilar Tests aimed at giving thorough and in-depth understanding of the Exam. (Click to enlarge) II. TEST OF REASONING a) Text Book : Logical Reasoning - Made Simple, containing 83 pages consisting o f (1) Syllogisms (2) Statement - Assumptions (3) Statement - Conclusions (Click to enlarge) (4) Statement and Courses of Action (5) Strong and Weak Arguments (6) Degree of Truth/Falsity (7) Critical Reasoning. (Click to enlarge) b) Text Book - 2 : Test of Reasoning - Made Simple which includes Non Verbal and Verbal Reasoning (NSB Publication) containing 249 pages consisting of 11 Test P apers with detailed Keys, Verbal Reasoning consisting of (1) Series (2) Coding and Decoding (3) Blood Relationships (Click to enlarge) (4) Directions (5) Ranking/Arrangement (6) Logical Venn diagrams (7) Letter-Word Problems (8) Verbal Classification (9) Series Completion

(10) Cubes (11) Input-Based Questions (12) Equality-Inequality (13) Selection Criteria (14) Binary Numbers and Letter-Number Codes (15) Statement Sufficiency/Redundancy. (Click to enlarge) c) Text Book - 3 : Theory of Logical Reasoning, containing 99 pages consisting o f contents of TLR (1) Common Sense (2) Logical Reasoning (3) Some Basic Concepts (4) Propositions (5) Analysing Arguments (Click to enlarge) (6) Logical Analysis (7) Syllogism In Every day Context (8) Syllogism - Euler Circle Method (9) Some Terms To Know. (Click to enlarge) d) Booklet on Analytical Reasoning : (67 pages) - To train your mind fully in si tuational thinking. e) Total 18 question papers covering Logical Analysis, Logical Reasoning, Analyt ical Reasoning, with their model answers, fully covering set theory; cats and d ogs, premises and conclusions, implicit and not implicit statements; what follow s and what does not follow; what is true, false, probably true, probably false e tc. Our emphasis is on these types which are repeated exam after exam, all expla ined in the booklet on Logical Reasoning. Situational analyses (Twin Matrix) pro blems and Flowchart problems are also provided. (Click to enlarge) III. QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE : a) Text Book - 1 : Quantitative Aptitude - Made Simple Book No.1 (82 pages) (NSB Publication) consisting of (1) Bodmas (2) L.C.M./H.C.F. (3) Percent And Percentages (4) Ratio and Proportion

(5) partnership (Click to enlarge) (6) Average (7) Simple Interest (8) Compound Interest (9) Profit, Loss and Discount (10) Time and Work (11) Time, Distance and Speed - Train, Boat Etc. (12) Mensuration (13) Alligation of Mixture (14) The Number System. (Click to enlarge) b) Text Book - 2 : Quantitative Aptitude - Made Simple Book No.2 (276 pages) (NS B Publication) consisting of -

(1) algebra (2) Indices & Surds (3) Permutations and combinations (4) Probability (Click to enlarge) (5) Heights and distances (6) Logarithms (7) Clocks and Calendar (8) Approximations (9) Practice Papers 1 to 35. (Click to enlarge) c) Text Book - 3 : Graphs and Charts - Made Simple (149 pages) (NSB Publication) (Click to enlarge) d) Booklet on Shortcuts in Numerical Ability (46 pages)

(Click to enlarge) e) Model Paper and Answers : 12 practice tests in Quantitative Aptitude and thei r model answers.

IV. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS : Text Book : General Knowledge - Made Simple (107 pages) (NSB Publication) coveri ng relevant topics. In addition to the book, the study material which is given can be viewed as follows (Click to enlarge) General-Knowledge212 a) General Knowledge & Awareness Papers and Keys - Current Affairs of the past s ix months are scanned critically from the examination point of view and question papers/with keys are prepared and supplied. b) Detailed notes on important topics are included in keys to build up your inte llectual base, understanding, analysing national, international, social, econo mic and political problems. c) More than 15 practice tests with their solutions containing over 600 question s. d) POINTS TO REMEMBER - Over 1000 probable questions in the form of Points to R emember (PTR). V. INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES : Detailed guidelines (100 pages) on Interview Techniques (for Correspondence Course students) - when they qualify in the written test. For students of Regular In-c lass Course, personal Interview workshops will be conducted which include mock int erviews, group discussions etc. VI. PROBABLE QUESTIONS & THEIR ANSWERS : For all subjects, probable questions and answers are integrated into the Course books and question papers and keys. Probabilities are worked out on the basis of a question-bank of past examinations maintained at our Research Department. VII. Original recreated papers from past P.O. examinations conducted by IBPS are incorporated in the study materials. No other Institute in the country can supply you these re-constructed original e xamination papers, except NSB. With these past papers, you will have the fullest idea of the examination you are going to appear for. In so far as these questions are concerned, you will have to send a signed under taking in a form which will be sent by us, that you will not part with these que stions, which will be integrated into the Course books and question papers. The following books are supplied FREE in the Course 1) English Language - Made Simple. (Book No. 1) 2) English Language - Made Simple. (Book No. 2) 3) Logical Reasoning - Made Simple. 4) Test of Reasoning - Made Simple. 5) Theory of Logical Reasoning. 6) Quantitative Simple. (Book No. 1)

7) Quantitative Aptitude - Made Simple. (Book No. 2) 8) General Knowledge - Made Simple. 9) Graphs and Charts Book. The total BRPO Course material runs into over 3,000 pages. Separate answer sheet s will also be provided. We will also supply you free General Knowledge updates for all future P.O. exams, upto one year from the date of admission provided you write to us twenty days before any P.O. exam that you intend to appear for. Not es on Interview Techniques are supplied FREE to candidates emerging successful i n the written test.