Books for CAT preparation

phantom_spider · May 1, 2006, 1:05pm

simba17 Says
hi i have solved arun sharma.and i dont think we need to go for level 3 for chapters other than number sys and probablity algebra.we can discuss solutions here.yaar tell me name of book of di by arun sharma i havent heard of it is it good.?

d name of di buk of arun sharma is "how 2 prepare 4 data interpretation 4 cat"

bruce_wayne_25527229 · May 5, 2006, 11:07am

cosmicpulse Says
Hey can anyone suggest me a book for Vedic Mathematics.

theres a book by some maharishi which is the best.. but better than that theres a thread on Vedic Maths on PG which i found very useful.. chk that out..

bruce_wayne_25527229 · May 5, 2006, 11:09am

The Raven Says
I think Think Without Ink is the best book for quant. Saw that book being mentioned somewhere in PG a week before CAT. Got hold of that book and my quant performance took a quantum jump in CAT in just a week's time.

could you please tell me more about the book.. like the author, publisher etc..

peak · May 6, 2006, 8:19am

http://www.gutenberg.org/ try this link for free online books.

anubhav_ece · May 13, 2006, 7:12pm

Hi All,

Bhai koi bata sakta hai ki DI ke liye Arun Sharma ki new book zyaada achchi hai Ya abhijit Guha ki ???

Please Do reply asap as I have got too confused by the ballyhoo both of them are getting .

Thanks & Regards,
s_raj_t

hi , dont go for DI by ARUN SHARMA.
i worked that last year....... u need something else.I think u must see TIME & CL's notes

i will start my prepration from mid june (probably) , right now bussy with my graduation, so plz do inform me about DI books in case u found something really good ( like ARUN SHARMA for Quanta)

catnil · May 15, 2006, 12:13pm

ok,
Name of The Book --> Think Without Ink - an adventure with quantitative problems
The Link mentiong the same --> http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jan152004/metro15.asp
PG Link --> http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/your-interests/1831-think-without-ink.html

Regards,
Nilesh.

gaurav200x · May 16, 2006, 9:50am

ok,
Name of The Book --> Think Without Ink - an adventure with quantitative problems
The Link mentiong the same --> http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jan152004/metro15.asp
PG Link --> http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/your-interests/1831-think-without-ink.html

Regards,
Nilesh.

The PG link doesn't work..

kk4u2u · May 21, 2006, 8:56pm

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im new to this site and wanted to know ho to prepare for cat . plz help me .

gaurav200x · May 24, 2006, 7:11pm

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im new to this site and wanted to know ho to prepare for cat . plz help me .

gaurav200x · May 25, 2006, 11:32am

yash_loveudear Says
i follow a book called Trachtenberg Speed System of Basic Mathematics and i think it is very good

It`s very right book to go for vedic mathematics.But secondly as i can say to you with my experience,vedic mathematics take toooo much time to understand but it`s also truth ones you understand then it`s very easy to cover all topics in the mathematics.

How else do u propose to go for quant? Conventional Maths is not the answer..

If you have only six months to prepair for your MBA particularly, then it`s not good idea to wend for vedic mathematics as i mentioned that it`s take time to understand ,i think one year plannig for vedic mat would be good idea..

Your notion plz...........

My experience says, that it would take around 7-10 days to learn the concepts, but u need to revise the concepts , periodically. Trust me buddy, 6 months are more than enuf, if u revise them.. and apply the concepts to all ur problems. If u have any doubts, u r welcome to PM me any time.

Regards,
Gaurav

gaurav200x · May 26, 2006, 1:36pm

Dear gaurav..It`s your particular view,i cant arugue on that...But as i think,it`s not possible to understand concepts of vedic maths in just 7 to 10 days.But if u did already then i should appriciate your suggestion with adding one sentence.it`s vary person to person.

Hi yash,
what i meant was very clear.. All the coaching institutes give u around 8-9 mnths for preparation and during which time, u learn how to use vedic maths as an integral part of ur system. It might be ur view to use conventional maths, but as a mass... Vedic maths is preferred for calculations, for the simple reason being, that it saves times, which conventional maths cant and if u regularly practice, u just need a couple of months to master it.

p.s. pl do check ur posts after posting and ensure to have quoted the message correctly. Thanks

Regd
Gaurav

coolfrnd · June 2, 2006, 12:52pm

starting preprtions now cn ny1 tel me is IMS BRM gud enough to start with 4 quants (gotto 1st revise the basics)......
arun sharma or rs aggrwal........ confused
4 DI too pls suggest sm gud book..... read earlier posts bt cudnt make out which 1 shud i go 4.....

thanx in advance guys...

guess gaurav200x u vl definetly cm up vid sm gud suggestions...... u seem to v answers 4 almost evrythng 😃

gaurav200x · June 2, 2006, 1:54pm

starting preprtions now cn ny1 tel me is IMS BRM gud enough to start with 4 quants (gotto 1st revise the basics)......
arun sharma or rs aggrwal........ confused
4 DI too pls suggest sm gud book..... read earlier posts bt cudnt make out which 1 shud i go 4.....

thanx in advance guys...

guess gaurav200x u vl definetly cm up vid sm gud suggestions...... u seem to v answers 4 almost evrythng :)

:D lolz thanks dude! (or dudette?.. 😃 )

Well i went through the IMS BRM and yes! i feel it is good for warm-up.. But after wards, u must check for other books too!

i'm not sure about Arun Sharma, but i have heard it is a good book. I would prefer selective study from TIME+IMS material so that u can enjoy the benefits of both.

Let me know, if u need anything else.

Regards,
Gaurav

coolfrnd · June 2, 2006, 6:41pm

:D lolz thanks dude! (or dudette?.. 😃 )

Let me know, if u need anything else

hi Gaurav

i knew ul defintly reply ....thanx....
wel yes cud u pls tel me vat to do 4 DI..... v ful IMS material of cat05....so vl try my hand at that too..... apart frm this thers so much on Pg too..... went thru ur thread on cat materials u v done an awesm job !!!!! rite now to im jst tryin to get a hang of PG...
shud i gt sm book on di???????

thanx alot n al the best..

gaurav200x · June 2, 2006, 7:04pm

hi Gaurav

i knew ul defintly reply ....thanx....
wel yes cud u pls tel me vat to do 4 DI..... v ful IMS material of cat05....so vl try my hand at that too..... apart frm this thers so much on Pg too..... went thru ur thread on cat materials u v done an awesm job !!!!! rite now to im jst tryin to get a hang of PG...
shud i gt sm book on di???????

thanx alot n al the best..

i think that should suffice. There're basically 7-8 different types in DI and u just have to classify and practice upon them.

klove · June 3, 2006, 10:23am

For quants R D Sharma is a good book, try that

cat_banda · June 12, 2006, 11:15am

hi!
has anybody here have tried the following books:
1) Think, but without ink
2) Quants book by R.D. Sharma

thanks
Regards,
cat_banda

anubhav_ece · June 12, 2006, 7:35pm

ya r.d sharma is good ............but for quanta ARUN SHARMA is best.

rajat_shetty · July 22, 2006, 5:25pm

hi ,
i have written 5 Major MBA exams this year..I am awaiting the final results of IIT DELHI and IIT kharagpur -VGSOm...I would like to share some of the GYAAN i got while preparing for 18 months...

here are some of the books taht might prove helpful....

VOCAB:
1.norman lewis
2.IMS material wordlist- BRM
3.barron's wordlists.

For RC try reading as many novels as you can and make note of the tough words in them.In fact books by DAN brown has many words that come in BARRONS........try improving the reading speed to about 350 wpm......

QUANTS:
1.arun sharma
2.Trishna's book by TIME

DI:
1.arun sharma has a book for DI as well with lots of exercises.....

GK:
1.try reading the newspapaers. i know thats not easy ....
2.TIME AND IMS have their respective magazines with about 100 GK questions each ,onth
GK proves helpful only for exams like IIFT,SNAP and MAT .......but GK is a scoring area where one can boost speed too...

ok all the best
try doing the material of TIME and IMS... i might join u guys in the prep if i dont convert....
i have shared what i knew....

we can start a thread for shortcuts too. i have a list of 60-70 shortcuts .. i can post them if needed
karthik

hi can u post the short cut pls do if u can

frozen.84 · July 27, 2006, 6:30am

hi guys
can sumbdy help me regardin which test series to join....
plz help