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Can anybody tell me how is the Quant book by Abhijit Guha?? Is it any good if you want concepts & practice at the same time or is it only good for practice???

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platypus Says
Can anybody tell me how is the Quant book by Abhijit Guha?? Is it any good if you want concepts & practice at the same time or is it only good for practice???

That guy has given lot f formulaes...

I guess loads f formulaes doesnt help anyone in realtime scenario
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Hi I have been a guha fan u can definately refer that book
ONLY for basics
its very good :)

Ill share some tips nad tricks in the coming days do check this space
See these tricks are gona be weird
but i can assure u i scored very well in maths using them
so u can use them if u feel like

Eg Geometry

PLEASE TRY IT FIRST ... i scored a 97 % in maths using this ...

Rather than using formulas try judging the answer on the basis of given diagram
cos if u apply formulas out there ur wasting ur time ..... ull never complete the paper
take my wrd ....
Now,
9 out of 10 diagrams will be drawn to scale
(so pick up any maths sum ... frm any paper )

Now 2 sides will be given and say find an angle or 3 side

BY PURELY visualizing the options(answers) ull realize that 3 are eliminated out of 5
Sounds funny
do 1 thing try it with any sum
so u know such methods help
METHOds on ELIMINATION
they r faster n better


try it :)

adn come back to me if u feel they wrk 😃

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Quant book By Abhijit Guha is the best book if u want to grasp the basics...there are sum tips too...and many conceptual questions...if you are able to do all of them...tht means u hv understood the basics...then u can try other book like Arun Sharma...or whatever the materials provided by the Time...

I wud not tell u all to buy the book of TYRA....there are only formulas for particular type of questions...they are applicable for those kinds of ques....but there u wud be able to find a lot of stuff regarding vedic maths...addiction...subt..multi...finding squares...wich wud help u to arrive at ur answer as quick as possible..

Don`t know about THINK WITHOUT INK

regarding DI...i wud like to tell tht just read the material provided by the coaching centres..and solve the question papers...MOCK CAT exams...tht`s enough
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Tip for the day

In cat u will come across many sums like

23^4 + 52 ^ 7 + 22^6

how do u solve them

when i saw them for the first time i left them

My prof told me then hey man these guys are not finding mathematicians

the want MBAs use ur brains .... so he tld me some thing

see the most beautiful thing abt these exams is they giveu options !!!!

wow!!!!
so

we have a method of indices which can be used

check this space

1^1 = 1
1^2 = 1
1^3 = 1

now

2^1= 2
2^2= 4
2^3= 8
2^4= 1 6
2^5= 3 2
2^6= 6 4
2^7= 12 8
2^8= 15 6

do u observe the last numbers repeat at intervals of 4

its the same for all numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

so on a rough paper do it for all numbers

u will notice in cyclyes of four
the last number repeats

when u are trying to solve the sum


in 52^7

u seein the option
the option where last number ends with 8 is it
there be only 1 answer sarsfying this condition



52 ^ 7 + 22^6

here

2^7 + 2^6 karo

8+4=12

so the number ending with (from options) 2 is your answer

My gauruntee there willbe only 1 such option

try it with all numbers in cycles of 4

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hi Anurodh
Any idea how we can solve ques of form, finding last digit??:

7^7^7^7........ 1000 times

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yes the very same method
lemme show u how

7^7^.....

Now
sum sol......n last digit
7................... 7
7^7 49 ...........9
49^7 343 ........3.
343^7 2401 ....1


2401^7 16807 7
16807^7 will end in 9

adn so on here the cycle repeated is

7
9
3
1

in cycles of 4

NOw,
1000 in cycles of fourth is the 4th number while dividing
as in
cycle is while div by 4


997
998
999
1000

it completely divides
no remainder,
so the answer of ur query will end with 1( our cycle of 7 was 7931)

remember there will be only 1 slution ending with 1 t

trust me its tried and tested !!!!!

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hey ppl..!

7^7^7^7........ 1000 times is different from 7^1000...anurodh has answered the latter one.
for the former...the following methd should be adopted:

since the cycle of last digits for 7 is 4...we need to find out the remainder when 7^7^7...99times is divided by 4...so tht the complete thing can be written as 7^(4k+x).
now...(7^7^7...99times) /4 means (-1)^7^7...98times/4...since 7^7^7..98times is always an odd number..hence remainder is 3.

hence we have 7^(4k+3), hence the ans is 3.

plz correct me if i m wrong.

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Yes the ans is 3

7^7^7^7^.... 1000times

4n+3
so it should be 7^3

hence last digit is 3:)

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Hi ,
I found lot of discussion on these books. But it differs person considering beginners and others.I have appeared CAT 2 times already .So can say bit cleared on basic concept.I would like to know which of the following books can give better concept clarity apart from which are provided in IMS material(i ve gone thru it) ,quick process of solving quants and also good questions.Also like to know the prices ,if anyone can tell.
1. Quantum CAT by arihant publication by servesh kumar verma
2. Quantitaive aptitude by arun sharma
3. Quantitative aptitude for CAT by nishit sinha

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hi everyone,
i want to buy a book of CAT's previous year solved papers.
anyone has some idea which is a good book.i have heard of IMS book but it contains only previous 5 years papers.

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we c that the DI section of the cat paper is tilting more towards the logical reasoning and puzzles side than the actual data interpretation.
so what are the books available in the market that give us a gud practice of the reasoning skills before takin the cat exam

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hey ev1...m visitin dis thred fa d first time...i bought the quant book by arun sharma today...and m facin sum difficulties in solvin the questions...thankfully u guys were discussin exactly wat i was lookin for:)...so hv u guys strtd the new thread?? (discussion of the probs in the book)...

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hi everyone,
i want to buy a book of CAT's previous year solved papers.
anyone has some idea which is a good book.i have heard of IMS book but it contains only previous 5 years papers.

OSWAL's 10 Years Solved Papers...

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Hey everybody I am a CAT'08 aspirant.I want to know which one of these is really a good book n will really boost my knowledge n preparation for CAT??

1)Quantitative Aptitude fo CAT by Nishit Sinha
2)Think Without Ink by Venkatraman
3)Quantitative Aptitude,DI,LR for CAT by Arun Sharma
I have heard "T.W.I" is very good.Plz help me out on this!!

And for boosting verbal ability,I have heard "Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis" is good......can anybody help me on this too.....plzzzz!!Plz suggest me best readings to strengthen my base.:

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For TWI and word power made easy, it can be easily said that they are very good in subjects they deal with, worth it to read them atleast once.

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

hii,

can u tell me full name of the arun sharma book on QA with the publication?

i am in france now,so i need to tell my friend to get tat book..

thanks

jithesh
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Hey Guys ppl here in Mumbai. Ideal book store Dadar sat that Think without ink is no longer in circulation.:neutral: Can anyone tell me how to obtain it?

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hii,

can u tell me full name of the arun sharma book on QA with the publication?

i am in france now,so i need to tell my friend to get tat book..

thanks

jithesh




this is d book u r looking forward
How to prepare for quantitative apptitude for the CAT / by Arun Sharma.-- New Delhi: TMH,
for further details visit this link
McGraw-Hill Education - Announcement
hope it will help u
with regards
Apoorv