There are many MBA aspirants who are preparing hard for cracking CAT 2010 but not being able to take proper coaching due to various constraints. The basic asset which you require for preparation is books. Since DI & LR is found as one of the important and trickiest section of CAT 2010, those who are opting for self study, the list of must reads are all the more needed for them. In the last articles, we had suggested you the books that are tried and tested for the Quantitative Ability and Verbal Ability sections. This article of MBAUniverse.com will tell you which books you should consult for mastering the Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning sections.
The top books for Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning section for CAT preparation, as mentioned by experts are as follows:
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‘How to prepare for the Data Interpretation for CAT’ by Arun Sharma, TATA-McGraw Hill publications: This book is written by famous author of CAT preparation books and expert, Arun Sharma. This book is practice based. It contains various types of data representation such as bar graphs, cases, tables etc. This also has exercise questions along with detailed solutions and previous years’ CAT papers.
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‘How to prepare for the Data Interpretation for CAT’ by Arihant Prakashan: This book explains the basic concepts of Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning. It also has practice questions to test the preparation.
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‘Verbal & Non Verbal Reasoning’ by R.S. Agarwal (S. Chand and Sons publications): This book explains the skills that are needed to tackle the reasoning questions. This also provides exercises which gradually increase in their difficulty level. This allows the reader to move from simple to complex questions.
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‘Course In Mental Ability and Quantitative Aptitude’ by Edgar Thorpe: This book consists of ample exercises, both solved and unsolved. With the solved questions you can understand the method you should ideally apply for this type of questions and then test your learning in the unsolved exercises.
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‘Analytical and Logical Reasoning’ by B.S. Sijwali (Arihant publications): This book widely covers the Analytical Reasoning section. This also elucidates the concepts and logics that are used in reasoning..
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‘Fundamental of Reasoning: A Logic Book’ by Robert M. Johnson: This book teaches you how to structure your debates and arguments. The fundamentals of Reasoning are also explained in this book.
For reading the MBAUniverse.com article on Must Reads for Quantitative Ability and Verbal Ability preparations, click on the following links:
http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/3246/CAT_2010_Quant_books
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