Today I am going to review RS Aggarwal Quantitative Aptitude Book which is a very important book for Quantitative Aptitude Section of most of the Competitive Exams. This Book is extremely useful for Competitive Exams such as SSC CHSL, SSC CGL, SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk and all other SSC, Banks, Railways, Insurance, Entrance Exams and various other Competitive Exams.
I will give you a review of this book and will tell you about the contents of this book.
RS Aggarwal Quantitative Aptitude Book – About the Book
Name of Book: Quantitative Aptitude
Author: Dr. RS Aggarwal
Publisher: S. Chand Publishing
Contents of the Book
RS Aggarwal Quantitative Aptitude Book consists of a huge collection of multiple choice questions (MCQs). Each chapter first explains you about the concept and required formulas in a very simple language. Thereafter there are various detailed solved examples through which you can understand the concept easily. The book also explains various shortcut methods which are very important for solving the questions. However the good thing about this book is that it relies more on explaining the concepts rather than providing only shortcut methods.
The book also highlights questions which have been asked in the previous years competitive exams. This helps you to understand what type of questions are asked in various competitive exams.
With the help of this book you will find that many questions in various competitive exams are actually based on the questions from this book.
I am a great fan of this book as it has helped me to clear so many important competitive exams. To help many students who are preparing for competitive exams I am writing this review.
The various chapters of this books are as under. The chapters keep on adding and deleting with every latest publication, depending upon the need of the current competitive exams scenario:
Numbers
H.C.F and L.C.M. of Numbers
Decimal Fractions
Simplification
Square Roots and Cube Roots
Average
Problems on Numbers
Problems on Ages
Surds and Indices
Percentage
Profit and Loss
Ratio and Proportion
Partnership
Chain Rule
Time and Work
Pipes and Cistern
Time and Distance
Problems on Trains
Boats and Streams
Alligation or Mixture
Simple Interest
Compound Interest
Logarithms
Area
Volume and Surface Areas
Races and Games of Skill
Calendar
Clocks
Stocks and Shares
Permutations and Combinations
Probability
True Discount
Banker’s Discount
Heights and Distances
Odd Man Out and Series
Tabulation
Bar Graphs
Pie Charts
Line Graphs
More About the Book
So you can see that the books covers almost all the topics required for Quantitative Section of any competitive exam as mentioned above.
This book understands the requirement of competitive exams and has been written accordingly. This is a very old book and is in existence for more than 30 years. It is still the best book in the market for the Quantitative Aptitude section of various competitive exams.
You can purchase RS Aggarwal Quantitative Aptitude Book directly from the publisher’s website. However I would suggest you to purchase it from Amazon as more discount is available there.