TY - GEN AU - M. K. Pandey TI - Analytical Reasoning SN - 9788190458917 U1 - 153.94 PY - 2012/// CY - Delhi PB - BSC Publishing co. pvt. ltd. N1 - CONTENT Part I: Reasoning based on Logic Chapters Page No. 1. The Basics of Logic 3 2. Some Informal Tips 13 3. Assumptions 21 Some standard categories of assumptions 25 When is an assumption invalid? 29 Practice exercises 34 Answers and explanations 61 4. Forcefulness of Arguments 81 Preliminary screening 84 Will the result really follow? 85 Is the result really desirable? 90 Are the argument and suggested course of action "properly related? 91 Practice exercise 93 Answers and explanations 100 5. Evaluating Inferences 105 Directly follows from the passage 109 Can be inferred from the passage 110 A study of key words 116 How to avoid confusion 119 Practice exercises 122 Answers and explanations 148 6. Evaluating Given Courses of Action 167 Problem-solution relationship 168 Fact-follow-up action relationship 173 Practice exercises 175 Answers and explanations 193 7. Data Sufficiency 203 Relationships 205 Dates 206 Comparison 207 Critical analysis 208 Age 209 Miscellaneous 211 Practice exercises 212 Answers and explanations 220 8. Punchline 229 Does a statement qualify? 230 What is its idea or wavelength? 236 Practice exercises 241 Answers and explanations 252 9. Strengthening and Weakening Arguments 259 Suggested method 261 Practice exercise 267 Answers and explanations 278 10. Cause and Effect 285 Part II: Reasoning based on Rules 11. Syllogism 301 Analytical method 318 Venn-diagram method 330 Three-Statement Syllogism 337 Certain controversies 344 Practice exercises 350 Answers and explanations 378 12. Analytical Decision-Making 389 Practice exercises 398 Answers and explanations 417 13. Input-Output (Introduction to the basics) 425 14. Input-Output (contd.): Shifting 435 15. Input-Output (contd.): Arrangement 493 16. Input-Output (contd.): Miscellaneous 515 17. Coded Relationships 525 18. Coded Binary Numbers 551 19. Coded Inequalities 567 20. Problem-Solving 599 Simple problems on categorization 602 Arrangement problems 604 Problems on comparison 608 Problems on blood relations 610 Problems on blood relations and professions 616 Problems on conditional selection 621 Miscellaneous 623 Practice exercises 628 Answers and explanations 665 ER -