MEPCO SCHLENK ENGINEERING COLLEGE, SIVAKASI (AUTONOMOUS)

AFFILIATED TO ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI 600 025

UG REGULATIONS: MEPCO - R2015 (CBCS)

Approved New Course on Employability Skills Development in the

5th

Academic Council meeting held on 03-03-2017.

CURRICULUM

Semester - III

SL.NO. COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE L T P C

1. IAS30 Integrated Aptitude Skills – I (BASIC) 2 0 0 2

Semester – IV

SL.NO. COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE L T P C

1. IAS40 Integrated Aptitude Skills – II (BASIC) 2 0 0 2

Semester - V

SL.NO. COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE L T P C

1. IAS51 Integrated Aptitude Skills – I (ADVANCED) 2 0 0 2

Semester – VI

SL.NO. COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE L T P C

1. IAS61 Integrated Aptitude Skills – II (ADVANCED) 2 0 0 2

SYLLABUS

III Semester - IAS30 : Integrated Aptitude Skills – I (BASIC)

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE LOGICAL REASONING VERBAL ABILITY

1. Numbers – Number Systems, Types of Numbers, Series (Arithmetic Progression, Geometric Progression)

2. Problem on Ages 3. HCF & LCM 4. Profit & Loss 5. Problems on Trains, Boats

& Stream 6. Calendar & Clocks 7. Time & Work 8. Speed & Distance (Or)

Time & Distance 9. Decimal Fractions,

Simplification (Including Expression & Evaluation)

10. Square Root, Cubic Root 11. Average 12. Surds & Indices 13. Odd Man Out & Series

VERBAL REASONING: General Mental Ability 1. Series completion 2. Analogy 3. Classification 4. Coding-Decoding 5. Blood Relation 6. Puzzle test 7. Sequential Output Tracing 8. Direction sense test 9. Logical Venn Diagram 10. Alphabet Test 11. Alpha-numeric sequence Puzzle 12. Number, Ranking and Time

sequence Test 13. Mathematical Operations 14. Logical Sequence of words 15. Arithmetical Reasoning 16. Inserting the mission character 17. Data Sufficiency 18. Eligibility test 19. Assertions and Reasoning 20. Situation Reaction Test 21. Verification of truth of the statement

1. Vocabulary Based - Synonyms

2. Vocabulary Based - Antonyms

3. Spotting Errors 4. Spelling 5. Jumbled words 6. One word substitution 7. Sentence Correction 8. Idioms & Phrases. 9. Commonly confusing

words 10. Statement and

Conclusion 11. Change of Voice 12. Facts/Inferences and

Judgment.

Text Books:

1. Agarwal R.S, “Quantitative Aptitude,” S.Chand and Company Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, First Edition

1989, Reprint, 2016

2. Agarwal R.S, “A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning,” S.Chand and

Company Pvt. Ltd.,New Delhi, First Edition 1994, Reprint, 2016

3. Agarwal R.S, “Objective General English,” S.Chand and Company Pvt. Ltd.,New Delhi, First

Edition 1997, Reprint, 2016

Reference Books:

1. Anand P A, “Quantitative Aptitude,” Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, Edition, 2016

2. Arun Sharma, “How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning,” Tata-McGraw Hill Education Series. New

Delhi, First Edition 2016

3. Sharon Weiner Green, Ira K Wolf, “Barron’s GRE,” Barron Publishers. First Edition 1995,

Reprint, 2016

4. The Princeton Review, “Cracking the GRE”, Random House Publisher, Premium Edition 2016.

5. Mark Alan Steward, J D,”30 days to the GMAT CAT”, Arco Publishers, 2nd

Edition 2016.

Web References:

1. www.indiabix.com

2. http://www.practiceaptitudetests.com/

IV Semester – IAS40 : Integrated Aptitude Skills – II (BASIC)

**REVIEW OF SEMESTER III SYLLABUS

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE LOGICAL REASONING VERBAL ABILITY

1. Percentage 2. Ratio & Proportions 3. Pipes & Cisterns 4. Permutations &

Combinations 5. Partnership 6. Alligation (Or) Mixture 7. Races & Games 8. Stocks & Shares 9. Height & Distance 10. True Discount & Banker’s

Discount 11. Probability 12. Mensuration (Area,

Volume & Surface Area) 13. Interest (Simple Interest,

Compound Interest) 14. Logarithm 15. Chain Rule 16. Data Interpretation

(Tabulation, Bar Chart, Pie Chart, Line Graphs)

VERBAL REASONING: Logical Deduction 1. Logic 2. Statement – Argument 3. Statement – Assumptions 4. Statement –Courses of action 5. Statement –Conclusion 6. Deriving Conclusion from passages 7. Theme Detection 8. Cause and Effect reasoning NON-VERBAL REASONING 1. Series 2. Analogy 3. Classification 4. Analytical Reasoning 5. Mirror – Images 6. Water – Images 7. Spotting out the embedded figures 8. Completion of incomplete patterns 9. Figure Matrix 10. Paper Folding 11. Paper Cutting 12. Rule Detection 13. Grouping of identical figures 14. Cubes and Dice 15. Dot Situation 16. Construction of squares and triangles 17. Figure formation and analysis

1. Concord 2. Cloze Passage 3. Analogies or Reverse

Analogies 4. Jumbled Sentences. 5. Error Deduction. 6. Reading

Comprehension 7. Paragraph Formation 8. Completing

Statements 9. Usage of Prepositions 10. Inference(Theme

Detection) 11. Verification of Truth

from the Statements 12. Change of Speech

Text Books:

1. Agarwal R.S, “Quantitative Aptitude,” S.Chand and Company Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, First Edition 1989,

Reprint, 2016

2. Agarwal R.S, “A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning,” S.Chand and Company

Pvt. Ltd.,New Delhi, First Edition 1994, Reprint, 2016

3. Agarwal R.S, “Objective General English,” S.Chand and Company Pvt. Ltd.,New Delhi, First Edition

1997, Reprint, 2016

Reference Books:

1. Anand P A, “Quantitative Aptitude,” Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, Edition, 2016

2. Arun Sharma, “How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning,” Tata-McGraw Hill Education Series. New

Delhi, First Edition 2016

3. Sharon Weiner Green, Ira K Wolf, “Barron’s GRE,” Barron Publishers. First Edition 1995, Reprint, 2016

4. The Princeton Review, “Cracking the GRE”, Random House Publisher, Premium Edition 2016.

5. Mark Alan Steward, J D,”30 days to the GMAT CAT”, Arco Publishers, 2nd

Edition 2016.

Web References:

1. www.indiabix.com

2. http://www.practiceaptitudetests.com/

Note: In 4th

Semester, Internal & End Semester exam will cover both 3rd

and 4th

semester portions.

V Semester – IAS51 : Integrated Aptitude Skills – I (ADVANCED)

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE LOGICAL REASONING VERBAL ABILITY

1. Numbers – Number Systems, Types of Numbers, Series (Arithmetic Progression, Geometric Progression)

2. Problem on Ages 3. HCF & LCM 4. Profit & Loss 5. Problems on Trains, Boats

& Stream 6. Calendar & Clocks 7. Time & Work 8. Speed & Distance (Or)

Time & Distance 9. Decimal Fractions,

Simplification (Including Expression & Evaluation)

10. Square Root, Cubic Root 11. Average 12. Surds & Indices 13. Odd Man Out & Series

VERBAL REASONING: General Mental Ability 1. Series completion 2. Analogy 3. Classification 4. Coding-Decoding 5. Blood Relation 6. Puzzle test 7. Sequential Output Tracing 8. Direction sense test 9. Logical Venn Diagram 10. Alphabet Test 11. Alpha-numeric sequence Puzzle 12. Number, Ranking and Time

sequence Test 13. Mathematical Operations 14. Logical Sequence of words 15. Arithmetical Reasoning 16. Inserting the mission character 17. Data Sufficiency 18. Eligibility test 19. Assertions and Reasoning 20. Situation Reaction Test 21. Verification of truth of the statement

1. Vocabulary Based - Synonyms

2. Vocabulary Based - Antonyms

3. Spotting Errors 4. Spelling 5. Jumbled words 6. One word substitution 7. Sentence Correction 8. Idioms & Phrases. 9. Commonly confusing

words 10. Statement and

Conclusion 11. Change of Voice 12. Facts/Inferences and

Judgment.

Text Books:

1. Agarwal R.S, “Quantitative Aptitude,” S.Chand and Company Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, First Edition 1989,

Reprint, 2016

2. Agarwal R.S, “A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning,” S.Chand and Company

Pvt. Ltd.,New Delhi, First Edition 1994, Reprint, 2016

3. Agarwal R.S, “Objective General English,” S.Chand and Company Pvt. Ltd.,New Delhi, First Edition

1997, Reprint, 2016

Reference Books:

1. Anand P A, “Quantitative Aptitude,” Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, Edition, 2016

2. Arun Sharma, “How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning,” Tata-McGraw Hill Education Series. New

Delhi, First Edition 2016

3. Sharon Weiner Green, Ira K Wolf, “Barron’s GRE,” Barron Publishers. First Edition 1995, Reprint,

2016

4. The Princeton Review, “Cracking the GRE”, Random House Publisher, Premium Edition 2016.

5. Mark Alan Steward, J D,”30 days to the GMAT CAT”, Arco Publishers, 2nd

Edition 2016.

Web References:

1. www.indiabix.com

2. http://www.practiceaptitudetests.com/

Note: In 5th

Semester, Internal & End Semester exam will cover 3rd

, 4th

and 5th

semester portions.

VI Semester – IAS61 : Integrated Aptitude Skills – II (ADVANCED)

**REVIEW OF SEMESTER V SYLLABUS

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE LOGICAL REASONING VERBAL ABILITY

1. Percentage 2. Ratio & Proportions 3. Pipes & Cisterns 4. Permutations &

Combinations 5. Partnership 6. Allegation (Or) Mixture 7. Races & Games 8. Stocks & Shares 9. Height & Distance 10. True Discount & Banker’s

Discount 11. Probability 12. Mensuration (Area,

Volume & Surface Area) 13. Interest (Simple Interest,

Compound Interest) 14. Logarithm 15. Chain Rule 16. Data Interpretation

(Tabulation, Bar Chart, Pie Chart, Line Graphs)

VERBAL REASONING: Logical Deduction 1. Logic 2. Statement – Argument 3. Statement – Assumptions 4. Statement –Courses of action 5. Statement –Conclusion 6. Deriving Conclusion from passages 7. Theme Detection 8. Cause and Effect reasoning NON-VERBAL REASONING 1. Series 2. Analogy 3. Classification 4. Analytical Reasoning 5. Mirror – Images 6. Water – Images 7. Spotting out the embedded figures 8. Completion of incomplete patterns 9. Figure Matrix 10. Paper Folding 11. Paper Cutting 12. Rule Detection 13. Grouping of identical figures 14. Cubes and Dice 15. Dot Situation 16. Construction of squares and triangles 17. Figure formation and analysis

1. Concord 2. Cloze Passage 3. Analogies or Reverse

Analogies 4. Jumbled Sentences. 5. Error Deduction. 6. Reading

Comprehension 7. Paragraph Formation 8. Completing

Statements 9. Usage of Prepositions 10. Inference(Theme

Detection) 11. Verification of Truth

from the Statements 12. Change of Speech

Text Books:

1. Agarwal R.S, “Quantitative Aptitude,” S.Chand and Company Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, First Edition 1989, Reprint, 2016

2. Agarwal R.S, “A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning,” S.Chand and Company Pvt. Ltd.,New Delhi, First Edition 1994, Reprint, 2016

3. Agarwal R.S, “Objective General English,” S.Chand and Company Pvt. Ltd.,New Delhi, First Edition 1997, Reprint, 2016

Reference Books: 1. Anand P A, “Quantitative Aptitude,” Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, Edition, 2016 2. Arun Sharma, “How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning,” Tata-McGraw Hill Education Series. New

Delhi, First Edition 2016 3. Sharon Weiner Green, Ira K Wolf, “Barron’s GRE,” Barron Publishers. First Edition 1995, Reprint, 2016 4. The Princeton Review, “Cracking the GRE”, Random House Publisher, Premium Edition 2016. 5. Mark Alan Steward, J D,”30 days to the GMAT CAT”, Arco Publishers, 2

nd Edition 2016.

Web References:

1. www.indiabix.com

2. http://www.practiceaptitudetests.com/

Note: In 6th

Semester, Internal & End Semester exam will cover 3rd

, 4th

, 5th

and 6th

semester portions.