[Quantitative Aptitude] Arun Sharma Vs R.S.Aggrawal

[Quantitative Aptitude] Arun Sharma Vs R.S.Aggrawal - Which is Best Book?

Are you going for any competitive exam and looking for a book for the maths (Quantitative Aptitude) subject? Then, lots of people will suggest you either Arun Sharma or R.s.aggrawal. Because these two books are the most selling and well recommended by all the candidates who used these books.

Now, at some point in time, most of the candidates who want to buy any one of them got confused between these two, which one to buy. So, here I made one comparison and study on which I will recommend you to which one you should buy and why.

[Quantitative Aptitude] Arun Sharma Vs R.S.Aggrawal - Which is Best Book?

First of all, let met get diplomatic and tell you that both of the books are well and good on his own grounds. Both books have their own advantage and disadvantage, so let's take a look at each book one by one and try to figure out which is best. 

Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Examinations By R.S.Aggrawal

This book is having their 17th Edition, Yes, R.S.Aggrawal is publishing this book since long and the reason it is the most popular book (even more than Arun Sharma). you can say that this book has set trend in candidates that if you are going for any type of competitive exam and if you need a book for maths then R.S.aggrawal, no one can beat this book.

Which Topics are Covered in this book?

Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Examinations also covers Problems on Numbers & Ages, Allegations, & Logarithms and Simplification. Other topics are Simple and Compound Interests, Surds and Indices, Pipes and Cistern, Chain Rule, Boats and Streams,  Time and Work, Partnership, Problems on Trains, and Volume and Surface Area. This also has True Discount, Stocks and Shares, and Banker's Discount, Games of Skill, Races, Permutations and Combination, Series, Odd Man Out, Clocks, Heights and Distances, and Calendar. For Data Interpretation topics covered are Tabulation and various kinds of graphs like Bar, Pie and Line Graphs.

726 pages long, this book covers almost all the topics that have asked in any bank exam like IBPS - SBI or any other government job. The author who has written this book is Doctorate from Delhi University in Mathematics. Price of this book is just Rs.332 only.

Why You Should Buy this book?

In most of the competitive exams the syllabus will be too huge and Quantitative aptitude will be an important part of it, the book covers almost all concepts related to quantitative aptitude in detail, but the book is quite bulky, it would be still good it it stands in between Shakuntala Devi puzzles and this quantitative aptitude book, there are too many questions of similar kind, which is an almost a repetition, the best would be, if we have 10-12 problems in each chapter which would cover all the concepts of the chapter, which will help all students to revise the book again and again, here since the book is huge covering all areas, it will be very difficult to complete it and revision is again a problem and require time, but the book is very good content-wise. 

How to Prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT - By Arun Sharma

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The 2nd best book for Quantitative aptitude subject by Arun Sharma. this book, as name, suggests, mainly written for CAT (common aptitude test) aspirants. This book is on their 5th edition, just printed a few years ago, for cat students. As you know CAT is one of the toughest exams in India and for that exam need a more focused book for maths section.

Topics Covered in this book?

The book is then divided into blocks further having a number of chapters within it. Each block such Block I contains information about Number Systems, and Progressions. The first chapter explains the Remainder Theorem, the concept of the Great Common Divisor, and a number of zeroes in an expression. Block II consists of situations with examples where Allegations can be put to use. The chapters in the later following block are Percentages, Interest, Time and Work, Profit and Loss, Time, Speed and Distance, and Ratio, Proportion and Variation. The 11th chapter is a part of Block IV, and it is divided into two parts. Part I focuses on Geometry, while the second part explains Mensuration. This block has a chapter on Coordinate Geometry. The next block has four chapters, which are Functions, Inequalities, Quadratic Equations, and Logarithms. The last block explains to students principles of Permutations and Combinations, Probability, and Set Theory.

In 706 Pages, this book covers all the syllabus of CAT for Maths Subject. you can Go for this book for the following reasons. And this book also cost the same as R.s.aggrawal, Rs.338 Only.

Why You Should Buy this book?

The book is good enough to give you a decent score in DI. The questions are divided into different layers of difficulty. The book also familiarities us in every section in great depth. Three-layered difficulty familiarizing method with a wide range of questions, a lot of practice worksheets, 23 full-length sectional test papers, 5 model exams did help me get a decent 93%ile in DI with just one month's practice. 

So, now you guys are clear for best books for Quantitative Aptitude? Hope you are, as choosing always the toughest job, and it will even more though when you have such two great books to buy. For any single query, feel free to ask me in the comment section, thank you!

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