Reasoning & Mental Ability Preliminary Syllabus, RAS
Reasoning & Mental Ability Preliminary Syllabus RAS
Scheme of Examination & Syllabus
The Preliminary Examination will consist of one paper on the subject specified below, which will be of objective type and carry a maximum of 200 marks.
General Knowledge and General Science
- Paper I 200 marks
- There will be 150 questions of multiple choice (Objective Type), carrying equal marks.
- There will be negative marking.1/3 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
Logical Reasoning (Deductive, Inductive, Abductive):
| Topics |
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| Statement and Assumptions |
| Statement and Argument |
| Statements and Conclusion |
| Statement and Courses of Action |
| Analytical Reasoning |
Mental Ability:
| Topics |
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| Number /Letter sequences |
| Coding/Decoding |
| Problems related to Relations |
| Direction sense test |
| Logical Venn diagram |
| Mirror / Water images |
| Shapes and their sub sections |
Basic Numeracy:
| Topics |
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| Ratio, Proportion and Partnership |
| Percentage |
| Simple and Compound Interest |
| Perimeter and Area of Plane figures |
| Data Analysis (Tables, Bar diagram, Line graph, Pie-chart) |
| Mean (Arithmetic, Geometric and Harmonic) |
| Median and Mode |
| Permutation and Combination |
| Probability (Simple Problems) |
| The circle |