Government of Karnataka
Department of Collegiate Education
Government Science College, Hassan. JOB INFORMATION & PLACEMENT CELL [JIPC] NEWSLETTER November 30, 2009
Issue:1
Volume:7
Member’s Copy When ability exceeds ambition, or ambition exceeds ability, the likelihood of success is limited
Students of JIPC taking oath on 10th Oct, 2009 at Infosys, Mysore on career commitment.
-- Ralph Half
Quantitative Aptitude and Logical Reasoning Now-a-days, the selection process usually comprises of questions from school-level mathematics, logical reasoning, general awareness and general english language. This is then followed by Group Discussion round and Personal Interview. All these tests prove the candidates employability skills. The Analytical Skills (includes Quantitative Aptitude and Logical Reasoning) highlights the candidate’s ability to apply analytical and logical thinking while gathering and analyzing information, designing and testing solutions to problems and formulating plans. Applications of analytical skills come into play at various levels in the functioning of an organization. Hence, almost every competitive exams includes Questions on Analytical Skills. 01. Bank PO & Clerk exams – 66 % weightage, 02. SSC exams – 50 % weightage, 03. CDS, NDA, MBA (CAT/MAT & GMAT) – major portion. Quantitative Aptitude, in true sense, is not mathematics. It is problem solving skill, where mathematical questions are poised as problems and one needs to demonstrate competence to solve these questions. These questions are not textbook questions. They are real-life situations where application of mathematical knowledge is required to find the solution. Logical Reasoning is application of common sense in a structured manner in problem solving. Logical Reasoning questions may involve arrangement of data or analysis of some pattern to find desired output or result. It may require finding some missing data in a sequence or table or some application of day-to-day observations to solve a question. The truth is that Analytical Aptitude can be developed only by regular practice and this is not such a difficult task. Irrespective of one’s educational background, anyone can master these sections, provided one honestly practices them regularly over a period of time. Since Analytical Aptitude is the ability to solve real-life practical problems, there are no formulae or shortcuts which are applicable, neither are these based on topics or chapters. Each of the aptitude questions is a mix of three or four simpler questions from different chapters or topics. As per Rene Descartes’ Cartesian Theory of Knowledge – a complex problem is nothing but a mixture of four-five simpler problems. To solve, one should break them into their constituent simpler problems, solve these simpler problems and then synthesize their solutions to find the answer of the complex problem. - Prof.A.Narayana Prasad., (source: Career360)
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