(Online Course) Contents of Basic Numeracy

Contents of Basic Numeracy

Syllabus of Basic Numeracy for Civil Services Preliminary Examination:

  • Basic Numeracy  (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude etc.) (Class X level),

Number System

Fractions

Indices and Surds

Square Root & Cube Root

Simplification

HCF & LCM

Orders of Magnitude

Unitary Method

Average

Percentage

Profit and Loss

Ratio & Proportion

Partnership

Alligation or Mixture

Time and Work

Time and Distance

Simple Interest

Compound Interest

Volume and Surface Area of Solid Figures

Area of Plane Figures

Clocks and Calendar

Concepts of Geometry

Coordinate Geometry

Combinatorics

Probability

Statistics

Set Theory, Venn Diagrams, Functions & Relations

Basic Algebra

Sequences & Series

Source of Reading:

  • R.S. Agarwal
  • Sagir Ahmad
  • Sanger
  • Sinha & Sinha
  • Pearson

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Civil Services Preliminary
IAS - INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
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Basic Numeracy