Popular BBM colleges cashing in on CAT coaching frenzy

It is estimated that 75% of the people who study BBM apply for the CAT in order to secure a good MBA college. Based on these results a lot of BBM colleges have started providing BBM integrated with CAT coaching classes cashing in on the huge coaching market. Below is a list of Top BBM Colleges in india.

Today let’s look at the popular colleges who have rolled out BBM integrated with CAT programs:

• Mount Carmel College: Mount Carmel College, Bangalore is a women's college in Vasanth Nagar of Bangalore, Karnataka, India that was established on 7 July 1948. The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
• Christ College, Bangalore: Christ University is a private university in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Founded in 1969 as a college, on 22 July 2008 it was declared as an institution deemed to be university under section 3 of UGC.
• St. Joseph's College of Commerce: St. Joseph's College of Commerce, SJCC, is a Bangalore University-affiliated college operated by the Jesuits. It is autonomous and has an independent examination and recognition system. It is situated in central Bangalore at Brigade Road.
• Jain University: Jain University is a Deemed university under the UGC Act,1956 established in Bangalore, India and promoted by The JGI Group in India and the state of Karnataka.
• NarseeMonjee College of Commerce and Economics: NarseeMonjee College of Commerce and Economics is a tertiary education college for commercial studies and economics affiliated to the University of Mumbai.
• Mumbai University: The University of Mumbai, also known as MU, is one of the first state universities of India and the oldest in Maharashtra.
• Mithibai College: Mithibai College of Arts, Chauhan Institute of Science &AmruthbenJivanlal College of Commerce and Economics, also known as Mithibai College, is a college in Vile Parle, Mumbai, India. Mithibai College is affiliated with the University of Mumbai.
• H.R. College of Commerce and Economics: HassaramRijhumal College of Commerce and Economics, commonly known as H.R. College, is a college located in Churchgate, South Mumbai. It is run by the Hyderabad Sind National Collegiate Board and comes under the University of Mumbai.

The CAT Exam coaching is a Rs1000 crore industry and it makes perfect sense for top colleges to inculcate it along with their UG programs and make it easier for the students and cater to their needs under a single roof.

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Objective General English by SP Bakshi: Full Review

Objective General English by SP Bakshi (Arihant Publication) Buy or Not?

Objective General English by SP Bakshi is well-known book among aspirants of Bank (PO & Clerk) and SSC (CGL, MTS, LDC) exams but you can also use this book to prepare for NDA, CDS, MBA, MCA, Bed and UPSC exams.

We have analyzed this book deeply to check the usefulness of the book in competition exams. And we found this book up to mark for Bank, SSC and NDA exams.

Details:
Name of Book: Objective General English
Usefulness for: Bank, SSC and NDA
Publisher: Arihant
Author: SP Bakshi

How to Buy?
This book is available on all major e-commerce sites, to save your time we have provided links below-

Objective General English by SP Bakshi is arranged beautifully so you can easily this book yourself. This book is divided into 4 parts i.e Part A, B, C and D, And each part is divided into small units.

It does not end here, the most good think about this book which I like most is that in end of every unit and every part, there is an exercise related to the topic.

How is Binding and Page Quality of Book?
I am honest with you again, Binding and page quality of the book is really super. But before buying the book please check that you are buying the only original edition of the book.
I have shown a picture to show binding quality.

Snapshots from Books-
As already mentioned that this book is designed and indexed beautifully, so I am also attached snapshots from book-

Snapshot-1 The Function Tenses

Snapshot 2- In this, I have shown a snapshot related to Exercise page

Snapshot 3- An image related to words meaning

Final Conclusion: If you are preparing for competitive exams, but you don`t have any book for General English or if you want to practice your grammar skills you can buy this confidently.

Buy Objective General English by SP Bakshi (Best Price)


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SBI PO 2017 Syllabus, Guide Study Material and Best Book for 2017

One of the biggest exam of this year i.e SBI PO 2017–18, we are providing you Experts Advise which will surely help you to prepare for the exam with the right strategy.

As we all know SBI has once again come with the huge number of vacancies and hopes for the aspirants. So let us gear up and get ready for the exam. We have very less time left for the exam since with 2017 notification SBI also announced the time-table. According to SBI official timetable prelims were conducted in April 2017. So prepare accordingly.

Some of you might be appearing for the SBI exam for the first time. So I want to share the pattern of last year SBI prelims exam with you all. Prelims exams had 3 sections and time allotted was one hour. There are the number of questions according to each section are following as:

1) English - 30 questions - Easy
2) Quants - 30 questions - Moderate
3) Reasoning - 30 questions - Moderate

If you do not know full the new pattern read once.

How to prepare for SBI PO 2017 and what are the best books?

I know that most of you, now are thinking about how I can prepare? and what books are good to follow? But don`t worry I am going to provide you full details,

Let us see first SBI PO exam syllabus. And you can also read related material from our website by click on the related topic.

Syllabus of Reasoning:

In Bank Pre exam there are total 30 questions and in Mains exam, there are 50 questions. So it’s important to give equal importance to this subject. The reasoning is a scoring subject so if you are not good in English you can do well in this part.

In prelims, approximately 2-3 puzzles come and in mains, there are approximately 4-5 puzzles comes. In each, there are minimum 5 questions so puzzle part contains a good number of question and once you make a hand in this you can score easily.

Topics:

• Sitting Arrangement
• Puzzle Test.
• Syllogism.
• Data Sufficiency Problems.
• Blood Relationship Problems.
• Series Problems.
• Input- Output
• Direction Sense Problems.
• Statement-Assumption
• Statement  Conclusion
• Statement  Argument
• Course of Action.
• Ordering and Ranking.

Best Books for Reasoning:

• A New Approach to REASONING Verbal & Non-Verbal (This is a good book containing both Verbal and Non-Verbal Part)
• A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning by RS Aggarwal (This is an alternative to Arihant book )
• A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning (If you don`t want to buy RS Aggarwal different book for Verbal and non-verbal then go for this)
• Analytical Reasoning by MK Panday (I have heard very much about this book but never used so you can try)

Syllabus of Quantitative Section:

In bank exam in the math section, there are equal questions in Mathematics and Reasoning Part. In SBI PO exam mathematics part is generally high level so it's compulsory to prepare well for this section also.

Topics:

• Data Sufficiency
• Percentage
• Average
• Simple Interest
• Compound Interest
• Profit and Loss
• Ratio & Proportions.
• Time and Work
• Time Speed and Distance.
• Data interpretation.
• Sequence and Series.
• Probability
• Boat and Stream
• Pipe and Cistern
• Simplifications
• Mensuration
• Quadratic Equation
• Mixture

Best books for Mathematics section for SBI PO:

• Magical Book on Quicker Maths by M Tyra (This book is helpful to learn new short tracks if you are preparing yourself )
• FAST TRACK OBJECTIVE ARITHMETIC (In this book you got a plenty of questions for practice and you also get some formulas to learn tricks.)
• QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE by RS Aggarwal (If you does not like Fast track you can go with this book.)
• 7300 + by Rakesh Yadav (This book is mainly written for SSC exam aspirants but if you want to give some extra edge to your preparation you can go with this.)

Syllabus of General English:

Like Math and Reasoning in bank exam, there is the equal number of question in this section also. For some students, English is like a ghost but as you know to get a seat in SBI PO exam you have to pass written exam also, so it's necessary to prepare according to the written exam.

• Reading Comprehension Tips
• RC Practice
• Idiom and Phrases
• Grammer
• Cloze Test Tips
• Sentence Correction / Spotting error (Tenses, Part of Speech, Active and Passive Voice, Subject-Verb Agreement).
• Para jumbles.
• Antonyms/Synonyms based problems

Best Book for English:

• Word Power Made Easy (Must have for Vocab)
• Objective General English (This book contain many questions for practice )
• English Improvement Course (This is good to learn grammar rules and also contained practice questions)
• Descriptive English by SP Bakshi (For essay writing)

Best Books for Banking:

• Banking Awareness
• Lucent’s General Knowledge
• Manorama Yearbook 2017 (For Latest event)
• Computer Awareness for General Competitive Exams

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Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for the CAT by Nishit K. Sinha

Details:

Author:  Nishit K. Sinha

Publisher:  Pearson Education

Language: English

A good book for CAT aspirants based on the latest pattern by Nisihit K. Sinha, a well-known writer, and teacher. You can use this book for your regular practice of Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation.

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Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency by Ananta Ashisha

Details:

Author:  Ananta Ashisha         

Publisher:  Arihant

Language: English

In today scenario data interpretation and data sufficiency plays an important role in every competition exams like CAT, SSC and Bank. 
If you are one of those who face difficulty in DI questions while solving in exam then this book is very helpful for you to practice DI.  

How to Buy?
You can easily purchase this book online and offline from well-known eCommerce sites and leading book stores. 

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A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by RS Aggarwal

Details:

Author:  R.S Aggarwal

Publisher:  S. Chand

Language: English

RS Aggarwal is one of the known author in the world of book publishing for competition exam. You can go for this book specially if you are preparing for CAT and Bank exam. However, you can use this for any competition exam in which questions are asked from Reasoning section.

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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT by Nishit K Sinha

Details:

Author:  Nishit K. Sinha

Publisher:  Pearson Education

Language: English

Quantitative aptitude by Nishit K. Sinha is a fantastic book for CAT, SSC and Bank exam aspirants. 

Pros:
1. Concepts are well explained with the help of numerous examples.
2. Short and logical methods are provided to solve problems.
3. Revised time to time.
4. Concepts are explained in easy language.

Cons:
In this book you found some errors or misprint. 

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Quantitative Aptitude for All Competitive Examination by Abhijit Guha

Details:

Author:  Abhijit Guha

Publisher:  McGraw Hill Education

Language: English

This book is recommended for all competitive exam like CAT, SSC, Bank Po/ Clerk etc, in which quantitative aptitude plays an important role.

Pros:
1. This book cover almost all topics of Quantitative Aptitude.
2. An ample number of examples are provided.
3. Questions provided from previous exams.
4. Trigonometry explained in more lucid way.

Cons:  
This book is mainly aimed at aptitude part, so the statistics part is missing.

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