Lovely Professional University, Punjab

Course Code

Course Title

Course Planner

Lectures

PEA501a

ANALYTICAL SKILLS-I

16763::Vishal Ahuja

Course Category

Courses with Placement focus

Tutorials Practicals Credits

2.0

1.0

0.0

TextBooks
Sr No

Title

Author

Edition

Year

Publisher Name

T-1

VERBAL & NON VERBAL

REASONING

DR R S AGGARWAL

14th

2012

S CHAND & COMPANY LIMITED

Reference Books
Sr No

Title

Author

Edition

Year

Publisher Name

R-1

HOW TO PREPARE FOR DATA

INTERPRETATION LOGICAL
REASONING FOR CAT ARUN
SHARMA

ARUN SHARMA

6th

2012

TATA MCGRAW HILL, INDIA

R-2

ANALYTICAL REASONING

M.K PANDEY

3rd

2011

BANKING SERVICE CHRONICLE

Other Reading
Sr No

Journals articles as Compulsary reading (specific articles, complete reference)

OR-1

Competition Success Review - Magazine for practicing competitive exam papers. ,

OR-2

Civil Services Times - Magazine for practicing competitive exam papers. ,

Relevant Websites
Sr No

(Web address) (only if relevant to the course)

Salient Features

RW-1

http://www.indiabix.com

The best website for practicing aptitude questions online.

RW-2

https://www.khanacademy.org

The website to view online vidoes and practice questions related to topics
on Quantitative Aptitude.

RW-3

http://www.placementexpress.com

Suggested Website to view placement papers of the reputed Companies.

Software/Equipments/Databases
Sr No

(S/E/D) (only if relevant to the course)

Salient Features

SW-1

http://www.way2success.com/

The website for practicing competitive exam questions online.

SW-2

www.classmarker.com/

The best website for uploading online test for the students.

2.0

LTP week distribution: (LTP Weeks)

Weeks before MTE

Weeks After MTE

Spill Over

Detailed Plan For Lectures

Week
Lecture
Number Number

Broad Topic(Sub Topic)

Week 1

Lecture 1

Series Completion(Series
Completion)

Lecture 2

Week 2

Lecture 3

Lecture 4

Chapters/Sections of Other Readings,

Text/reference books Relevant Websites,
Audio Visual Aids,
software and Virtual
Labs

Lecture Description

Learning Outcomes Pedagogical Tool Live Examples

Demonstration/
Case Study /
Images / animation
/ ppt etc. Planned

T-1:Chapter-1
R-1:Chapter-1
R-2:Chapter-1

SW-1
SW-2

Identify the patterns in

the Relationship given

The student learns to Brainstorming

know what kind of
pattern is followed in
the given relationships

Series Completion(Analogy)

T-1:Chapter-2 and
Chapter-3

OR-1
OR-2

Identify the similar

patterns and odd one out
in the
Relationship given

The student learns to Power Point

know what kind of
Presentation
similar patterns is
followed in the given
relationships

Series
Completion(Classification)

T-1:Chapter-2 and
Chapter-3

OR-1
OR-2

Identify the similar

patterns and odd one out
in the
Relationship given

The student learns to Power Point

know what kind of
Presentation
similar patterns is
followed in the given
relationships

Coding-Decoding(Direct
Letter Coding)

T-1:Chapter-4

RW-1
RW-2
RW-3

Crack the codes that

decipher the message

The student will learn Power Point

to decipher the code Presentation

Coding-Decoding(Letter
Coding)

T-1:Chapter-4

RW-1
RW-2
RW-3

Crack the codes that

decipher the message

The student will learn Power Point

to decipher the code Presentation

CodingDecoding(Number/Symbol
Coding)

T-1:Chapter-4

RW-1
RW-2
RW-3

Crack the codes that

decipher the message

The student will learn Power Point

to decipher the code Presentation

CodingDecoding(Deciphering
Message word Codes)

T-1:Chapter-4

SW-1
SW-2

Crack the codes that

decipher the message

The student will learn Power Point

to decipher the code Presentation

CodingDecoding(Deciphering
Number and Symbol Codes
for messages)

T-1:Chapter-4

SW-1
SW-2

Crack the codes that

decipher the message

The student will learn Power Point

to decipher the code Presentation

Scheme for CA:

Component
Frequency

Out Of

Quiz

4
Total :-

15

60

Details of Academic Task(s)

AT No.

Objective

Topic of the Academic Task

Nature of Academic Task

Evaluation Mode
(group/individuals/field work

Allottment /
submission Week

Quiz1

To check the general 30 MCQ type questions would be asked covering topics from
Individual
mental ability of the Lecture No. 1-4. NOTE-All CA's would be conducted in the labs
students.
against the Lecture in which respective CA is planned. The faculty
would have to make use of two labs if student group is of 60. The
faculty would seek assistance from Lab technician for
arrangement of labs and other faculty for conducting test in other
lab.

There would be 30
MCQ of 0.5 mark
each(equal to 15
Marks)which would
further be prorated
out of 5 Marks
finally. Negative
Marking of 25%
should be done to
avoid guess work.
Quiz should be of 30
mins

3/4

Quiz2

To check the general 30 MCQ type questions would be asked covering topics from
Individual
mental ability of the Lecture No. 6-9. NOTE-All CA's would be conducted in the labs
students.
against the Lecture in which respective CA is planned. The faculty
would have to make use of two labs if student group is of
60. The faculty would seek assistance from Lab technician for
arrangement of labs and other faculty for conducting test in other
lab.

There would be 30
MCQ of 0.5 mark
each(equal to 15
Marks)which would
further be prorated
out of 5 Marks
finally. Negative
Marking of 25%
should be done to
avoid guess work.
Quiz should be of 30
mins

5/6

Quiz3

To check the general 30 MCQ type questions would be asked covering topics from
Individual
mental ability of the Lecture No. 15-17. NOTE-All CA's would be conducted in the
students.
labs against the Lecture in which respective CA is planned. The
faculty would have to make use of two labs if student group is of
60. The faculty would seek assistance from Lab technician for
arrangement of labs and other faculty for conducting test in other
lab.

There would be 30
MCQ of 0.5 mark
each(equal to 15
Marks)which would
further be prorated
out of 5 Marks
finally. Negative
Marking of 25%
should be done to
avoid guess work.

6/7

Quiz should be of 30
mins
Quiz4

To check the general 30 MCQ type questions would be asked covering topics from
Individual
mental ability of the Lecture No. 19-20. NOTE-All CA's would be conducted in the
students.
labs against the Lecture in which respective CA is planned. The
faculty would have to make use of two labs if student group is of
60. The faculty would seek assistance from Lab technician for
arrangement of labs and other faculty for conducting test in other
lab.

There would be 30
MCQ of 0.5 mark
each(equal to 15
Marks)which would
further be prorated
out of 5 Marks
finally. Negative
Marking of 25%
should be done to
avoid guess work.
Quiz should be of 30
mins

10 / 11

Quiz5

To check the general 30 MCQ type questions would be asked covering topics from
Individual
mental ability of the Lecture No. 22-23. NOTE-All CA's would be conducted in the
students.
labs against the Lecture in which respective CA is planned. The
faculty would have to make use of two labs if student group is of
60. The faculty would seek assistance from Lab technician for
arrangement of labs and other faculty for conducting test in other
lab.

There would be 30
MCQ of 0.5 mark
each(equal to 15
Marks)which would
further be prorated
out of 5 Marks
finally. Negative
Marking of 25%
should be done to
avoid guess work.
Quiz should be of 30
mins

12 / 13

Plan for Tutorial: (Please do not use these time slots for syllabus coverage)
Tutorial No.

Lecture Topic

Type of pedagogical tool(s) planned

(case analysis,problem solving test,role play,business game etc)

Tutorial1

Practice Questions on Series Completion,Analogy and Classification. Problem Solving

Tutorial2

Practice Questions on Coding Decoding.

Problem Solving

Tutorial3

Practice Questions on Blood Relations.

Problem Solving

Tutorial4

Practice Questions on Puzzles.

Problem Solving

Tutorial5

Practice Questions on Sequential Output Tracing.

Problem Solving

Tutorial6

Practice Questions on Direction Sense Test and Logical Venn

Diagrams.

Problem Solving

Tutorial7

Practice Questions on Alphabet Quiz and Alpha-Numeric Sequence

Puzzle.

Problem Solving

Tutorial8

Practice Questions on Number, Ranking & Time Sequence,

Mathematical Operations and logical sequence of words.

Problem Solving

Tutorial9

Practice Questions on Arithmetical Reasoning.

Problem Solving

Tutorial10

Practice Questions on Inserting the missing Character.

Problem Solving

Tutorial11

Practice Questions on Data Sufficiency, Reason & Assertion and

Situation-Reaction.

Problem Solving

Tutorial12

Practice Questions on Verification of Truth and Logic.

Problem Solving

Tutorial13

Practice Questions on Statement & Argument, Statement &

Assumption, Statement & Course of Action and Conclusion.

Problem Solving

Tutorial14

Practice Questions on Theme Detection, Deriving conclusions from

the passages and Cause & Effect Reasoning.

Problem Solving

Tutorial15

Practice Questions on Series of Figures,Analogy of Figures &

Classification of Figures.

Problem Solving

After Mid-Term