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CSAT: Comprehension, Reasoning and Numeracy

Passage comprehension
Interpersonal communication
Decision making and problem solving
Statements, deduction and syllogisms
Analytical arrangements and relations
Patterns, codes and mental ability
Number relations and calculation
Ratios, proportions and mixtures
Percentages and commercial arithmetic
Equations and quantitative word problems
Time, motion and work
Geometry, mensuration and spatial quantities
Sets, counting and elementary probability
Data interpretation and sufficiency

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Framing and solving problems

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Problem definition
Goal identification
Means-end analysis
Algorithmic problem solving
Heuristic problem solving
Mental set
Functional fixedness
Evaluating a proposed solution
Trial and error
Working backwards
Setting subgoals

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