Civil Services Prepby Garima Malik & Nitin Sangwan Account

UPSC · Prelims and Mains

CSAT: Comprehension, Reasoning and Numeracy

← Statements, deduction and syllogisms

Syllogistic deduction

Whole chapter · 10–15 focused hours

Statements, deduction and syllogisms

School arithmetic and working reading fluency, with rusty Class X mathematics; first focused CSAT preparation. Learners needing basic literacy or foundational numeracy remediation need a separate diagnostic budget.

Includes

  • Assigned explanatory sections and selected worked examples
  • Available mapped CSAT questions with untimed then timed attempts
  • Mistake analysis and one initial recall review

Separate time needed

  • Full-length timed papers
  • Later spaced revision
  • All optional textbook exercises
  • Advanced mathematics beyond Class X or competition-specific high-difficulty extensions
  • Optional supplementary exam-book exercises beyond available mapped practice

Editorial planning estimate; not learner timing data

Where to study this topic
  • V02: Everything and nothing ↗

    Section 2: shading for every/no statements; shading alone asserts no existence

  • V06: Existence 1 ↗

    Opening tick interpretation and the two important points only: existence versus unknown membership/count

  • V08: Syllogism ↗

    Introduction and Examples 1–3, including Show outline explanations

  • V07: Existence 2 ↗

    Tick/shading combination and Exercise 1(b–d), including answer explanations: consistency is distinct from necessary truth

Whole chapter reading