Best Books for IBSAT

Can you list me the names of some of the good reference Books for IBSAT Exam conducted by ICFAI (Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India) University group?

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The names of some of the good reference Books for IBSAT Exam conducted by ICFAI (Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India) University group are as follows:

Quant Aptitude by Tata Magraw Hill , Author: Arun Sharma

Abhijit Guha's book: Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Examinations Tips, Techniques, And Short-cut Methods by Guha Abhijit

Quantitative Aptitude for CAT from Pearson by Nishit Sinha

Nishit Sinha's DI LR book by Pearson

TMH How to Prepare for the Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning for the CAT 3rd Edition by Arun Sharma

English Proficiency IMS India

English PLUS I.C.S.E For Class 10 by Xavier Pinto

Word Power Made Easy by NORMAN LEWIS

Business English and Communication By: Clark

Mathematics for MBA Entrance Exams by R.S.Aggarwal

MBA Entrance Exam Guide by Abul Hashem / Career Launcher

Quantitative Aptitude for MBA Entrance Examination by Guha

The Pearson Guide to MBA Entrance Examination by Edgar Thorpe

CAT solved papers by Upkar / Pratiyogita Darpan

The Pearson Guide to Quantitative Aptitude for MBA Entrance Examination by Dinesh Khattar

Quantitative Aptitude for CAT and MBA Entrance Examination by TIME

Data Interpretation MBA Entrance by Jaiswal

Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension for CAT and MBA Entrance Examination by TIME

Verbal Ability Guide for CAT by PT Education Ltd


IBSAT Pattern & Syllabus

IBSAT is conducted as computer based test.
The duration of the test is 2 hours. Questions in IBSAT are asked from the following sections:

Verbal Ability
Most of the questions in the session of verbal ability have moderate level of difficulty. There are 50 questions for this session and the questions are from the following topics.
• Vocabulary – 25 Questions
• English Usage – 10 Questions
• Cloze Test – 5 Questions
• Grammar – 10 Questions

Reading Comprehension
There are three passages for the session of reading comprehension. Around eight questions are asked from each passage. Out of the eight questions, 1 to 3 questions are moderately difficult; where as the other remaining questions are easy

Quantitative Ability
For the session of Quantitative Aptitude, questions are asked from the following topics.
• Algebra
• Arithmetic Progression
• Averages
• Co-ordinate Geometry
• Discount
• Geometry
• Mensuration
• Number System
• Percentages
• Permutations and Combinations
• Probability
• Profit and Loss
• Time and Work

Data Sufficiency and Data Interpretation
There were 15 questions on Data Sufficiency, 5 questions on Logical Reasoning, and 5 questions on Data Interpretation. Level of difficulty for the questions is easy to moderate.