Paper I

General Mental Ability

General Mental Ability, Subject Index

Navigation hub for the CAPF Paper I General Mental Ability module: reasoning, quantitative aptitude, and data interpretation

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Alphanumeric Series and Input-Output

Letter-number-symbol series, position-counting, and machine input-output (shifting, arranging, coding) reasoning, with worked examples and practice

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Clocks and Calendars

Clock angles, hands together and opposite, gaining time, odd days, leap years, and day-of-week calculation, with worked examples and practice

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Data Interpretation

Reading tables, bar and line graphs, and pie charts fast, with worked sets and practice

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Data Sufficiency

The data-sufficiency question type, standard option codes, the do-not-solve discipline, and worked examples, with practice

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Exam Strategy and Shortcuts

Time management, when to skip, negative-marking maths, calculation speed tricks, and a consolidated formula cheat sheet

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General Mental Ability, Full Practice Set (50 Questions)

Fifty authored mixed quantitative aptitude and reasoning questions with a full answer key and worked explanations

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Logical Reasoning

Syllogisms, statements and conclusions, seating arrangement, puzzles, and ranking, with worked examples and practice

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Mensuration and Geometry

Perimeter, area and volume of standard shapes and solids, plus core angle, triangle, and circle results, with worked examples and practice

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Non-Verbal Reasoning

Figure series, analogy, classification, mirror and water images, paper folding, and embedded figures

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Number System and Simplification

Types of numbers, divisibility rules, LCM and HCF, BODMAS, surds and indices, with worked examples and practice

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Percentage, Ratio and Average

Percentage, ratio and proportion, averages, and mixtures and alligation, with worked examples and practice

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Permutation, Combination and Probability

Factorials, the fundamental counting principle, nPr and nCr, arrangements, selections, and basic probability, with worked examples and practice

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Profit, Loss and Interest

Profit, loss and discount, simple interest, and compound interest, with worked examples and practice

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Time, Speed and Distance, and Time and Work

TSD, trains, boats and streams, time and work, and pipes and cisterns, with worked examples and practice

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Verbal Reasoning

Number and letter series, analogy, classification, coding and decoding, blood relations, and direction sense

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