General Intelligence and Reasoning
Direction: NESW Clock — Imagine standing at center of clock: North=12, East=3, South=6, West=9. Right turns add hours (+3=90°), left turns subtract. If facing North and turn right, you face East (12→3 o'clock).
Blood Relations: Generation Levels — Assign +1 for parents/uncles/aunts, +2 for grandparents, -1 for children/nephews/nieces, -2 for grandchildren. Add levels to find relation type; spouse relations stay same level (0).
Coding: Alphabet Position — A=1, Z=26. For reverse, use 27-formula: reverse of N-th letter is (27-N)th position. Example: C(3)↔X(24) because 27-3=24. Speeds up letter-shifting codes.
Mirror Image: SVATAMA — Only vertically-symmetrical letters look identical in mirror: A, H, I, M, O, T, U, V, W, X, Y. Asymmetric letters reverse. Water image flips top-bottom; mirror flips left-right.
Dice Opposite Faces — Standard die: 1-6, 2-5, 3-4 are opposite pairs (each pair sums to 7). If three faces visible, the three hidden faces are their opposites. Use sum=21 (total of all faces).
Series: Difference of Differences — For tricky number series, write first differences, then second differences. Pattern often emerges in second/third level: +2, +4, +6, +8 or perfect squares (1, 4, 9, 16).
General Awareness
Appointments: Current Top 5 — President: Droupadi Murmu, PM: Narendra Modi, CJI: rotate every ~2 years (verify latest), RBI Governor: Shaktikanta Das, Election Commissioner: Rajiv Kumar. Update quarterly from current affairs.
Ancient Texts: VeRUSaPu — Four Vedas: Vig, Rig, Sama, Yajur. Order by antiquity: Rigveda oldest. Upanishads (philosophy), Sutras (rituals), Puranas (mythology) come later chronologically.
Mughal Sequence: BABAJASH — Babur, Akbar's father Humayun (skip), Bar-Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb. Six main rulers; remember Akbar's religious tolerance vs Aurangzeb's orthodoxy for MCQs.
Indian Geography: BRAHMAPUTRA states — Brahmaputra touches: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam only (in India). Originates Tibet (Tsangpo), enters India at Arunachal, exits Bangladesh. Longest river flowing through Assam valley.
Constitution Articles: 14-15-16-19-21 — Fundamental Rights cluster: Art. 14 Equality before law, 15 No discrimination, 16 Equal opportunity in employment, 19 Six freedoms (speech, assembly, movement, etc.), 21 Life & personal liberty.