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WRITTEN ACCORDING TO NEW ACTUARIAL SCIENCE EXAM PATTERN OF 2016. ALL SECTIONS ARE THOROUGHLY EXPLAINED WITH AMPLE SHORT MCQ QUESTIONS WITH THEIR ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS AS WELL. MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS ARE ENTIRELY EXPLAINED WITH 2500+ EXAMPLES AND SOLVED QUESTIONS . IN THE ENGLISH SECTION SPECIAL FOCUS ON SELECTED WORDS HAVE BEEN GIVEN . DATA INTERPRETATION HAS MORE THAN 1000 SUMS SOLVED . 10 MODEL PAPERS ALL SOLVED ARE ADDED . LOGICAL REASONING HAS 2000 + SOLVED QUESTIONS . THE ENTIRE MATERIAL IS DIVIDED IN 5 DIFFERENT BOOKS . TOPICS COVERED ARE AS FOLLOWS 1)MATHEMATICS 2)STATISTICS 3)ENGLISH 4)DATAINTERPRETATION 5) LOGICAL REASONING 1) MATHEMATICS A) NOTATION AND STANDARD FUNCTIONS B) NUMERICAL METHODS C) ALGEBRA D) DIFFERENTIATION E) INTEGRATION F) VECTORS G) MATRICES 2) STATISTICS A) PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS B) TYPES OF DATA STATISTICAL DIAGRAMS, BAR CHART, HISTOGRAM, DOT PLOT, STEM-AND-LEAF, BOXPLOT C) MEASURES OF LOCATION MEAN, MEDIAN, MODE D) MEASURES OF SPREAD RANGE, INTERQUARTILE RANGE, STANDARD DEVIATION, VARIANCE, SKEWNESS E) PROBABILITIES BASIC RULES OF PROBABILITIES F) ADVANCED PROBABILITIES TREE DIAGRAMS, CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES G) DISCRETE RANDOM VARIABLES DEFINITIONS, PROBABILITIES, MEAN, MODE, MEDIAN, STANDARD DEVIATION, VARIANCE, COEFFICIENT OF SKEWNESS H) CONTINUOUS RANDOM VARIABLES DEFINITIONS, PROBABILITIES, MEAN, MODE, MEDIAN, STANDARD DEVIATION, VARIANCE, COEFFICIENT OF SKEWNESS I) DISCRETE DISTRIBUTIONS DISCRETE UNIFORM, BERNOULLI, BINOMIAL, POISSON J) CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTIONS CONTINUOUS UNIFORM, EXPONENTIAL, THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION K) CORRELATION SCATTER PLOTS, COVARIANCE, CORRELATION COEFFICIENT L) REGRESSION 3) ENGLISH A) VOCABULARY BASED (SYNONYMS ANTONYMS) B) ENGLISH USAGE OR GRAMMAR C) SENTENCE CORRECTION D) FILL IN THE BLANKS E) CLOZE PASSAGE F) ANALOGIES OR REVERSE ANALOGIES G) JUMBLED PARAGRAPH H) MEANING-USAGE MATCH I) SUMMARY QUESTIONS J) VERBAL REASONING K) FACTS / INFERENCES / JUDGEMENTS L) READING COMPREHENSION VOCABULARY: VOCABULARY QUESTIONS TEST THE CANDIDATE’S KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRIMARY MEANINGS OF WORDS, SECONDARY SHADES OF MEANING, USAGE, IDIOMS AND PHRASES, ANTONYMS, RELATED WORDS, ETC. GRAMMAR: GRAMMAR-BASED QUESTIONS TEST THE CANDIDATE’S ABILITY TO SPOT AND CORRECT GRAMMATICAL ERRORS. IT SHOULD GENERALLY TESTS KNOWLEDGE OF HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL GRAMMAR AND INCLUDES AREAS LIKE SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT, USE OF MODIFIERS, PARELLEL CONSTRUCTION, REDUNDANCY, PHRASAL VERBS, USE OF ARTICLES, PREPOSITIONS, ETC. VERBAL REASONING: VERBAL REASONING QUESTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO TEST THE CANDIDATE’S ABILITY TO IDENTIFY RELATIONSHIPS OR PATTERNS WITHIN GROUPS OF WORDS OR SENTENCES. 4) DATA INTERPRETATION DATA IS GIVEN IN FORM OF TABLES, CHARTS AND GRAPHS. IN THIS SECTION IT IS TESTED THAT HOW CAN YOU INTERPRET THE GIVEN DATA AND ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS BASED ON IT. A) TABLES B) COLUMN GRAPHS C) BAR GRAPHS D) LINE CHARTS E) PIE CHART F) VENN DIAGRAMS G) CASELETS COMBINATION OF TWO OR MORE TYPES LINKED TO EACH OTHER. 5) LOGICAL REASONING A) NUMBER AND LETTER SERIES B) CALENDARS C) CLOCKS D) CUBES E) VENN DIAGRAMS F) BINARY LOGIC G) SEATING ARRANGEMENT H) LOGICAL SEQUENCE I) LOGICAL MATCHING J) LOGICAL CONNECTIVES K) SYLLOGISM L) BLOOD RELATIONS