How to prepare for the BBA entrance? What books to read?

Before you start preparation, make sure you know the pattern of the exams you are planning to take, in detail. You can be sure of one thing that the tests will check your fundamental knowledge itself. If you have prepared well for your 10+2 board exam, half your preparation would be done.

bba entrance exams generally covers following areas to study on:

Quantitative aptitude

general awareness

reasoning

english

Topics under qunatitative aptitude are:

• Arithmetic

• Geometry

• Algebra

• Mensuration

• Number System

• Series

• Commercial math

• Data Interpretation

• Data Sufficiency

topics covered under English are:

reading comprehension

vocabulary

grammar

REASONING covers the following topics:

• Logical and Mathematical Reasoning

• Deductive Logic

• Statement Assumption

• Analogy

• Visual Reasoning

• Series

• Data Interpretation

• Arrangement

Greetings for you student!

As you reach the last stage of your 10+2, you also begin analysing options for your graduation level studies post your exam results. If you are aiming to go for Bachelors on Business Administration (BBA) for your graduation, know the top BBA entrance exams and their pattern first. The top institutes or universities conduct the admission through entrance exams.

As you can see, the common sections of the exams are as follows:

Quantitative Aptitude

English

Reasoning

General Awareness

Before you start preparation, make sure you know the pattern of the exams you are planning to take, in detail. You can be sure of one thing that the tests will check your fundamental knowledge itself. If you have prepared well for your 10+2 board exam, half your preparation would be done. Once you get the hang of the separate sections, you should have a comprehensive study plan at place. After completing the basics, you should move to testing part. Start taking mock tests. Start with sectional tests and slowly move on to taking full level mock tests. This will help you manage time as well. If you are enrolled with a coaching institute, make sure you take regular mock tests after completing your basic section wise preparation. Try to solve past five years question papers to get a hang of the question types. Devoting five to six hours per day will be good enough for your initial preparation after which you can decide your course of action and strategy based on your current preparation status.

Books recommended:

1. A complete self-study guide BBA/BBS/BBM entrance examinations.

2. BBA: entrance examination - 16 practice sets for BBA/BBS, SET (General), IP - U & UGAT by GKP.

3. The perfect study resource for - GGSIPU BBA common entrance test (Old Edition).

4. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University BA/BBA - LLB common entrance test guide: Test paper (Solved).

5. BBA/BBM entrance exam paperback by Lal and Jain.

I hope it helps.

Wish you good luck!

Hello Riya, See syllabus for BBA entrance you can find online so, i would prefer you to solve past five years question papers to get a hang of the question types.

Start taking mock tests. Start with sectional tests and slowly move on to taking full level mock tests. This will help you manage time as well.

Other than that - BBA/BBM entrance exam paperback by Lal and Jain, ASIAN BBA/BBS/BBM 2018, Arihant BBA/BBS Entrance Self Study Guide, Upkars BBA/ BBM Entrance Exam ...

All the best

Hello,

Greetings!

Students who pass class 12 / HSC exams are eligible for doing the course. But some institutes may demand minimum percentage of 50% or 60% based on the university standards. Students who appeared for HSC exam and waiting for their results are also eligible for appearing the BBA entrance tests. Usually, there is duration of the entrance test of  2 hours.



The syllabus for entrance exam of BBA is:

1. English Language / English Proficiency

Vocabulary synonyms & antonyms english/comprehension english, proficiency, fill in the blanks, Idioms and Phrases, One word substitution, Analogies, spelling Mistakes, Rearrangement of word in sentences, Rearrangement of sentence in paragraph, English Usage errors, Common error, Close test, spotting errors, inappropriate usage of words



2. Numerical Abilities / Quantitative Aptitude

Number Theory, square Roots, HCF and LCM, Data Sufficiency Test, Profit And Loss, Surds and Indices, Simplification, Percentage, Approximation, average,  Quantitative comparison, logarithms, fraction and decimals, commercial math, ratio and proportion, data Interpretation, Compound and Simple Interest, Partnership, Mensuration, Area, Volume, data Comparison, Discounts



3. Logical reasoning / Reasoning Ability

Number Test, Analogy Test, insert Missing Sequence Test, direction and distance Test, Classification (Odd Man Out) Test, Logical Word Sequence Test, Coding & Decoding Test, mathematical Operations, series Test, Data Arrangement Test, Raking test, logical Diagram (Venn Diagram)Relationship Test, Alpha Numeric Symbol Sequence, Alphabet Test, Cubes and Cubical Dice Test, time Sequence Test, statement Arguments, Statement Conclusion, Data Sufficiency Test, Logic Test, statements Assumptions, Statement Action



4. General Knowledge / General Awareness

Business and General Awareness, business, Trade awareness of world and India, geography, Economic Study, general polity, Science, Computer Science, sports, Awards, current Events, History



Some of the popular books are:

1. A complete self-study guide BBA/BBS/BBM entrance examinations.

2. BBA: entrance examination - 16 practice sets for BBA/BBS, SET (General), IP - U & UGAT by GKP.

3. The perfect study resource for - GGSIPU BBA common entrance test (Old Edition).

4. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University BA/BBA - LLB common entrance test guide: Test paper (Solved).

5. BBA/BBM entrance exam paperback by Lal and Jain



Wish you all the best!

Hii Riya



BBA course provides an insight on several of the managerial roles. BBA entrance exam will be objective exam mainly from General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Reasoning, Verbal Ability and Business Awareness.

To prepare well :

** Understand syllabus and associated challenges.

** Review Exam Pattern to understand type of exam, marking pattern, allocated time

Analyze previous year papers to understand trend of questions each subject wise.

**Go through cutoff's of previous year and use these marks to benchmark your performance.

** Prepare and follow the time-table.

** You may go through any good reasoning test book, quantitative aptitude book and general knowledge book. Study topics and do self assessment on each for 15 minutes to understand gaps in your knowledge.

** Master all topics step by step.

** Once you have mastered each subject, their topics / subtopics and key concepts, start experiencing the exam (use any good test simulator) around 40 days before exam date. This will help you in time management , will also make you understand the impact of marks and negative marks in exams and also will help you to benchmark against last year's achievers.

This first hand experience will give you requisite confidence and will help you put many unfounded exam fears to rest.

For your further reference I have also linked a related question for you. Please refer to the related question below.

Hope this will help you in the best way. Feel free to raise more queries or you may



The books you may follow



Mathematics:



Quantitative Aptitude by R S Aggarwal (This is a best book for Quantitative aptitude practice purpose. You can also check review.)



Arihants Fast Track Objective Arithmetic (Check Review for Fast track book. Both Aggarwal and Arihent books are okay for need to practice. You can choose one between them.)



Magical Book On Quicker Maths (Helpful to learn fundamentals and short tricks)



Class Notes by Rakesh Yadav (This is one of the best hand written notes for Quantitative aptitude which you can download E-Book or also buy online.)



Legal Aptitude:



Legal Aptitude by RK Gupta



English:



There are two good exam-oriented English books which adequately cover different types of questions. Choose any one and you are ready to go



Objective General English by S P Bakshi (Arihant)



Quick Learning Objective General English by RS Aggarwal



High School English Grammar and Composition by Wren and Martin (A good book for Grammar revision. If you are not good in grammar this book will help you.)



Word Power Made Easy by Normen Lewis (A magical book to learn new vocabulary words.)



Reasoning:



Verbal and Nonverbal Reasoning by R S Aggarwal ( the highest selling book. It is a good choice if you dont need a lot of explanations and are mainly looking for practice questions.)



Analytical Reasoning by M K Pandey (A good book if your fundamentals are not clear)



General Awareness:



Manorama Yearbook 2017 (The best book to prepare for GK section in competitive exams)



General Knowledge 2017 by Arihent (An option of Manorama book)

Hello Riya , You can gather little detail about how to prepare for the BBA entrance test by going through the below mentioned link

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/top-bba-entrance-exam-preparation-strategy-and-expert-tips?amp

It will give you information about exam pattern , syllabus etc.

Well as far as books are concerned , you can go with these books

Some of the popular books are:
1. A complete self-study guide BBA/BBS/BBM entrance examinations.

2 . BBA: entrance examination - 16 practice sets for BBA/BBS, SET (General), IP - U & UGAT by GKP.

3. The perfect study resource for - GGSIPU BBA common entrance test (Old Edition).

4. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University BA/BBA - LLB common entrance test guide: Test paper (Solved).

5. BBA/BBM entrance exam paperback by Lal and Jain.

Best of luck !!!