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AP ICET · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Analytical Ability & Mathematical Ability

  • Map the Analytical Ability syllabus into its sub-areas (data interpretation, series, coding-decoding, blood relations, syllogisms, seating arrangement, clocks and calendars) and rate personal confidence in each on a 1-5 scale

  • Diagnose baseline speed by solving 40 mixed analytical questions under a 40-minute timer and log accuracy per sub-area

  • Relearn the core rules of number series and letter series, then solve 30 series questions with written reasoning for each answer

  • Build a one-page formula sheet covering percentages, ratios, averages, and profit-loss conversions used inside data interpretation

Your checkpoint

A scored baseline diagnostic report listing accuracy and average time per Analytical sub-area, plus a completed formula sheet

Week 2

Analytical Ability & Mathematical Ability

  • Apply elimination and approximation shortcuts to 50 data-interpretation questions drawn from tables, bar graphs, and pie charts

  • Solve 25 arithmetic word problems on time-work, time-speed-distance, and simple-compound interest while showing every step

  • Practice 20 syllogism and blood-relation items using Venn diagrams and family-tree notation until the notation becomes automatic

  • Review every wrong answer from week 1 and rewrite the correct method in a personal error log

Your checkpoint

An error log with at least 30 corrected entries, each showing the faulty method and the corrected shortcut

Week 3

Mathematical Ability & Analytical Ability

  • Drill 40 questions on mensuration, permutations-combinations, and probability, separating formula recall from calculation speed

  • Complete 30 seating-arrangement and ranking puzzles within a 45-minute limit

  • Memorize and self-test multiplication tables to 20, squares to 30, and cubes to 15 without written calculation

  • Solve 20 clock, calendar, and direction-sense questions and record the pattern used for each

Your checkpoint

A timed 60-question Mathematical Ability set completed with at least 70 percent accuracy and a written time-per-question breakdown

Week 4

Analytical Ability & Mathematical Ability & Communication Ability

  • Take a full-length sectional test on Analytical and Mathematical Ability under exam timing and score it strictly

  • Analyze the sectional test by tagging each error as concept gap, calculation slip, or time pressure

  • Read two editorial-length passages daily and answer 10 inference and main-idea questions per passage

  • Revise the week 1-3 error log and re-solve every previously missed question cold

Your checkpoint

A mid-point scorecard showing sectional accuracy, error-cause distribution, and a ranked list of the three weakest sub-areas

Week 5

Communication Ability & Computer and Business Fundamentals

  • Complete 150 vocabulary items covering synonyms, antonyms, and one-word substitutions, testing recall in spaced batches

  • Solve 40 grammar items on subject-verb agreement, tenses, articles, prepositions, and sentence correction with rule citations

  • Summarize five business passages of 250-300 words each in three sentences to build reading comprehension speed

  • Cover computer fundamentals: hardware, software, memory units, and number-system conversions, and solve 30 matching questions

Your checkpoint

A vocabulary-and-grammar quiz log of 50 self-written questions with answers and cited rules

Week 6

Computer and Business Fundamentals & Communication Ability

  • Study business fundamentals: forms of business organization, basic accounting terms, banking instruments, and Indian business environment, then answer 40 questions

  • Learn computer networking and internet basics, including topologies, IP addressing, and common protocols, and self-test with 25 items

  • Practice 30 verbal analogy and idiom questions and record the reasoning link for each

  • Draft 10 short business letters and emails, each under 100 words, applying correct format and tone

Your checkpoint

A business-and-computer fundamentals question set of 60 items authored by the candidate, with answer key and one-line justifications

Week 7

Analytical Ability & Mathematical Ability & Communication Ability & Computer and Business Fundamentals

  • Take two full-length mock tests on separate days with strict timing and no interruptions

  • Reduce average time per Analytical question by 15 percent compared with week 4 by applying elimination on every question

  • Revisit the three weakest sub-areas identified at week 4 and solve 40 targeted questions in each

  • Review Communication and Computer-Business sections of both mocks and correct every factual gap

Your checkpoint

A two-mock comparison sheet showing score movement, time saved per section, and closure status of the three weak sub-areas

Week 8

Analytical Ability & Mathematical Ability & Communication Ability & Computer and Business Fundamentals

  • Take three full-length mocks in exam-slot timing and hold accuracy above the week 7 baseline in every section

  • Re-solve the entire error log from weeks 1-7 without notes and mark any item still failing

  • Finalize a one-page revision sheet covering formulas, grammar rules, vocabulary traps, and computer-business facts

  • Simulate exam-day logistics once: sleep schedule, document checklist, and section-order strategy

Your checkpoint

A final readiness report with mock score trend, error-log clearance rate, and the completed one-page revision sheet

Milestones

Week 2: Baseline diagnostic repeated on 40 analytical and 40 mathematical questions shows at least 10 percent accuracy gain over week 1, and the error log has 30 or more corrected entries

Week 4: Sectional test accuracy is at least 65 percent in Analytical Ability and Mathematical Ability combined, and each error is tagged by cause

Week 6: Communication Ability and Computer-Business Fundamentals practice accuracy reaches at least 70 percent, and 60 self-authored fundamentals questions are complete with justifications

Week 8: Three final mocks average at least 75 percent overall with no section below 60 percent, and at least 90 percent of error-log items are cleared without notes