PGDBA Syllabus

PGDBA Complete Syllabus

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There's been always confusion related to the PGDBA exam syllabus due to the syllabus given in the official website. Here you can find detailed syllabus for all three sections.

PGDBA Mathematics Syllabus

On the Left Hand side of the table, you will find the Chapter name and the link to Playlist. Right hand side of the table will give you details of the topics under the Chapter. Every subtopic is also linked to the YouTube video as well.

Topic Wise Playlist (Clickable links)

Sub-topic wise Lectures and detailed syllabus (Clickable links)

1). Logarithm

a) Logarithm Basic Definitions

b) Logarithm Properties

c) Logarithm Inequalities (Included in Functions Lecture)

2). Trigonometry

a) Measurement Systems, Length of Arc, Area of Sector, Trigonometric Ratios definition in circular system, Signs of Trigonometric ratios in different quadrants

b) Allied Angles and Reduction Formulae

c) Compound Angles

d) Trigonometric Ratios of Multiple, Sub-multiple Angles

e) Product to Sum Transformations, Sum to Product Transformations, Sine Series, Cosine Series

3). Set Theory

a) Basic Definitions, Representation of Sets, Types of Sets, Power of a Set, Venn Diagrams

b) Operations on Sets, Algebra of Sets

4). Relations

a) Definitions, Cartesian Product, Types of Relations

5). Functions

a) Definitions, Domain, Range, Co-Domain, Inequalities and Intervals, Wavy Curve Method

b) Finding Domain and Range, Polynomial Functions, Algebric Functions, Rational Functions, Identity Functions, Constant Functions

c) Logarithmic Functions, Graphs and Inequalities, Exponential Functions, Graphs and Inequalities

d) Modulus Function, Graphs

e) Modulus Function Equation solving and Inequalities

f) Greatest Integer Function and Fractional Part Function

g) Identical Functions, One- One and Many One Functions, Onto- Into Functions, Odd- Even Functions

h) Composite of Uniformly and Non Uniformly defined Functions, Implicit & Explicit functions, Inverse of functions, Periodic functions

6). Limits

a) Basic Definitions, Basic Indeterminate Forms, Methods of Calculation of Limits, Binomial Approximation, L-Hopital Rule

b) Algebra of Limits, Sandwich Theorem, Standard Limits

c) Expansion Series

d) Advanced Indeterminate Forms

7). Continuity

a) Basic Definitions, Geometrical Meaning, Continuity in Open and Closed Intervals

b) Removable and Non Removable Discontinuities

c) Algebra of Continuity, Intermediate Value Theorem, Continuity of Composite Functions

8). Differentiability

a) Basic Definitions, First Principle of Derivative

b) Reasons for Non Differentiability, Algebra of Differentiability

c) Standard Derivatives, Functional Equations, Graph Based problems

9). Methods of Differentiation

a) Logarithmic Differentiation, Derivative of Implicit and Inverse functions

b) Parametric Differentiation, Differentiation wrt another function, Successive Differentiation

10). Application of Derivatives

a) Rate of Change, Tangents and Normals

b) Angle between two curves, Length of Tangents, Normals, Sub-Tangents and Sub Normals

c) Shortest distance between two curves, Monotonocity

d) Minima, Maxima, First order derivative test

e) Second Order derivative test, Rolles Theorem, LMVT

11). Indefinite Integration

a) Basic Definitions, Fundamental Integrals

b) Substitution, Standard Integrals

c) Advanced Substitutions

d) By parts and Partial Fractions Basics

12). Definite Integration

a) Basic Definitions, Geometrical meaning, Basic Properties

b) Advanced Properties

c) Lebiniz Rule, Limit of a Sum

13). Area Under the Curve

a) Area Under the curve, Area between two curves

14). Quadratic Equations

a) Basic Definitions, Identity, Formation of Quadratic Equation, Nature of Roots

b) Sign of Quadratic Expression

c) Location of Roots

d) Common Roots, Theory of Equations

15). Progressions

a) Basic Definitions of AP, General Term and Sum of AP

b) Properties of AP, Basics of GP, General Term and Sum of GP

c) Properties of GP, Basics of HP

d) Arithmetico Geometric Progression, Arithmetic Mean, Geometric Mean and Harmonic Mean

e) AM, GM, HM Inequalities, Different Summation methods, Method of Difference

16). Binomial Theorem

a) Binomial Expansion, General Term for positive integral Index, Term from the end

b) Middle Term, Numerically Greatest Term and Greatest Binomial Coefficient

c) Application Based concepts on remainders, Summation of Binomial Coefficients

d) Methods to find Series Summation, Variable upper Index

e) Binomial theorem for any index, Multinomial Theorem

17). Permutations and Combinations

a) Fundamental Principle of counting, Permutations and Combinations Basics and properties

b) Formation of Groups, Permutations of alike objects

c) Circular Permutations

d) Total number of Combinations, Number of Divisors

e) Total Distributions

18). Probability

a) Basic definitions

b) Venn Diagrams, Laws of Probability

c) Conditional Probability, Multiplication theorem, Independent Events

d) Total Probability Theorem, Bayes' Theorem

19). Matrices and Determinants

a) Basic Definitions, Types of Matrices, Equality of Matrices, Algebra of Matrices

b) Multiplication of Matrices, Idempotent, Nilpotent, Periodic, Involuntary Matrix, Transpose of Matrix

c) Determinants, Minors, Cofactors, Row and Column Operations

d) Orthogonal, Adjoint, Inverse of a matrix

e) System of Equations (Cramer's Rule)

20). Straight Lines

a) Coordinates Systems, Distance and Section Formula, Area of Triangle

b) Coordinates of different centers of a Triangle, Locus

c) Condition of Collinearity, Slope and Inclination of a line

d) Intercepts, Forms of Equation of Straight Line

e) General Form of a line, Angle between two lines, Equation of lines parallel and perpendicular to a given line, Position of a point wrt a line

f) Length of perpendicular from a point on a line, Distance between two parallel lines, Reflection of a point wrt a line, Family of lines

21). Pair of Straight Lines

a) Homogenous equation of second degree, Combined equation of angle bisector, General equation of second degree

22). Circles

a) Basic Definitions, Standard Equation, General Equation, Intercepts, Equation in Diameter form

b) Circles under Special Conditions, S & S1 Notation, Position of a point wrt Circle

c) Position of a line wrt circle, Tangents and T Notation

d) Normals, Director circle, Power of a point, Length of Tangent

e) Chord of Contact, Chord with a given Mid Point, Pair of Tangents

23). Parabola

a) Basic Definitions, Terminologies, Types of Parabola

b) Position of a point, Chord Joining two points, Line and a parabola, Tangent to the Parabola

c) Normal to the Parabola, Pair of Tangents, Director Circle

24). Ellipse

a) Standard Equation and Definitions, Another form of ellipse

b) General Equation, Position of a point and line, Auxillary Circle, Tangent to the Ellipse

c) Normal to the Ellipse, Director Circle

25). Hyperbola

a) Basic Definitions and terminologies

b) Conjugate and Rectangular Hyperbola, Position of a point and line, Auxillary Circle, Parametric Equation

c) Tangent to Hyperbola, Normal to the Hyperbola

PGDBA VARC Syllabus

Focus on Reading Comprehensions, Para Jumbles, and Fill in the blanks with strategic preparation approach.

Reading Comprehensions
Para Jumbles
Fill in the blanks

Though the overall difficulty of this section is less than CAT VARC, but there are certain nuances which one needs to focus on while preparing for PGDBA Verbal Section. Reading Comprehensions of CAT are heavily loaded with inference based questions and twisted options but PGDBA RCs have a balance between the factual and inference based questions but are relatively a little tougher to comprehend. So one can strategize to attempt the factual questions first and then move on to the inference based questions. A very good source to practice RCs is GMAT Club. You can also join our FREE RC Campaign or you can join the PGDBA 2026 Mock Test series to give a proper timed RC Quiz daily and Full Length Mocks/Sectionals. You can find the links below.

PGDBA 2026 Mock Test Series PGDBA 2024 VA & RC Campaign

If you have some time in your hand to prepare for PGDBA RCs, you will definitely gain a lot of insights from the videos given in the table below. These videos completely cover PGDBA syllabus for VARC and at the same time provides framework to build our own thumb rules.

VARC 1000 Lessons (Clickable Links)

RC Strategy Lessons (Clickable Links)

VARC 1000 Lesson 1

RC Strategy Session 1

VARC 1000 Lesson 2

RC Strategy Session 2

VARC 1000 Lesson 3

RC Strategy Session 3

VARC 1000 Lesson 4

RC Strategy Session 4

VARC 1000 Lesson 5

RC Strategy Session 5