Five Books by Aniket Bhardwaj: Content and Audience Guide
Mr. Aniket Bhardwaj is a chemistry educator, author and the founder of 4AB, based in Dwarka, New Delhi, and he has been teaching since 2008. His portfolio lists five books written for aspirants of CSIR-NET, GATE and IIT-JAM. Each title can be read online inside 4AB, and each has a PDF download. This guide walks through the five books as they are described on the Books page of 4AB: what each one is about, how long it is, and where it might fit in your preparation. It does not add anything beyond what the page says, so always open the book itself before you decide whether it suits you.
The five books at a glance
- Square Root Shortcut Tricks — 14 pages, ISBN 978-93-5759-191-1
- Advanced Maths Tables — 86 pages, ISBN 978-93-5635-138-7
- General Aptitude — 174 pages, ISBN 978-93-5759-713-5
- PhD Coursework in Chemistry — 758 pages, ISBN 978-93-5717-711-5
- Periodic Table & Elements Data — 78 pages, ISBN 978-93-5626-428-1
The page counts already tell you something useful: three of the books are under 100 pages, one runs to 174 pages, and one is a full-length companion of 758 pages. Planning your reading around length is a sensible first step.
1. Square Root Shortcut Tricks
This is the shortest of the five, at 14 pages. According to the Books page, it is the invention itself: the shortcut method for square roots, written up as the published monograph. The method it documents is the Aniket Bhardwaj Method, also called the Gap-Ratio formula, which estimates the square root of a number between two perfect squares as the root of the smaller square plus a ratio of two gaps.
A quick example shows the idea. To estimate the square root of 85, the previous perfect square is 81 and the next is 100. Gap 1 is 85 − 81 = 4, and Gap 2 is 100 − 81 = 19. The estimate is 9 + 4/19, which is about 9.21, close to the calculator value of about 9.22. Because the method is short, this is a book you can read in one sitting and then practise on its own.
2. Advanced Maths Tables
Advanced Maths Tables runs to 86 pages. The page describes it as the tables an aspirant actually reaches for in a timed paper, laid out to be read rather than decoded. If you tend to lose time looking up the same reference values while solving practice papers, a book organised around quick reading is worth opening. Check its contents against what you personally look up most often.
3. General Aptitude
This 174-page book treats Part A of the paper as a subject in its own right. The page names three areas: reasoning, data interpretation and quantitative aptitude. Many chemistry students put most of their effort into the chemistry sections and treat the general part as an afterthought, so a book that handles it as a full subject can help you give it a fixed place in your study plan.
4. PhD Coursework in Chemistry
At 758 pages, this is the largest book on the list. It is described as the full coursework companion, running from research methodology through to the chemistry papers in one volume. Because of its size, it is best used as a reference that you return to over weeks or months rather than something to read cover to cover in one go. Look at the contents first and plan which parts you need now.
5. Periodic Table & Elements Data
This 78-page book goes element by element. The page lists electronic configuration, radii, ionisation energies, oxidation states and the anomalies worth remembering. Reference books of this kind are most useful when you keep them next to your practice problems and look up an element each time a question depends on its data, rather than trying to memorise everything at once.
Which one should you read first?
There is no single right order, but a few practical suggestions follow from the descriptions above.
- If you want a short, quick win, start with Square Root Shortcut Tricks and try the method on a few numbers.
- If your timed practice is slowed by lookups, open Advanced Maths Tables and Periodic Table & Elements Data and keep them beside your papers.
- If you have been ignoring Part A, give General Aptitude a regular weekly slot.
- If you are working through doctoral coursework, keep PhD Coursework in Chemistry as your long-running companion.
You can read all five online without installing anything, and download the PDF of any title for offline study.
Key takeaways
- Mr. Aniket Bhardwaj's portfolio lists five books for CSIR-NET, GATE and IIT-JAM aspirants, each readable online inside 4AB with a PDF download.
- Lengths range from 14 pages (Square Root Shortcut Tricks) to 758 pages (PhD Coursework in Chemistry).
- Advanced Maths Tables and Periodic Table & Elements Data are reference-style books for timed practice.
- General Aptitude treats Part A of the paper as a subject of its own.
- Always check a book's contents yourself before choosing where to begin.