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An overall easy to average paper but very lengthy given the time constraints.
 Quantitative Ability
Accuracy was the key to achieving victory in this section. This section was a good mix of sitters and conceptual questions. A candidate’s numerical abilities were tested to the fore. Questions in this section ranged from purely numeric calculations to geometrical problems, arithmetic reasoning, and algebra with a few reasoning based QA.
| Table 1 |
Quantitative Aptitude |
Area |
Questions based
on this Area |
Difficulty Level |
Geometry |
7 |
Average |
Arithmetic |
8 |
Easy to Average |
Algebra |
25 |
Easy to Average |
Numbers |
2 |
Easy |
Reasoning based QA |
3 |
Average |
Miscellaneous |
5 |
Easy to Average |
Total |
50 |
Average |
Analytical Ability & Logical Reasoning
Analytical thinking or the ability to think while analysing involves separating and distinguishing the fundamentals of a concept or problem in order to understand its essential nature.
Reasoning and Logic can be thought of as distinct, although logic is one important aspect of reasoning.
Reasoning is a type of thought. Logic, involves the attempt to describe rules by which reason operates.Putting both these operations together gives this section its tag line ‘Analytical Ability & Logical Reasoning Section’
In this paper, this section defied all norms and conventions by offering a cache of logically simple questions.
| Table 2 |
| Analytical Ability & Logical Reasoning |
Area |
No. of questions based
on this Area |
Difficulty Level |
Circular Arrangement |
7 |
Easy |
Blood Relations |
5 |
Easy |
Letter Arrangement |
3 |
Easy |
Arrangement (Single) |
3 |
Easy |
Direction Sense |
1 |
Easy |
Selection |
8 |
Average |
Matching |
3 |
Easy |
Arrangement |
6 |
Easy to Average |
Coding Based M.R. |
4 |
Easy to Average |
D.I. (Data Comparison Type) |
6 |
Average |
Coded Blood Relations |
2 |
Easy to Average |
Word Based |
2 |
Easy to Average |
Total |
50 |
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Reading Comprehension
The difficult part of this section was trying to identify the passages which could be attempted without much effort. Reading comprehension involves a good grasp of the English language in all its finery. It was humanly impossible to attempt all the passages but attempting at least two was feasible. Attempting at least 10 questions from the 14 questions was possible with 75% accuracy.
| Table 3 |
Reading Comprehensions |
Area |
Questions based
on this Area |
Difficulty Level |
Passage 1 |
24 |
Above Average |
Passage 2 |
6 |
Easy |
Passage 3 |
7 |
Easy |
Passage 4 |
13 |
Average |
Total |
50 |
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Comment:
With your number of attempts at 14 a score of 38+ is possible in this section, while a score of 40+ would be considered good.
Cut-off for this section would be around 20+ (50 percentile)
Verbal Ability
A firm groundwork of grammar and vocabulary are the main requirements to be strong in this section. So building this framework is essential if you need to score at the required percentile for this section. Most of the questions are based on fundamentals of sentence structure and language rules.
| Table 4 |
Verbal Ability |
Area |
Questions based
on this Area |
Difficulty Level |
Idioms |
2 |
Easy |
Fill in the blanks (words) |
1+2 |
Easy |
Error in parts of sentence |
3 |
Average |
Analogies |
2+2 |
Average |
Phrase Substitution |
7 |
Easy to Moderate |
Cluster Words |
2 |
Average |
Parts of Speech |
3 |
Average |
Proverbs |
2 |
Average |
Origin based words |
2 |
Average |
Antonyms |
10 |
Easy |
Synonyms |
10 |
Average |
Classification |
1 |
Easy |
Correct Spelling |
1 |
Easy |
Total |
50 |
Easy |
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