On the whole the level of the test was moderate to tough. The important factor was selection of appropriate questions to attempt. The reasoning section was tougher than quant section in this exam. Verbal section was tough. One peculiar thing in this paper was that there were clusters of medium and difficult questions, so one had to skip the difficult cluster and to move to medium level cluster quickly. The key to getting a good percentile was time management and selection of questions.
The first passage (1-4) explored the connection between abstract art and chaos theory, highlighting their shared embrace of complexity, non-linearity, and unpredictability. The passage was tricky to understand and questions based on it were moderate except Q1, which was easy. The second passage (5-8) discussed the impact of the Green Revolution and industrialization on Indian farming, food production, and consumption, highlighting changes in taste, food preparation, and dietary habits over time. The passage was slightly tricky to understand and questions based on it were either easy or moderate. The third passage (9-12) examined the rapid growth of Threads by Meta Platforms and its potential implications for market competition and privacy concerns in India. It highlighted how Meta’s leverage of its existing user base raises regulatory and privacy issues, particularly in the absence of robust data protection laws in India. All the questions based on it were either moderate or easy. The fourth passage (13-16) critiqued the concept of 'graded autonomy' in the NEP 2020, arguing that it prioritized financial and managerial freedom over true academic independence. The passage was an interesting read but the questions based on it were all moderate except Q 16, which was easy. The questions (17-19) based on finding summary were either moderate or difficult. The questions (20-22) based on best-fit were easy except Q 21, which was moderate. The questions (23 & 24) based on finding misfit were easy & difficult respectively. Overall, the feel of the section was moderate to tough. However, one could have easily scored 90+ percentile by attempting 17-19 questions with 75-80% accuracy.
The difficulty level of DI was moderate. There were 5 easy, 10 medium and 7 difficult questions in this section. The two blocks (A team is to be selected from among ten persons —Cyrus, Peter, &Ten friends – A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J) were easy and should have been attempted. In this section, one could have fetched 90+ percentile by attempting 8-10 questions with approx. 80 % accuracy.
Students found this section moderate. The Quantitative section had 7 easy, 7 medium and 8 difficult questions. Selection of questions was important to crack this section. There were questions from varied topics like Geometry, Basic Numbers, Basic Algebra, Progression And Series, Arithmetic (Percentages, Time and Work, mixtures, percentages, Allgation, Ratios). A good student could have scored 90+ percentile by attempting around 10-12 questions with approx. 85% accuracy.
The overall feel of the paper was moderate to tough, though for the students who knew how to manage the time available to the best i.e., not wasting much time in lengthy and difficult questions, could easily manage an overall good attempt. Most of the questions in quant section were from Arithmetic, Algebra, Number system and Geometry. For verbal section, one should have good reading speed & comprehension skills as there were 4 RCs based on different areas and also a few questions based on other areas such as summary, SR, best-fit & odd one out. One must focus on contextual vocabulary to understand and score well in passages &summary-based questions. Questions such as sentence rearrangement and Best-fit require analysis and knowledge of tricks to answer the questions. It is not advisable to spend too much time on TITA questions especially in the verbal section.
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