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 easier than quant section in this exam. Verbal section was moderate. 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) discussed Kitcher's defense of literary fiction as a valid form of philosophical exploration, challenging the sceptical view that literature lacked cognitive and epistemic value. The passage was a little tricky to understand & all the questions based on it were a mixed bag. The second passage (5-8) discussed the concept of vote-bank politics, its origins, and the debate over whether it is inherently negative or a natural part of India's diverse political landscape. The passage was easy to understand and all the questions based on it were easy except Q 7, which was difficult. The third passage (9-12) discussed the philosophical tension between capitalism and socialism, their impact on global geopolitics, and the challenges of balancing economic systems with social justice and democracy. The passage was difficult and questions based on it were either difficult or moderate. The fourth passage (13-16) discussed the historical and strategic importance of naval power, particularly through the ideas of Alfred Thayer Mahan, in maintaining US global influence, commerce, and national security. The passage was manageable and questions based on it were either easy or moderate. The questions (17, 18 & 19) based on finding summary were moderate except Q17, which was easy. The questions (20-22) based on best-fit were either easy or moderate except Q 21, which was easy. The questions (23 & 24) based on finding the misfit were moderate & easy respectively. Overall feel of the section was moderate. 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 6 easy, 15 medium and 1 difficult question in this section. The DI block (n the Cyber Spectrum Pvt. Ltd., there are 3 types of employees, was the easiest and should have been attempted. The two blocks (Each of the 60 rooms in a hotel is occupied on Wednesday, and Two researchers, Dr. Sharma and Dr. Wasal, working for the organization Centre for Health Education, Training and Nutrition Awareness (CHETNA), have come up with a new test)were moderate and few of the questions should have been attempted from these blocks. In this section, one could have fetched 90+ percentile by attempting 8-10 questions with approx. 80 % accuracy.
Students found this section easy to moderate. The Quantitative section had 8 easy,7 medium and 7 difficult questions. Selection of questions was important to crack this section. There were questions from varied topics like Geometry, Basic Numbers, Basic Algebra, Progression & Series and Arithmetic. A good student could have scored 90+ percentile by attempting around 10-12 questions with approx. 80 % 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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