On the whole the level of the test was tough. The important factor was selection of appropriate questions to attempt. The reasoning section was much tougher than quant section in this test. Verbal section was moderate go 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 questions (1 &2) based on finding misfit were moderate. The first passage (3-6) critiqued the sci-fi genre's traditional focus on extraterrestrial conflict and advocated for a broader, more imaginative exploration of peaceful, cooperative interspecies interactions. The passage was difficult to comprehend and questions based on it were also moderate or difficult. The second passage (7-10) discussed the stagnancy of India's tax-to-GDP ratio despite a sophisticated tax system and explored potential reasons, including exemptions in agriculture and tax shelters, while suggesting that urbanization and decentralization could improve the ratio. The passage was slightly tricky to understand and questions based on it were also either moderate or difficult. The third passage (13-16) discussed the dangers of anthropomorphizing AI models like ChatGPT, highlighting their lack of true understanding and intention, and called for better regulation and caution in describing their capabilities. The passage was an interesting read but questions based on it were moderate. The questions (11, 12, &24) based on summary were easy except Q 12, which was moderate. The questions (17, 22 & 23) based on best-fit were easy except Q 22, which was moderate. Overall, feel of the section was moderate to tough. However, one could have easily scored 90+ percentile by attempting 18-20 questions with 75-80 % accuracy.
The difficulty level of DI was difficult than quant this time. There were 2 easy, 9 medium and 11 difficult question in this section.The blocks (The six students S1, S2, S3, S4, S5 and S6and Ms. Babita visited a store accompanied by her two intelligent children, Chandra and Mukesh. Chandra and Mukesh possess a unique ability to distinguish different types of chocolates) 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 easier than DI. The Quantitative section had 4 easy, 12 medium and 6 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, and Arithmetic. A good student could have scored 90+ percentile by attempting around 12 -14 questions with approx. 80% accuracy.
The overall feel of the paper wastough, 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, best-fit & odd one out. One must focus on contextual vocabulary to understand and score well in passages &summary-based questions. Questions such as misfit 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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