MH- CET MBA 2018 Analysis

MH-CET-2018 for MBA/MMS for 400+ institutes in Maharashtra has again shown increase in the number of applications. The inclination of students towards MBA CET has swung back, which is evident from the fact that 2018 is the third consecutive year of increase in the applications. The 1.06 lakh students, with a mark of 11% increase this year, are trying to seek admissions in the top colleges of Mumbai and Pune universities. One big news for the OMS students is that CET this year has arranged exam centres even outside Maharashtra. The exam is being conducted across 36 exam cities in Maharashtra and 13 cities outside the state.

Today was the first slot of the four slots planned for 10th and 11th March with 2 slots each day. Most of the students had anticipated the test to be on the lines of previous two years toughness level and they faced no major surprises. This is the third CET where the toughness level is up by a big margin.

There were four DI Sets with around 20 questions all together including a case-let and a Data comparison set. These DI sets were mixture of easy to tough than those featured in CET-2017. The Math questions were not the traditional CET questions. A student was forced to think in every question. The questions were not just lengthy but also logically provoking. An attempt of 30-35 in this section with an accuracy of 80% or more is great.

This section was a nightmare for most of the aspirants. The Data arrangement sets (Analytical reasoning) that came for around 40marks in the form of 8 sets were the most critical part. Most of the students got stuck here in such a way that they were left with very less time for the other sections. Symbol operations were manageable. Syllogisms although conventional were a bit tricky in the conclusions framework and the combination of options.

There were some surprises in this section. There were two passages under the directions of single R.C. This was a bit similar to the View-Counterview format that CET brought up in 2011. The toughness level overall was a mixed bag.

Match the pairs got featured in CET for the first time. Column A and Column B with three sentences each were shown and the students were expected to match the pairs with the grammar coming into play to make the sentences meaningful.

This section was easier part in this CET. Most of the questions were easy, unlike the previous year questions where more than two logical sequences were inserted in one question. The faster method that we practice in hitbullseye was overwhelmingly used in it. It was possible to manage 25 questions in 10 mins. (With the faster method)

MH-CET-2018 for MBA/MMS for 400+ institutes in Maharashtra has again shown increase in the number of applications. The inclination of students towards MBA CET has swung back, which is evident from the fact that 2018 is the third consecutive year of increase in the applications. The 1.06 lakh students, with a mark of 11% increase this year, are trying to seek admissions in the top colleges of Mumbai and Pune universities. One big news for the OMS students is that CET this year has arranged exam centres even outside Maharashtra. The exam is being conducted across 36 exam cities in Maharashtra and 13 cities outside the state.

The two slots on 11th March were quite similar to the two slots on 10th of March. There were minor changes in the form of inclusions and exclusions of topics across all the four sections

The questions were well spread across all the major topics of Math. The students found the questions solvable but a bit too lengthy by CET standards. The general perception was that the conventional 'plug-in' approach based questions are no more in CET.
The Data Interpretation questions were calculation intense. The sets were in the form of Bar charts, Twin Pie-Charts, Case-lets. Although the graphs were easy to comprehend, the questions were a bit more challenging.

Although the format of the LR questions was as usual the toughness level was certainly high. The data arrangement questions were around 40-50 in the form of 7 to 8 sets. couple of sets were manageable but the other data arrangement sets were more time consuming. Input-Output, Syllogisms, symbol operations and coding decoding were also conventional but time consuming.

The questions of the new pattern were also seen in the two slots of Sunday. There were R.C. sets in the form of three passages in a bunch with a set of 6 to 8 questions. The passages needed some careful reading to answer those implied questions.
Match the pairs to form meaningful sentences were featured again with almost the similar toughness level. The para jumbles were as usual. The sentence completion needed some extra time. The options in the form of confusing combinations made the questions time consuming.

The toughness level of A.R. was much similar to that of the two slots on 10th March. Questions were in the form of Continue the series and Analogies. With the exception of 4-5 questions most of the questions in A.R were moderate to easy.