The test had 3 sections: Maths and Logical Reasoning, English Proficiency and General Awareness. The number of questions and marks were as follows:
| Section |
No. Of Questions |
Total Marks |
| Math and Logical reasoning |
35 |
35 |
| English Proficiency |
30 |
30 |
| General Awareness |
35 |
35 |
| Total |
100 |
100 |
The total time of the exam was 100 minutes and there was no sectional time limit so candidates could switch between sections freely. The test interface was similar to that of CAT 2014. There was no negative marking in the exam.
Mathematics and Logical Reasoning Section
The Math and Logical reasoning section had 35 questions. This section was fairly easy and even an average student could have solved at least 25 of the given 35 questions. Following is a topic-wise breakup of this section:
| Topics |
No. Of Questions |
| Set Theory |
4 |
| Sequence and Series |
4 |
| Permutations and Combinations |
5 |
| Time and Work |
4 |
| Time, Speed and Distance |
4 |
| Mensuration |
4 |
| Geometry |
2 |
| Ratio |
2 |
| SI/CI |
2 |
| Profit and Loss |
1 |
| Syllogisms |
2 |
| Odd one out |
2 |
| Total |
35 |
English Proficiency
The section comprised 30 questions and carried 35 marks. 10 questions of this section were Vocabulary based, which were of moderate to high level of difficulty. There was one reading comprehension passage of about 550-580 words followed by 5 questions. These five questions were of 2 marks each.
The questions in the English Proficiency area were from the following areas:
| Area |
No. Of Questions |
| Analogy (similar pair of words) |
5 |
| Fill in the blank (one blank or two blanks) |
10 |
| Reading comprehension |
5 |
| Paragraph Formation |
5 |
| Inappropriate usage of words |
5 |
| Total |
30 |
There were few difficult vocabulary based questions, For Example difference in usage of Culpable vs Accountable; Timorous vs Vapid; Subversion vs Complaisance; Praxis vs Abstention
General Awareness
The toughest of the three, this section can be the deciding section for many. There were 35 questions in this section and like last year, this section saw 22-23 questions on Static GK. The remaining 7-8 questions were based on current GK. The current affairs questions were of an easy-moderate level of difficulty, whereas the static questions were moderate-difficult. A good score in this section could be 14-16. The questions were related to the following areas:
- Movies
- Arts
- History
- Books and authors
- Civics
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