On the whole the level of the test was tough. The test contained many moderate and difficult questions and hence the important factor was selection of appropriate questions to attempt. Quant was slightly easier than reasoning section. Verbal section was moderate to tough. The key to getting a good percentile was time management and selection of questions.
The first passage (1-4) based on ‘evolutionary attributes of Matabele ants & cockle’ was an interesting read. All the questions based on it were easy except Q3, which was moderate. The second passage (5-8) based on ‘essence& perceptions of behavioral attributes as shown by women w.r.t dominance’ was tricky to understand. All the questions based on it were moderate. The third passage based on ‘relationship between ‘thermodynamics & economics’ was tough to understand. All the questions based on it were moderate. The fourth passage (13-16) based on ‘literary review of ‘figures of fool’ was moderate to tough to understand. The questions based on it were a mixed bag. The questions (17-19) based on summary were either easy or moderate. The questions (20-21) based on misfit were easy & difficult respectively. The questions (22-24) based best-fit were either easy or difficult. Overall feel of the section was moderate to tough. However, one could have easily score 90+ percentile by attempting 17-19 questions with 75-80% accuracy.
The difficulty level of DI was tough. There was 1 easy, 9 medium and 12 difficult questions in this section. The second block (Prestigious science college ISC was assigned a task by NASA to find the components of a rock taken from moon) was moderate and should have been attempted. Last block (Rational Aptitude Test (RAT) is an entrance test for admission to a two years master’s program in actuarial sciences offered by the prestigious) was on tougher side and should have been avoided. Rest of the blocks though moderate, but were lengthy.
In this section, one could have fetched 90+ percentile by attempting 5-6 questions with approx. 85 % accuracy.
Students found this section moderate. The Quantitative section had 3 easy, 12 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 And Series, Percentages/Time and work/mixtures/percentages/allegation/Ratios. A good student could have scored 90+ percentile by attempting around 8-10questions with approx. 85% accuracy.
The overall feel of the paper was 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 attemptQuant was slightly easier than reasoning section. Verbal section was moderate to tough. 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 paragraph summary. One must focus on contextual vocabulary to understand and score well in passages& summary. Questions such as misfit/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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