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 slightly tougher than quant section in this test. Verbal section was moderate to tough. One peculiar thing in this paper was that there were clusters of easy, moderate and difficult questions, so one had to skip the difficult cluster and to move to easy & medium level cluster quickly. The key to getting a good percentile was time management and selection of questions.
The first passage (1-4) discussed how marine snails on wave-battered shores evolved thicker shells and other adaptations to survive harsher conditions, while crabs also adapted their claws in response. The passage had reasoning in it and was slightly tricky to understand. All the questions based on it were moderate. The second passage (5-8) explained how seismology and climate science evolved with different instrumental approaches, with seismology relying on passive observation and climate science using active, computational models for experimentation and was tricky to understand. All the questions based on it were tricky. The third passage (9-12) discussed how literature examines time as a dynamic and subjective experience, exploring its impact on human habits, emotions, and social structures. It was an interesting read but slightly tricky. Again the questions based on it were moderate. The fourth passage (13-16) examined how attention platforms manipulate user behavior through recommendation systems, creating a trade-off between convenience and the loss of critical engagement. The passage was easy to moderate but the questions based on it were tricky. The questions (17 &18) based on finding the misfit were moderate. The questions (19&20) based on sentence rearrangement were also moderate. The questions (21& 22) based on best-fit were tricky &moderate. The questions (23 &24) based on finding the summary were again moderate. Overall, feel of the section was moderate to tough. However, one could have scored 90+ percentile by attempting 16-18 questions with 75-80% accuracy.
The difficulty level of DI was difficult than quant this time. There were 12 medium and 10 difficult questions in this section. The blocks (For recruitment in various Public Sector Undertakings, state government conducted a survey which involved 5 different parameters: Honesty, Punctuality, Loyalty, Discipline and Sincerity) was manageable and should have been attempted. In this section, one could have fetched 90+ percentile by attempting 5-7 questions with approx. 80% accuracy.
Students found this section moderate The Quantitative section had 14 medium and 8 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 8-10 questions with approx. 80% accuracy.
The overall feel of the paper was moderate to tough, and 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 have easily managed 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, rearrangement & odd one out. One must focus on contextual vocabulary to understand the key ideas and score well in passages & summary-based questions. Questions such as Best-fit, sentence rearrangement & misfit require analysis and knowledge of tricks to answer the questions.