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 tougher than reasoning section. Verbal section was tough. The key to getting a good percentile was time management and selection of questions.
The first passage (1-4) based on ‘essence of modernity & its interpretation’ was tricky to understand. The questions based on it were a mixed bag. The second passage (5-8) based on ‘impact & reasons behind psychiatric disorders’ was difficult to understand and again questions were either moderate or easy. The third passage (9-12) based on ‘the skepticism regarding nature of technology’ was tough and questions based on it were moderate. The fourth passage (13-16) based on ‘Impact of ‘sesame street’ on child’s cognitive and behavioral development. All the questions based on it were moderate. Questions (17 - 19) based on finding the best place for the given sentence were moderate. Questions (20-22) based on finding summary were all moderate except Q 22, which was easy. The questions (23 & 24) were based on finding the misfit. The questions were moderate & easy respectively. The overall feel of the section was tough. However, one could have easily scored 90+ percentile by attempting 16-18 questions with 75-80% accuracy.
The difficulty level of DI was moderate. There was 3 easy, 16 medium and 3 difficult questions in this section. The block (A survey was conducted in four classes of BD Higher Secondary School—) was the easiest and should have been attempted. The other block (The renowned shooting platform, Bullseye Masters, recently hosted a thrilling shooting competition featuring four finalists and in a global summit, representatives from five countries—Japan, Germany, Kenya, Canada, and Brazil—) was moderate and few of the questions should have been attempted from this blocks. In this section, one could have fetched 90+ percentile by attempting 9-10 questions with approx. 80 % accuracy.
Students found this section moderate. The Quantitative section had 3 easy, 9 medium and 9 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, Arithmetic (Percentages, Time & Work, mixtures, percentages, Alligation, Ratios).
A good student could have scored 90+ percentile by attempting around 8-10 questions 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 attempt. Quant was slightly tougher than reasoning section. Verbal section was 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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