Test Analysis - WIN CAT 05

Overall Brief

On the whole the level of the test was moderate. The important factor was selection of appropriate questions to attempt. The reasoning section was slightly easier than quant section in this test. Verbal section was moderate. 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.

Verbal Ability

Easy Questions:

2, 3, 5, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 23, 24

The first passage (1-4) based on ‘In the summer of 2022, HBO Max subscribers discovered that numerous films and shows, including The Witches and Locked Down, had been quietly removed from the platform was an interesting read. The questions based on it were either easy or moderate except Q1, which was difficult. The second passage (7-10) discussed the historical evolution of craftsmanship, highlighting its contrast with efficiency-focused management practices and the emergence of movements like Arts and Crafts and Small is Beautiful in response to mass production. The passage was moderate in terms of understanding and questions based were also moderate except Q9, which was easy. The third passage (12-15) described how the western barred bandicoot, once on the brink of extinction, was reintroduced to mainland Australia in an effort to revive the species and restore the ecosystem. The questions based on it were a mixed bag. The fourth passage (16-19) discussed how economists, including Gary Becker and the field of behavioral economics, expanded the scope of economics to include nonmarket areas and interdisciplinary approaches, challenging traditional views of rational decision-making. The passage was slightly inferential in terms of understanding and questions based on it were moderate except Q16, which was easy. The questions (5, 23 & 24) based best-fit were easy. The questions (6, 11, & 21) based on summary were moderate except Q11, which was easy. The questions (20 & 22) based on misfit were moderate. Overall feel of the paper was moderate. However one could have easily scored 90+ percentile by attempting 18-20 questions with 75-80% accuracy.

DI & Reasoning

Easy Questions:

26, 27, 34-40, 42

The difficulty level of DI was easy to slightly moderate. There were 10 easy, 8 medium and 4 difficult questions in this section. The two blocks (The chart below shows the price data for seven shares &Six web surfers M, N, O, P, X, and Y each had 30 stars which they distributed among four bloggers A, B, C, and D) were must do blocks. A few questions must have been done from rest. In this section, one could have fetched 90+ percentile by attempting 10 - 12questions with approx. 80% accuracy.

Quantitative Ability

Easy Questions:

47, 49, 51, 52, 57, 60, 61, 66

Students found this section slightly tougher. The Quantitative section had 8 easy, 9 medium and 5 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 8-12-14 questions with approx. 80% accuracy.

Strategy & Tips

The overall feel of the paper was moderate, 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, & 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.