Test Analysis - WIN CAT 05

Overall Brief

On the whole the level of the test was moderate. The test contained many moderate and difficult questions and hence the important factor was selection of appropriate questions to attempt. Reasoning section was slightly easier than Quant section. Verbal section was moderate. The key to getting a good percentile was time management and selection of questions.

Verbal Ability

Easy Questions:

2, 5, 11-13, 16-17, 23-24

The first passage (1-4) based on ‘commodification of art’ was easy to understand & questions based were a mixed bag.The second passage (7--10) based on ‘perception of craftsmanship’ was a little tricky to understand and questions based on it were also tricky. The third passage (12-15) based on ‘impact of colonialism on flora & fauna of the region’ was easy to moderate in term of understanding & questions based on it were either easy or moderate. The fourth passage (16 -19) based on ‘understanding the Economics in contemporary & earlier times’ was slightly inferential in terms of understanding. The questions based on it were easy & moderate. The questions(20 & 22) based on misfit were difficult & medium respectively. The questions (5, 23, & 24) based on best-fit were all easy. The questions (6, 11, &21) based on summary were moderate except Q11, which was easy. Overall feel of the section was moderate. However, one could have easily scored 90+ percentile by attempting 17-19 questions with 75-80% accuracy.

DI & Reasoning

Easy Questions:

27, 30, 34, 35, 36, 37, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46

The difficulty level of DI was moderate. There was 11 easy, 7 medium and 4 difficult questions in this section. The block (The chart below shows the price data for seven shares– A, B, C, D, E,F, and G as a candlestick plot for a particular day.) was the easiest and should have been attempted. The other block (Two students, Amiya and Ramya are the only candidates in an election for the position of class representative.) was moderate and few of the questions should have been attempted from other blocks. In this section, one could have fetched 90+ percentile by attempting 10-13 questions with approx. 85 % accuracy.

Quantitative Ability

Easy Questions:

43, 49, 51, 52, 57, 60, 61, 63

Students found this section moderate. The Quantitative section had 8 easy, 3 medium and 11 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 and Work/Mixtures/Percentages/Allgation/Ratios).

A good student could have scored 90+ percentile by attempting around 10-12 questions with approx. 85% 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 easily manage an overall good attempt. Reasoning section was slightly easier than Quant section. Verbal section was moderate. 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.