On the whole the level of the test was moderate to tough. The important factor was selection of appropriate questions to attempt. The quant section was easier than reasoning 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 (2-5) explained how lungs that evolved in ancient fish enabled their descendants to survive on land, while gills became unsuitable for breathing air. The passage was tricky to understand and questions based on it were either moderate or difficult. The second passage (7-10) examined Kitcher’s defence of literature’s philosophical and cognitive value against sceptical claims that fiction lacked arguments and evidence. The passage was moderate and questions based on it were either easy or moderate. The third passage (12-15) explored how tensions between capitalism and socialism shaped geopolitics, state power, social justice, and responses to contemporary global challenges. The passage was slightly tricky and questions based on it were a mixed bag with Q14 being difficult. The fourth passage (21-24) was easy to understand and questions based on it were either easy or moderate. The questions (6 & 16) based on best-fit were easy. The questions (1 & 11) based on finding summary were easy and moderate respectively. The questions (6 & 16) based on best-fit were easy.The questions (17 & 18) based on misfit were difficult and moderate respectively. The questions (19 & 20) based on sentence rearrangement were moderate. Overall feel of the section was moderate to tough. However, one could have easily scored 90+ percentile by attempting 16-18 questions with 70-75% accuracy.
The difficulty level of DI was difficult than quant this time. There was 1 easy, 4 medium and 17 difficult question in this section. The block (In a city, elections are conducted in a peculiar manner. There are three rounds of elections, each round & Ten friends – A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J - decided to attend the state fair at Pragati Maidan. After attending the cultural programs in the fair, they all decided to play some game) were moderate and should have been attempted.
In this section, one could have fetched 90+ percentile by attempting 8-10 questions with approx. 80 % accuracy.
Students found this section easier than DI this time. This section had 7 easy, 9 medium and 6 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 10 -12 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.
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