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 tougher 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) argued that US naval power sustained global commerce, domestic prosperity, democratic freedom, and international influence, yet its strategic importance was often overlooked in budget debates. The passage tricky to understand and all the questions based on it were moderate except Q3, which was easy. The second passage (7-12) criticised science fiction’s anthropocentric fixation on alien warfare and advocated more imaginative portrayals of interspecies cooperation, coexistence, and mutual enrichment. The passage was slightly difficult to understand and questions based on it were either moderate or difficult. The third passage (12-15) examined HUL’s plan to reduce palm oil use amid price volatility and deforestation concerns, alongside its implications for small farmers and sustainable production. The passage was easy to understand. The questions based on it were easy except Q14, which was moderate. The fourth passage (21-24) traced the origins and growth of inequality to surplus production, division of labour, and the transformation of shared resources into private property. The passage was easy to understand but the question based on it were either easy or moderate. The questions (1 &11) based on best fit easy and moderate respectively. The questions (6 &16) based on summary were easy. The questions (17 &18) based on sentence rearrangement were difficult. The questions (19 & 20) based on misfit 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 moderate. There were 9 easy, 7medium and 5 difficult questions in this section. The blocks (With the spread of Covid-19 in 2020, & Each of the 60 rooms in a hotel is occupied on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday) were moderate and should have been attempted. In this section, one could have fetched 90+ percentile by attempting 12-14 questions with approx. 80 % accuracy.
Students found this section tough. The Quantitative section had 2 easy, 12 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 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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