On the whole the level of the test was tough. 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 medium and difficult questions, so one had to skip the difficult cluster and to move to medium level cluster quickly. The key to getting a good percentile was time management and selection of questions.
The first passage (1-4) discussed how predictive processing in the brain minimizes prediction errors to maintain a stable mental and physical state, highlighting its impact on cognition, emotions, and behavior. The passage was difficult to understand but questions were a mixed bag. The second passage (5-8) explored how unbiased atheism, grounded in critical thinking and empirical evidence, contributed to the advancement of scientific inquiry and the demarcation of science from religion. The passage was difficult and questions based on it were moderate except Q6, which was easy. The third passage (9-12) compared the existential philosophies of Franz Kafka and Albert Camus, exploring their differing responses to the absurd and the human predicament. The passage was difficult to understand & questions based on it were either moderate or difficult. The fourth passage (13-16) discussed Bernard Williams' concept of moral luck, exploring how luck can influence our actions and the emotions of agent-regret, and whether we should be unsettled by the impact of luck on our agency. The passage was an interesting read. The questions based on it were a mixed bag. The questions (17-19) based on summary were easy. The questions (20-22) based on best-fit were moderate except Q20, which was easy. The questions (23 & 24) based on finding the misfit were moderate. Overall feel of the section was moderate to tough. However, one could have scored 90+ percentile by attempting 17-19 questions with 75-80% accuracy.
The difficulty level of DI was moderate. There were 5 easy, 15medium and 2 difficult questions in this section. The two blocks (Mrs. and Mr. Mittal took their nine grandsons&In biscuit bazaar, five shopkeepers Lallu, Mallu, Kallu, Tillu and Bhallu sell exact one variety of biscuits out) was a must do block. In this section, one could have fetched 90+ percentile by attempting 10-12 questions with approx. 80 % accuracy.
Students found this section moderate. The Quantitative section had 4 easy, 15 medium and 7 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 8-10-12 questions with approx. 80% accuracy.
The overall feel of the paper wastough, 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. 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 and score well in passages &summary-based questions. Questions such as sentence rearrangement and 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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