On the whole the level of the test was 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 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 (3-6) contrasted Kafka’s portrayal of alienation and helplessness within an absurd world with Camus’s advocacy of conscious acceptance, rebellion, and passionate engagement with life. The passage was difficult to understand and questions based on it were either moderate or difficult. The second passage (8-11) explored how luck shaped actions beyond personal control, distinguishing agent-regret from remorse and examining whether limiting agency to intentions offered solace against life’s unfairness. The passage was slightly tricky and questions based on it were a mixed bag. The third passage (13-16) examined research suggesting that competition and technological innovation drove unusually rapid diversification within the Homo lineage, with more human species coexisting than previously believed. The passage was moderate and questions based on it were also moderate. The fourth passage (21-24) examined India’s persistently low tax-to-GDP ratio and suggested that greater attention to urbanisation and decentralised administration could improve tax collection and support development. The passage was easy but the questions based on it were either moderate or difficult. The questions (1 & 7) based on best-fit were moderate. The questions 2 & 17) based on summary were moderate and easy respectively. The questions (12 & 20) based on misfit were moderate. The questions (18 & 19) based on sentence rearrangement were difficult and moderate respectively. Overall feel of the section was tough. However, one could have easily scored 90+ percentile by attempting 16-18 questions with 70-75% accuracy.
The difficulty level of DI was easy. There were 3 easy, 15 medium and 4 difficult questions in this section. The two blocks (The following scatter diagram gives the details of the Selling Price (in Rs/unit) &,Twelve historians, labeled H1 through H12, completed their research projects in different years.) were easiest and should have been attempted.
In this section, one could have fetched 90+ percentile by attempting 10-12 questions with approx. 80 % accuracy.
Students found this section easy to moderate. The Quantitative section had 5 easy, 7 medium and 10 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 10-12questions with approx. 85% accuracy.
The overall feel of the paper was 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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