On the whole the level of the test was moderate to 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 to tough. 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) based on taxes on extreme wealth had gained support globally, with finance ministers from major countries having proposed a tax on billionaires due to growing income inequality. The passage was slightly difficult to understand and questions based on it were either moderate or difficult except Q1, which was easy. The second passage (5-8) - explained how China moved from copying and importing Western technology to achieving self-reliance and becoming a global leader in innovation. The passage was tricky in terms of understanding and questions based on it were either moderate or difficult. The third passage (9-12) discussed how Professor David Amodio's research in social neuroscience explored the neural mechanisms of prejudice, emphasizing its automatic and deliberate aspects, and the importance of societal and structural changes in reducing it. The passage was easy to moderate but questions based on it were either moderate or difficult except Q 10, which was easy. The fourth passage (13-16) highlighted the challenges faced by women in India re-entering the workforce after a break, the decline in female labor force participation, and the efforts by companies like TVS and Gabriel India to support women’s employment through flexible policies and programs. The passage was an interesting read but questions based on it were again moderate except Q15, which was easy. The questions (17-19) based on summary were either moderate or difficult. The questions (20-22) based on finding the best placemen t were all moderate except Q20, which was easy. The questions (23&24) based on finding misfit were easy. Overall, feel of the section was moderate to tough. However, one could have easily scored 90+ percentile by attempting 16-18 questions with 75-80% accuracy.
The difficulty level of DI was easy to moderate. There were 9 easy, 4 medium and 9 difficult question in this section. The DI blocks (Seven friends Riya, Ron, Bob, Harry, and Hermoine, Cindy and Princy bought at least&A destination wedding held at one of the grand hotels in Udaipur, was attended by 10,000 people.) were easy 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 moderate. The Quantitative 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, 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 the key ideas and score well in passages &summary-based questions. Questions such as Best-fit& misfit 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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