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 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) reflected on the decline of Punjab's economy over the decades, highlighting political mismanagement, reliance on subsidies, and failure to adapt to changing economic conditions as key factors contributing to its stagnation. The passage was slightly moderate and questions on it were a mixed bag. The second passage (5-8) discussed the limitations of relying on technology to enforce good decision-making, highlighting how safety measures, like disabling apps while driving, can be circumvented by users, making them ineffective. The passage was easy to understand and questions based on it were either easy or moderate. The third passage (9-12) criticized the belief that economic growth leads to widespread prosperity, highlighting how it often benefits a privileged few while exacerbating inequalities and environmental damage. The questions based on it either moderate or difficult except Q 10, which was easy. The fourth passage (13-16) - explored the public's lingering disbelief about Lucy Letby's guilt, despite her conviction, and discussed how she fit the profile of a female serial killer, which is often misunderstood or overlooked. The passage was an interesting read but questions based on it were all moderate except Q16, which was easy. The questions (17-19) based on finding summary were either moderate or difficult. The questions (20-22) based on best-fit were again either moderate or difficult. The questions (23 & 24) based on finding misfit were difficult & easy respectively. Overall feel of the section was moderate to tough. However one could have scored 90+ percentile easily by attempting 17-19 questions with 75-80% accuracy.
The difficulty level of DI was moderate. There were 8 easy, 5 medium and 9 difficult questions in this section. The two blocks (Rohit appeared in 8 tests of the test series of SIB Institute& Five students named Ankit, Kashish, Karan, Vishal and Priya are given scores based on the mistakes done in the exams corresponding to subjects English, Hindi, Maths, Science and GK.) were easy 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 moderate. The Quantitative section had 10 easy, 9 medium and 3 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. 85% 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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