On the whole the level of the test was easy to slightly moderate. The important factor was selection of appropriate questions to attempt. The quant section was as easy as reasoning section in this test. Verbal section was also easy. 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 (1-4) moved around ‘ The government of India received 76 bids for 23 coal mines in the recent commercialization of coal block allocation, marking a significant shift towards increasing domestic coal production and attracting private investment’ was easy to understand. All the questions based on it were easy. The second passage (5-8) explored the psychological concept of existential crisis, emphasizing the search for meaning in life, the role of self-reflection, and the impact of mortality awareness on human behavior. Again the passage & questions based on it were easy. The third passage (9-12) discussed the key observations made by Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana while granting bail to climate activist Disha Ravi, focusing on sedition, dissent, and the need for custodial interrogation’. The passage was tricky to understand and questions based on it were also either moderate or difficult. The fourth passage (13-16) explored various definitions of art, including institutional, historical, and aesthetic views, highlighting differing philosophical perspectives on the relationship between aesthetic and artistic properties. The passage was an interesting read and questions based on it were either easy or moderate. The questions (17-19) based on summary were either moderate or difficult except Q18, which was easy. The questions (20-22) based on best – fit were again either moderate or difficult except Q21, which was easy. The questions (23 &24) based on finding misfit were easy. Overall, feel of the section was easy and one could have easily scored 90+ percentile by attempting 19-21 questions with 75-80% accuracy.
The difficulty level of DI was moderate. There were 12 easy, 1medium and 9 difficult questions in this section. The two blocks (In a bustling cinema lobby, seven people - Vikrant, Daisy, Hardik, Rajul, Sapna, Saksham, and A team organized a car light show with eight cars named A to H placed in the following manner.) were must do blocks. A few questions must have been done from rest.
In this section, one could have fetched 90+ percentile by attempting 10-12 questions with approx. 85 % accuracy.
Students found this section easier. The Quantitative section had 12 easy, 2 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, and Progression & Series, and Arithmetic. A good student could have scored 90+ percentile by attempting around 8-10-12 questions with approx. 85% accuracy.
The overall feel of the paper was easy to slightly moderate, 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 & 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.
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