On the whole the level of the test was moderate. The test contained many moderate and difficult questions and hence the important factor was selection of appropriate questions to attempt. The quant section was tougher than DI. 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 difficulty level cluster quickly. Verbal section was moderate. The key to getting a good percentile was time management and selection of questions.
The first passage (1-4) based on ‘tacit approval of extra- judicial killings’ was moderate & questions based on it were either moderate or easy. The second passage (1-4) based on ‘How an enduring strategy that enables US political and military strength through commercial superiority hinges on naval power and its role in strengthening economy’ was slightly tricky to understand and questions based on it were also a mixed bag. The third passage (9-10) based on ‘analysis of the origins of inequality as seen in the transition from hunter/gatherer societies to horticultural/pastoralist societies. was easy to understand and questions based on it were also easy except Q12, which was moderate. The fourth passage (13-16) based on ‘requirement of energy in growing economy & population’ was slightly difficult and questions based on it were either moderate or difficult except questions (14 & 15) which were easy. The questions (17 & 18) based on sentence rearrangement were moderate & difficult respectively. The questions (19 & 20) based on finding summary were moderate. The questions (21 & 22) based on finding misfit were easy & moderate respectively. The questions (23 & 24) based on best – fit were easy & moderate respectively. Overall, the feel of the section was moderate. However, one could have easily scored 90+ percentile by attempting 18-20 questions with 75-80% accuracy.
The difficulty level of DI was Moderate. There were 12 easy, 4 medium and 4 difficult questions in this section. The First set (Five students), third set (A team is to be selected from among 10 persons) and forth set (Rohitappeared in 8 tests) were a must do. By attempting a couple of questions from rest of the blocks, one could have fetched a very good percentile.
In this section, one could have fetched 90+ percentile by attempting 11 - 14 questions with approx. 80 % accuracy.
Students found this section slightly tougher than DI this time. The Quantitative section had 8 easy, 9 medium and 5 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/SI-CI/Ratios).
A good student could have scored 90+ percentile by attempting around 10 - 13 questions with approx. 80% accuracy.
On the whole the level of the test 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 on lengthy and difficult questions, could easily manage an overall good attempt. The quant section was tougher than DI. Verbal section was moderate. 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, SR, 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/Misfit require analysis and knowledge of tricks to answer the questions. It is advisable not to spend too much time on TITA questions especially in the verbal section.
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