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 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) discussed the historical rejection of biscuits in 19th-century India due to caste and religious beliefs, and how their acceptance grew over time through efforts by companies like the Hindu Biscuit Company, eventually contributing to the rise of the biscuit industry in India. The passage was tricky to understand and questions based on it were also either moderate or difficult. The second passage (5-8) discussed the evolution of multiple hominin species alongside Homo sapiens, highlighting the role of interspecies competition and technological advancements in the rapid speciation of the Homo genus, challenging previous theories about human evolution. The context in the passage was slightly tricky to understand. All the questions based on it were moderate. The third passage (9-12) discussed the challenges faced by Indian medical students after being repatriated from Ukraine due to the war, the shortage of medical seats in India, and various proposed solutions to improve medical education and increase opportunities for aspiring doctors. The passage was easy to understand but the questions based on it were either moderate or difficult. The fourth passage (13-16) critiqued the common belief that modern medicine, particularly pharmaceuticals, is responsible for increased life expectancy, arguing instead that improvements in sanitation, nutrition, and prevention were the primary drivers, while modern medicine's focus on treatment over prevention may have contributed to rising chronic illness. The passage was moderately difficult and questions based on it were also a mixed bag. The questions (17-19) based on summary were moderate except Q 18, which was easy. The questions (20-22) based on summary were also moderate except Q 20, which was easy. The questions (23 & 24) based finding misfit were difficult & easy respectively. Overall, feel of the section was tough. However, one could have scored 90+ percentile by attempting 16-18 questions with 75-80% accuracy.
The difficulty level of DI was moderate. There were 10 easy, 10 medium and 2 difficult question in this section. The two DI blocks (Following is a spread-sheet with 7 rows (numbered from 1 to 7 from top to bottom as shown) and 6 columns (columns are identified with letters of English alphabet from left to right in alphabetical order and In the Head Office of a Multinational Company, there were total 500 employees working with equal number of males and females.)) were the manageable and should have been attempted. The DI blocks (In Brain Tree School, 21 students are chosen from class 7 to class 10)was moderate and few of the questions should have been attempted from these blocks. 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 11 easy,7 medium and 4 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 and score well in passages &summary-based questions. Questions such as sentence rearrangement and Best-fit 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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