On the whole the level of the test was tough. The test contained many moderate and difficult questions and hence the important factor was selection of appropriate questions to attempt. The quant section& reasoning section were very 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 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 ‘tea- farming reforms’ was a little tricky to understand and questions based on it were also moderate except 4Q , which was easy. The second passage (5-8) based on ‘incarceration & harsh sentences in U.S & their vague justifications’ was difficult to understand and questions based on it were either moderate or difficult. The third passage (9-12) based on ‘anthropologists take on values shared by human beings across’ was a mixed bag. The questions based on it were either easy or moderate. The fourth passage based on ‘perceptions & real science behind male hormone’ was slightly tricky to understand & questions based on it were either easy or moderate. The questions (17 & 18) based on sentence rearrangement were difficult & easy respectively. The questions (19 & 20) based on summary were easy. The questions (21 & 22) based on misfit were easy & moderate respectively. The questions (23 & 24) based on best – fit were moderate. Overall, feel of the section was moderate. However, one could have easily scored 90+ percentile by attempting 17-19 questions with 75-80% accuracy.
The difficulty level of DI was very high. There were 2 easy, 14 medium and 4 difficult questions in this section. 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 8 - 11 questions with approx. 80 % accuracy.
Students found this section of same level as was that of DI this time. The Quantitative section had 2 easy, 5 medium and 15 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 6 - 10 questions with approx. 80% accuracy.
On the whole the level of the test was 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 & reasoning section were difficult. 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.
