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  IRMA Entrance Test 2006  
 

Executive Summary

IRMA is not known to spring surprises and this year's paper was no different from the papers of yesteryears. There was nothing new, either in the pattern of the paper or in the types of questions asked.

The paper consisted of 200 questions and the time allotted for the same was 2 hours. As usual, there were 5 choices for each question - with 1 mark for every correct answer and -1/4 mark for every wrong answer.

 
 
S. No. Section Number of questions Time Sectional Minimum Attempts Sectional
Minimum Scores
1 English Comprehension
40 25 minutes 30-35 22+
2 Quantitative Ability (QA and DI)
50 40 minutes 30 20+
3 Analytical Reasoning (AR and VL)
50 35 minutes 30 20+
4 Issues of Social Concern
60 20 minutes 30 18+
  Total
200 120 minutes 120-125 80+
 
     
 

English Section:

Section 1: English Usage + RC

Sr. No.

Topic

No. Of Qs

Level of Difficulty/Remarks

1

Reading Comprehension
(1 passage)

   (15)

Easy

2

Para-jumbles

5

In a different format from the usual but Average.

3.

Fill in the blanks (vocab based)

10

 Easy

4.

Sentence correction

10

 Easy

Topic of passage: Crop Biotechnology
Technology in the next few years cannot do any thing alone to provide food security. Therefore a blend of all conventional and modern technology should be put to use to gain maximum yield.

10 direct questions from the passage, 3 synonyms and 2 antonyms.

Quant Section:

S. No.

Topic

No. of questions

Difficulty/Remarks

1

Number Series

5

Three were easy & two difficult

2

Arithmetic

2

Easy

3

Mathematical Reasoning

5

All were easy

4

Simplification (calculation)

10

Average

5

DI

20

Two sets of tables (easy but calculative), one caselet on set theory and one line chart difficulty level was average

6

Geometry

3

Average

7

P & c

1

Easy

8

Algebra

2

Easy

Type 1 : Find the replacement of (?) from the given options:

  1. 512 + 622  = (?)2 – 116

        a) 81    b) 9   c) 6561    d) 71   e) 91

  1. 51/2 + 8 2/3 – 61/4 = ?

        a) 8 11/24    b) 7 11/24  c) 8 11/24    d) 7 11/24   e) none of these

  1. (79507)1/3

        a) 37    b) 47   c) 33    d) 43   e) 27

  1. 8.3 * 8.32 / 8.33

        a) 8.3    b) (8.3)3   c) (8.3)4    d) (8.3)3   e) None of these

  1. ? % of 976 = 164

        a) 20.34   b) 18.23   c) 17    d) 16.7     e) 24

Type 2 : Find the approximate value of the following :

  1. 99.56 * 52.65 * 12.96 = ?
  2. (9.9)2 + 3.7 *5.85 = 

Misc. Questions :

  • How many ways can u arrange the letters of word GREED.
  • Find the area of the figure if length of rectangle = 56.and breadth = 28.
 
 
      • Ten women can do a work in 15 days whereas 6 men can do it in 9 days. In how many days will 5 women and 6 men complete the work?
      • Complete the series : 11,50,196,585,?
        ANS:1168
      • Complete the series : 64,32,48,120,?
        ANS: 420

      FIVE QUESTIONS: Answer the following on the base of the following instructions:
      Mark the Answer as:

      1. if a > b
      2.  if a < b
      3.  if a >= b
      4.  if a <= b
      5.  if a = b
        1. (i) a2 + 9a + 20 = 0

      (ii) 3b-5 = 12

        1. (i) a2 -7a - 18 = 0

            (ii) b2 + 5b + 6 = 0
                                      and so on …….
      This section had 4 DI sets and 5 questions of Series along with the normal problem solving questions. Except for 1 set of DI, which was lengthy to solve, all other questions in the section can be termed to be of easy to average difficulty levels.
                       
      5 questions based on - 1996-2001 Production
      Companies A and B and their production from 1996 to 2001 is given.

      Q. B's production is more than A's production in how many years?
      Q. Average production of A in all the 8 years?
      Q. Maximum difference in production of A is for which two years?
      Q. % growth of B from 96 to 99 is = ?.

      5 questions based on - Simple table:
      Crops-Wheat Bajra, Maze, Barley(7 types)..
      Production: 2.15 lakh, 1.85 lakh, 2.6 lakh.(7 types)..
      Percentage of each crop by each farmer in form of a table.
      There were 5 questions they were easy but calculative.

      5 questions based on - 2001-2006
      Men, Women: Ratio

 
     
 

Analytical reasoning:

 
 

Sr. No.

Topic

No. Of Qs

Level of Difficulty/Remarks

1

Analytical reasoning

10

Average
(2 sets of 5 questions each)

2.

Odd man out and analogy

5

Sitters.

3.

Strong and weak argument

5

Easy but lengthy

4.

Critical reasoning

7

Lengthy

5.

Definitely True/Probably True

5

Average.

6.

Cause/effect

5

Average

7.

Which statement follows from  para

5

Average

8.

Coding/decoding

5

All were easy.

 
 


Type 1 : 5 questions on Analogy

  1. Mango is to fruit as chrysanthemum is to?    
    Ans. flower
  2. Odd one out: leg, hand, mind, eye, ear          
    Ans. mind
  3. Odd one out: oxygen, potassium, phosphorous, iron, magnesium      
    Ans. oxygen
  4. Monsoon is to season so April is to?                                                    
    Ans. month
  5. Odd one out: ginger, sesame, groundnut, 

Type 2: Reasoning

Caselet 1: There are 7 men A,B,C,D,E,F and G and 7 cold drinks coke, Pepsi , Fanta, Limca, 7 up, Sprite and Thums-up.
Every man drinks exactly one out of these 7 cold drinks and belong to any of the 3 different specializations HR, Marketing and finance. Every specialization has at least 2 candidates.
Answer the following questions based on this information……………
      1) C drinks which of the drinks?
      2) G drinks which of the drinks?

  1. F drinks which of the drinks?
  2. Which group has three candidates?
  3. Who drinks Fanta ?

Caselet 2:
There are 7 men A, B, C, D, E, F and G and they grow 7 crops paddy, wheat, maize, barley, jowar, bajra and sesame.
Every man implants exactly one among these 7 crops and each man belongs to any of the 3 different groups X, Y and Z. Every group has at least 2 candidates.
Answer the following questions based on this information……………
      1) C drinks grows of the crop?
      2) G drinks grows of the crop?
3) F drinks grows of the crop?
4) Which group has three candidates?

  1. Who drinks Jowar?

Caselet – 3:
In a class of 1500 students, one fifth of them do only stitching, 18% of the students do pottery, 12% do only farming and stitching and one tenth of them do farming and pottery and remaining do all the three then answer the following questions.

  1. How may do only one?
  2. How many do farming?
  3. How many do stitching but no pottery?
  4. How many do all the three?
  5. How many do exactly two?

Reasoning section has the usual controversial questions on
Strong Argument/Weak Argument, Implications, and Data Sufficiency in reasoning
The section had a lot of attemptable /solvable questions.
 
5 Easy Questions of Coding-Decoding
e.g. A B C D G H I K then G H L K
1 8 3 0 2 5 7 4 stands for?
5 Questions offer a paragraph
-Definitely true
-Probably true
-Definitely false
-Probably false
- Data inadequate
A statement given followed by 2 conclusions. Find out which follows or both or none follows. e.g.
A vehicle can’t get petrol filled if it has not checked for pollution control.

5 QUESTIONS: CAUSE/EFFECT

7-8 CRITICAL REASONING

2 simple questions based on binary operations.
e.g. : - Find the value of: - @[(3 $ 7), (4 > 8), (3 £ -6)] and so on.

General Knowledge:
Total number of questions: 60
Total marks: 60
Average number of attempts = 30 to 35
Expected Score: 20

Type of questions:

  1. Tehri dam is in which state?
  2. NABARD
  3. Magsaysay award winner for year 2005 - 2006
  4. Anti Narmada Dam
  5. WTO meeting for year 2006
  6. Swarnjayanti yogna
  7. Janshree yogna
  8. SAARC
  9. Croatia was split from which of the following countries?
  10. FIFA World Champion for the year 2006.
  11. Green Revolution has which characteristic?
  12. UNISEC
  13. Which day is celebrated as Farmers day?
  14. Which day is celebrated as Environment day?
  15. Who is the new Chairman of Gujrat Milk Marketing council?
  16. Which of the following is a cash crop?
  17. Who among the following is associated with white revolution?
  18.  What is the ranking of India by latest magazine edition in terms of imports and exports?
  19. What percent of India is dependent on Agriculture?
  20. Agriculture forms what percentage of the GDP?
  21. What is the revenue generated by Agriculture in India?
  22. Which of the following is associated with Horticulture?
  23. India Pioneers the production of which of the following?
  24.  Home loan rates affected by which of the following factors?
  25. Which country is the largest producer of Barley?
  26. Which country has the highest stocks of foreign exchanges?
  27. Name of plan for food for senior citizens?

Wishing you all the best!

Career Launcher Team

 
 
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