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IRMA Analysis (2008) Executive Summary: This year's IRMA paper is an exact replica of last year
(2007) with respect to the pattern and level of the questions. The two-hour
long paper comprised 200 questions distributed over four
sections. Wrong answers carried negative marks equivalent to one-fourth of
the marks allotted to the question. The following is a synopsis on how this paper could
have been attempted and what is the desired score to receive
a call from IRMA:
Section I: English EU (20 Q) + RC (20 Q)
The English Section had two main parts to it. Two passages --- which had the following configuration: Passage 1: A short passage of roughly 250 words hovering
around Agricultural credit and finance. Easy to read and having
10 Cloze qs, 3 questions on antonyms and 2 Inference based RC questions. The cloze questions were easy. 2-3 of them
had close choices. The 3 questions on antonyms were of moderate level of
difficulty. The RC Inference questions were easy. Passage 2: A long passage of roughly
1200-1300 words on the relevance of Ranga -
the economists' theories as regards the Indian Agricultural scene. It had
around 5 fact based questions and 13 inference based questions of various
types. It also had 5 questions on synonyms and 2 questions on antonyms on words
highlighted in bold in the passage. The Inference based questions were of different types and were of moderately difficult levels. The fact based questions were easy. The questions on Synonyms and antonyms were easy and were a must attempt. Strategy: There could have been two types of strategy adoption here. A. Attempt the time consuming RC Passage 2 and attempt the Easy RC questions and words. B. Attempt Passage 1 fully and then go for the word based questions of Passage 2. All in all, it was a moderate English section. Ideally 28-30 questions could have been attempted in the given time period, leading to a score of Section II: Quantitative Ability (QA & DI)
Although easy to solve, this section put a premium on calculation. Few Sample questions Q.1 1/3 of 719 is by what value greater than 1/9 of 405? Q.2 63% of 6771 is approximately equal to which of the following values Q.3 (89.44)2 = Q.4 497 x ? = 341 x 1973 Q.5 The ratio of ages of a brother and a sister is 11:7. After 8 years, the ratio of their ages is 15/11. What is the difference of their current ages? DI SET Following is the list of number of students who passed and failed in their classes in the respective years.
Q.6 What is the average of all the students who passed in the class VIII over the given years? Q.7 What is the ratio of passed students to that of failed students in class IX? Q.8 What is the percentage of students passed in the class VIII? Q.9 Which year has the maximum number of failed students among the given years? Q.10 which class has the maximum number of passed students over the given years? Section III: Analytical Reasoning The character of this section is completely changed as
compared to last year. This year's paper witnessed much more refined and structured questions in verbal logic and critical reasoning. A total of
50 questions were asked from the following segments:
Section IV: Issues of Social Concern Questions were mainly asked from Indian agriculture, Indian
economy, various schemes of social development etc. This section was quite
difficult to solve with many of the questions being based on comprehensive
understanding of the economic and social development. Few Sample Questions Q.1 which of the following is not green house gas? 1) Methane 2) Carbon Dioxide 3) Carbon Monoxide 4) Nitrogen Dioxide 5) Hydro-chloro-dioxide Q.2 which of the following diseases IS not under surveillance target of government of India? 1) Tuberculosis 2) Typhoid 3) Cholera 4) Cancer 5) Measles Q.3 what is the GDP growth for Agriculture of India for the year 2006-2007? 1) 4.55% 2) 5% 3) 3.5% 4)3% 5)None of these Useful Information about IRMA:
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