| Executive
Summary
This time, the paper was not jumbled, it was section-wise & quite easy compared to last two years’ papers. The basic structure of the paper and questions types were quite similar to last year’s test. Possible attempt of 200 questions with 85% accuracy could give you a good score.
- Total Questions: 250
- Time: 180 minutes
- Negative Marking: 0.25
- Number of sections: 5
Section |
Total Questions |
Possible Attempts |
Good Score |
Quantitative Aptitude |
51 |
30 |
25 |
Verbal Ability |
50 |
30 |
25 |
Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency |
50 |
40 |
35 |
General Awareness |
50 |
40 |
35 |
Verbal, Mathematical, Visual and Logical Reasoning |
49 |
40 |
35 |
Total |
250 |
200+ |
160+ |
Quantitative Aptitude Section:
In this section, there were 38 questions + 13 Analytical reasoning type questions. Math section was overall a moderate section, while analytical reasoning questions were difficult. There were 11 questions from number system & most of them were very easy to solve.
Note: There was no ques. on BODMAS method.
| S. No. |
Topic |
No. of ques. |
| Difficulty level |
| Easy |
Moderate |
Difficult |
|
Remarks |
| 1 |
Number system |
11 |
07 |
04 |
- |
Most of the questions were from remainder and HCF-LCM. |
| 2 |
Percentage |
02 |
01 |
- |
01 |
- |
| 3 |
Profit Loss & Discount |
01 |
01 |
- |
- |
It was a sitter type question. |
| 4 |
Average |
03 |
02 |
- |
01 |
- |
| 5 |
Ratio & Prop. |
07 |
01 |
06 |
- |
Quickly solvable questions. |
| 6 |
Time Speed Distance & work |
02 |
01 |
- |
01 |
- |
| 7 |
Algebra |
02 |
01 |
01 |
- |
Both the questions were related to A.P. & G.P. |
| 8 |
Geometry |
06 |
03 |
02 |
01 |
Quickly solvable questions. |
| 9 |
Set Theory |
01 |
- |
01 |
- |
Easy but time consuming |
| 10 |
Number series |
03 |
02 |
01 |
- |
- |
| 11 |
Analytical reasoning
(3 sets) |
13 |
- |
06 |
06 |
Time consuming |
Data Interpretation & Data Sufficiency Section:
Data Sufficiency:
In this section, there were 25 questions. This section was overall a very easy section. Most of the questions were from number system, average and geometry. The questions were very easy to solve. This was a scoring section. Specially, geometry questions were based only on theory.
Data Interpretation:
This section was easy but more calculative and time-consuming. There were 25 questions in this section. There were 3 Tabular chart, 1 multiple bar-diagram & 1 Pie-chart.
Verbal Ability Section:
There were total 50 questions in this section. It was a mixture of easy and average questions. Overall it was an easy and less time consuming section.
| S. No. |
Name of topic |
No. of ques. |
| Difficulty level |
| Easy |
Moderate |
Difficult |
|
Remarks |
(1) |
Reading Comprehension |
8 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
There was only one passage of 150 words in R.C. |
(2) |
Idioms |
6 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
(3) |
English Usage and Grammar |
8 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
|
(4) |
Arrange the jumbled parts of sentence in proper sequence. |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
(5) |
Replace the underlined
part of the sentence with grammatically correct option. |
8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
|
(6) |
One word substitute |
8 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
(vocabulary) |
(7) |
Spot the error |
7 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
(grammar) |
Verbal, Mathematical, Visual and Logical Reasoning Section:
Mathematical, Visual and Logical Reasoning:
There were 21 questions based on the mathematical reasoning, like directions, family relations. 3 questions were based on logical puzzles. There was only one question based on visual reasoning.
Verbal Reasoning:
Except a couple of difficult questions verbal reasoning questions were considerably easy. It did not take much time to derive the answers of the questions in verbal reasoning. Selecting the proper question was essential because there were even a couple of difficult questions.
| S. No. |
Name of topic |
No. of ques. |
| Difficulty level |
| Easy |
Moderate |
Difficult |
|
| (1) |
Critical Reasoning |
8 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
| (2) |
Analogy |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| (3) |
Odd word Out |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| (4) |
Course of action |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| (5) |
Logical Consistency |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| (6) |
Arrange in alphabetical order |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| (7) |
Give proper order to the events given |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| (8) |
Coding- Decoding |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
General Knowledge Section:
There were total 50 questions of general knowledge. Most of the questions were of average level. Though the G.K. questions were from all the domains, many questions were related with business.
All the best!
Career Launcher Team
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