The GCET paper this year had almost no surprises except that the level of the questions was slightly higher than that of the previous year. The basic structure of the paper was quite similar to last year’s test.
Total Questions: 250
Time: 180 minutes
Negative Marking: 0.25
Number of sections: It was a mixed paper.

Data Interpretation Section:

There were 25 Qs from this section.5 sets and 5 Qs on each set. In certain sets Qs were direct but in some cases some sort of calculation was also required. But overall very much in tune with our fundabook. There were questions based on:

1. Income tax slab: It was a tabular graph, where for different ranges of income different tax rates were given and the questions asked were like:
If the income of a person is Rs.1, 20,000, how much tax he will have to pay?
If a person is paying Rs.20, 000 as a tax then his income is______.
Similarly other questions were there.

2.One set was based on simple interest. It was a case-let type. It said that a man has invested some money at a certain rate and from time to time he is withdrawing some money out of it. Sometimes he is withdrawing only interest accrued and sometimes a part of the principal also.
What was the total interest earned by the person?

3.Revenue- and profit- based: It was based on line graph. Two lines depicting revenue and profit. Questions were based on the relationship among revenue, expenditure and profit.

4.Population and GDP of some countries—A tabular graph where population and GDP of five countries were given and the questions were like –which country has the max per capita GDP. This set required some calculation.

Data sufficiency:

There were two sets of 10 Qs each, in this section. Questions were simple BUT this section was full of ERRORS. Most of the Qs were from simple arithmetic and reasoning ability.

Quantitative Aptitude:

Around 35 Qs mainly from commercial mathematics, like-percentage, profit and loss, ratio and proportion, number system, allegation, ratio and proportion, time and distance --again Qs were easy. There were around 5 Qs from algebra but very basic type. Our study material was sufficient to cover these Qs.

G.K.

Around 30 Qs from this section. Most of the Qs were from traditional G.K but of national importance. It covered different areas like important place and person history, science and economics.

R.C. and English Usage:

There were approx. 60 questions from this area.
1.R.C.- 3 passages, each containing 8 questions. Almost all the questions were direct. Each passage was in almost two pages but a bird’s eye view was sufficient solve all the questions in this section.
2.Common errors—5 Qs A sentence was divided into four parts and one had to identify that part which was grammatically wrong.
3. Para-jumbles—3 Qs.
4. Fill in the blanks—10 Qs.
5.Parallel meaning—5 Qs.
6.synonyms—5 Qs.
7.Antonyms—5 Qs.

All the best!
Career Launcher Team