The surprise element in the exam was the introduction of sectional time limits for the aptitude and the professional knowledge sections. There were a total of 170 questions in the paper, which had to be attempted in 135 minutes. There were four sections in all - Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, English Language, and Professional Knowledge. All the other sections, except the English Language section, were available bilingually, that is, in both English and Hindi. Each question had 5 options. There was negative marking of one-fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to a question for all the sections.
The pattern of the test was as follows:
| Section | Total Questions | Max. Marks | Level of Difficulty | Time | Possible Attempts | Possible Score |
| Reasoning | 50 | 50 | Moderate-Tough | 90 minutes | 30-32 | 28-32 |
| English Language | 35 | 35 | Easy-Moderate | 25-28 | 24-26 | |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 35 | 35 | Easy- Moderate | 22-26 | 22-24 | |
| Professional Knowledge | 50 | 50 | Moderate | 45 minutes | 38-42 | 35-38 |
| Total | 170 | 170 | 120-135 |
The details of the individual sections are given below:
Reasoning
This section primarily saw moderate-tough level of questions. A student should have attempted at least 32 questions. Some of the questions were time consuming and thus required lateral thinking.
The details of the section are as follows:
| Topic | Number of Questions |
| Syllogisms | 5 |
| Circular Arrangement | 8 |
| Data Sufficiency | 5 |
| Coding-Decoding | 3 |
| Blood Relation / Family Tree | 4 |
| Directions | 4 |
| Step Input / Output | 8 |
| Linear Arrangement | 8 |
English Language
There was one Reading Comprehension passage with 15 questions. The passage was an easy read and could have been attempted easily. There were 10 questions on Error sporting and 5 questions each on sentence correction and Para jumbles.
An attempt of 25-28 questions in this section can be considered as a good attempt.
Quantitative Aptitude
Overall, this section was of easy to moderate level of difficulty. This section was dominated by questions of Data Interpretation and Number Series.
The details of the section are as follows:
| Topic | Number of Questions |
| DI –Bar Graph | 5 |
| DI – Pie Chart | 5 |
| DI – Table based | 5 |
| DI – Verbal data based | 5 |
| Series | 5 |
| Ratio and Proportion | 3 |
| CI, SI, PLD and Percentage | 5 |
A well prepared student could have attempted 25 questions easily in this section.
Professional Knowledge
This section comprised questions of moderate level of difficulty based on basic knowledge of the area of specialization viz. in Assistant Manager-Systems (JMGS-I), the questions comprised OSI Model, TCP/IP Model, RDBMS, Relational Algebra, Basics of Object Oriented Programming, Digital Circuits, etc.
An attempt of 38-42 questions couldbe considered a good attempt.
All the best!
Team CL
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