TISS NET 2015-2017 was successfully conducted on January 10, 2015. This test was conducted in the computer based format and it was reported that the questions varied for different candidates. The overall difficulty of the test increased in comparison to the last year’s test.
The test comprised 95 questions carrying a total of 100 marks. Five questions (in the English Proficiency section) were of 2 marks each, while the remaining 90 carried a mark each. There was no negative marking in the test and most of the questions were of easy-moderate level of difficulty. Like last year, the section on General Awareness was difficult due to the preponderance of Static GK.
The section-wise analysis of the test is as follows:
TISSNET 2015-17 General Awareness
The toughest of the three, this section can be the decider for many. There were 30 questions in this section and just like last year, this section saw 22-23 questions on Static GK.
The remaining 7-8questions were based on current GK. The current affairs questions were of aneasy-moderate level of difficulty, whereas the static questions were moderate-difficult. A good score in this section could be 14-16.
TISSNET 2015-17 Mathematics and Logical Reasoning
This section had 35 questions in total and can be called fairly easy.
| Topic | Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Set Theory |
4 |
Easy |
Sequence and Series |
4 |
Easy |
Permutations and Combinations |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Time and Work |
3 |
Easy |
Time, Speed and Distance |
4 |
Easy |
Mensuration |
4 |
Easy |
Geometry |
2 |
Easy |
Ratio |
2 |
Easy |
SI/CI |
2 |
Easy |
Profit and Loss |
1 |
Easy |
Syllogisms |
2 |
Easy |
Odd one out |
2 |
Easy |
Total |
35 |
Easy |
A score of 29-31 in this section could be considered a good score.
TISSNET 2015-17 English Proficiency
The section comprised 30 questions and carried 35 marks. 10 questions of this section consisted of Vocabulary based questions which were of easy to moderate level of difficulty. There was one reading comprehension passage of about 550-580 words followed by 5 questions. This reading comprehension was longer as compared to that of the last year. The difficulty level of the Para Jumbles was moderate. A score of 23-25 can be considered a good score in this section.
| Topics | Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Word Analogies |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Fill in the blanks |
10 |
Easy-Moderate |
Reading Comprehension |
5 |
Moderate |
Contextual Vocabulary |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
Para Jumbles |
5 |
Moderate |
Total |
30 |
Easy-Moderate |
The overall cut-off is mostly likely to come down by more than a couple of marks and is likely to hover around 70 marks for the General category. For SC/ST candidates, the same is estimated to be around 63-68 marks.
Disclaimer: The analysis given above has been prepared by Career Launcher experts. The information given here has no bearing on your actual score. Career Launcher does not take responsibility for any discrepancy between information in this document and actual result.
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