It was still the toughest of the three as GK is never a favourite of students and many options needed students to read and know topics and facts in detail. However, most of the questions came from current affairs, census and current social & political issues. A student should have attempted all the questions with 70% accuracy. A score of 25-27 out of 40 should be ideal for this section. Moreover, one question regards the Gender and SEX concept was from a RC passage of CL.
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Current Affairs |
5 |
Easy- Moderate |
Business & Economy |
3 |
Moderate- Difficult |
History |
3 |
Moderate |
Census |
3 |
Moderate- Difficult |
Geography |
1 |
Easy |
Polity |
2 |
Moderate |
Science & Technology |
3 |
Moderate |
Sports |
2 |
Easy- Moderate |
Awards |
2 |
Easy- Moderate |
Books |
2 |
Easy |
Programs & Acts |
5 |
Moderate- Difficult |
Social Issues |
6 |
Moderate- Difficult |
Miscellaneous |
3 |
Moderate |
Total |
40 |
Moderate- Difficult |
Unlike last year there were no different sections marked for Mathematics, LR and DI. It had a total of 30 questions with 11 from Reasoning, 11 from Mathematics, and 8 from Data Interpretation. All questions were either easy or easy-moderate. Solving series and DI might have taken time for some students.
In Mathematics, Arithmetic dominated like last year. The questions were easy in nature. Anyone with a strong fundamental knowledge should have attempted all questions in this section. The DI section was dominated by charts. However, the law of approximation would have helped students in eliminating options as they were not very close. One question was wrong in the DI section.
A score of 27-28 is a good score in this section.
The topic wise division of questions is as follows:
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Linear Equation |
2 |
Easy |
Ratio/Mixtures |
3 |
Easy |
Set Theory |
1 |
Easy |
Percentages |
1 |
Easy |
Number System |
1 |
Easy |
Geometry |
1 |
Easy |
Trigonometry |
1 |
Easy |
Statistics |
1 |
Easy |
Total |
11 |
Easy |
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Clocks and Calendars |
3 |
Easy- moderate |
Syllogism |
1 |
Easy |
Odd one out |
2 |
Easy-moderate |
Directions |
1 |
Easy |
Series |
4 |
Easy-moderate |
Total |
11 |
Easy-moderate |
Topic |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Line Chart |
3 |
Easy-moderate |
Bar Chart |
2 |
Easy-moderate |
Table |
2 |
Easy-moderate |
Miscellaneous |
1 |
Easy-moderate |
Total |
8 |
Easy-moderate |
Deviating from its obsession with synonyms/antonyms and idioms, TISSNET focused on Grammar and RC this year. The two words were pretty easy. One spot the error question (the one with water gushing out) was wrongly printed. The grammar questions dealt with common confusables and sentence correction. The concepts were mostly Subject-Verb Agreement.
One RC passage, the one that talked about desert, was short but not so sweet. The other RC passage dealt with the issue of cleanliness in Britain, perhaps a homage to "Swachh Bharat Mission".Unlike previous two years, there were two passages with five questions, though one passage was shorter while the other was long. It was an extremely easy passage with all factual questions. The options were easy to eliminate. However, two questions were really tricky. Hence, a student could have attempted and gotten all correct answers in the RC questions.
Overall the section was easy-moderate. A serious candidate can score 23-25 in this section.
A topic wise division of the section is as follows:
Topics |
Number of questions |
Level of Difficulty |
Idiom |
1 |
Easy |
Fill in the blanks (Vocabulary) |
5 |
Moderate |
FIB Grammar |
2 |
Easy |
Antonym/Synonym |
3 |
Easy |
Spot the error - Grammar |
2 |
Moderate |
Sentence Correction |
4 |
Moderate |
Common Confusables |
2 |
Easy |
Logical consistency |
1 |
Easy |
Reading Comprehension |
2 X 5 = 10 |
Moderate |
Total |
20 |
Difficult |
The overall cut-off is mostly likely to decrease by 4-5 marks and go down to about 76 marks for general category candidates. For SC/ST candidates, the same is estimated to be around 64-66 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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