NIACL Assistant Tier-I Prelims 2017 was conducted today, i.e. April 23, 2017. Let’s go through the NIACL Assistant Tier-I Prelims 2017 exam Analysis of 3rd slot.
A total of 100 questions had to be answered in 60 minutes. All the other sections, except the English Language section, were available bilingually, that is, in both English and Hindi. There was a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every incorrect answer. No marks will be deducted for un-attempted questions.
|
Section |
Total Questions |
Level of difficulty |
Good Attempts |
Good Score |
Approximate time taken |
|
English Language |
30 |
Easy-Moderate |
20-22 |
18-20 |
15 |
|
Reasoning |
35 |
Moderate |
27-29 |
25-27 |
20 |
|
Numerical Ability |
35 |
Moderate |
22-24 |
19-23 |
25 |
|
Total |
100 |
Moderate |
68-74 |
64-70 |
60 |
Below is the section-wise analysis of NIACL Assistant Tier-I Prelims 2017:
|
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
Reading Comprehension |
10 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Error Spotting |
10 |
Easy |
|
Cloze Test |
10 |
Easy |
The English Language section of NIACL Assistant Tier-I (Prelims) 2017 comprised of questions based on Reading Comprehension, Error Spotting and Cloze Test. There were 10 questions each based on RC, Cloze Test and Error Spotting. Reading Comprehension was based on the story of a couple who exchange their duties. Synonym-antonym were also asked from RC. Questions based on Cloze Test and Error Spotting were easy to solve. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy to moderate.
|
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
Syllogism |
5 |
Easy |
|
Puzzles |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Linear Seating Arrangement |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Square Seating Arrangement |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Alphanumeric Series |
5 |
Easy |
|
Alphabet Series |
5 |
Easy |
|
Direction Sense |
1 |
Easy |
|
Coding-Decoding |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Blood Relation |
1 |
Easy |
The Reasoning section of NIACL Assistant Tier-I (Prelims) 2017 was dominated by questions based on logical reasoning. There were two seating arrangements namely, Linear and Square. Linear seating arrangement was based on people sitting in a row, facing the North and square sitting arrangement had 4 people facing inside and 4 facing outside. Puzzle was based on 7 people and days of the week. Syllogism questions were easy to solve. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
|
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
Number Series |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Data Interpretation (Table) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Simplification/Approximations |
10 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Percentage |
1 |
Easy |
|
Discount |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Profit & Loss |
2 |
Easy |
|
Simple Interest & Compound Interest |
2 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Time & Work |
1 |
Easy |
|
Mixture & Alligations |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Areas |
2 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Averages |
1 |
Easy |
|
Boats & Stream |
1 |
Easy |
|
Miscellaneous |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
The Numerical Ability of NIACL Assistant Tier-I (Prelims) 2017 saw questions from a variety of topics. Some commonly asked topics were Time and Work, Mensuration, Probability, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Percentage, Age, Mixtures & Allegations and Profit, Loss and Discount. There was 1 set each of table based Data Interpretation which was calculation intensive. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
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