NICL AO Phase I (Preliminary) Exam 2017 was conducted today (June 03, 2017). There were 100 questions, which had to be answered in 60 minutes. There were three sections – English Language, Reasoning Ability and Quantitative Aptitude. All the sections except English Language were available bilingually, that is, both in English and in Hindi. Each question had 5 options. There was a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every incorrect answer.
|
Section |
Total Questions |
Level of difficulty |
Good Attempts |
Good Score |
Approximate time taken (in minutes) |
|
English Language |
30 |
Moderate |
18-20 |
16-18 |
15 |
|
Reasoning Ability |
35 |
Easy |
25-28 |
23-25 |
20 |
|
Quantitative Aptitude |
35 |
Moderate |
24-27 |
21-24 |
25 |
|
Total |
100 |
Easy-Moderate |
70-75 |
65-70 |
60 |
Below is the section-wise analysis of NICL AO Phase I (Preliminary) Exam 2017:
|
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
Reading Comprehension (Based on You Tube) |
10 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Sentence Correction (Error Spotting) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Phrase Replacement |
5 |
Easy |
|
Cloze Test (Based on Election in Europe and Pollution in Europe) |
10 |
Easy-Moderate |
The English Language section of NICL AO Phase I (Preliminary) Exam 2017 comprised of questions based on Reading Comprehension, Sentence Correction and Cloze Test. The overall difficulty level of this section was moderate.
|
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
Analytical Reasoning- Parallel Row Arrangement (North-South) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Analytical Reasoning (Circular Arrangement- Inside-Outside with single data) |
5 |
Moderate |
|
Analytical Reasoning (Data Arrangement–7 Persons and 4 Months) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
|
Analytical Reasoning (Data Arrangement-Increasing order- Salary of 7 persons ) |
3 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Coding-Decoding |
5 |
Easy |
|
Mathematical Inequalities |
2 |
Easy |
|
Directions |
3 |
Moderate |
|
Blood Relation |
3 |
Easy |
|
Ranking Based |
2 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Letter Arrangement |
2 |
Easy |
The Reasoning Ability section of NICL AO Phase I (Preliminary) Exam 2017 was dominated by questions based on Analytical Reasoning. The overall difficulty level of this section was easy.
|
Topic |
Number of Questions |
Level of Difficulty |
|
Number Series |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Data Interpretation (Table Based) |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Data Interpretation (Bar Graph) |
5 |
Easy |
|
Data Interpretation (Pie Chart + Table) |
5 |
Moderate-Difficult |
|
Comparison of Variables |
5 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Partnership |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Time, Speed and Distance (Train Based) |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Boat & Stream |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Profit, Loss & Discount |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Ages |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Simple Interest & Compound Interest |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Ratio & Proportion |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Time & Work |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Percentage |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
|
Mixture/Alligation |
1 |
Easy-Moderate |
The overall difficulty level of Quantitative Aptitude Section of NICL AO Phase I (Preliminary) Exam 2017 was easy.
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