CET 2005


(27th February 2005)

Here is an analysis of the CET 2005 by Peak Seekers' faculty members. If you are a Peak Seekers student, you are most welcome to discuss this test and anything related to your career, on the Peak Seekers discussion forum.

• 90 Qs, 120 min.
• 200 marks (No negative for wrong answers)
• No sections
• 5 answer options per question

Overall Breakup of CET 2006

• A dream paper for all those who regard Quant as a nightmare
• 10 straight questions on BODMAS. The remaining 5 questions were also very easy. These included 2 Q’s on Number Systems, 2 Q’s on Permutation Combination-Probability and 1 Q on Ratio-Rroportion
• 4 very simple DI sets of 5 Qs each.
• One set of 5 Qs on Data Sufficiency.
• Overall, it should have been possible to score 25-28 in this area.

• A new question type on Direct-Indirect speech was introduced this year. There were 5 easy Qs to be solved in this question-type.
• The rest of the English Usage section included 5 Qs on Improper Usage, 5 Qs on Jumbled Sentences and 5 Qs on Sentence Correction.
• The Vocabulary based questions included 10 Qs on Paragraph Construction and 5 Qs on Synonyms.
• The Reading Comprehension had 1 passage of around 450 words, followed by 15 Qs. These included 8 factual, 5 inferential and 2 vocabulary based questions. The passage was difficult because of the subject matter.
• Overall, it should have been possible to score 30-33 in this area.

Reasoning Ability

• As always, Reasoning questions were the toughest part of the CET, though puzzles were simple.
• All 42 puzzles Qs were a delight. One could have easily scored over 30 in puzzles alone.
• There were 2 caselets of Logical Data Interpretation and 1 set of Input Output Flowchart, each followed by 5 Qs. These very again very sets to attempt.
• The syllogisms questions were very tricky. There was an introduction of a new question type i.e. Cause and Effect for 5 Qs. The other syllogisms questions included 5 Qs on arguments and 5 Qs on probably true probably false.
• As usual, the Visual reasoning questions were the most difficult part of the entire paper (though these were the easiest visuals questions in the last 4 years). There were 30 Qs to choose from in this area.
• The other question type included 5 Qs on logical set theory and 3 questions on logical data sufficiency.
• Overall, it should have been possible to score 70-75 in this area.

Overall, a score of 130+ in written test and an average of 25 marks in the second stage (GD + PI + Acads) should be easily achievable. Last year, Jamnalal Bajaj closed at a net score of 157 marks (for open category Mumbai university seats).