• 150 Qs, 120 min.
• 150 marks (25% negative for wrong answers)
• 4 sections, No sectional time limits
• 4 answer options per question

• IIT Schools of Management 64+

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• The section was heavily skewed towards Reading Comprehension and had very few Grammar-oriented questions.

• There were 6 small (fewer than 200 words each) passages; followed by 3-4 Qs each (one passage was followed by 6 Qs). These comprised the 23 Qs of Reading Comprehension. The passages were nowhere close to the length or difficulty-level of the passages in CAT 2006. But the questions were tricky.

• 14 Qs were based on Vocabulary (2 Qs Synonyms, 4 Qs Sentence Completion, 2 Qs Antonyms, 6 Qs Analogies). An interesting variant of Sentence Completion was the question that required students to identify the grammatically incorrect option to fill in the blank.
• The remaining 3 Qs were based on Grammar (1 Q Sentence Correction, 1 Q Direct-Indirect speech, 1 Q Parajumble).
• Even if you were weak in Vocabulary, it was possible to attempt in the excess of 25 Qs in about 30 min.

Logical Reasoning

• Most of the questions in this section were in line with CET questions -- Logical Data Interpretation (LDI), Critical Reasoning, Syllogisms and Puzzles.
• A majority of the questions this time were the Logical Data Interpretation (Analytical Reasoning) type. With as many as 21 LDI Qs, spread across 7 sets, a student could have had a ball attempting this section. None of these sets were challenging or difficult.
• The remaining questions comprised of Deductive Logic (1 Q), Puzzles (7 Qs), Critical Reasoning 3 Q), Logical Consistency (6 Qs), Data Sufficiency (2 Qs).
• Even if you were to ignore the low accuracy prone area’s like Critical Reasoning, it was possible for you to attempt 25+ with high accuracy. But since most of the questions pertained to caselets (LDI), the section was definitely time consuming.

• Surprisingly, the proportion of higher Math was much lower than that in earlier years. Barring one question on Determinants, most of the other questions could have been attempted by anyone who was prepared for CAT 2006. Unlike in earlier years, there were no questions on topics like Matrices, Vector Algebra, Differentiation or Integration.

• The emphasis in this section was on Algebra (13 Qs) and Geometry (9 Qs). These included 3 Qs on Trigonometry.
• The remaining questions included 6 Qs on Speed, 4 Qs on Ratio & Proportion, 3 Qs on Percentages, 3 Qs on Number Systems and 1 Q on Miscellaneous Math.
• Overall, this section had a very high difficulty level, hence the emphasis should have been on accuracy, rather than on attempts. An attempt of 15-17 Qs in 35 min. would quite likely be adequate in this section.

• The 30 Qs were spread across 5 sets, which included 1 set with a Table, 1 set with a Line graph, 2 sets with data from a combination of sources and 1 special set that had data represented in the form of a radar.
• There were no major calculations involved in most of the question and one could have easily attempted 3 out of the 5 sets in 25 min. A good attempt in this section would be around 15-17 Qs.