NMAT 2006
(10th December 2006)
NMAT was different from its usual pattern in more ways than one!
The proportion of Arithmetic questions reduced from 75% in the previous two
years to about 50% this year. There were questions on Physics (Newton’s laws of
motion) instead! Also, the proportion of current GK was almost nil compared to
around 80% in the previous years. A new question type -- summarizing a passage
was asked for 2 marks in the Logic section. Although there was no clear
demarcation between different sections, questions that would be in specific
sections were clubbed together. All in all, Peak Seekers predicts that the
overall cut-off will reduce as compared to last year.
- 200 Qs, 150 min.
- 200 marks (25% negative for wrong answers)
- 4 answer options per question
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Likely Cut-Off
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Overall Breakup of NMAT 2006
| Questions |
Area |
No. of Qs |
Marks per Q |
Difficulty level |
| 1 - 40 |
Verbal Ability |
40 |
1 |
Easy |
| 41 - 80 |
Quantitative Ability |
40 |
1 |
Average |
| 81 - 120 |
DI + Reasoning |
40 |
1 |
Average |
| 121 - 160 |
Logical Reasoning |
40 |
1 |
Average |
| 161 - 200 |
General Knowledge |
40 |
1 |
Difficult |
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Total |
200 |
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Average |
Area-Wise Analysis of NMAT 2006
Verbal Ability
- As many as 16 Qs were based on Vocabulary (4 Synonyms, 4 Antonyms, 2
Analogy, 2 Idioms and 4 Sentence Completion).
- Another 16 Qs were on Reading Comprehension, spread across 3 passages
of average length.
- The remaining 8 Qs comprised of 4 Qs on Parajumbles and 4 Qs on Error
Spotting.
- If vocabulary was not your area of expertise, you had no choice but to
attempt the remaining 24 Qs. However if you could have cracked some of the
Vocabulary Qs, you could have skipped an RC passage.
- An attempt of 25 Qs in 30 min. seems like a good attempt in this
section.
Quantitative Ability
- This section was quite different from the usual. Only 22 Qs out of 40
were on Arithmetic (as against 30 Qs every year).
- The surprise element was the presence of 4 Physics Qs -- based on
Newton's laws of motion.
- There were 6 Qs on Geometry, 4 Qs on Probability, 3 Qs on
Miscellaneous topics and only 1 Q on Algebra and that too on Arithmetic
Progression.
- The Qs were lengthy and reading them was time consuming. You could
have given a full 40 min. to this section and attempted around 22 Qs with
a high accuracy.
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Data Interpretation
- Out of 40 Qs, 14 Qs were based on Data Sufficiency (6 Qs of 2
statement type, 5 Qs of 3 statement type and 3 Qs on Data Redundancy
type).
- The remaining 26 Qs were all regular DIs spread across 6 sets. Only
the set on Network (Electricity Distribution) was different from the
usual.
- Because of a large number of DS questions, it was possible to attempt
25 Qs in 30 min. in this section.
Logical Reasoning
- 21 out of 40 Qs were on Syllogisms (Arguments 5 Qs,
Probably-True-Probably-False 5 Qs, Critical Reasoning 6 Qs, Logical Set
theory 5 Qs).
- The other Qs types were largely the CET type -- 8 Analytical Reasoning
Qs (i.e., LDI -- 2 sets), 3 Qs on Sequential Output Tracing, 3 Qs on
Number Series and 4 Qs on Logical Puzzles.
- A new question type that was introduced this year was summarizing the
passage (on the lines of what used to appear in the CAT).
- The low expected accuracy of syllogisms Qs would demand that you
attempt many questions. Hence, an attempt of 40 Qs in 40 min. was
desirable.
General Knowledge
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NMAT 2006 Paper Attempt Strategy
| Questions |
Area |
No. of Qs |
Target Attempts |
Time Allotted |
Target Marks |
| 1 - 40 |
Verbal Ability |
40 |
25 |
30 min |
17+ |
| 41 - 80 |
Quantitative Ability |
40 |
22 |
40 min |
16+ |
| 81 - 120 |
DI + Reasoning |
40 |
25 |
30 min |
19+ |
| 121 - 160 |
Logical Reasoning |
40 |
30 |
35 min |
19+ |
| 161 - 200 |
General Knowledge |
40 |
12 |
15 min |
7+ |
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Total |
200 |
114 |
150 min |
78+ |
All that is stated above is an opinion. Before making any significant
career decisions, please consult a counselor at Peak Seekers.
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