Analysis Of Irma 2003

Analysis of IRMA 2003 This test had 200 questions and the time allotted was 120 minutes. There was a negative marking of ¼ and each right answer was assigned 1 mark. There were four sections and there was no sectional time constraint. Following is a description of components of the four sections, the number of questions in each of them and their difficulty levels: Areas Tested Verbal Ability Quantitative Ability Interpretation Reasoning General Awareness TOTAL

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Allotted Marks 40

Difficulty Level Easy

50

Average

50 60 200

Average Average Average

The sectional break-up is as follows: Verbal Ability Types of Questions Fill in the blanks passage type) Sentence completion Sentence correction Jumbled Sentences (7 sentences) Reading Comprehension Total

Allotted Marks 10 10 5 5 10 40

Difficulty Level Average Average 5 easy Easy Easy Easy

Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation Subject Area Arithmetic Speed, Time, Distance Profit & Loss Numbers Ratio Algebra Series Set Theory Permutation & Combination Quantitative Comparison (Quadratic Equations) Data Sufficiency Data Interpretation Pie chart Line Graph

Allotted Marks 6 2 1 1 2 13 5 1

Average Easy Average Easy Easy Average + Difficult Easy

2

Easy

5

Average

5 20 5 5

5 easy Average + Easy Average Average consuming Average

Tables

10

TOTAL

50

Difficulty Level

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time

Reasoning: This section contained questions on Critical reasoning, Logical Reasoning, Analytical Reasoning and Mathematical Reasoning. There were 5 questions on Critical Reasoning and 3 questions on Coding-Decoding. The section was of average difficulty level.

General awareness: This section had 60 questions based on current affairs and general knowledge. Some of the Questions were easy. Overall, the paper was between easy and average difficulty level. As far as cut-off go it should be 25-26 in Verbal Ability section. Quantitative Ability section was mixture of DI, DS and Quant questions. Out of 4 DI caselets. Two caselets (Tables) involved lot of calculation. Line graph and Pie chart was Easy. There were 5 easy questions on Quadratic equations. Cutoff for Quant. Ability section will be 20-22. Reasoning Section was easy cutoff for this section should be 28-30. General Awareness section cutoff should be 25. So if we sum it up. It comes around 98-103. A person who scores around 100-105 in this test can expect to get call.