Analysis Of Irma 2004

Analysis of IRMA 2004 The pattern of the paper this year was similar to that of the last few years. This year overall difficulty level is marginally higher as compared to last year. 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 the components of the four sections, the number of questions in each of them and their difficulty levels: Areas Tested

Allotted Marks

Difficulty Level

Verbal Ability

40

Average

50

Average

Reasoning

50

Average

General Awareness

60

Tough

TOTAL

200

Average

Quantitative Ability Interpretation

&

Data

The sectional break-up is as follows: Verbal Ability Types of Questions

Allotted Marks

Difficulty Level

Fill in the blanks passage type)

10

Easy

Sentence completion

5

Average

Reading Comprehension

25

Easy

Total

40

Easy

In VA, There were 10 questions based on antonyms and synonyms from an RC passage.

Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation: The difficulty level of questions in this section was similar to that of the last year paper. Arithmetic has ruled the roost. There were 5 question based on series which were of average difficulty level. Five questions were based on data sufficiency. there was a caselet containing five questions based on set theory. this caselet was easy to attempt . Unlike last year’s paper, DS was present in both the sections, QA and Reasoning with 5 questions in each section. On DI, there were 20 questions of average difficulty level. Overall this section was of average difficulty level. Reasoning: This section contained a number of questions based on Critical reasoning, Analytical Reasoning and Mathematical Reasoning. The section was of average difficulty level. Types of Questions

Allotted Marks

Difficulty Level

Analytical reasoning

10

Average

Data verification

5

Average

Data sufficiency

5

Easy

Critical reasoning

30

Tough

Total

40

Average

This section was quite difficult because a lot of questions were based on Critical reasoning. Strengthening and weakening of the argument, Implied idea (inference based) and Cause-reason (data conclusion) were some of the question types asked in this section. General awareness: This section had 60 questions based on current affairs and general knowledge. Some of the Questions were easy. But there were a lot of indirect questions as well, which in turn made this section difficult.

Overall, the paper was of average difficulty level. As far as cut-off goes, it should be 22-23 in Verbal Ability section. Quantitative Ability section was mixture of DI, DS and Quant questions. Cutoff for Quant. Ability section will be 20-22. Reasoning Section was average and cutoff for this section should be 23-24. General Awareness section cutoff should be 18+. Looking to the cutoff’s, minimum overall score should be 83-86. A person who scores around 90-95 in this test can expect to get the call.