Cet 06 Analysis

CET MAHARASHTRA’06 This year the CET did throw a surprise. The surprise was that there were more questions on Quantitative ability and Data Interpretation and less on mathematical reasoning. As has been the tradition of CET, there were maximum questions from Reasoning Section. Though the pattern was slightly different from the last year’s paper, there was an appreciable decrease in the difficulty level. The trick was to spot and solve all the easier questions in the first one and half hour of the test so as to maximize the overall attempt. Thus one could have solved Visual Reasoning during the last half an hour of the test as one could have scored not much in this area as the questions were really tough as well as time-consuming. The Verbal Ability and Data Interpretation questions were the easiest and thus these two sections were the “score-builders”. The following table gives the distribution of the questions according to the section.

Sr.No

1 2 3 4 5 6

Area Tested Verbal Ability Reading Comprehension Reasoning Ability Visual Reasoning Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency Problem Solving

No. of Questions

Difficulty level Easy Average Difficult

50 15

38 10

7 3

5 2

48 30 32

35 12 20

8 8 5

5 10 7

25

18

5

2

Sectional Breakup Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Sr.No

Area Tested

No. of questions Difficulty level

1

Reading Comprehension

15

Easy

2

Fill in the blanks

10

Easy

3

Sentence Correction

10

Moderate

4

Odd man out

5

Easy

5

Synonyms-Antonyms

10

Easy

6

Analogies

1

Easy

7

Para jumbles

5

Average

Given below is the break of Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension section.

A score of 43+ should be an ideal score in this area. As compared to last year the section was easier and hence this was the “score-builder” section. Most of the questions were direct requiring little reasoning skills. Except the Para jumbles and Degree of truth (Definitely true/false) questions, all the remaining ones fell on the easier side. On the whole this section was of average difficulty level.

Reasoning Section Given below is the break of Reasoning section.

Sr. No

Area Tested

Number of Questions

Difficulty Level

1

Visual Reasoning

30

Difficult

2

Mathematical Reasoning

12

Average

3

Analytical Reasoning

20

Easy

4

Logical Reasoning

5

Average

5

Inductive Reasoning

15

Average

A score of 60+ should be an ideal score in this area. Questions on Visual Reasoning, which has been a salient feature of CET, were very difficult as well as time-consuming. It required lots of imagination skills and the options were very close. A score of 15+ is a very good score in Visual reasoning section. Questions from analytical reasoning were quite easy while questions based on series were of moderate difficulty level. Thus, the overall section was of average difficulty level.

Data Interpretation/Data Sufficiency and Quantitative Ability The following table gives the break-up of DI/DS and QA Section. Sr.No

Area Tested

No of Questions Difficulty Level

1

Data Interpretation

20

Average

2

Data Sufficiency

12

Average

3

Data verification

5

Easy

4

Quantitative comparison

5

Easy

5

Quantitative ability

20

Average

A score of 40+ should be an ideal score in this area. This year there was a noticeable increase in the questions on data interpretation and data sufficiency compared to previous year’s. Questions on DI were relatively easy and were “score-builders” in this section as there was less stress on calculation. Data sufficiency and Quantitative Comparison was easy. Quantitative Ability section was of average difficulty level. There were questions from percentages, S.I., Ages, Speed Time and Distance, Quadratic Equations with more stress on Ratio and proportion and permutation and combinations. Also there were no questions on geometry.

Overall the paper was of average difficulty level; falling more on the easier side. Overall top score should be 150+.

Expected written test score required for clearing the cut-off for various Institutes according to the category of Candidates The following table gives the expected score that a candidate should get from the written test in order to get selected in the following institutes. Note that the overall cut-off will be higher than the scores given below as the score from Group Discussion and Personal interview will be added to the written score to prepare the final overall cut-off. Thus a candidate may get selected in the desired institute even with a slightly lower score, provided his score from Group discussion and Personal Interview is on the higher side. Note: The expected score given below is for Candidates belonging to ‘Open Category’. The desirable score for Candidates having reservation will be lower than the scores given above.

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University

Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai Pune Pune Pune Pune

Name of the Institute Jbims Sydenham K. J. Somaiya Wellingkar Chetna Pumba Sinhagad Mit Indira Inst., vidyamandir inst. etc….

Type of the Candidacy Other University Home OMS Area University Candidate Candidates (State Level) 135+ 140+ 145+ 125+ 130+ 135+ 125+ 130+ 135+ 110+ 120+ 125+ 100+ 105+ 110+ 110+ 120+ 125-130 85-90 100-110 115+ 90+ 100+ 115+ 80+ 90+ 95+