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Maharashtra MBA CET 2019 Slot 1 Analysis

3/11/2019 5:39 PM

Maharashtra MBA CET 2019 Details:

Date: 9th March 2019 (Saturday)
Slot: 10:00 am to 12:30 pm
Total Number of Questions: 200
Total Time allotted: 150 minutes
No. of Choices per question: 5 choices
No. of Sections: 4
Negative Marks: No negative marking

CET 2019 Paper Pattern

Area		No. of Questions
1	Logical and Critical Reasoning	75
2	Abstract Reasoning	25
3	Quantitative Aptitude	50
4	Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension	50
Total		200

Section wise analysis

Section : Logical and Critical Reasoning:

Students reported that amongst all the sections, this was most time consuming.

Based on the student feedback the overall difficulty level of this section could be described as moderate to slightly difficult.

However, they felt that one could have skipped a few difficult questions, and thereby utilized that time in attempting the other sections.

According to them an attempt of 42-45 questions in 70 mins would have been a good strategy.

One could have decided to spend even less time in this section and utilize it in the other sections.

Most of the set were from Data Arrangements.

There were 47 questions on Arrangement in eight different sets. The sets were time consuming.

Apart from data arrangement, there was one set on blood relation and one set on coding and decoding. There was no set on selection criteria.

This is an all-time high in the past 15 years.

A good strategy would have been to use the pre-decided time for this section but one should have attempted questions in the following order: Analytical Reasoning, Critical/Verbal Reasoning and then the Analytical puzzles.

The students have recollected that the combination of questions in this section was as follows.

Logical Reasoning
Topic	No. of questions	Easy	Moderate	Difficult
Analytical Puzzles
Linear Arrangement	10	4	6
Circular Arrangement	6		6
Matrix Arrangement	12		6	6
Vertical arrangement	6		6
Distribution	6			6
Blood Relation	3	3
Logical Inequalities
Coding and Decoding
Data Sufficiency	4		4
Sub-Total	47	7	28	12

Analytical Reasoning
Direction Sense
Deductions	5	2	3
Symbols & Notations	5	5
Coding & Decoding	5	5
Miscellaneous	3	2	1
Sub-Total	18	14	4
Critical / Verbal Reasoning	10	8	2
TOTAL	75	29	34	12

Analytical puzzles:

This area had the maximum number of questions. There were many regular type questions like Linear Arrangement, Circular Arrangement, Distribution, Matrix arrangement and Vertical Arrangement.

There were no stand-alone questions. The two sets on linear arrangement and blood relation were comparatively easier and should have been attempted.

Along with them, the two sets on vertical arrangement and one set on distribution should also have been attempted.

The other three sets should have been left alone.

Thus, 25 out of the 47 questions were doable.

However, attempting all 47 questions could have consumed a lot of time.

Instead of that, one could have attempted analytical reasoning first and then utilized the remaining time for tackling analytical puzzles.

Certain types of sets were predicted by T.I.M.E. and were included in our end course workshops and AMMCETs. This would have made life easier for our students.

Analytical Reasoning:

Deductions: Various questions types were covered such as two statements and two conclusions, three statements and two conclusions.

There were also conclusions involving possibility. Any student who was well-versed with the basic concepts would have been able to answer all the questions accurately.

Symbols and Notations: There were five questions. In each question, the data was given in inequality format. There were two or three statements followed by two conclusions. These were must-attempt questions.

Coding - Decoding: In CET 2018, there was a new question type but this year they asked the usual type where four statements were given with their codes and by checking common word and common code, one could have answered them. These were the easiest questions in this section and one couldn't have afforded to not attempted these questions.

Miscellaneous: There were three individual questions. Very Easy!

Critical/Verbal Reasoning:

This sub section had a total of 10 Q of which nine were Verbal Reasoning and one Critical Reasoning. For Verbal Reasoning, there were questions on

Statements and Assumptions
Statements and Conclusions
Statements and Inferences
Course of Action
Finding the reason.

These were on the easier side and didn't involve lot of effort.

There was a common paragraph from which an inference and a reason had to be found.

While the reason question was easy, the inference one was difficult. Then there was a question where a definition was given and we needed to identify which option would fit that definition, again an easy question.

In CR, there was a question on Weakening of Arguments which was moderate. In totality, the questions from CR and VR were pretty much easy, with a couple of moderate questions and would be scoring areas for a well prepared student.

He/she could have got around 7-8 correct out of 10 Q in around 10-15 minutes.

Section 2 : Abstract Reasoning

Students found this section moderate as compared to other sections.

There were no surprises in this section. The difficulty level of this section was slightly higher than CET 2018.

One could have easily attempted around 17-19 questions in 20 minutes. The students have recollected that the combination of questions in this section was as follows.

Abstract Reasoning (Non-verbal Reasoning)
Topic	No. of questions	Easy	Moderate	Difficult
Series (Find Next Fig.)	12	6	4	2
Analogies	8	5	2	1
Dissimilar pair	5	3	2
TOTAL	25	14	8	3

Section - 3: Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension

Students have reported that, in comparison to last year's Verbal section, this year the verbal section was easier in comparison.

There were a few new question types, but the areas tested were not new.

Just the way of presenting the questions was new.

In addition, it was observed that as there were three Reading Comprehension passages, the section became lengthier than usual.

A well-prepared student should have attempted 30-35 questions in 35 minutes and answered 25-30 questions correctly.