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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 Area Tested No. of Difficulty level


Questions
Easy Average Difficult
1 Verbal Ability 50 38 7 5
2 Reading 15 10 3 2
Comprehension
3 Reasoning Ability 48 35 8 5
4 Visual Reasoning 30 12 8 10
5 Data Interpretation 32 20 5 7
and Data Sufficiency
6 Problem Solving 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.

Number of
Sr. No Area Tested Difficulty Level
Questions
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.

Type of the Candidacy


Other
Sr. Name of the University
University Home OMS
No. Institute Area
University Candidate
Candidates
(State Level)
1. Mumbai Jbims 135+ 140+ 145+
2. Mumbai Sydenham 125+ 130+ 135+
3. Mumbai K. J. Somaiya 125+ 130+ 135+
4. Mumbai Wellingkar 110+ 120+ 125+
5. Mumbai Chetna 100+ 105+ 110+
6. Pune Pumba 110+ 120+ 125-130
7. Pune Sinhagad 85-90 100-110 115+
8. Pune Mit 90+ 100+ 115+
9. Pune Indira Inst., 80+ 90+ 95+
vidyamandir
inst. etc….

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