DETAILED ANALYSIS

MOCK TEST 5(2013-14)

INTRODUCTION

• Mock Test 5 follows the CLAT pattern wherein the students are subjected to the same level of difficulty both in terms of question type and level.

• The mock test comprises of five sections with a total of 200 questions. • A student is expected to attempt this test in an actual test like

environment wherein he has 120 minutes to complete the test and thus need to schedule his/her time accordingly.

Sections No. of questions Expected time to complete

English 40 24 min.

General Knowledge 50 11 min.

Mathematics 20 12 min.

Logical Reasoning 40 28 min.

Legal Aptitude 50 45 min.

ENGLISH

This section was of moderate level of difficulty. The section consisted of:

1 RC Passage (Total 10 questions)5 questions on Vocabulary - Synonyms 10 questions on Fill in the blanks5 questions on Idioms – meaning5 questions on six sentence type Parajumbles5 questions on Foreign Language phrases – meaning

The various questions are now described in detail:

DETAILS

Question S. No.

Key Concepts and Brief Description

Overall Level of Difficulty

Strategy

1 to 10Reading

Comprehension (Japan’s Economy )

Easy - Moderate

The passage was an easy read. The questions were a healthy mix of easy and moderately difficult questions. All the questions should have been attempted as the options were based on the details that could be easily inferred from the passage.

11 to 15 Vocabulary - synonyms

ModerateFour on five questions should have been attempted.

16 to 25 Fill in the blanks Easy-

Moderate

Most of the questions were of moderate level. Atleast seven on ten questions should have been attempted.

DETAILS

Question S. No.

Key Concepts and Brief Description

Overall Level of Difficulty

Strategy

26 to 30 Idioms - Meaning Moderate-

Difficult

These questions were a mix of moderate and difficult level. These questions could have been attempted by understanding the mood of the statements and then using process of elimination. Atleast three out of five questions should have been attempted.

31 to 35Parajumbles - 6 sentence type

Moderate-Difficult

The questions were a mix of moderate and difficult level. They could have been attempted by finding mandatory pairs. At least three of the five questions should have been attempted.

36 to 40Foreign Language

phrases - meaning Moderate –

DifficultAt least two out of the five questions should have been attempted.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

• This section of MOCK TEST – 5 has 50 questions in all. This test

primarily focused on static GK.

• Out of total 50 questions, which 36 questions were from static GK

and 14 questions from current affairs. Static GK was oriented

towards geography , general science and technology, economy and

history.

• Overall difficulty level was moderate.

• Current affairs were mainly based on personality, apart from it

questions were also from misc. field. The difficulty level of current

affairs was easy to moderate.

• Further, the final break-up summary can be analyzed with the help

of following table:

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

NOTE:

•Question no. 84 in the Question paper reads as:

On the basis of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) Indian economy

ranks _____ largest.

(a) First (b) Second

(c) Third (d) Fourth

• The correct answer option is (c) instead of (d) as mentioned in the

answer key.

•Recently, India overtook Japan in the terms of purchasing power

parity (PPP), thus becoming the third largest economy of the world.

Hence the correct answer is option (c).

•The same has been rectified.

DETAILS Static GK Current GKSection No. of

QuestionsDifficulty level Section No. of Questions Difficulty level

History 6 Hard National Events

1 Easy

Geography

(India & World)

9 Moderate to Hard International Events

 

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-Indian Polity & Constitution

4 Moderate Personality 5 Easy to Moderate

Economy 6 Moderate to Hard Places 1 EasyScience & Tech 6 Moderate to Hard Awards &

Honors 1 Moderate

 

Misc.

 

5

 

Easy to Moderate

Sports 2 Moderate Misc. 4 Moderate

Total 36 14  

MATHEMATICS

This section of the test was of Easy to Moderate level of difficulty. This section consisted of:

8 questions of Arithmetic2 questions of Algebra4 questions of Number System2 questions of Geometry/Mensuration3 questions of Simplification1 question of Series

DETAILSQuestion S. No. Key concepts and brief description Topic Level of

difficulty

91, 93, 94, 95, 104, 105, 109, 110

Profit Loss and Discount, Time Speed and Distance, Percentage, Partnership, Ratio, Profit Loss and Discount, Simple & Compound Interest, Time and work, Percentage

Arithmetic Easy to Moderate

92, 102 Quadratic Equation, Linear Equation Algebra Easy

97, 100, 107, 108 Fraction, VBODMAS, Remainder, Number Number System Easy to Moderate

96, 99 Triangle, Hemisphere Geometry & Mensuration

Easy

98, 103, 106 Rationalization, Surd, Squaring Simplification Easy to Moderate

101 Number Series Series Easy

REASONINGVerbal Logic: This section was of moderate level of difficulty. The section consisted of:Statement – Argument (5 questions)Syllogism : Statement - Conclusion (4 questions)Analogy (3 questions)Syllogism : Statement – Conclusion (3 questions)Logical Consistency (3 questions)Syllogism (3 questions)Statement – Reason (1 question)Statement – Assumption (3 questions)Cause – Effect (5 questions)Parallel Argument (1 question)Statement – Argument (4 questions)Critical Reasoning (1 questions)

Analytical Reasoning: This section of the test was of easy level of difficulty. This section consisted of 3 questions

The various questions are now described in detail:

DETAILS

Question

S. No.

Key Concepts and Brief

Description

Overall Level of Difficulty

Strategy

111 to 116

Statement – Argument

Moderate

The questions were of moderate level. The questions could have been dealt with by brooding on them from all possible angles. All the questions should have been attempted.

117 to 120

Syllogism :Statement – Conclusion

Easy - ModerateThe questions were of easy to moderate level. All the questions should have been attempted.

121 to 123

Analogy Easy - Moderate

The questions were a mix of easy and moderate level. They should have been attempted by finding the relationship between the pair of words in sets. All the questions should have been attempted.

124 to 126

Syllogism:Statement - Conclusion

Easy - ModerateThe questions were a mix of easy and moderate level. All the questions should have been attempted.

DETAILS

Question

S. No.

Key Concepts and Brief

Description

Overall Level of Difficulty

Strategy

127 to 129

Logical Consistency

Moderate

All the questions are of moderate level. They should have been attempted by critically analyzing the statements. All the questions should have been attempted.

130 to 132

Analytical Reasoning

Easy Analytical Reasoning

133-135 Syllogism Moderate All the questions should have been attempted.

136 Statement –

ReasonModerate

The question was of moderate level. It should have been attempted.

DETAILS

QuestionS. No.

Key Concepts and Brief

Description

Overall Level of Difficulty

Strategy

137 to 139Statement - Assumption

Moderate

All the questions are of moderate level. They should have been attempted by critically analyzing the statements. All the questions should have been attempted.

140 - 144 Cause – Effect ModerateThe questions were of moderate level. All of them should have been attempted.

145 Parallel Argument ModerateThe question was of moderate level. It should have been attempted.

146 to 149Statement - Argument

Moderate - DifficultThe questions were a mix of moderate to difficult level. Atleast three on four questions should have been attempted.

150 Critical Reasoning ModerateThe question should have been attempted by analyzing the question critically and then using process of elimination.

LEGAL APTITUDE

This section had 50 questions on Legal Aptitude comprising of both Legal Reasoning as well as Legal Knowledge. The section consisted of:

Legal Reasoning (35 questions)Legal Knowledge (15 questions)

Overall, the section was of Moderate to Difficult difficulty level. The Legal Reasoning section tested the ability of students to understand and interpret questions with multiple principles and explanations and the combined application of the same to factual matrix to reach the best answer.

And, in order to answer the questions based on Legal Knowledge, students were expected to have knowledge of various concepts under Constitutional Law, General Principles of Law and Tort Law.

An attempt between the range of 40 - 45 would be considered a good attempt for this section.

DETAILS

Legal Reasoning: The Legal Reasoning of Mock 5 was having a difficulty level of significant amount. This section was dominated by questions from Torts and Contracts Law, Criminal Law along with a few questions from Constitutional Law, International Law, Intellectual Property Law, Family Law and General Principles of Law.

An approach of very careful and timely reading of the principles was required.

Legal Knowledge: The Legal Knowledge part of Mock 5 was a mixed bag and contained questions from Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts, Family Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Law and other General Principles of law.

DETAILSTopics Question Numbers Number of

Questions Difficulty Level

Legal Reasoning Legal Knowledge L.R. L.K.

Criminal Law 158, 159, 168, 173, 179, 181

6 Easy

International Law 155 1 Moderate

IPR 157 1 Easy

Torts 160-162, 172, 174-177, 183-185

188, 197 11 2 Moderate to Difficult

Constitution 163, 178 187, 190, 192, 194, 195

2 5 Moderate

Family Law 182 1 Easy

Contracts 151-153, 164-166, 169-171

9 Moderate

General Principles of Law

154, 156, 167, 180 186, 189, 191, 193, 196, 198, 199, 200

4 8 Moderate to Difficult

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