DETAILED ANALYSIS

MOCK TEST 9(2013-14)

INTRODUCTION• Mock Test 9 follows the NLU-D 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 150 questions. • A student is expected to attempt this test in an actual test like

environment wherein he has 90 minutes to complete the test and thus need to schedule his/her time accordingly.

Sections No. of Questions Expected Time to Complete

Legal Aptitude 35 25General Knowledge 35 12

Reasoning 35 25Mathematics 10 8

English 35 20

LEGAL APTITUDEThis section had 35 questions on Legal Aptitude comprising of both Legal Reasoning as well as Legal Knowledge. The section consisted of:

Legal Reasoning (25 questions)Legal Knowledge (10 questions)

Overall, the section was of Moderate difficulty level. The Legal Reasoning section specifically tested the ability of students to understand and interpret the legal principles and 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 some basic knowledge of various concepts under Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Law of Contracts, International Law and further to be acquainted with general legal principles.

An attempt of around 32 would be considered a good attempt for this section.

DETAILS

Legal Reasoning: The Legal Reasoning of Mock 9 was having a Moderate difficulty level. This section was dominated by questions from Criminal Law, Torts and Contracts Law, along with a couple of questions from Constitutional Law.

Legal Knowledge: The Legal Knowledge part of Mock 9 consisted of questions from Torts, Law of Contracts and Criminal Law. Apart from that, there were questions from Constitutional Law and General Principles of Law.

DETAILSTopics Question Numbers Number of

Questions Difficulty Level

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

Criminal Law 1, 13, 15, 16, 23, 24

29, 34, 35 6 3 Moderate

Torts 3-5, 9, 14, 17, 21 7 Moderate to Difficult

Constitution 8, 20 27, 28, 31 2 3 Moderate

International Law 30 1 Easy

Contracts 6, 7, 12, 18, 19, 22, 25

26 7 1 Moderate to Difficult

General Principles of Law

2, 10, 11 32, 33 3 2 Moderate

DETAILSQuestion 9: This question has got 3 principles and a set of facts. The core concept dealt within this question is negligence. 4 set of statements have been provided from which, the option which consists of all true statements needs to be picked.

In this question, its important to apply the third principle carefully as the facts clearly establish there was negligence on part of Dr. Junaid. Whether the injury resulted due to the negligence of Dr. Junaid needs to be determined. Clearly, the injury would have happened if there was no negligence as there was no relation between negligence of Dr. Junaid and falling of boulders. Hence statements (ii), (iii) & (iv) are correct and option (d) is the right answer.

DETAILS

Question 12 is based on the concept of ‘deficiency’ in service which comes under the purview of contracts. It contains a principle and a lengthy set of facts.

In question 12, since the freight charges has been duly paid by Yash Limited to Kumar Roadways and the destruction of goods happened in the godown of Kumar Roadways, there is a deficiency in the services provided by Kumar Roadways.

The goods could not be transported to the requisite destination as they got destroyed due to inadequacy in the manner of performance by Kumar Roadways. Thus Kumar Roadways shall be liable to provide damages to Yash Limited. Hence, (C) is the correct option.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE• This section of MOCK TEST – 6 has 35 questions in all. • This test primarily focused on static GK. Out of total 35 questions,

24 questions were from static GK and 11 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:

DETAILS Static GK Current GKSection No. of

QuestionsDifficulty level Section No. of

QuestionsDifficulty level

History 3 Hard National Events - -Geography (India & World)

8 Moderate to Hard

International Events  

-

-Indian Polity & Constitution

2 Moderate Personality 4 Easy to Moderate

Economy 3 Moderate to Hard

Places - -

Science & Tech 4 Moderate to Hard

Awards & Honors 1 Moderate

 

Misc.

 

4

Easy to Moderate

Sports 2 ModerateMisc. 4 Moderate

Total 24    11  

REASONINGAnalytical Reasoning: This section of the test was of moderate level of difficulty. This section consisted of 8 questions of Analytical Reasoning4 question of Series1 question of Direction2 questions of Coding Decoding1 question of Puzzle2 questions of Calendar2 questions of Analogy

Verbal Logic: The difficulty level of this section was moderate to difficult. The section consisted of:4 questions on Statement – Assumptions1 question on Analogy5 questions on Word Formations5 questions on Critical Reasoning

The various questions are now described in detail:

DETAILS Question S. No. Key concepts and brief description

 Topic

Level of difficulty

79 – 82, 87 – 90

Analytical Reasoning, Analytical Reasoning

Analytical Reasoning

Moderate

75 – 78 Number series, number series, number series, number series

Series Moderate

84 Directions Directions Easy

73, 74 Coding Decoding, Coding Decoding Coding Decoding

Easy to Moderate

71, 72 Analogy, Analogy Analogy Easy

83 Puzzle Puzzle Easy85, 86 Calendar, Calendar Calendar Easy to

Moderate

DETAILSQuestion

S. No.Key Concepts and Brief Description

Overall Level of

DifficultyStrategy

91 to 94Statement-Assumption

ModerateThese questions were of a moderate difficulty level and 3 of them should have been solved correctly after careful reading and analyzing.

95 Analogy EasyThere was just 1 question on analogy which was based on common knowledge and could be solved quite easily.

96 to 100 Word Formations Easy

These five questions were quite simple as it was pretty easy to figure out which option couldn’t be formed from the given word. All the questions should have been attempted.

101 to 105

Critical ReasoningModerate –

Difficult

These questions were quite difficult and a proper reading of the question stem was necessary for the students to solve them. 3 out of 5 should have been a good attempt.

MATHEMATICS

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

8 questions of Arithmetic1 question of Algebra1 question of Number System

DETAILSQuestion S. No.

Key concepts and brief description

Topic Level of difficulty

107, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115

Percentage, Average, Partnership, Time and work, Pipe and Cistern, Ratio, Profit Loss and Discount, Time Speed and Distance

Arithmetic

Easy to Moderate

110 Linear Equation Algebra Easy

97, 100, 107, 108

Number Number System

Easy

ENGLISH

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

1 Reading Comprehension of 6 questions5 questions on Grammar- Identify the incorrect sentences4 questions on Vocabulary-Synonyms4 questions on Vocabulary-Antonyms13 questions on Fill in the Blanks3 questions on Para Jumbles (Five Sentence Type) The various questions are now described in detail:

DETAILS

Question S. No.

Key Concepts and Brief Description

Overall Level of Difficulty

Strategy

116 to 121

Reading Comprehension

ModerateThe passage was an easy read. At least 5 out of 6 questions should have been attempted.

122 to 126

Grammar – Identify the

incorrect sentences

Moderate - Difficult

Questions 124 and 126 were slightly tricky and could have been left unattempted. Question 125 had a grammatical (parts of speech) error which one should have easily spotted. 3 out of 5 should have been a decent attempt.

DETAILSQuestion

S. No.Key Concepts and Brief Description

Overall Level of Difficulty

Strategy

127 to 134Vocabulary –

Synonyms and Antonyms

Moderate - Difficult

There were 4 questions on Synonyms and 4 on Antonyms. The ones whose synonyms were asked were commonly used words. The words whose antonyms were asked were slightly difficult and in all, a student should have attempted at least 5 questions.

135 to 147 Fill in the BlanksEasy -

ModerateThe questions were moderate in difficulty and required strong fundamentals in grammar.

148 to 150Para Jumbles (Five

Sentence Type)Moderate

The sentences were long and required patience and concentration to get them right. They were time consuming too. Atleast 2 out of 3 questions should have been attempted.

PLEASE NOTE

Do note that there is an error in the answer key/explanation booklet. In Question 128, as can be seen from the booklet, the explanation clearly shows that option (a) is the right answer. However, the answer key says that (b) is the right answer. Kindly correct this (option (a) is indeed the right answer).  Further, the question stem is incomplete. The complete statement should read as: “… is the tallest ___________ the children in the family.”

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