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ICETMBA2014(http://www.bschool.careers360.com/icet)washeldonFriday,May23,2014.TheexamisconductedbyKakatiyaUniversity,WarangalonbehalfofAndhraPradeshStateCouncilforHigherEducation(APSCHE).Accordingtotheexamofficials,theentranceexamforMBAandMCAaspirantshasbeenregisteredbyabout1,42,000candidates.AccordingtothetesttakersofICETMBA2014,theoveralldifficultyleveloftheexamwastough.ThearticlewillsharetheICETMBA2014analysisindetail.

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ManojSethi,ICETCourseDirector,T.I.M.E.,theexampatternwassimilartolastyear.TheMathematicalAbilityandAnalyticalAbilityweretimeconsuming.

Incomparisontolastyear,thedifficultylevelwastougher.SrikanthAdicharia,anICETMBA2014takershareswithCareers360,ThisismysecondattemptofICETMBA.Thedifficultylevelwasmuchhighercomparedtolastyear.TherewerefewchangesinthequestiontypesandQuantandReasoningquestionswerequitetimeconsuming.

Ontheotherhand,candidateswhohadreceivedtheQuestionBookletfromSETCsharedthattherewerefewquestionsfromtheQuantitativeAbilityandAnalyticalAbilitysectionswhoseansweroptionswereincorrect.IencounteredfewquestionsfromQuantandReasoningsectionswhoseansweroptionsdidnotmatchwiththeanswerIhadderivedto.IamconfidentoftheaccuracyofthoseanswersasevenafterrepeatedattemptsIobtainedthesameanswer,mentionsPradeepChandra,anICETMBA2014candidate.ICETMBA2014Pattern

Theteststructureoftheexamwasasfollows:

Sections

SectionA:AnalyticalAbilityTopics:(i)DataSufficiency(ii)ProblemSolving

SectionB:MathematicalAbilityTopics:(i)ArithmeticalAbility

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Topics:(i)ArithmeticalAbility(ii)AlgebraicalandGeometricalAbility(iii)StatisticalAbility

SectionC:CommunicationAbilityTopics:(i)Vocabulary(ii)BusinessandComputerTechnology(iii)FunctionalGrammar(iv)ReadingComprehension

Thedurationoftheexam(http://www.bschool.careers360.com/articles/icetmba2014exampattern)was150minutesor2hours30minutes.Therewas1markforeachcorrectanswerandnonegativemarkinginthepattern.Nowletushavealookatthesectionwiseanalysis.

MathematicalAbilityTherewere75questionsinthissection.Thedifficultylevelcanberatedastough.Whilesomenewtopicswereaddedinthesection,sometopicswhichwerecoveredlastyearwerenotthere.OnesuchtopicisTrigonometry.Therewerearound5questionsfromtheTrigonometry.Tilllastyearthistopicwasnotcoveredatall.WhiletherewerequestionsfromSolidGeometry,PlainGeometryquestionswerenotasked,mentionsSrikanth.Thesectionwastimeconsumingandcalculationintensivewhichmadeitdifficultforthecandidates.TheothertopicswerefromtheexpectedareassuchasAlgebra,Arithmetic,GeometryandStatistics.

AnalyticalAbilityTherewere75questionsinthissectionaswell.Thedifficultylevelrangedfrommoderatetotough.Accordingtothetesttakers,thesectionfollowedthebasicpatternofDataSufficiencyandProblemSolving.TherewerequestionsonCodingDecoding,Banking,Time&Work,Time&Distancetonameafew.Thesectionwasasperexpectationanddidnotbearmuchchange.TheAnalyticalAbilitysectionwasasperthetheProblemSolvingareawereeasy.However,theDataSufficiencyquestionswereonthehighersideofdifficulty,mentionsPradeep.

CommunicationAbilityTheCommunicationAbilitysectionwasalsotougherthantheexpectationsofthecandidates.ThesectionwasdividedintoReadingComprehensionpassagesandEnglishUsage.Therewere3ReadingComprehensionpassageswith5questionsfromeachsection.Thedifficultylevelwasonthehigherside.Therewere5questionsonSynonymsbutnoquestiononAntonyms.Thevocabularyquestionsweretough,statesLakshmiMohan,anotherICETMBA2014taker.

TheexamscoreswillbeacceptedbytheDepartmentofMBAof23universitiesinAndhraPradesh.ThetopuniversitiesincludeAndhraUniversity,JNTUniversity,KakatiyaUniversity,MahatmaGandhiUniversity,OsmaniaUniversitytonameafew.

ICET2014(http://www.bschool.careers360.com/icet/about)washeldacross263testcentersacross30citiesandtownsacrossAndhraPradesh.Theresult(http://www.bschool.careers360.com/articles/icetmba2014result)(http://www.bschool.careers360.com/articles/icetmba2014counselling)schedulewillbedeclaredaftertheresult.

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