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PGCET ( MBA) 2010 Analysis

PGCET is the main entrance exam conducted for admission into colleges in Karnataka

offering various post graduation programmes including MBA and MCA. The MBA entranceexam was conducted on 11th July 2010 from 10: 30 AM 12:30 PM. This was followedby the MCA entrance exam in the afternoon from 02:00 PM 04:00 PM. The analysis of

the MBA question paper is given below.

Synopsis of the exam

The paper consisted of two parts. Part I had two sections viz. Section A : Test of

proficiency in English Language and Section B: Test of General Knowledge. Part II alsohad two sections viz. Section C: Test of Reasoning and General Intelligence and SectionD: Test of Quantitative Analysis (Mathematical Skills). The breakup of each section is as

follows:

English Language 25 Questions

General Knowledge 25 Questions

Reasoning andGeneral Intelligence

25 Questions

Mathematical skills 25 Questions

Total 100 Questions

Each question carried one mark and there was no negative marking. All questions had

multiple answer choices, of which only one was correct.

English Language:

The section consisted of questions mainly on Grammar and Vocabulary. Questions on

synonyms, antonyms, analogies and sentence correction should have been the firstchoice of students. The questions on grammatically correct sentences and idioms werenot too difficult. No passages or questions on reading comprehension were asked.

Grammar:

Out of 9 questions 4 were difficult. 2 questions were based on conditional sentences.There were no questions based on subject-verb agreement or tense structures.

Vocabulary:

There were total of 16 questions in this category. There were only 2 easy questions. Oneof the questions was incorrect - the options contain two correct answers. On the wholethe verbal section would have been difficult from the viewpoint of the candidates.

A good score in this section would be 12+ correct answers.

General Knowledge:

9 out of the 25 were easy questions. That there were only 6 questions based on

Economics & Commerce would imply that this was a tough section. The other questionswere mainly from current affairs and conventional GK.


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A good score in this section would be 15+ correct answers.

Reasoning and General Intelligence:

This section was on expected lines. No question posed a major challenge. The questions

were from different areas as follows :-

Topics No. of questions

Blood relations 3

Seating arrangements 3

Direction sense 3

Coding decoding 1

Number series 1

Odd one out 3

Venn Diagrams 6

Time & work 1

Time & distance 1

Clocks & calendars 2

Percentage, profit & loss 1

A good attempt in this section would have been 18+ correct answers.

Mathematical skills:

Most of the questions in this section were based on the basic math concepts in the areas

of Simple Equations, Ratios, Percentages, Time and Work, Time and Distance, Profit andLoss, Simple and Compound Interest.

There were only 3 questions from higher math i.e, Permutation and Combination andProgressions. No question required detailed analysis. A student could have completedthis section in 30 35 min. The paper had 1 question without the right answer option.

A good attempt in this section would have been 20+ correct answers.

TopicsNo. of

questions

Simple Equations & RatioProportions

4

Percentage, Profit & Loss 2

Averages, Mixtures &Alligations

1

Time & Work 4

Time & Distance 2

Clocks & Calendars 1

Geometry 2

Mathematical Reasoning 1

Numbers 1

Permutation & Combination 1

Arithmetic & GeometricProgressions2


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Simple & Compound Interests 3

Venn Diagrams 1

T.I.M.E. Students who strictly adhered to the strategy recommended by experts wouldhave done exceedingly well in PGCET 2010.

PGCET(MBA)2011 Analysis

he PGCET(MBA) exam was conducted on 7th August, 2011 between 10:30 am and 12:30 pm. There was nohange in the overall pattern, when compared to that in the previous year. The test had 100 questions dividedto 4 sections with each section having 25 questions. The quantitative section was considerably easy compared

o that in the previous year. The other 3 sections had no major changes in them.

he paper consisted of two parts. Part I had two sections viz. Section A : Test of proficiency in English Language

nd Section B: Test of General Knowledge. Part II also had two sections viz. Section C: Test of Reasoning andeneral Intelligence and Section D: Test of Quantitative Analysis (Mathematical Skills). A good score, overall,

ould be 55+ correct answers. The snapshot of the test is as follows:

Number of Questions 100

Number of Sections 4

Number of Questions in eachsection

25

Number of options per question 4

Type of options a,b,c,d

Time 120 minutes

Total Marks 100

Negative Marking 0

PART - I

est of Proficiency in English Language: There were no questions on Reading Comprehension. For the first

me there were 2 questions on Books and Authors. However, these were easy as they were on well-knownassics R.K.Narayan's 'Guide' and Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice' which are usually prescribed in

chools/colleges.

ocabulary: There were 2 questions on synonyms and 2 questions on antonyms which were quite easy. The 3

uestions on one word substitute and the 3 questions on idioms were of moderate difficulty.

rammar: There were 10 questions on 'Fill in the Blanks' covering articles, preposition, pronoun, verbs and

uestion tags. These were moderate to difficult to answer. The two questions on 'Transformation of sentence' andwo on 'Error identification' were moderately difficult. A good score in this section would be 16+ correct answers.


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eneral Knowledge: The questions were from the following topics:

ndian Economy 9, Indian History -8, Abbreviations-4, Sports-2, Capitals and Headquarters one each. The

ajority of questions were on Indian economy covering Below poverty line, Wholesale Price Index, major sources

f revenue for

e Government, fiscal crisis. Etc. But the questions were of moderate to difficult levels. A good score in thisection would be 15+ correct answers.

PART-II

uantitative Aptitude:This section had 25 questions with all the major areas of QA being covered. Time, Speednd Distance had the most number of questions with the difficulty level being easy to moderate. There were 10I questions this year, with all of them being easy to moderate level of difficulty. The topic wise break up is givenelow in the table. A good score in this section would be 18+ correct answers.

Topic Number ofQuestions

Level of Difficulty

MA 1 Moderate to Difficult

enn Diagram 1 Easy to Moderate

SD 5 Easy to Moderate

rogression 1 Moderate to Difficult

umbers 1 Moderate to Difficult

& W 2 Moderate to Difficult

& C 1 Moderate to Difficult

alendars 1 Moderate to Difficult

irection Sense 2 Easy to Moderate

ata Interpretation 10 Moderate

ogical Reasoning:This section had 25 questions. The overall difficulty level of the questions was moderate tofficult. This was the more difficult section when compared to quantitative aptitude with series questions being

eally tricky. Break up is given below:

Topic

Number ofQuestions Level of Difficulty

Series 4 Moderate to Difficult

Coding and Decoding 3 Moderate to Difficult

Selections 2 Moderate to Difficult

Arrangement* 1 Moderate to Difficult

Cubes 3 Easy to Moderate

Visual Reasoning 2 Moderate to Difficult


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Calendar 1 Moderate to Difficult

Direction 1 Easy to Moderate

Ages 1 Easy to Moderate

Venn Diagram 2 Easy to Moderate

Averages 1 Easy to Moderate

Deductions 2 Moderate to Difficult

Misc 2 Easy to Moderate

The options given were wrong for the arrangement question.

good score in this section would be 15+ correct answers.

l the topics were discussed in the class rooms and T.I.M.E. Student who have attended the lectures and followed

e instructions of the faculty should have really fared well in the exam

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