NMAT: Section-wise Analysis NMAT, can be summarised as – old wine, new bottle – one new question type that doesn’t even hint at a hurt! Overall, a paper for the prepared! The point about NMAT is that it isn’t like a marathon; it is more like a combination of three 100m sprints and that too back to back. First of those exams that is a speed based, stamina based test rather than a test to check the content control or depth of knowledge. The overall exam is an application based exam and does dig enough into each section and subsection to know the quality of the aspirant. There isn’t a change in comparison to last year and it is more like an exam based on the old school of thought – 120 questions, 120 minutes. The detailed section wise analysis is as follows: Quantitative Aptitude + Data Interpretation : The section was more like a coverage driven by a checklist with one ‘representative’ question from each chapter ranging from topics spreading across arithmetic, algebra, modern maths and geometry. There was a question each from number system, percentage, profit and loss, time and distance, time and work, geometry, coordinate geometry, averages, ratio and proportion etc. The Data Interpretation was also standard with 3 sets spread across Tables, Bar Graphs, Line Graphs and 3 other questions based on Data Sufficiency. The questions based on Quantitative Aptitude were simple application based questions and the questions based on Data Interpretation were primarily calculative and were based on percentages and ratios. The section can be termed as easy to moderate and attempting 38 to 42 questions with 90+% accuracy can be termed a good score. Verbal Ability : The section was easy and there were 3 speed breakers in the form of RCs. The 3 RCs were direct and easy, just that they were the only ‘time consuming’ part of the paper. There were 12-13 vocabulary based questions, around 7-8 grammar based questions and around 3-4 question of Parajumbles apart from the 3 RCs. In the non-RC part, it was feasible to attempt nearly all the questions at a speed of more than question per minute. Rushing through the remainder helps in assigning requisite time to the RCs. The section can be termed as easy and around 25-27 attempts with 90+% accuracy can be termed as a good score. Logical and Analytical Reasoning : There were questions based on every possible type of reasoning – sequences and series, arrangements, puzzles, coding decoding, direction sense, blood relation based questions, weakening, strengthening, assumption based questions – literally everything under the sun. The section was easy but the sheer variety of the questions makes me rate it as Moderate and reaching around 30-32 attempts with 90%+ accuracy can be considered a good score. Overall, the sectional cutoffs are expected to be around 18 in verbal, around 20 in LR/AR and around 22 in QA+DI with the overall cutoffs being around 75 net correct. An above average CAT aspirant who has traversed through the curriculum will find the going easy. This analysis is strictly indicative and does nowhere mean things will not change in the forthcoming days. This just helps you prepare an agenda for preparation as well as the approach during the paper. Best wishes!
Posted on: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 06:56:56 +0000
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