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 entrance exam was conducted on 11th July 2010 from 10: 30 AM 12:30 PM. This was followed by 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 also had two sections viz. Section C: Test of Reasoning and General Intelligence and Section D: Test of Quantitative Analysis (Mathematical Skills). The breakup of each section is as follows: English Language General Knowledge Reasoning and General Intelligence Mathematical skills Total 25 Questions 25 Questions 25 Questions 25 Questions 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 first choice of students. The questions on grammatically correct sentences and idioms were not 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. One of the questions was incorrect - the options contain two correct answers. On the whole the 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 questions were mainly from current affairs and conventional GK.

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 :No. of questions Topics Blood relations Seating arrangements Direction sense Coding decoding Number series Odd one out Venn Diagrams Time & work Time & distance Clocks & calendars Percentage, profit & loss 3 3 3 1 1 3 6 1 1 2 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 and Loss, Simple and Compound Interest. There were only 3 questions from higher math i.e, Permutation and Combination and Progressions. No question required detailed analysis. A student could have completed this 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. No. of Topics questions Simple Equations & Ratio Proportions Percentage, Profit & Loss Averages, Mixtures & Alligations Time & Work Time & Distance Clocks & Calendars Geometry Mathematical Reasoning Numbers Permutation & Combination Arithmetic & Geometric Progressions 4 2 1 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 2

Simple & Compound Interests Venn Diagrams

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

PGCET(MBA)2011 Analysis The PGCET(MBA) exam was conducted on 7th August, 2011 between 10:30 am and 12:30 pm. There was no change in the overall pattern, when compared to that in the previous year. The test had 100 questions divided into 4 sections with each section having 25 questions. The quantitative section was considerably easy compared to that in the previous year. The other 3 sections had no major changes in them. 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 also had two sections viz. Section C: Test of Reasoning and General Intelligence and Section D: Test of Quantitative Analysis (Mathematical Skills). A good score, overall, would be 55+ correct answers. The snapshot of the test is as follows:

Number of Questions Number of Sections Number of Questions in each section Number of options per question Type of options Time Total Marks Negative Marking

100 4 25 4 a,b,c,d 120 minutes 100 0

PART - I Test of Proficiency in English Language: There were no questions on Reading Comprehension. For the first time there were 2 questions on Books and Authors. However, these were easy as they were on well-known classics R.K.Narayan's 'Guide' and Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice' which are usually prescribed in schools/colleges. Vocabulary: There were 2 questions on synonyms and 2 questions on antonyms which were quite easy. The 3 questions on one word substitute and the 3 questions on idioms were of moderate difficulty. Grammar : There were 10 questions on 'Fill in the Blanks' covering articles, preposition, pronoun, verbs and question tags. These were moderate to difficult to answer. The two questions on 'Transformation of sentence' and two on 'Error identification' were moderately difficult. A good score in this section would be 16+ correct answers.

General Knowledge: The questions were from the following topics: Indian Economy 9, Indian History -8, Abbreviations-4, Sports-2, Capitals and Headquarters one each. The majority of questions were on Indian economy covering Below poverty line, Wholesale Price Index, major sources of revenue for

the Government, fiscal crisis. Etc. But the questions were of moderate to difficult levels. A good score in this section would be 15+ correct answers. PART-II Quantitative Aptitude:This section had 25 questions with all the major areas of QA being covered. Time, Speed and Distance had the most number of questions with the difficulty level being easy to moderate. There were 10 DI questions this year, with all of them being easy to moderate level of difficulty. The topic wise break up is given below in the table. A good score in this section would be 18+ correct answers. Topic Number of Level of Difficulty Questions AMA 1 Moderate to Difficult Venn Diagram 1 Easy to Moderate TSD 5 Easy to Moderate Progression 1 Moderate to Difficult Numbers 1 Moderate to Difficult T&W 2 Moderate to Difficult P&C 1 Moderate to Difficult Calendars 1 Moderate to Difficult Direction Sense 2 Easy to Moderate Data Interpretation 10 Moderate

Logical Reasoning:This section had 25 questions. The overall difficulty level of the questions was moderate to difficult. This was the more difficult section when compared to quantitative aptitude with series questions being really tricky. Break up is given below: Topic Series Coding and Decoding Selections Arrangement* Cubes Visual Reasoning Number of Questions 4 3 2 1 3 2 Level of Difficulty Moderate to Difficult Moderate to Difficult Moderate to Difficult Moderate to Difficult Easy to Moderate Moderate to Difficult

Calendar Direction Ages Venn Diagram Averages Deductions Misc

1 1 1 2 1 2 2

Moderate to Difficult Easy to Moderate Easy to Moderate Easy to Moderate Easy to Moderate Moderate to Difficult Easy to Moderate

*The options given were wrong for the arrangement question.

A good score in this section would be 15+ correct answers. All the topics were discussed in the class rooms and T.I.M.E. Student who have attended the lectures and followed the instructions of the faculty should have really fared well in the exam