(Analysis) CET 2008 - An Overview
CET 2008 - An Overview
Maharashtra CET, held on 17 February 2008, was easy compared to last year’s test. Most of the questions in Problem Solving, Logical Reasoning, Data Interpretation and Verbal Ability had “None of These” as the fifth option, which could confuse the students.
The Verbal Ability, Verbal Reasoning and Reading Comprehension questions were very simple. Compared to 2007, CET 2008 was easier mainly because there were fewer number of questions on Verbal Reasoning and they were of a lower level of difficulty
Some of the questions from Visual Reasoning and Data Interpretation were very similar to the ones that appeared in SIMCET 1 and SIMCET 4.
Overall Test Structure
|
Total Duration of the exam (minutes) |
150 minutes |
|
Total number of questions |
200 |
|
Total Marks |
200 |
|
Marks per question |
1 |
|
Negative marking |
no |
|
Mode of marking the ovals |
Black Ball Point Pen |
Area Wise Test Structure
| Sections | Area | No. of questions | Percentage | Suggested Time (in Minutes) | Ideal Attempt |
| 1 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 18 | |
| 2 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 12 | |
| 3 | 54 | 27 | 40 | 44 | |
| 4 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 12 | |
| 5 | 56 | 28 | 40 | 42 | |
| 6 | 30 | 15 | 25 | 22 | |
|
Total |
200 | 100 | 150 | 150 |
Problem Solving
The problem solving questions were the only ones in the entire test, which had a few difficult questions. They were relatively time consuming and calculation intensive compared to the paper as a whole. One geometry question appeared in the paper after a gap of one year.
| Type of question | No. of questions | Easy | Medium | Difficult |
| Arithmetic (Numbers [5], approximation [5], TSD [1], Work[1], CI[1] ) | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Quantitative Comparison (Algebra Based) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Modern Math (Permutation [1], Probability [5]) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Geometry (Circle) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 |
Courtesy:- www.imsindia.com