(Analysis) ICET2008 - Analysis
ICET2008 - Analysis
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The most important day for MBA / MCA aspirants has come and gone. Yes, we are taking about May11, the day of Integrated Common Entrance Test, popularly known as ICET.
While the ICET paper pattern has remained the same over the last eight years, this year’s test was relatively tougher. To help you understand this year’s test paper better, we bring to you a comprehensive analysis of ICET 2008. This year ICET was conducted by Osmania University
Data Sufficiency
The questions based on Data Sufficiency were tricky. Some of the questions were not the routine type when compared to the previous years. But, on the whole, it was a good mixture of concepts and logic. The standard of most of the questions was higher than that of the previous years.
There were 3-4 difficult questions and an equal number of easy questions. Hence we can understand that the remaining questions were of moderate level of difficulty. On the whole, the data sufficiency part can be rated as moderate to difficult. One needs to have thorough conceptual knowledge as well as good application skills.
Chapter wise break-up of questions in Data Sufficiency
|
S.No |
Topic |
No.
of questions |
Easy |
Moderate |
Difficult |
|
1 |
Numbers |
5 |
– |
5 |
– |
|
2 |
Plane
Geometry |
4 |
– |
3 |
1 |
|
3 |
Mensuration |
1 |
1 |
– |
– |
|
4 |
Inequations |
2 |
– |
1 |
1 |
|
5 |
Quadratic
Equations |
2 |
1 |
– |
1 |
|
6 |
Progressions |
2 |
|
2 |
– |
|
7 |
Sets |
1 |
– |
1 |
– |
|
8 |
Co-ordinate
Geometry |
1 |
– |
1 |
– |
|
9 |
Reasoning
based |
2 |
1 |
– |
1 |
|
|
|
20 |
3 |
13 |
4 |
Data Analysis
This part had two DI sets of five questions each. Usually one DI set and one Venn diagram set appear in ICET. As discussed frequently, the possibility of two DI sets in this part became true again. The students who were aware of this possibility could have adjusted to the same and they have a good chance of scoring high in this section.
As far as the sets are concerned, the set based on a single Pie-chart was easy and one would have attempted all the questions in this set. The other one based on the combination of Pie-chart and table was very confusing as data representation was unusual and though the questions were direct, one needed to have a good understanding regarding the data types and awareness of calculation techniques for cracking a set like this. Overall Data Analysis can be considered to be of ‘moderate’ difficulty level.
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