NMAT 2007 Analysis

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NMIMS Admission Test 2007

Executive Summary

This year’s paper was more or less along the expected lines with easy sections on Language skills and Quantitative skills. The Quantitative section included quite a few questions on the application of Vedic mathematics, which were similar to those asked by IRMA earlier this year. Logical Reasoning, however, was a bit tricky with respect to 2 sets; otherwise, even this was a scoring section. Overall, it was an easy paper.
The basic structure of the paper was exactly similar to that mentioned in the institute’s brochure, with a bit of variety thrown in, in the concepts tested by the questions posed.

Total no. of questions: 150
No. of options per question: 5
Time: 120 minutes
Negative Marking: 0.25
Number of sections: 3

 1 mark was allotted per question.

The paper was on the easier side, with the total number of questions decreased to 150 from last year’s 200. So, the test-taker had to literally rush through the paper. Difficult questions were to be skipped without second thoughts and the easier ones were to be solved as quickly as possible.  One should have attempted around 105- 110 questions and with a realistic accuracy of the order of 80% or more, one should expect a call for the GD/PI stage.

Section 1: Language Skills

Here, the best strategy would have been to begin the paper with any of the grammar or cloze questions and then move on to RC. RC section was easy, vis-à-vis that of the tests so far, because of the vocab based questions.  The test required minimum preparation, and students with a basic knowledge of the fundamentals will go on to score 20+. And if English is your forte, you might easily manage 30!

RC passages

Passage 1: Human Behaviour (around 200 words, 8 questions.)                                                                                                       
This passage was on the contradictory nature of human behavior - how it oscillates between extreme kindness and brutality. The questions were pretty direct and factual. The length (or shortness?) of the passage made it all the more attemptable.

Passage 2: Sociology [around 700 words and 12 questions.]
The author analyzes the ever-increasing requirement and creation of women-specific laws, courts and law-enforcement agencies. All the questions pertained to direct information in the passage. The icing on the cake here were those 6 questions based on vocab. Post-CAT, this kind of a passage must have looked incredibly easy.

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