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CMAT Jan 2016 - Analysis

CMAT Jan 2016 was conducted on a single day test window on January 17, in asingle day and single slot from 9.0 AM to 12.0 !M t"ere#y eliminating an$ietieso%er normali&ation of scores. 'ac" centre accommodated a %ast num#er of students. T"is delayed t"e start of t"e test in many centers as students "ad to wait

for t"e com(letion of t"e #iometric aut"entication (rocess. At some centers, t"estudents were as)ed to *ueue u( after t"e test for t"e com(letion of t"e #iometric(rocess. +owe%er, t"e test interface was smoot" and t"ere were no glitc"es duringt"e test.

%erall, t"e test was of moderate di-culty le%el. T"e / section "ad some easy*uestions. All t"e 2 *uestions were indi%idual *uestions. T"e uantitati%e A#ilitysection "ad 6 mediumdi-cult *uestions, t"e rest were easy. T"e 'nglis" sectioncontained 6 di-cult *uestions3 t"e rest were of an easymedium le%el of di-culty.

T"e 45 section was c"allenging, wit" less easy *uestions.

ow coming to t"e sectional feed#ac)

Quantitative Technique and Data Interpretation T"is section can #e rated as easymedium. i)e t"e (re%ious CMATs, it "ad all single*uestions and no set#ased ones. T"e section "ad 810 *uestions sitters: w"ic"re*uired im(lementation of #asic conce(ts in arit"metic, num#ers and alge#ra. ;n<0< minutes, around 20 attem(ts wit" 90= accuracy would #e good. A generalsna(s"ot is as follows

Area !o o"

Qs#

$peci%cs

Alge#ra 2 >imultaneous '*uation, ;ne*ualitiesum#ers Cyclicity rule, >urds and ;ndices

Arit"metic 8 Time >(eed ? @istance, >im(le ;nterest,!rot ? oss, /atios, A%erages

4eometry < Mensuration, Circle ? uadrilaterals,

TrianglesModern Mat" 6 Benn @iagram, ogarit"m, !ermutation

? Com#ination, !rogression@ata

;nter(retation

2 !ie C"art and ar 4ra("

&o'ical (easonin'

T"is section can #e rated as easy. T"ere were *uestions #ased on %er#alreasoning including one eac" on Dact#ased inference, >tatementE;m(lication and>tatementEConclusion ty(e.

T"e *uestions were not lengt"y, e%en t"ose of grou(s and conditionalities. T"issection was dominated #y arrangements and grou( ? conditionalities *uestions.

T"ere were many arrangement#ased *uestions wit" %aria#les. T"e section too

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"ad single *uestions only and no set#ased ones. 20F attem(ts, wit" 90= accuracy,in <0< minutes would #e good. A general sna(s"ot is as follows

Area !o# o" Qs# $peci%csArrangements 8 Circular, inear, Matri$4rou(s and

Conditionalities

6

!u&&les <1

Dact#ased inference 1>tatementE;m(lication 1>tatementEConclusion 1

&an'ua'e Co)prehension

T"is section was *uite similar to t"e earlier CMAT. T"ere were < (assages wit" atotal of 1 *uestions. T"e *uestions accom(anying t"e (assage were of moderate

di-culty le%el. T"ree of t"e (assages were s"ort a#out 20000 words: andcontained *uestions eac". 1 was long a#out 700 words: and contained 6*uestions. Most of t"e *uestions were inference#ased, "owe%er, some in%ol%edcritical reasoning. T"e long (assage was on GC"ronic #structi%e !ulmonary@iseaseH and t"e *uestions were of easytomedium di-culty le%el. Two s"ort(assages were #ased on GDailureE>uccessH and G4ender @i%ersity at t"e Ior) !laceH.

T"eir *uestions were on t"e easier side. ne s"ort (assage was on GAgeing anda#y oomersH. ;t contained di-cult *uestions and would "a%e #een #est leftwit"out #eing attem(ted. ;n < *uestions, t"e o(tions were close. ut of t"eremaining 10 *uestions, 6 were sim(le for someone w"o "ad #een (re(aring%oca#ulary and grammar. < %oca#ulary, idiom and grammar#ased *uestions werec"allenging.

Around 2021 attem(ts, wit" 890= accuracy, in <0< minutes would #e good. Ageneral sna(s"ot is as follows

Area !o# o" Qs# $peci%cs/C 1 < (assages(tion t"at wea)ens

t"eargument

1 1 *uestion

>ynonyms 2 1>ynonym of a word

mentioned in a sentence,

1standalone word GArcaneHD; 2 1;diom #ased

1;dentify a word (air t"at

would t t"e single #lan);diom#ased matc" 1 1Matc" four idioms wit"

t"eir meanings4rammar < ;dentify correct sentences,

1;dentify correct words

from "omonyms in four

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sentences

*eneral A+arenessAlmost 22 *uestions in t"is section were static and dealt wit" current aairs. T"e*uestions were s(read across all areas science, "istory, geogra("y, literature,

;ndian culture, s(orts, #usiness and economics. A#out 6 *uestions were easy, 11medium and 8 di-cult. Around *uestions were #ased on ;ndian e%ents and 22 oninternational ones.

A #rief sna(s"ot is as follows

Questions $peci%cs;dentify answer #ased

on image of (ersonElogo 1;dentify aut"or

1;dentify musician

1 ;dentify logo

1 K ;dentify (olitical

(ersonalityCurrent Aairs 1argest (roducer of

natural gas in 201<

1ast country t"at was a

+indu 5ingdom until

recently

1 T"e failed ta)eo%er of

AstraLenca in 201< was

carried out #y w"ic"

com(any

>tatic *uestions 1I"ic" of t"e following

sites does not "a%e a

nuclear (ower (lant

1a#ur was a descendent

of w"om

1>a)e, t"e drin) of Ja(an, is

#rewed from w"at

1I"at is meant #y

Grenewa#le sourcesH of

energy

1I"ic" of t"e following is

not an e#oo) format

1/amayana occurred in

w"ic" yuga

1I"at are t"e constituents

of gun(owder

1I"ic" country "as (layed

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in all D;DA Iorld Cu(s

1I"at is Andromeda

1+ow many stars are

utili&ed in calculating a

celestial (osition

1T"e D;DA !us)Ns Award is(resented for w"at

1I"ic" disease is

c"aracteri&ed #y #ile in

#lood

1 T"e urem#erg trials are

related to w"ic" Iar

1 ;n w"ic" century was t"e

rst su#marine #uilt

1 A)ira Oos"i&awa is

associated wit" w"ic" art

form

Miscellaneous

T"is section is t"e dierentiator amongst t"e to( score. ;f you are a#le to answer 11to 12 *uestions in t"is section correctly, t"en you can easily get a 20F o%erallCMAT score.

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