DETAILED ANALYSIS

MOCK TEST 17 (CLAT)(2014-15)

INTRODUCTION

• Mock Test 17 follows the CLAT pattern wherein the students are subjected to the same level of difficulty both in terms of question type and level.

• The mock test comprises of five sections with a total of 200 questions. • A student is expected to attempt this test in an actual test like environment wherein he

has 120 minutes to complete the test and thus needs to schedule his/her time accordingly.

Sections No. of questions Expected time to complete

English 40 21 min.

General Knowledge 50 10 min.

Mathematics 20 11 min.

Legal Aptitude 50 45 min.

Logical Reasoning 40 33 min.

ENGLISH

The overall level of this section was moderate to difficult. Although, the passages were of an easy to moderate level but the paucity of time made this section more difficult.

The section consisted of: 4 Reading Comprehensions with 10 questions each.

The various questions are now described in detail:

DETAILSQuestion S. No.

Key Concepts and Brief Description

Overall Level of Difficulty Strategy

1 to 10 Reading Comprehension Easy – Moderate

The passage was an easy read and most of the questions could be easily answered. Comparatively, Q. 1, 5 and 7 were slightly difficult and would have required a careful reading of the passage.

11 to 20 Reading Comprehension Easy to moderate

The passage was the longest of the four passages given. It might have proved to be a slightly difficult read for some students. All the questions were easy to attempt.

21 to 30 Reading Comprehension Moderate

The passage could have been a difficult read to some students owing to the subject. The questions of this passage were a mix of easy and moderate level of questions except for Q. 26 and 28 that could have been avoided.

31 to 40 Reading Comprehension Easy

The passage was an easy read and all the questions could have attempted easily. Q. 39 was inference-based and could have been difficult for some students.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE• LST Mock – 17 was based on the pattern of CLAT and as per the latest pattern of this

exam, the no. of questions in GK section was 50. General knowledge part of this mock was primarily inclined towards static GK of which there were 32 questions in all.

• Number of questions from current affairs was 18. Geography covers maximum chunk of static GK. There were as many as 11 questions from this section. It was followed by general science and technology of which there were total 8 questions. Though the questions from Geography and science were little hard to solve.

• Current affairs section comprised of different types of questions. The major weight was given to the personalities and awards followed by misc. current affairs. This section should have been fairly easy for candidates who read the newspapers regularly. The overall difficulty level of current affairs was easy.

• Good attempt: An attempt of 32 – 34 question with effective score of 28 – 30 could be considered as an excellent attempt.

• This table presents the further break up and analysis of the general knowledge section.

DETAILS Static GK Current GK

Section No. of Ques. Difficulty level Section No. of Ques. Difficulty level

History 4 Moderate National Events

2 Moderate

Geography(India & World)

11 Moderate to Hard

International Events

-

-

Indian Polity & Constitution

1

Moderate Personality 5 Easy

Economy 4 Moderate Places 1 -Science & Tech 8 Moderate to

hardAwards &

Honors5 -

Misc.

4 Moderate

Sports 2 Easy to moderate

Misc. 3 Moderate to hard

Total 32 Total 18

Mathematics: This section of the test was of Easy to Moderate level of difficulty. This section consisted of

6 questions of Arithmetic3 questions of Number System4 questions of Algebra2 questions of Mensuration3 questions of Geometry1 question of Modern Maths1 question of Puzzle

The various questions are described in detail ahead:

MATHEMATICS

Question S. No 

Key concepts and brief description

Topic Level of Difficulty

91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 105 TSD, Time and Work, Mixture, PLD, Time and Work, Percentage 

Arithmetic 

Easy to Moderate 

106, 107, 108, Simplification, Simplification, Simplification

Number System  

101, 102, 109, 110 Sequence, Sequence, Algebraic expression, Linear Equation,

Algebra 

Easy  

96, 97, 98, 99, 104, Mensuration, Mensuration, Geometry, Geometry, Geometry

Geometry & Mensuration 

Easy

100, Permutation and Combination

Modern Maths Easy  

103, Mathematical Puzzle Puzzle  

DETAILS

ANALYTICAL REASONING

The difficulty level of this section was Easy to Moderate

This section consisted of

5 Questions of Analytical Reasoning

1 Question of Blood Relation

2 Questions of Coding Decoding

The various questions are described in detail ahead:

DETAILS

Question S. No

Key concepts and brief description

Topic Level of Difficulty

167-171, Comparison, Arrangement

Analytical Reasoning

Moderate

173 Blood Relation Blood Relation Easy

172, 174, Coding decoding Coding decoding Easy

LOGICAL REASONING

The difficulty level of this section was moderate. The section consisted of:

2 questions on Logical Consistency26 questions on Critical Reasoning4 question on Syllogism

The various questions are now described in detail:

LOGICAL REASONING

Question S. No

Key concepts and brief description

Overall level of difficulty

Strategy

161 and 162 Logical Consistency ModerateA good understanding of concepts related to Logical Consistency was required to answer these questions.

163 to 165 Critical Reasoning EasyThese questions were easy to attempt and a careful reading of the options would have helped to yield the correct answer.

166 Syllogism Easy A basic understanding of Syllogism would have helped to answer this question.

LOGICAL REASONINGQuestion

S. No

Key concepts and brief description

Overall level of difficulty

Strategy

175 to 185 Critical Reasoning Moderate

Q. 176, 181, 184 and 185 were easy and could have been attempted in 6-8 minutes. Q. 177 and 179 were difficult and could have been avoided.

186 to 188 Syllogism Easy-moderate These questions could have been attempted in 4-6 minutes.

189 to 200 Critical Reasoning Moderate

Q. 190, 193 and 194 were easy and could have been attempted in 4-5 minutes. Q. 199 and 200 were difficult and could have been avoided.

LEGAL REASONING

This section had 50 questions on Legal Aptitude comprising Legal Reasoning and Legal Knowledge questions:Legal Reasoning – 35 questionsLegal Knowledge – 15 questions

The Legal Reasoning section tested the ability of students to understand and interpret questions with multiple principles and explanations and the combined application of the same to factual matrix to reach the best answer.

Overall, the difficulty level of this section was moderate to difficult. The section had many multiple principle based questions.

This section was a perfect blend of questions from all sections. There were questions from Law of Torts, Law of Contracts, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Family Law, International Law, Intellectual Property Rights, Important Statutes and General Principle of law.

An attempt between the range of 42-45 would be considered a good attempt for this section.

DETAILSTopics Question Numbers Number of

Questions Difficulty Level

Legal Reasoning Legal Knowledge L.R. L.K.

Criminal Law 119, 126, 127, 130, 135, 139, 141, 142, 143

152, 156, 160 9 3 East to Moderate

Torts 112, 114, 115, 117, 123, 124, 129, 132, 136, 137, 138,

151, 11 1 Moderate to Difficult

Constitution 111, 122, 131, 145 146, 147, 4 2 Easy

Contracts 113, 116, 118, 120, 125, 134, 140, 144, 148, 150,

82

Difficult

Miscellaneous 121, 128, 133, 149, 153, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159

3 7 Moderate

QUESTION ANALYSIS

Question number 126: The principle in the question provides that it is not an offence if something is done with the knowledge that it may cause harm to person/property, provided if it is done in good faith to prevent a greater harm.

Facts: X, the captain of the ship in order to prevent running down a boat Y with at least 20 persons on board changes the course of his ship. As a result another boat Z with 2 persons is run down by X. The important question that is to be decided here is whether X is liable for causing death of 2 persons on board Z ship.

Answer: In this question the act of X was done in good faith for the purpose of preventing another greater harm to person/property (Principle). From the facts it is clear that the reason why X changed the course of the ship was to prevent running down Y’s boat which had 20 persons on board. In the process if the ship of X run’s down Z carrying 2 persons then it is completely protected because X prevented a greater harm by running down Z carrying 2 persons. The correct answer in this question is (B), i.e. X shall not be held guilty.

QUESTION ANALYSIS

Question number 131: The principle appended explains the concept of ex post facto laws and that no person shall be convicted of any offence except for the violation of a law in force at the time of commission of the act charged as offence. A law in order to have come into force must be published in the Gazette of India.

Facts: A legislation declaring a particular act as crime was passed on 01/07/1960 and the same was published on 09/07/1960. A person X committed an offence on 05/07/1960 and was sought to be prosecuted under the new legislation. In order to avoid his liability, X sought the defence of ex post facto laws as embodied in Article 20 (1) of the Constitution.

Answer: The answer in this question is (B) i.e. X shall succeed in avoiding the prosecution. The reason for this is that the principle clearly explains that no person shall be convicted of any offence except for the violation of a law in force at the time of commission of the act charged as an offence. From the facts it is clear that the law under which X was sought to be prosecuted on 09/07/1960 i.e. after the offence was committed. Therefore, by applying the principle exactly to the facts provided in the question we can say that the correct answer is (B).

QUESTION ANALYSIS

Question number 136: The principle appended in the question defines defamation to be an injurious statement made about the plaintiff that is published. The explanation appended provides that publication means putting any sort of information to the knowledge of another person.

Facts: An injurious statement about C is made to B. The injurious statement was not heard by B as B was busy playing candy crush on his fun. It is to be decided whether C can be sued for defamation.

Answer: One of the essential element required in order to make a person liable for defamation is publication and publication means putting such injurious statement to the knowledge of another person. From the facts it is clear that the injurious statement was never heard by B as he was busy playing candy crush. In these circumstances, the offence of defamation was not constituted since it was never published. The correct answer in this question is therefore (B) i.e. no, C can not sue for defamation.

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