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Exam Snapshot
Students preparing for
JMET-1009 spent quite a few anxious months wondering as to what the pattern
could turn out to be. With the IITs specifying that JMET2009 would be a 180
minute long marathon and the syllabus clearly defined, it was anybody’s guess
as to what was in store for them. However the surprise turned out to be a
pleasant one as JMET-2009 was nowhere near the much feared JMET papers of yore.
With the additional time available most would have maximised their attempts and
consequently the cut-offs are bound to go up significantly.
Section
1: Verbal Communication
This section tested the candidates’ abilities with
Of
the comprehension passages, two would have been easy to read for those with a
regular reading habit. The questions from these two passages looked at detail,
main ideas, implications and inferences. Some of the questions, especially
those dealing with the main idea (title/essence) were a little tricky and
required some thought. The 3rd passage (an excerpt from Bhagat
Singh’s “Why I am an atheist”) made for difficult reading, not so much for the
language as for the unfamiliar thoughts. Those who tried this passage would
have found that it took some time. Once understood, however, the answers could
be arrived at without too much difficulty, even through elimination. Two of the
vocabulary questions were difficult but the well-prepared candidates (and those
with a regular reading habit) would have found the others easy to deal with.
The grammar and composition questions would have taken a little time to answer
because of the length of the sentences / jumbling of sentences. With
careful reading, however, the errors were not difficult to spot.
The
cut off mark in this section is likely to be around
10-12 marks.
Section
2: Logical Reasoning
The
Logical Reasoning section of JMET would have caused the maximum heart ache for
students on account of the ambiguous nature of the questions and some very
evident mistakes in some sets. The section had 12 Qs from Analytical reasoning
and a whopping 18 Qs from Critical Reasoning. There were at least 5 Qs in
Analytical Reasoning that could have been answered with ease while the set of 5
Qs based on ‘persons living on different floors’ cannot be solved completely on
account of some ‘missing’ information. The questions on Connectives and
Deductions can be answered by most as they were on the easier side though one
must say that they involved some thought on account of their apparent
‘trickiness’.
The
cut off mark in this section is likely to be around
8-10 marks.
The
Quant section of this year’s JMET saw a significant departure from the usual,
especially in terms of the level of difficulty of the section. The overall look
of the section, however, remained very similar to that of the previous few
years’, i.e., the questions were mostly based on practical scenarios/business
problems involving quant concepts, varying from differential calculus and
probability distributions to simple equations and percentages. One peculiar
observation that can be made regarding this section is that it was a lot easier
than what it looked like. There were very few questions that could be termed as
difficult and even questions that, at first
look, seemed to be lengthy or involve complex concepts were actually as simple
as just formulating/summarizing the basic information given in the question
rather than requiring any actual solving using advanced concepts.
The
cut off mark in this section is likely to be around
7-8 marks.
Section
4: Data Interpretation
The
Data Interpretation questions were for the most part quite straightforward and
could have been solved by simple observation. A couple of sets which had
multiple graphs would have appeared difficult and confusing and would have
intimidated students. However beneath the tough exterior were a set of
questions that were quite doable and with the additional time available this
year students would have been able to crack these as well. Given that there
were quite a few true/false questions; students could have unravelled them by
working them out through the choices.
The
cut off mark in this section is likely to be around
8-10 marks.
JMET
is the qualifying exam and as such the cut-offs given are what we estimate is
required to secure a rank. Each of the IITs could possibly have a
different/higher sectional cut-offs depending on their selection process. Our
estimate of the overall score required to get a call from different IIT’s is as
follows:
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