Section 2: Decision Making

There were 21 questions in this section, from seven sets – Each set is of three questions.

Description of set	No. of questions	Comments
1) Set on Natural Spring water packaging	3	No raking questions in this set. Among all the sets, this is least complicated.
2) Set on internship	3	Two direct action step questions. One questions with five options, out of which three to be picked and arranged in decreasing order of effectiveness
3) Set on Vanarajya	3	Two direct action step questions. One questions with five options to be arranged in decreasing order of effectiveness
4) Set on cotton pillow covers – e-commerce - feedback	3	All three questions had five options, out of which one was correct (i.e., no ranking of statements)
5) Set on setting up bakery – Egg less cakes	3	One direct action step question. Two questions with five options to be arranged in decreasing order of effectiveness
6) Set on shifting government job (SPCIL) to private job G & A- Bribery	3	One direct action step question. Two questions with five options and another with four options to be arranged in decreasing order of effectiveness
7) Set on Small Shop selling computer peripherals	3	All three questions had five options, out of which one was correct (i.e. no ranking of statements)

The sets were simple and easy to comprehend. The easier part, however, ended there. The questions were subjective and the answers choices were not too easy to eliminate.

This year’s DM section is as difficult as it was last year. The questions that needed ranking the statements had very close choices. Careful reading was required for all the sets to avoid mistakes.

By spending about 30 to 35 minutes one would be able to attempt about 15 questions with 80% accuracy.

We expect the cutoff in this section to be around 8 marks for BM programme (Male candidates).